Hey Guy & Girls...
Just like to say Hi to everyone out there.
Am just some 41 year old Lad from the North west of England
am running a Iphone 4 on firmware 04.12.01
Software Version 5.1(9b176)
March Mayhem As the whole tech world waits for today’s Apple Event, it seems like a good time to remind both veteran and amateur jailbreakers about the fundamental rule of jailbreaking: Avoid firmware updates!
In all likelihood we’ll see the GM “gold master” version of 5.1 this week. DO NOT UPDATE TO 5.1, because you may lose your jailbreak! The rest of this post details the subtleties with this rule, but if there’s only one message to take home, it’s the overall “do not update” message! Now for the nitty gritty exceptions:
As you can see, it really is a nuanced landscape so it’s sometimes hard to drive the message home to new jailbreakers. But the basic rule is the simplest (and it’s better to be safe than sorry!): If you update to 5.1 you’ll very likely lose your jailbreak, so don’t do it! Exceptions are noted above.
- Soon after 5.1 appears on Apple’s public servers (i.e. iTunes starts to offer it), Apple will stop signing 5.0.1 SHSH blobs.
- If you have an iPhone4S, the basic rule above is really the only rule: you cannot restore back to 5.0.1 once the 5.0.1 signing window is closed, no matter what (even if you saved your SHSH blobs).
- If you have an iPad2 with saved 4.x hashes, you can in fact downgrade to that 4.x but you won’t be able to get to 5.0.1 once the 5.0.1 signing window is closed (even if you saved your 5.0.1 SHSH blobs).
- If you have a device earlier than the iPad2, you can downgrade to whatever version you want, as long as you have saved SHSH blobs for that version. You’ll need the assistance of geohot’s limera1n exploit with tools like redsn0w to get into “pwned DFU mode” and bypass the downgrade restriction.
Now let’s see what Apple unveils today!
Update #1: First, please read and re-read the above warnings! With all of that in mind, we realize that some of you non-A5 jailbreakers are itching to get to 5.1, even though there seems to be no compelling new feature there. Because of geohot’s limera1n exploit, those with devices earlier than the iPad2 can test the 5.1 jailbreak waters if they really want to, using redsn0w 0.9.10b6. Here’s what you need to know:
Update #1b: The OS X version of redsn0w has been updated to fix an issue for those running OS X 10.5.x or earlier.
- This is a *tethered* 5.1 jailbreak for non-A5 devices. You’ll need to use redsn0w to “Just Boot” your device every time it power cycles, otherwise jailbreak apps won’t work (neither will Safari).
- If you use ultrasn0w for your carrier unlock, be sure to use a custom IPSW to get to 5.1 first! Don’t ever restore to a stock Apple IPSW! Use redsn0w’s “Custom IPSW” button to create a NO_BB_* version of the 5.1 IPSW and restore to that instead of the stock one. (That option is available only to 3GS and iPhone4-GSM owners.) ultrasn0w itself will be updated for 5.1 in the next few days (same baseband support, not 5.1’s baseband).
- If you’re lucky enough to have an old-bootrom 3GS, this jailbreak is actually untethered (redsn0w will figure that part out automatically).
- While we were at it, we added @pod2g’s steaks4uce exploit to support MC models of the iPod touch 2G (whose last firmware was 4.2.1). So now redsn0w will auto-detect and jailbreak both MB and MC versions of that older device.
- iBooks won’t work until a future update of redsn0w
Here are the redns0w download links:
- redsn0w 0.9.10b6b for OS X
- redsn0w 0.9.10b6 for Windows (be sure to run in Administrator mode)
Also if someone could direct me to the forum where I can post Question on how to Unlock my phone for all networks.
Since i have lost my contract
Thanks again & looking forward to being part of this forum
New member from northwest Ohio here. Long time Blackberry and then Droid user, but like what I see after having my new 4S phone a little over a week.
Hi,all. Just here
Looking to get an iPhone ,unlocked version, to augment my Ipad
Very interested in the world wide capability and ability . will get one for my other half as well.
Regards
jeniffer
hello i'm a new user iphone
i've iphone 3GS 8GB,i buy from provider in my country
iphone model MC637ID
is mw iphone Software Unlock ???
if yes ,please give me instruction in use....
thnk's
Hey Guy & Girls...
Just like to say Hi to everyone out there.
Am just some 41 year old Lad from the North west of England
am running a Iphone 4 on firmware 04.12.01
Software Version 5.1(9b176)
I Guess am hoping to find a jailbreak for this that's stable.
Also if someone could direct me to the forum where I can post Question on how to Unlock my phone for all networks.
Since i have lost my contract
Thanks again & looking forward to being part of this forum