June 23, 2009
Posted by Dan
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!
i am doing the 3 steps to enter DFU mode and when i start the third one the phone will shut off after a few seconds even though the instructions say to hold it for a good 30 secs. Do I still hold it if it shuts off? am i doing something wrong. will the ipod touch turn back on by itself or do i have to? if so how long will it take for it to turn automatically back on
hi guys.. i have tried it on my ipod touch 2g mc model. the key is your ipod/iphone should have 3.1.2 firmware or the appropriate firmware that can be jailbreaked. 3.1.3 fw still cannot be jailbreaked so downgrade it to 3.1.2 by using the itunes (just click shift + restore, then choose the firmware file you will be downgrading). After that, I have used blackrain jailbreaker just to put my ipod into recovery mode, since i found it to be the easiest way,then run the redsnow 0.9.2 version. To avoid the “waiting for reboot” message that takes a lifetime, your ipod should be properly set to recovery mode for successful jailbreaking using redsnow.