Few minutes back iPhone Dev Team released PwnageTool 4.1 to Jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS / 3G, iPod Touch 4G / 3G and iPad on 3.2.2 and Apple TV 2G. But, why you need PwnageTool when you have jailbreak tools like limera1n, greenpois0n or redsn0w that are simpler to use? Well the answer is simple. PwnageTool’s main advantage over other jailbreak tools is that it will preserve the baseband allowing you to carrier unlock it using ultrasn0w on iOS 4.1.
How to Jailbreak iOS 4.1 iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G using PwnageTool 4.1
Requirements:
- PwnageTool 4.1 [Download Link]
- iOS 4.1 original firmware of your device saved on your computer (Download Here)
- iTunes 10 installed on your Mac
Step 1: Launch iTunes 10.1 and sync your iPhone with your Mac for backup.
Step 2: Download PwnageTool 4.1 and the original iOS 4.1 for your version of iPhone or iPod touch. Copy all the files to your desktop.
Step 3: Double click to start PwnageTool 4.1. Click Ok, if prompted with a warning. Click to select Expert Mode from the top menu bar and then select your device (iPhone 3GS, 3G or iPhone 4). Click Blue arrow button at the bottom right to continue.
Step 4: Click the Browse for IPSW… button and then select your firmware from the Pwnage folder (refer Step 2).
Step 5: You will be prompted to select one of the option from following window. Select General then click the blue arrow button to continue.
Step 6: Under General settings Check Activate the phone if you are not with an official carrier then click the blue arrow button to continue. If your iPhone is activated on an official carrier Deselect Activate.
Step 7: Now the Cydia settings window will allows you to create custom packages. Double click any of the packages to select. For example, double click on OpenSSH, it will then appear under Select Packages tab.
Step 8: Click Select Packages Tab and then select OpenSSH as shown in the screen below.
Step 9: You are now ready to begin the pwnage process! Click the Build button to select it then click the Blue arrow button to begin.
Step 10: PwnageTool will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone. You will be prompted to save custom .ipsw firmware file. Save it to the desktop. It might take 10-15 minutes for building custom firmware.
Step 11: Now its time to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 4.1 for your iPhone or iPod touch.
- Click on your phone icon from the sidebar in iTunes.
- Press and hold left “alt” button (“Shift” button on Windows) on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes
- Now, release the “Shift” button.
Step 12: iTunes will now prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.1 Once your iPhone is successfully in DFU mode.
Step 13: Once In iTunes, hold the Alt/Option key and click Restore.
Step 14: Now select the custom IPSW that was created and click the Choose button. Wait for a while till iTunes installs the new firmware 4.1 on your iPhone. After the installation is done, iPhone will restart automatically. You have now successfully jailbroken iPhone running iOS 4.1.
If you want to unlock iPhone on iOS 4.1, then follow the complete step by step guide posted here to unlock iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 using Ultrasn0w.
Step 15: After jailbreaking and unlocking iOS 4, you can now restore all your settings, apps, contacts and photos to the newly installed firmware version iOS 4 by restoring the backup that you made in Step 2 from iTunes.
If you are on Windows platform, then you might need to wait for some more time as iH8sn0w will be releasing updated version of sn0wbreeze soon after PwnageTool is out! For all future jailbreak and unlock software releases, please follow us on Twitter or become a Facebook fan. You may also like to check out more on iPhone Jailbreak and iPhone unlock.
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