Jailbreak iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

UPDATE: Gevey Ultra 5.1 does not work any more.

Gevey has released the Ultra 5.1 to unlock the GSM iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1. The new version supports the following modem versions: 01.59, 2.10, 3.10.1, 4.10.1, 4.11.08, and 4.12.01.

The new GEVEY Ultra unlocks your GSM iPhone 4 running iOS 5.1 and earlier and now supports modem firmware versions 1.59, 2.10, 3.10.1, 4.10.1, 4.11.08, and 4.12.01. Currently, a tethered Jailbreak is available for iOS 5.1 for iPhone 4, and you will also need to install the latest Furious Mod file for proper operation.

You can purchase the GEVEY Ultra 5.1 for $49.99 here.

iH8sn0w has released new version of popular jailbreak utility Sn0wBreeze 2.9. Sn0wbreeze is used to create a custom firmware with jailbreak and preserve iPhone modem (baseband) version for unlock. New version 2.9 adds support for untethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak as well as support for all firmwares supported by previous versions of sn0wbreeze.

For now Sn0wBreeze 2.9 supports untethered jailbreak for iOS 3.1.3, 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1, 4.2.1 – 4.2.8, 4.3 – 4.3.3 and 5.0.1. Supported devices are: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 1, iPod Touch 2G, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G.

UPDATE: sn0wbreeze updated to 2.9.1

You can download Sn0wBreeze 2.9.1 here.

Here is official changelog:

sn0wbreeze v2.9 [Two year anniversary]

• Happy birthday sn0wbreeze!
• Brought back old firmware support in one release!
• GUI Improvements
• You can now build IPSWs with TinyUmbrella/iFaith blobs!
• Removes OTA Updates/badge on iOS 5.x.x+ devices.
• Added an IPSW Downloader
• Built-in iREB functionality updated from newest iREB r5 module.
• Custom Packages in Expert actually works now.
• All supported firmwares in this release are untethered.
• A5 devices are NOT supported at this time due to no public DFU/iBoot exploit.

Supported iOS Revisions:

• iOS 3.1.3
• iOS 3.2.x
• iOS 4.0.x
• iOS 4.1
• iOS 4.2.1 – 4.2.8
• iOS 4.3 – 4.3.3
• iOS 5.0.1
• iOS 4.3.4/4.3.5/4.4.x/5.0 support coming soon

UPDATE: Apple latest firmware is iOS 5.1.1. Apple has stopped signing all other firmwares, including iOS 5.0.1, iOS 4.3.3 and iOS 4.3.5. This means you can NOT restore to 5.0.1/4.3.3/4.3.5 any more (both original and custom), unless you have saved your SHSH keys for it.

If you have decided to perform an untethered jailbreak and unlock, you need to get the following information:

1. What type of device do you have (iPhone 3G/3GS/4, iPod Touch 3G/4G, iPad 1/2, Apple TV)?
2. Do you need unlock (if your iPhone locked to one carrier and you want to use it with another)?
   The answer is NO, if the device is not iPhone, if it was purchased as factory unlocked and can be used with any cellular carrier (f.e. in Canada, France, etc).
   If the answer is YES, you need to find out your modem version (Setting-General-About-Modem).
3. What firmware version do you have? Take a look at Setting-General-About-Version. For example it could be iOS 4.3.3.
4. What operating system do you use on your desktop (Windows, Mac OS)?

How to perform jailbreak, when you do NOT need an unlock

For iPhone 3G the latest is iOS 4.2.1. You can perform jailbreak with any utility. For iOS 4.2.1 you can also use them or GreenPois0n (Windows, Mac OS).

iPad 2 jailbreak is available only for iOS 4.3.3 via JailbreakMe and and iOS 5.0.1 via Absenthe.

iPhone 4S jailbreak is available for iOS 5.0 / iOS 5.0.1 via Absenthe.

iOS 4.3.3

Apple stopped signing iOS 4.3.3, so you cannot update to iOS 4.3.3 without SHSH keys saved (in advance some time ago). If you have iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod Touch 3G or iPod Touch 4G that run iOS 4.3.3 – use JailbreakMe or RedSn0w to untether jailbreak your device.

If you have saved SHSH keys for iOS 4.3.3 you can use PwnageTool (Mac OS) or Sn0wBreeze (Windows).

iOS 4.3.4/4.3.5

For iOS 4.3.4/4.3.5 only tethered jailbreak is possible with redsn0w. Tethered means that each time you restart your device you will have to connect it to a computer and run redsn0w. The untethered iOS 4.3.5 jailbreak is possible only for iPhone 3GS with old bootrom. You can detect your bootrom version using this tutorial.

iOS 5

To jailbreak and unlock iOS 5 use latest version of redsn0w 0.9.9 or sn0wbreeze 2.8. You can jailbreak tethered or semi-tethered.

