How to jailbreak with redsn0w
If you want to jailbreak any current iPhone or iPod Touch devices running on iPhone OS 3.0, you must use redsn0w. This post will show a step-by-step tutorial on how to jailbreak your device with redsn0w.
You can download redsn0w for Windows, Mac, or Linux here.
redsn0w 0.8 will only work with iPhone 3.0, iPhone 3G 3.0, iPhone 3GS 3.0, iPod Touch 3.0, and iPod Touch 2G 3.0.
1. Download the iPhone OS 3.0 IPSW file for your device and save it to your desktop. Here are the file names for each device, make sure you have the right one:
- iPhone 2G – filename: iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw [download link]
- iPhone 3G – filename: iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw [download link]
- iPhone 3GS – filename: iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw [download link]
- iPod Touch 1G – filename: iPod1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
- iPod Touch 2G – filename: iPod2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
2. Open the redsn0w 0.8 application.
3. Click the Browse button.
4. Locate your device’s IPSW file that you downloaded in step 1 and click Open.
5. The redsn0w window will have the “IPSW successfully identified” message. Click the Next button to continue.
6. redsn0w will ask you to “Please select which options you would like to have“. Make sure the Install Cydia box has a check on there and then click Next.
7. redsn0w will ask you to make sure your device is both OFF and PLUGGED IN to your computer. Make sure you plug in your device in to your computer and then turn it off. Click Next once you have done this.
8. redsn0w will now ask you to connect your device in DFU mode.
- Hold down the Power button for 3 seconds
- Without releasing the Power button, also hold down the Home (bottom center button) for 10 seconds
- Without releasing the Home button, release the Power button BUT KEEP holding the Home button for 30 seconds
- If you don’t do this properly you will get a DFU Mode Failed message and you’ll have to go back to step one.
9. Once your device has successfully entered DFU Mode, redsn0w will show the following message: “Please wait while your device is being jailbroken. Waiting for reboot.” Your device should reboot after this.
10. Once your device has rebooted redsn0w will start uploading the RAMDisk and kernel.
11. After everything has been successfully uploaded to your device, redsn0w will have; the “Done!” message. Your device will now reboot and you should see the Cydia app on your SpringBoard.
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My screen is stuck at “Edit Home Screen” and I cant press dismiss. Any help?
reply to Sketchy
put your ipod in dfu mode and try again if it still does not work restore with itunes easyest way is to shift + click on restore and select the desired firmware
No dice bro. it gives me an error message (20)
Sketchy do you have the link to your Redsn0w download? mine does not work
Redsnow gets stuck on Waiting for reboot, and doesn’t move, even after I unplug the USB and plug it back in
I get through to DFU mode and then the ipod says downloading jailbreak data but after that it just goes to the plug into itunes screen..any ideas???
it just gets stuck when it says waiting for reboot
So to get this right…… redsnow doesnt work for people with iPhone 2G?
it killed my ipod
during the bit where the Ipod is meant to restart it went out of DFU mode and wouldn’t restart. Any ideas?
everything works i press done and it just says downloading jailbreak data and nothin after a few mins resets and back to restore
my itunes sais that my iphone has to be restored and in my iphone’s screen there is an image which tells me to connect the iphone to the itunes….!what should i do??
after doing everything my phone shows an image that says itunes what is the next step afterwards
my computer shows the done message an i click finish, but my ipod wont restart
I get through to DFU mode and then the ipod says downloading jailbreak data but after that it just goes to the plug into itunes screen..any ideas??
“Downloading jailbreaker data…” on ipod touch and “Done!” message on my pc…
Jailbreaker isn’t work?
im on vista, and i can’t find the 3.0 firmware. i cannot download it from this site, and when i download it from another, redsn0w cant find it.please help me. mail me at nathaniel02@hotmail.com
Stuck on Waiting for reboot ipod will not turn on
What do i do
HEY i’m do it on ipod touch!
1) You must load 3.0 firmware (shift+click on button “release firmware” and select) iPod2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
2) run redsn0w and follow the instructions
ps srorry for my english =)
I’n trying to jailbreak my itouch and i get to the first screen and when i have to choose the firmware, it has a bunch of folders and cannot pick one to go to the next step. Please Help!!!
Hey thank-you every1, I did it, and it worked. If I can do it then you can just follow dixai what said and sure enough, it worked.
I’m doing this on iPhone 2G and it just is sitting on waiting for reboot