Remove Cydia entry from host file temporarily

[alsav54]

Can anyone Please help, need to Remove Cydia entry from host file temporarily while I factory unlock it , Have updated officially 5.0.1 via itunes but my iphone 3gs 32gb won't activate so I,ve had to Jailbreak , noticed a lot of people with the 3gs have had this problem and it also drained the battery very quickly . Thanks

3GS 32GB
Jailbreak 5.0.1
Ipad baseband 06.15.00

[Absinthe]

The 'hosts' file from your computer, right?

The easy way:
If you have Tiny Umbrella on that computer, just go to Advanced tab (the right side of TU's window) and untick 'Set Hosts to Cydia on Exit'.

The geeky way:
1) Browse to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right click “Notepad” and select “Run as administrator”
3) Click “Continue” on the UAC prompt
4) Click File -> Open
5) Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”
6) Change the file filter drop down box from “Text Documents (*.txt)” to “All Files (*.*)”
7) Select “hosts” and click “Open”

8) Add '#' in front of '74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com' and close Notepad. Save when prompted.




You might want to undo the changes once you are unlocked. Just delete the '#' or tick 'Set Hosts to Cydia...'

[alsav54]

Thanks for the quick reply Absinthe ,your help is appreciated

[perro19]

i'm sorry but do i have to have any program installed in the computer? if i don'y have tiny umbrella?
the geeky steps that you wrote are without any installed program?

[Yumraaj]

Originally Posted by perro19

i'm sorry but do i have to have any program installed in the computer? if i don'y have tiny umbrella?
the geeky steps that you wrote are without any installed program?

You don't need to install any program to remove the cydia entry. Just open it up with notepad/wordpad, edit it and save it.

That's it.

[cooldayr]

Why not downgrade your baseband with redsn0w first?
Also did you use tinyumbrella?