June 23, 2009
Posted by Noskire
Update: iPhone Dev Team have updated redsn0w to work with the iPhone 3G S – This tutorial will for the same for all iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s. If you would like to unlock your iPhone then read this tutorial
Download redsn0w v0.8:
Redsn0w 0.8 for Windows
Redsn0w 0.8 for Mac OS X
Redsn0w 0.8 for Linux
With the release of Redsn0w some days ago, people might be new to redsn0w and might not know how to work it. On this post, we’ll show you how to jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch with redsn0w version 0.7.2 – This should be the same as windows on both iPhone and iPod Touch. In this case, we’re using Mac OS X. Please. we can not stress this enough, read through this post carefully before attempting anything with redsn0w.
Note: We are not responsible if your device blows up in the middle of the jailbreak process (not that it will) or if your device doesn’t turn on after using this. Use, strictly, at your own risk!
- First is first, download redsn0w here (for Windows) or here (for Mac OS X)
- Second, Download iPhone OS 3.0 or whatever firmware you’ll be using to jailbreak – here
- Alright, now that you have the starting materials downloaded and on your desktop, fire up redsn0w
- Click browse and search for the iphone/ipod touch ipsw. In this case, we’re using the iPhone1,2 3.0 restore ipsw)
- Redsn0w will then process your ipsw and identify the ipsw
- After, redsn0w will prepate data required to jailbreak your device
- Redsn0w will ask you if you want to install Cydia or Icy or both or neither. Tick the box if you would like to install them or untick if not.
- After you got that done, redsn0w will ask you to turn off your device. (Press and hold down the power button on your device until you see the slide to power off screen and slide to shut down the device) *NOTE* Make sure your device is turned OFF and plugged IN
- Redsn0w will then guide you through entering your device into DFU mode
- Your device will then reboot then redsn0w will start uploading the jailbreak data onto your device
- Once redsn0w is uploading the data onto your device, you’re done! You will then notice images on your device, don’t touch the device till all the images are gone
If you would like to unlock your iPhone then read this tutorial
Note: We are not responsible if your device blows up in the middle of the jailbreak process (not that it will) or if your device doesn’t turn on after using this. Use, strictly, at your own risk!
So, I take it that Redsn0w has been updated to include Icy? I had to install Icy manually with Cydia…
vista 64 bit – stops responding just as its about to start the jailbreak process. tried running as admin, still no luck.
hey bro any luck with it because its happenign to me too…
I didnt it on my firends mac he has a 3g and i have the 2g but i try to use my labtop first everything was good until i couldn’t extrack the redsnow file for some reson and try everything so i use the windows restore on my labtop first then he transfer the files on his mac but when everything was done it work fine but for some reson my phone started to get hot when ever it was chargeing i’m realy hot that freak me out and then it started to let me know that is was on safe mode from time to time thats not good never happend to me so if someone has some responds who could help that would be great thank u
Once the Jailbreak Process Begins. The Redsnow quits itself and stops responding. This is on Windows.
As stupid as this may sound. For windows users, You have to get the timing perfectly when you are putting it in recovery mode. You have to hold the power button right when it says to and what not. I tried it again with perfectly timing and it worked. Hooray.
Thanks.
Seems to not work on Vista. I tried on my desktop and laptop with no luck. I had to whip out my 2005 Toshiba laptop with XP for it to work.
Used redsnow 4 days ago and had to restore iPhone back to factory settings as it became very unstable. It kept locking up, running soooooo slow and just generally acting in poor manner. Has anyone else experienced this ??? I’m waiting for proper quickpwn……..
Tried Redsnow again with new -02 version and im now having WORSE problems than before !!!!
I done everything 100% by the book and after jailbreak i try to run cydia and it asks for “Essential Upgrade” i accept/confirm it starts to unpack then says various error messages and the Cydia update DOES NOT WORK !!! WTF !!
I have jailbroken again straight away and still no joy :(
I really do have respect for you guys doing what u do ur Legends. You make the iphone even better than Apple care to make it BUT why release something FULLY untested which crashes peeps iPhones ????
Don’t install ICY because it’s clashing with Cydia.
Restore ur phone into a fresh one, and only choose Cydia when you jailbreak.
