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How to Check iPhone 3GS New Bootrom / Old Bootrom (iBoot) Version
Step 1: Put your iPhone into DFU Mode (not recovery mode)

  • Connect your iPhone to your computer.
  • Turn iPhone off.
  • Start iTunes.
  • Hold Power and Home buttons together for 10 seconds or so.
  • Release Power button but keep holding the Home button until your computer recognizes a new USB device.
  • iTunes will now recognize your iPhone.
Note: Your iPhone screen at this time should be blank (black in color), if not, then you are most likely in Recovery Mode, not DFU mode.


Step 2: Right Click on My Computer and click on: Properties Hardware (tab) - Device Manager


Step 3: Select the to open submenus tree items for Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller*quot;.


Step 4: Now look for Apple Mobile Device USB Driver right click and select Properties.


Step 5: Go to Details and find Device Instance ID


Step 6: Simply scroll through the string and you ll find the bootrom version (iBoot) as shown in the screenshots below:






OldBootromWindows.jpg


iPhone 3GS Old Bootrom 359.3



NewBootromWindows.jpg



iPhone 3GS New Bootrom 359.3.2


Step 7: If it 359.3, you have old bootrom. If it 359.3.2 or anything above that, its a new bootrom.


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