How to Quickly Boot Your Tethered Jailbroken iPhone (Windows)

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Posted January 3, 2011 at 12:12am by Shalom Levytam

These are instructions on how to quickly boot your tethered jailbroken iPhone using RedSn0w for Windows.

Step One
Create a Pwnage folder on your Desktop and in it place:
● RedSn0w 0.9.6rc7
● Your iPhone firmware ipsw (download here)

How to Quickly Boot Your Tethered Jailbroken iPhone (Windows)

Step Two
Double click the RedSn0w archive to extract it.

Step Three
Press the Windows and R key then input cmd and click OK to launch the Command Prompt.

Step Four
Input the following command for devices with the new bootrom:

%homepath%DesktopPwnageredsn0w_win_0.9.6rc7redsn0w.exe -j -i %homepath%DesktopPwnageiPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw

Input the following command for devices with the old bootrom (iPod 2G, iPhone 3GS):
%homepath%DesktopPwnageredsn0w_win_0.9.6rc7redsn0w.exe -j -o -i %homepath%DesktopPwnageiPhone2,1_4.2.1_8C148a_Restore.ipsw

**Important: remember to change the filename to the filename of the ipsw you downloaded in Step One.

Step Five
RedSn0w will now open, instruct you on placing your iPhone into DFU mode if it isn't already, and boot your device.

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Ranjit - January 26, 2011 at 2:19pm

Hi Friends, IPHONE 3GS is running 4.0.1 with BB 05.13.04 I am looking update to IOS 4.2.1 can i go head or i hav to wait any precautions

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leimo - January 7, 2011 at 4:19am

please Do anyone knows how to untethered 4.2.1 iphone4 for windos7

js - January 7, 2011 at 12:59am

do i need to back up the apps i installed in intallous first?

moh sayed - January 3, 2011 at 6:08pm

when the redsn0w open it say's the ipsw file not recognized and after i changed the name to a.ipsw it's opened normaly put after jailbreak nothing changed

David A - January 3, 2011 at 12:04pm

To be more robust instead of using "%homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\..." you should also use %homedrive% as in "%homedrive%%homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\..." otherwise people whose user profile is on a different drive then their OS will have issues.

leopard - January 3, 2011 at 2:05pm

i used both but still not working

Willian Sousa - January 3, 2011 at 11:15am

This "shortcut" worked fine on my iTouch 3G. Thx

leopard - January 3, 2011 at 8:52am

hi when i enter the following sentince %homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\redsn0w_win_0.9.6rc7\redsn0w.exe -j -i %homepath%\Desktop\Pwnage\iPhone3,1_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw its says THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPEIFIED While I do all the instructions here so please can you help me with this problem. Thanks

Helio Malka Y negri - January 3, 2011 at 10:03am

\redsn0w_win_0.9.6rc7b\ <--- "b"

moh sayed - January 3, 2011 at 6:05pm

hi in the redsn0w folder there is a 'b', delete it.

leopard - January 3, 2011 at 11:34pm

its done man thank you

Jay - January 3, 2011 at 8:28am

Is this what they call 'one click tether'? Honestly I don't understand what is the point of working on such a complicated tool, instead of this they may work on a real 1 click tool, such as 'blackra1n' which was earlier released by Geohot.

James - January 3, 2011 at 5:04am

Instead of getting the untethered jailbreak update we are getting an update for quick boot! Either quick boot or regular boot, the device will boot in both ways so nothing new!

David - January 3, 2011 at 4:03am

Why are old bootrom devices included here? Their jailbreaks are untethered and don't require redsn0w to boot (only to initially JB or change boot logo).