(btw, I used a Mac computer. Haven’t tried it on PC. I have an iPhone 3G.)
If you really want to install ICY, then follow the instructions below:
1.Restore into a fresh iPhone. Jailbreak. Choose both Cydia and Icy.
2.After you’re done jailbreaking your phone with both Cydia and Icy, try to upgrade Cydia Essentials again. When it wouldn’t, ignore it by exiting Cydia after it’s done reloading or something.
3.Fire up redsn0w AGAIN without restoring ur phone. This time, DO NOT include ICY; choose ONLY CYDIA.
After the second jailbreaking process, Cydia should upgrade flawlessly.
If you are using Intelliscreen (a wonderful hack app), do NOT install the 2.32 version (or whatever version it was that is lower than 2.93). It WILL screw up your screen like crazy by flipping the “pages” back n forth every time you exit an app, or press the home button once while on the home screen.
You won’t see the “agree” button anyway when you attempt to install Intelliscreen 2.32 on OS 3.0
I had to use diskaid (hard way) to take it off my iPhone, or restore ur phone again (easy way).
One way to fix this flipping mania is to either lock ur screen, then unlock again, or press and hold the home button until it stops flipping.
Couple other apps that don’t work (as far as I know and tested): Navizon, iRealSMS (it won’t send but can receive), iPhoneVideoRecorder, and Intelliscreen lower than v2.93
I am not sure if this redsn0w v0.7 is only for OS 3.0 coz I tried to jailbreak an iPod touch 2G and it couldn’t recognize the 2.2.1 IPSW file. Could anyone confirm this please?
Yeah I have the same problems and a couple things from cydia don’t want to install like winterboard and when people call the slider gets stuck alot i think redsnow needs to be check and bugs fixed
everytime redsnow would start the jailbreaking, itunes would close itself unexpectedly and virtually disconnect the iphone 3g from being seen by redsnow. im using vista.
Sometimes redsnow would get stuck on “waiting for reboot” or it would say “done” when there was no installing done to the phone
Need to get the timing perfectly from my experience
I’ve tried mine 2G with Vista and works PERFECT!!
* 2G (2.2.1) upgraded to OS 3.0 then Jailbreak & Unlocked at the same time. Smooth!
* Tomorrow i will try it on my 3G(2.2.1)
* Still waiting to try on 3GS too ^_^
FYI those having issues with vista esp 64bit USE SAFE MODE!
i tired the safe mode but it wouldnt connect to the itune… pls help !
Can anyone explain why it keeps telling me that it is ‘Unable to recognize specified IPSW’. I am trying this on a mac for a 2G iPod Touch.
thanks in advance.
Perhaps you’re not using the correct IPSW for your device.
I’ve downloaded the file iPod2,1_2.2.1_5H11a_Restore.ipsw several times, according to the website it is the correct one, in addition I would think it would say it was invalid, not unrecognizable when attempting to read it in.
I am stumped.
that’s an old firmware. you need 3.0
i am doing everything step by step, and my phone seems to get frozen on the “downloading jailbreak data” stage….yet redsn0w says “done!”
ive tried doing it in safe mode and running redsn0w as an admin and it still freezes up……..redsn0w bug????
any help would b appreciated..
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i kept trying this morning and it finally worked..the only thing i can say is just keep trying! i didnt do anything different, although, when i did jailbreak it with cydia and icy, i noticed problems with cydia..crashing and not upgrading…
if u r using the 3g, and u installed icy and cydia and r having trouble with cydia…
reboot the iphone, rejailbreak it…this time only selecting cydia, and u should have no problems!!!
remember to somehow turn off 3g if ur usin tmo usa
thanks dev team!!!!
I can confirm that this should indeed fix the issue if you are having problems and opted to install BOTH Cydia and Icy. I’m running Vista and when went through the jailbreak a 2nd time, this time ONLY choosing Cydia, it worked fine.
I was able to install and use Cycorder, which is the only reason why I chose to jailbreak my iPhone 3G :)
i tried this thing.. everything was fine but in the end after jailbreak data is downloaded it asks me to connect to iTunes, and when i do that it says “iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode – Use iTunes to restore”. Please help me with this i tried restoring to 2.1 and again i tried updating to os 3.0 but still the same result
i did exactly as it was said
for those that it freezes on before the jailbreak.
