redsn0w currently works with iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 1G, and iPod Touch 2G. It is a tool with the same goal as QuickPwn, to jailbreak your device in a timely manor.
System Requirements
Needed files
- redsn0w 0.7.2
- 2G iPhone 3.0[iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw]
- 3G iPhone 3.0[iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw]
redsn0w is not designed to restore or upgrade your iPhone. It is a tool that sends information to your iPhone that will inevitably jailbreak it.
Here’s a video by me on the software and the whole process. Sorry the video is kind of small but it’s meant for the screen capture on the second part. This is for all of you visual learners! If you want to skip the intro, just go right to 2:10 and you can begin the process!
After downloading redsn0w, unzip it, and run redsn0w.exe. It should look something like this:
You’re going to press “Browse” and find the correct firmware for your device. You should have downloaded it above because you should have read the needed files section! PLEASE make sure that if you have an iPhone 3G, your firmware should start with iPhone1,2_3.0 and if you have an iPhone 2G it should start with iPhone1,1! This is a big deal, it won’t work without the correct firmware!
Click “Open”, and redsn0w will process your firmware. When it is done, it should say “IPSW successfully identified”.
On the next screen you will be able to install Cydia, and I suggest you do so. What’s the point of jailbreaking if you can’t install jailbroken apps? (rhetorical =)
Just hit the next button, and you will see this:
At this point, you want to turn your phone off. Hold the power button until you see the “slide to power off”, and do it!
The next screen wants you to follow a series of instructions that will put your phone in DFU Mode. This will allow redsn0w to perform the jailbreak. You need to do this correctly otherwise it won’t work.
- Hold down the Power (corner) button for 3 seconds
- Without releasing the Power button, push 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.
Once redsn0w starts doing something, you can release the home button on the third step, you don’t have to hold it down for all 30. You’ll KNOW when it happens.
Now your phone will be doing a series of things - and in the end, you will have a jailbroken iPhone! Please comment below with success, failure, and suggestions on the short guide.
Oh, and if you run in to this:
Don’t worry! Just try the steps again and I’m sure you’ll get it. You won’t hurt the phone. But remember, shut your phone off before trying to put it in to DFU Mode. You don’t want to turn your PC directly off with the power button now, do ya?
