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How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Posted May 6, 2011 at 1:09pm by iClarified
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These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS on the 4.3.3 firmware using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac version of this tutorial is here.

Make sure not to update to iOS 4.3.3 if you need an unlock as one is not yet available unless you opt to use the iPad baseband.

IMPORTANT FOR UNLOCKERS
During this process you can update your baseband to the 06.15 version. If you are on 05.14 or 05.15 or higher you will need to do this to unlock. You do not need to do this for jailbreak only. Please read the following very carefully before deciding whether to do this. You can find out baseband version here.


1. There is no way to come back down from 06.15, and there’s no hiding the baseband version from Apple. You’ll be voiding your warranty in a very obvious way.
2. If some future baseband comes out with a critical fix, you won’t be able to update to it if it remains down in the 05.xx sequence (then again, you wouldn’t update to it if you wanted to keep your unlock anyway).
3. Starting with FW 4.2.1 if you have 06.15 on your iPhone you won’t ever be able to restore to stock firmware (it will fail). You’ll need to only restore to custom IPSWs (then again, if you’re unlocker you should already be doing that).
4. There are reports that 06.15 may disable your GPS. The iPhone Dev-Team is currently working on a fix.

Don’t update to 06.15 if you don’t need to! Only do this if you need the unlock and you’re stuck on 05.14 or 05.15, and you're willing to assume the above risks. If your baseband is already unlockable and you are on a lower firmware version then use PwnageTool to update to 4.3.3 without upgrading your baseband.

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage

Download RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the latest 4.3.3 firmware from below and place it in the same folder.

4.3.3 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.3.3_8J2_Restore.ipsw

Extract the RedSn0w zip file into the same folder.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Two
Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down Shift and click the Restore button. Restore is preferred as it won't create any wasted space on your iPhone.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the 4.3.3 firmware ipsw. Click the Open button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Three
Once iTunes has finished updating your iPhone to the desired firmware open the Pwnage folder on your desktop and launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier.

**Windows 7 users may need to run RedSn0w in Vista compatibility mode. You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting Properties from the contextual menu
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Four
Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Five
Select the 4.3.3 firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

You will be asked if this device is a newer fixed model. If yours is then click the Yes button; otherwise, click the No button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Six
Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Seven
RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Eight
From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Verbose boot displays detailed information on boot of your device and is generally only needed by developers and advanced users.

Make sure Cydia is selected. For this tutorial we will also select Custom boot logo and Custom recovery logo.

When you click to select each custom logo option a dialog window will appear asking you to select the image. Locate the image you would like to use then press the Open button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

*Remember the rules for boot logos are: RGB or Grayscale format with Alpha channel and dimension below 320x480. If you would like to use the iClarified ones they can be found here: Boot Logo, Recovery Logo

If you read the warning above and you would like to update your baseband to the 06.15 iPad version for unlock then check Install iPad Baseband. Click Yes when prompted to confirm your decision.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Click the Next button to continue
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Nine
Please plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Ten
RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Eleven
Your iPhone will now reboot
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Twelve
RedSn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

Step Thirteen
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button. When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]