I CAN CONFIRM that running pc in safe mode fixs this and jailbreak works perfect.
I CAN CONFIRM that what you said isn’t true. There is NOTHING I can do to get past the “Waiting For Reboot” part. I have tried everything. I have unplugged the USB multiple times, I have used different computers and I have tried it in SAFE MODE and NO MATTER WHAT I do it ALWAYS freezes on “Waiting For Reboot” PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!!
quickly unplug the usb cord then plug it back in
Here’s my experience: I ran redsn0w, held the power/home buttons as per instructions, and after a while the redsn0w message said the phone was entering DFU mode. However, after a quick “entering DFU mode” message, the program went to a “waiting for reboot” screen and it just hung there; the phone screen is still blacked out, nothing indicating that it is rebooting. This happens every time I enter DFU mode. I then took the phone into Recovery Mode and at that point the program went to the copy screens (ramdisk, kernel), and the program said it was done, but the phone never flashed any images, and after I manually rebooted it I was still taken to the activation screen. Thanks for the program, I’ll keep trying in case I’m doing something wrong; but looking doubtful now.
my phone is froze on the apple screen can anyone help
Wait for a while. If it doesn’t load in 5 mins at most, you have to restore ur iPhone into a fresh one.
Jailbroken iPhones takes a little longer than “normal” iPhones to load.
Hope it helped. :)
My phone freezes up at Downloading Jailbreak Data yet redsn0w says ‘Done’.
after five minutes it goes into recovery mode. Is there a solution for this?
i am using 64 bit vista, and when i start the process, it just freezes and stops on the third, “waiting for reboot” message. What else can i do?
start up using safe mode, shud work fine
It actually worked very well for my iPod Touch 2G on Windows XP Pro SP3 with Cydia only. Follow the on screen instructions and you’ll be fine. Also check it out on Youtube. ;) Now I just have to find a way to get that damn “AppSync for 3.0″ without a wirelss connection (probably using DiskAid)… Any ideas on how to do that ?
Actually never mind. I solved that too. Just google “appsync for 3.0 manual install” and click the first link (the Yahoo answers one) and read my comment. Peace.
I have followed this guide word by word and then the Iphone3G takes like 10 mins to download jailbreak data for 10 minutes after I click done from redsnow and then it gives me this picture to plug Iphone with iTunes and gives me the option to restore!! what should I do?!! please help
Whenever i download the firmware it comes out as a folder and i can choose it with redsn0w. WTF is up with that?
download the firmware using firefox not Safari, I faced that problem which seems to be so common that its is surprising how they didn’t mention that in the Tutorial!!!
Hey successfully unlocked and jailbroke my iphone 2g last night with red snow. whole process was easy and was really no sweat. for ppl having problems, hope you guys remember that you have to update to 3.0 first before using redsnow. To do this, just open itunes, hold shift and click “restore. choose the iphone firmware 3.0 and let it do its thing. after that, use redsnow to unlock and jailbreak. easy!
Alright so I jailbroke and unlocked my friend’s, It’s the iPhone 2G egde. Everything worked fine the only problem, his internet is not working. He has internet on his plan and it was working perfectly when he has version 2.2.1 I am not sure what’s wrong. Can anyone help me out. Thanks.
Everything went okay until the phone reboots and i only get the Cydia icon and nothing else. Anyone else getting this. I did it on a Macbook Pro running 10.5.7. Thanks.
What else were you expecting?
Gotta problem. Jailbroke went fine for 3GS. Successfully installed 2 Cydia apps, went to install Winterboard and rebooted, now I just get Apple symbol for 20seconds and doesn’t ever boot up. Help plz.
what apps did you install? maybe one of those cydia apps messed things up
Jailbroke went fine for 3GS
thanks
For those stuck on a white screen, with the computer saying “Waiting for reboot” no matter how long you wait, I figured out a fix. Simply unplug the cord from the iPod and quickly plug in it again and it’ll go through with the installation. This might take a few tries to work right (it did for me).