The untethered iOS 5 jailbreak is possible only for iPhone 3GS with old bootrom. You can detect your bootrom version using this tutorial.

iOS 5.0.1

For iPhone 4/3GS, iPad 1, iPod Touch 3G/4G an untethered jailbreak is available for iOS 5.0.1. For untethered jailbreak use the latest redsn0w 0.9.10 or Corona – package from Cydia to untether currently installed tethered jailbreak.

Tutorial how to untether installed tethered jailbreak is available here.

For iPhone 4S and iPad 2 use Absenthe.

For tethered iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak you an use redsn0w 0.9.9 and sn0wbreeze 2.8.

iOS 5.1 / iOS 5.1.1

For now only tethered jailbreak is available for iPhone 4/3GS, iPad 1 and iPod Touch 3G/4G for iOS 5.1 and iOS 5.1.1.

You can download all firmwares here.

Tutorials

Here are our step-by-step tutorials that will guide you through the jailbreak process:

iPhone 4S

UnTethered jailbreak iOS 5.0 / iOS 5.0.1:

• Absinthe (Windows)
• Absinthe (Mac)

iPhone 4

Tethered jailbreak iOS 5.1.1:

• RedSn0w (Windows)

Tethered jailbreak iOS 5.1:

• RedSn0w (Windows)
• Custom firmware and jailbreak using Sn0wBreeze (Windows)

UnTethered jailbreak iOS 5.0.1:

• RedSn0w (Windows)
• Custom firmware using RedSn0w
• Custom firmware using Sn0wBreeze (Windows)
• Custom firmware using PwnageTool (Mac)

Semi-Tethered jailbreak iOS 5:

• RedSn0w (Windows)
• RedSn0w (Mac OS)
• Sn0wBreeze (Windows)

Tethered jailbreak iOS 4.3.5:

• RedSn0w (Windows)
• RedSn0w (Mac OS)

UnTethered jailbreak iOS 4.3.3:

• RedSn0w (Windows)
• RedSn0w (Mac OS)
• PwnageTool (Mac OS)
• Sn0wBreeze (Windows)
• JailbreakMe (works without a computer)

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We are receiving more and more questions about JailbreakMe supporting particular iOS version and device. Here is a useful table that shows which firmwares can be jailbroken by JailbreakMe and which are not supported. Take a look:

Here our step by step JailbreakMe tutorials:

• iPad 1
• iPad 2
• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPod Touch 3G
• iPod Touch 4G

Other jailbreak tutorials including iOS 4.3.5 jailbreak can be found here.

Gevey has released a new hardware unlock for iPhone 4 called Gevey Ultra SIM.

The main difference compared to the old Gevey unlock method is that you don’t have to dial 112. dialing 112/911 and hanging up is illegal in most countries, now this problem is gone.

Gevey Ultra works with

• iOS 4.0, 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
• Basebands 1.59, 2.10, 3.10.1, 4.10, 4.10.1

Some sources claim that Gevey Ultra works even with the latest iOS 5 beta 1.

If you have 01.59 baseband you can still use free software ultrasn0w unlock. For everything else -- just buy Gevey Ultra for $35 here.

The installation is simple, but requires jailbreak. Good luck iOS 4.3.3 is jailbreakable. See our jailbreak instructions here (Mac OS) and here (Windows).

Take a look at the Gevey Ultra video demo:

DevTeam released the untethered jailbreak for the latest iOS 4.3.3 – utilities RedSn0w 0.9.6 rc15 and PwnageTool 4.3.3.

The 4.3.3 untether works on all Apple devices that support 4.3.2 except for the iPad2:

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4 (GSM)
• iPod Touch 3G
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPad 1
• AppleTV 2G (PwnageTool only for now)

Redsnow is easy to use, it is available for Windows and Mac OS. As usual for unlockers – do not update to 4.3.3, use PwnageTool (MAC) and Sn0wBreeze (Windows) to preserve the baseband.

You can download RedSn0w 0.9.6 rc15 here.

You can download PwnageTool 4.3.3 here.

Ultrasn0w was also updated to support old baseband on new iOS 4.3.3. Ultrasn0w 1.2.3 (for unlockers with old baseband) is available in Cydia.

New tutorials for iOS 4.3.3 are ready:

RedSn0w 0.9.6 rc16 (Windows)

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPad
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 3G

RedSn0w 0.9.6 rc16 (Mac OS)

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPad
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 3G

PwnageTool 4.3.3.1 (Mac OS)

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPad
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 3G
• Apple TV 2G

Sn0wBreeze 2.7.3 (Windows)

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4
• iPad
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPod Touch 3G

DevTeam released the untethered jailbreak for the latest iOS 4.3.2 – RedSn0w 0.9.6 rc14.

