With PwnageTool 4.2, you can create iOS 4.2.1 custom IPSW on Mac OS X for your iPhone, which on restore via iTunes will jailbreak it while preserving its baseband. PwnageTool 4.2 comes with a fix for all iBooks and Wifi related issues. Now that it's legal to jailbreak mobile phones, why not finally take the plunge and jailbreak your iPhone? This video will show you how to create a custom.ipsw for iOS 4 for installation on an iPhone 3GS using Pwnage Tool 4.0.The process is pretty quick and easy, and will allow you to create the custom iPhone interface that you've always wanted.
The recent release of 4.3.3 firmware for 4 was Jailbroken a few days back with the use of custom PwnageTool bundles. This jailbreak is tethered only for now, which means that you will require booting into Jailbroken state every time you reboot. This jailbreak is courtesy of the Redmond Pie team, which has been as quick as ever to cover this Jailbreak shortly after the iOS 4.3.3 firmware release. Although iOS can be easily broken using Redsn0w, but the Pwnage Tool bundle provides the utility to preserve the old baseband, which can be handy to unlock the iPhone by using Ultrasn0w.
To jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 on an iPhone 4 device, follow the below instructions: Requirements:. PwnageTool 4.3.2. iOS 4.3.3 firmware. 10.2.2. PwnageTool bundle for iOS 4.3.3. Tetheredboot utility Note:.
There is no unlock for the new baseband on iOS 4.3.3. iPad 2 users on iOS 4.3 should avoid iOS 4.3.3 until further confirmation.
Cydia is functional on iOS 4.3.3. This jailbreak is semi-tethered. Baseband will not be upgraded during restore process. Hacktivation is supported. Modifying PwnageTool Step 1:.
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PwnageTool bundle for your version of iOS device. Extract the.zip folder, in there you will find a.bundle file. Step 2:. PwnageTool 4.3.2 and copy it to /Applications directory. Right click, and then click on “Show Package Contents”. Step 3:.
Navigate to Contents/Resources/FirmwareBundles/ and paste iPhone3,14.3.38J2.bundle file in this location. Building iOS 4.3.3 Custom Firmware Step 4:.
iOS 4.3.3 firmware and move this file to your desktop. Step 5:. Start PwnageTool in “Expert mode” and select your device: Step 6:. Browse for iOS 4.3.3 firmware for your device as shown in the screenshot below: Step 7:. Select “Build” to start creating custom 4.3.3 firmware file. Step 8:. PwnageTool will now create the custom.ipsw file for iPhone which will be jailbroken.
Step 9: Eenter DFU mode using PwnageTool:. Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds. Now release the Power button but continue holding the Home button for 10 more seconds. You device should now be in DFU mode. Restore iOS 4.3.3 Custom Firmware Using iTunes Step 10:.
Start iTunes, click on your iOS device icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” (option) button on Mac, or Left “Shift” button if you are on Windows on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release this button. This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.3.3 file. Select the required custom.ipsw file that you created above, and click on “Open”. Step 11:. Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you.
This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly.
Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 4.3.3 on your iOS device. Your iOS device screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, your iOS device will be jailbroken on iOS 4.3.3. Booting in Tethered Mode. Last but not the least, since there is no untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3 yet, we will have to boot it into a tethered jailbroken state. To do this, we will make use of a utility named “tetheredboot” as shown in the steps below.
Step 12: Tethered boot.zip utility for Mac OS X and extract the.zip file. Step 13:. First, we will need two files from the custom iOS 4.3.3 firmware namely: kernelcache.release.n90 and iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu. To do this, make a copy of custom iOS 4.3.3 file (created earlier), change the extension of this file from.ipsw to.zip, and then extract this.zip file.
Copy kernelcache.release.n90 file, and then copy iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu files which are found under /Firmware/dfu/. Move all these files, and Tetheredboot utility to a new folder named “Tetheredboot” on the desktop as shown in the screenshot below. Step 14:. Turn off your iOS device, and start Terminal on OS X and run the following commands: sudo -s. enter your administrator password, then: /Users/Username/Desktop/tetheredboot/tetheredboot /Users/Username/Desktop/tetheredboot/iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu /Users/Username/Desktop/tetheredboot/kernelcache.release.n90. Press enter. NOTE: If the above fails, try ‘tetheredboot -i ibss -k kernel’ instead of ‘tetheredboot ibss kernel’: /Users/Username/Desktop/tetheredboot/tetheredboot –i /Users/Username/Desktop/tetheredboot/iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu -k /Users/Username/Desktop/tetheredboot/kernelcache.release.n90 Tip: Simply drag and drop in Terminal – Tetheredboot file, then iBSS file and then kernelcache.release file.
You should now see some code running in the Terminal window, at some point, it will ask you to enter DFU mode. Now follow the following steps to enter DFU mode:. Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds. Now release the Power button but continue holding the Home button for 10 more seconds. You device should now be in DFU mode Now wait for your device to boot, Terminal at this point will be showing “Exiting libpois0n” message. After a short while, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will be booted in a jailbroken tethered mode!
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Still afraid to jailbreak your idevice??? Here is a simple step by step tutorial to jailbreak with pwnageTool 4.1 in Mac. This tutorial is applicable for iPhone(3G,3GS,4), iPod Touch(4G, 3G), iPad(firmware 3.2.2) and AppleTV 2G. Requirements:. PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac. IOS Firmware 4.1 for your device.
Create a folder in the desktop and copy the downloaded firmware and pwnageTool to it. Dmg and copy the pwnageTool to the folder). Open pwnageTool and accept the warning which appears. In the top menu select “ Expert Mode” and then select the image corresponding to your device to be modified and then click on the arrow to continue.
On the next screen click on the “ Browse for IPSW “And in the window that appears, select the firmware you’ve downloaded to the desktop folder. Click “Open”. On this screen select the “ General “for further settings. In the “General Settings” screen you can set whether to activate the phone. By activating this you can use an unofficial sim with your iPhone.
If you have an official sim uncheck this option. Also, for iPhone 3G multitasking, custom wallpaper etc can be enabled on this screen. After choosing the options click on the back icon.
Now select “Cydia packages”. From this screen you can customize individual packages that are provided by Cydia. Navigate through the tabs and configure the packages that you would like to preinstall. Remember you will also be able to install Cydia packages from the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4. Now you’re all set to do, click on “ Build “to start creating the custom firmware. When the ‘save’ screen appears, save it to the desktop folder created at the beginning. After building the custom firmware, you will be prompted to connect the device to the Mac to put it in DFU mode. Follow the instructions to get your device in the DFU mode:. Hold down the power button and the Home for 10 seconds. After 10 seconds, release the power button and continue holding the Home button for 10 seconds.
Once you have the iPhone in DFU mode, PwnageTool will detect it and ask you to open iTunes. This is the last step, open iTunes, it should detect your iPhone in DFU mode. Accept the window that appears and then proceed to restore the custom firmware from the desktop folder. Once this process is done, your iPhone will be jailbreaked and you’ll see Cydia on your springboard upon rebooting your device.