MATE! spot on. Fixed it! I was having probs for a couple of hours not being able to get it to do anything. Unplug and replug from the ipod worked like a treat. Didn’t have to do it too quickly but I didn’t take for ever.
CHEERS!
CORRECT!!!!! This solved the “Waiting to Reboot” Problem!!!!!
Hey guys,
I have my Iphone 3G with fw 2.2. How do i work this redsnow? I downloaded the redsnow for WINDOWS and when i open the downloaded file, it only opens up iTunes. Nothing happened.
Am i suppose to do this first??
1- open up itunes and update iphone from firmware 2.2 to 3.0
2- then open the downloaded redsnow program? (then follow the steps again from this webpage??)
thx
i have the same problem. how did you get redsnow to activate. everytime i open it itunes opens and just “sits” there. what do i do now?
turns out there’s another page for this that teaches how to unlock the phone. Anyways, yes i upgraded to 3.0 first through itunes then open up redsnow n all the steps from above was covered n cleared. Thx for the amazin job on hackin it
i dont understand another page? where. please help
hey guys.
thanx alot for everything. i just have one problem. i have an iphone 2g. i update to 3.0 no problem. the only problem i have is that itunes cannot detect my phone. i then went pack to 2.2.1, and tried again but the same thing happened.. please help..
hey.. i solved my problem.
if anyone else is havin issue with “iphone identified but cannot be detected”, just shut down you antivirus and firewall and you wont have problem
Okay I’m having a HUGE problem here.
I jailbroke the iPod (2G), then tried to jailbreak it again so I could get Cydia but something really messed up happened.
All my apps and music are on my iPod (2G) but NONE of the apple software is there. NONE!! No settings button, no music button, no appstore button. NOTHING. And iTunes doesn’t pick it up anymore. I’m very distressed and don’t know how to fix this issue.
And when I try to re-jailbreak it, it never turns back on after the second reboot. Just powers off and stays off.
Just did a full jailbreak. Still no Apple software. Went through all the necessary steps and rebooted just fine. But still no default Apple OS buttons and not connecting
to iTunes at all. I’m still rather distressed.
Can someone help?
anybody hels me ? why my ipod was not “uploading ramdisk ” …. it was just “first stage ” , “second stage” , “third stage” and then “DONE” and black… :(((( … do it again but it still the same like that .. i unplugged and turn on , nothing changed , no cydia …
help me pls
I have follow those instruction but fail!!
My ipod touch after restart back to recovery mode..
again and again…
Any help for this?..
Hi,
Trying to unlock & jailbreak iphone 2g. Redsn0w just sits there with “waiting for reboot” message forever. I am using a mac. I have upgraded to 3.0 before attempting this.
can’t seem to figure out what is it that i am doing wrong?
-MM
i downloaded everything to my desktop, but don’t see the redsn0w icon, i extracted the files after downloading, what am i doing wrong?
has anyone actually had an i touch blow up
i whant to jailbreak an i touch 2nd gen on a windows xp
when i open redsnow it opens itunes but doesnt do anything from there. is there an initiator i dont know about? i am using windows vista. pls help. i had the first gen iphone and jailbroke that one very easily, now i have iphone 3g
hello, i’m currently jailbreaking my ipodtouch 1g, and i was wondering how long i have to wait for ipod to reboot?
atlast! i have unlock my iphone…thanx guys…
if you are getting the phone frozen when downloading info when jailbreaking with redsnow just use redsnow 8.0 and problem gone
on windows 7 ultimate x64 the redsnow 0.8 work fine, i have unlock finally iphone 3gs of my friend(it’s my firt hacking on this device, i’m nokia fans :D)
tnx guy
note: sorry for my bad english
i done jailbreak my ipod v3.0 every thing good but when i download some application from appulous and i add to my i tunes library but when i sync it show me unknown error…what i do ?i don’t have wi-fi to download apps by cydia please help please help….how i get this apps in?????!!!
tell me how to unlock iphone 3gs
i did the blackra1n jailbreak on my ipodtouch 3g, but when i reboot i have to use blackra1n again so i can use my ipodtouch, i find that annoying so i was wondering how i can rejailbreak my ipodtouch , and will i loose all my cydia apps if i do re jailbreak it with redsnow ?