The 4.3.1 untether works on all Apple devices that support 4.3.2 except for the iPad2:

• iPhone 3GS
• iPhone 4 (GSM)
• iPod Touch 3G
• iPod Touch 4G
• iPad 1

Redsnow is easy to use, it is available for Windows and Mac OS. As usual for unlockers – do not updaate to 4.3.1, wait for PwnageTool and Sn0wBreeze.

You can download RedSn0w 0.9.6 rc14 here.

New tutorials are on it’s way. For now you can still use our tutorials for iOS 4.3.1. Just download iOS 4.3.2 here, update in iTunes, point redsn0w to it, everything else is the same:

• Jailbreak iPhone 3GS with RedSn0w (Windows)
• Jailbreak iPhone 4 with RedSn0w (Windows)
• Jailbreak iPad with RedSn0w (Windows)
• Jailbreak iPod Touch 4G with RedSn0w (Windows)
• Jailbreak iPod Touch 3G with RedSn0w (Windows)

I0n1c has confirmed that his untethered jailbreak exploit is still working for iOS 4.3.2. This is good news for all jailbreakers.

Here are his recent tweets:

Apple has been nice. I just verified that the untether vulnerability is not fixed in iOS 4.3.2 – my Ipad 1 is running untethered jailbroken

Of course the public untether binaries will not work with iOS 4.3.2 – I have to generate new untether binaries with new dyld/kernel offsets

I won’t be able to create all the untether binaries before sunday, because I will be on planes, …

The dev-team cannot produce the untether binaries on their own, because they don’t have the source code to the untether exploit.

Well from what I hear lots of the problems people had with 4.3.1 (like wifi, 3g, …) are gone in 4.3.2

The new version of iOS 4.3.2 jailbreak tools RedSn0w and PwnageTool will be released by the iPhone Dev-Team quite soon.

Apple has released iOS 4.3.2 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

This update contains improvements and other bug fixes including:

• Fixes an issue that occasionally caused blank or frozen video during a FaceTime call
• Fixes an issue that prvented some international users from connecting to 3G networks on iPad W-Fi + 3G
• Contains the latest security updates

Products compatible with this software update:

• iPhone 4 (GSM model)
• iPhone 3GS
• iPad 2
• iPad
• iPod touch (4th generation)
• iPod touch (3rd generation)

For information on the security content of this update, please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Apple has also updated the firmware for the Verizon iPhone to 4.2.7 although this wasn’t listed in the release notes.

Current jailbreak tools work with iOS 4.3.2 in tethered mode only. Please save your SHSH keys for iOS 4.3.1 asap.

Here are direct download links for the latest firmwares:

device
current version
date found


AppleTV(2G) (AppleTV2,1)
4.2.1 (8F202)
03/22/2011 16:12:01


iPad (iPad1,1)
4.3.2 (8H7)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPad2,1 (iPad2,1)
4.3.2 (8H7)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPad2,2 (iPad2,2)
4.3.2 (8H7)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPad2,3 (iPad2,3)
4.3.2 (8H8)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPhone (iPhone1,1)
3.1.3 (7E18)
04/08/2010 21:05:48


iPhone3G (iPhone1,2)
4.2 (8C148)
11/22/2010 13:08:57


iPhone3GS (iPhone2,1)
4.3.2 (8H7)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPhone4 (iPhone3,1)
4.3.2 (8H7)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPhone4(vz) (iPhone3,3)
4.2.7 (8E303)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPodTouch(2G) (iPod2,1)
4.2 (8C148)
11/22/2010 13:08:57


iPodTouch(3G) (iPod3,1)
4.3.2 (8H7)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


iPodTouch(4G) (iPod4,1)
4.3.2 (8H7)
04/14/2011 13:06:02


last updated: 04/14/2011 13:14:02 EDT

iH8sn0w updated their iOS 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak utility – released Sn0wBreeze 2.5.1.

They have added

• Apple TV 2G support,
• Cydia 1.1.1,
• ability to use 06.15 baseband for iPhone 3GS,
• afc2 (to use ifunbox and iphone explorer)
• fixed some bugs

Sn0wBreeze is used to create custom firmwares with jailbreak and preserve iPhone baseband. It is available for Windows only.

You can download Sn0wBreeze 2.5.1 here.

Here’ official changelog.

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sn0wbreeze 2.5.1 Change-log:
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* Cydia 1.1.1 is now pre-installed.
* iPhone 3GS users can now flash the iPad 06.15.00 baseband.
* Animate (Animated Boot Logos) by the Chronic Dev-Team is now supported.
* Added afc2
* Apple TV 2 is now fully supported.
* Added Apple TV 2 DFU Instructions.
* YouTube issues resolved on hacktivated devices.
* iPhone 3GS old-bootrom issues fixed (Error 37).
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ULTRASN0W USERS:
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There is a temp. fix available on Pushfix’s Cydia repo (http://cydia.pushfix.info)
for getting ultrasn0w to work on preserved basebands on 4.3.1.
[It does not fix the iPhone 4 single bar issue though!]
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