Saturday, June 20, 2009

How to Jailbreak Firmware 3.0

Is this not the right jailbreak for you? Find the one made for your device and firmware by clicking here.

Devices Supported: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 1st Gen, iPod touch 2nd Gen
Computers Supported: Mac and PC
Firmware Supported: 3.0
Necessary Downloads: RedSn0w 0.8 and 3.0 IPSW file for your device

You can either follow the steps in this video or read the written instructions below. The download links are posted below the video.

Downloads

RedSn0W:
Download for Mac
or
Download for Windows

IPSW Files:
Go here, click on the second drop down bar and find your corresponding device with the 3.0 firmware and download it.

(These are the direct downloads of ipsw files from Apple's servers, we have not uploaded them).

How to Jailbreak

1. Download the correct version RedSn0w 0.8 for your computer from above.

2. Download the correct ipsw file for your device from the link above.

3. Connect your iPod to your computer and place into DFU mode (see video).

4. Open RedSn0w.exe.

5. Browse for your firmware ipsw file.

6. Keep clicking next.

7. Let your device finish what ever it is doing.

Once your device reboots, turn it off and restart it.

Once it's done, your device will be fully jailbroken and ready to go! Now you should check out the How to Free Space after Jailbreaking post to free up space to install new packages.

All-in-one Jailbreak for 3.0

The Dev Team has released RedSn0w 0.7. This version is surprisingly a all-in-one package to jailbreak. RedSn0w 0.7 supports:
  • Windows and Mac Jailbreak
  • iPod touch 1st Gen Jailbreak
  • iPod touch 2nd Gen Jailbreak
  • iPhone Jailbreak
  • iPhone 3G Jailbreak


You can download RedSn0w 0.8 here:

Download for Mac
or
Download for Windows

You can find out how to use RedSn0w 0.7 to jailbreak your device here.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Firmware 3.0 Jailbreak- With Limitations

Is this not the right jailbreak for you? Find the one made for your device and firmware by clicking here.

Devices Supported: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPod touch 1 st Gen
Computers Supported:Mac only
Firmware Supported:3.0
Necessary Downloads:PwnageTool and corresponding ipsw file

The Dev Team has released a jailbreak for firmware 3.0 in the form of PwnageTool 3.0. You can download on The Dev Teams official torrent here or you can download it from a mirror here.

For those of you who aren't familiar with older versions of PwnageTool, it is a Mac-only program. Also it only supports iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod touch 1st Generation. iPod touch 2nd Generation is not currently supported. We are told by the Dev Team that jailbreaks for Windows users will be out "sometime soon."