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If you updated to the BETA 3.0 release and are having buyer's remorse, follow this guide-
iPhone EDGE
If you're running OS X 10.5.6, you'll need to do the USB DFU fix
1. With your phone plugged in, put it into DFU mode by holding both the power and home buttons for 10 seconds, then releasing power and continuing to hold down home until iTunes recognizes a phone in "recovery mode."
2. Download the 2.2.1 firmware .ipsw file from Apple. Hold down option (Mac) or shift (Windows) and click on restore. Choose the stock iPhone 2.2.1 file you just downloaded.
3. Let it do its thing, and you should be in business. Restore your backup should you have one, and proceed to jailbreaking if you want to.
iPhone 3G
On the iPhone 3G, the 3.0 software flashes the baseband (the chip that controls voice and data network traffic), which confuses iTunes when you try to downgrade. So you have to jump through a few more hoops to downgrade your 3G, but it's still easy enough.
1. Follow the first two steps above for iPhone EDGE, only using the iPhone 3G 2.2.1 firmware package of course. Again, OS X 10.5.6 users will have to do the USB driver switcheroo detailed above.
2. When it's done restoring, you'll get an error message that looks like this:
As long as it's a four-digit error number like 10xx, don't worry, that's just iTunes telling you it's confused by the updated baseband on your phone. Everything will work fine, but unfortunately your phone will be stuck in restore mode until you jailbreak it, which is what we're doing next.
3. For Mac (Windows users skip to step 8): Download a utility called iRecovery. This tool forces your phone to reboot out of restore mode, which is necessary for the QuickPwn jailbreak software to recognize it.
4. Go to the terminal and change to the iRecovery directory, wherever it is on your system, and type these two commands:
chmod 755 libusb-0.1.4.dylib
chmod 755 iRecovery
5. Next, copy the "libusb-0.1.4.dylib" file to the /usr/local/lib directory on your machine (you'll have to shift-command-G to go to this folder in Finder).
6. And finally, with your iPhone plugged in, go back to Terminal and type:
./iRecovery -s
You'll get a prompt, where you should then type "fsboot" (no quotes) and hit enter. If nothing happens after 10-15 seconds, type it again and hit enter again. Your phone should boot.
7. Download QuickPwn and jailbreak your phone (see our guide if you need help). Restore your 2.2.1 backup in iTunes, and you should be in business.
8. For Windows: After you restore to 2.2.1, you can skip straight to running QuickPwn to get your phone running
Downgrading from 3.0 BETA to 2.2.1
Guides and tutorials go here. These can be either iphone or ipod touch and in some cases, both.
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Do not link to iphone/ipod touch restoration files unless its an official Apple link. No hacked firmwares allowed so DO NOT ASK FOR THEM OR POST LINKS TO THEM.
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