*As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Teams, Geohot, and I0n1c for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.
**Windows 7 users can try running RedSn0w as an administrator in Windows Vista or XP compatibility mode if you experience any difficulties.
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Mr.Atak
Mr.Atak - December 27, 2011 at 4:14pm
The last version that is redsn0w 0.9.6rc19 doesnt have an option to select to "upgrade ipad baseband". Also redsn0w 0.9.6rc16 has a option but it cannot fetch the ipad baseband? Any help? My phone is running on 4.3.3 and has baseband 5.16.02. I have to upgrade baseband to 06.15 to unlock.
Pplucky
Pplucky - December 30, 2011 at 2:59pm
Same here: iPhone 3GS, built on week 21/2010, iOS 4.3.3 non-jailbroken, baseband 05.16.02. Need to upgrade to ipad baseband (even with the downsides), so I can unlock it. Which version of redsn0w should I use to accomplish both jailbreak and upgrade baseband? Thanks in advance.
QwErTyAxIs
QwErTyAxIs - December 22, 2011 at 10:06am
is it possible to jailbreak iPhone 3GS with a latest RedSn0w 0.9.9b9d (Windows) for iOS 4.3.3 ??? Pls help
ms.khan
ms.khan - November 28, 2011 at 8:01pm
im not able to run redsn0w & sn0wbreeze .. which program should i choose to 'open with' as default ??? by mistake i had selected notepad .. so now all of the versions r opening with - notepad
JOhn
JOhn - November 22, 2011 at 1:35am
When i run redsn0w along with the ipsw on the page the install ipad baseband does not show in the options. please help
Debo
Debo - September 4, 2011 at 4:19pm
Hello, I am trying to update my iPhone 3GS (current version is 3.1.3 and baseband is 5.12.01) to iOS 4.3.3. The current version is already jailbroken. I am following the steps mentioned in the in the site (How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.3]) but getting an error message "this device isn't eligible for the requested build. 4.3.3". I have also checked the hosts file but there doesnt exists any gs.apple.com entry. The only entry exists in the host file is : 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost Kindly help me out of this error. I am stuck in the step 2 and not able to proceed. Kindly guide me. Thanks in advance
aj
aj - August 29, 2011 at 2:36pm
hi, i have an iphone 3gs 4.1 with firmware 6.15.00...is it possible for me to upgrade my iphone to 4.3??? with my baseband I'm just not sure if its possible or not, thats why i need to be sure..
Siva
Siva - August 3, 2011 at 11:38am
Hi , I have a 3GS. It was with 4.2.1 I have upgrade to ipad BB to unlock it. Now I have decided to upgrade to 4.3.3 as it is untethered jailbreak. I created a custom firmware using sn0wbreeze and restore via itunes. I got errors like 3128, 600x and finally i got a 1015 error. After this my iphone is always in DFU mode (Black screen). Now if i tried with a 4.2.1 firmware i got the error 28 and if I try with 4.3.3 i am getting 600x error. The phone is always in black screen. If i used the fixrecovery4.3 , it is not doing anything and if i use fixrecovery4.2.1 i got a bright lcd screen and agin it went to black screen. Please let me know ho to solve this?
swarnim
swarnim - July 27, 2011 at 6:29pm
Hi I have a 3GS with OS 4.01 and BB 5.13.04 which is unlocked and JB. Can somebody please help me on what are the step to be followed so that it wont upgrade to BB 6.15 and gets JB. Thanks in advance
swarnim
swarnim - July 27, 2011 at 6:49pm
one more question...will my phone gets locked and i have to unlock if i upgrade my OS or its just a Jailbreak process nothing to do with locking of phone. Please somebody help. Waiting for replies....
person
person - July 22, 2011 at 2:22am
itunes says,"The ipone 'andrew's iphone' could not be restored. An unknown error occured (3194)." What do i do? I have the correct firmware downloaded but it wont let me restore to it.
albertfann
albertfann - July 1, 2011 at 7:06am
the "redsn0w" link is broken, the tutorial is working for my Iphone 3Gs. thanks iClarified..
fahad
fahad - June 17, 2011 at 9:08am
my iphone got stuck on 'waiting for reboot' screen .. what do i do now??
Luiz
Luiz - June 1, 2011 at 4:44pm
The link to download Redsn0w is broken !!!
DR_MCGILL
DR_MCGILL - June 17, 2011 at 10:27am
Yea will this ever get fixed?
Jenn
Jenn - June 28, 2011 at 6:07am
Yep, still appears to be a broken link :(
atif
atif - June 1, 2011 at 4:29am
hey guys my redsnow app freezes when i choose it is older model of 3gs .... then a error msg comes "unexpected error occured " som1 help mee ....
kapil
kapil - May 31, 2011 at 12:04am
Hi, I have a 3GS with baseband 5.14 and 4.1 os. I restored to the latest 4.3 as mentioned in the article in iclarified to unlock. However it was asking me to insert a valid sim to activate. I dont have an ATT SIM. I was using this phone just using Wifi and am in a different country. The restore didnt make any mention of having a valid SIM inserted. I was able to restore by following the procedure but not checking the update ipad baseband. Then I used itunes to get the backup file I had created. A few questions: So, once I update to 6.15 baseband, can I still restore using the same backup? Or do I need to store a custom IPSW and if so how do I do it? Can I still unlock if I dont have an ATT sim? thanks kapil
kapil
kapil - June 15, 2011 at 1:33pm
Unfortunately I didnt get any direct help. But from reading a some guess work I finally got this unlocked. Followed the above procedure to get jailbroken and cydia first. Then updated the ipad baseband. When updating kept an ATT card inside(got it from a colleague as I am not in US) Its now unlocked. 2 issues: GPS works sometimes. Its not unusable, but not accurate either and sometimes doesnt work. The battery drains very quickly (need to recharge every night)
albertfann
albertfann - July 1, 2011 at 9:03am
its doesn't need to use ATT sim cards. ato Redsn0w remember chose "install Cydia" & " ipad basemand" it will ulock your iphone, n ipad basemand use for unlock your carrier ( at cydia search ultrasn0w for unlock carrier) hope it will help.
Olavi
Olavi - May 29, 2011 at 7:52am
If i update through iTunes , does my baseband change? I have iPhone 3GS, 4.0.1 ; baseband 05.13.04
Luiz Filipe
Luiz Filipe - May 27, 2011 at 10:20am
Link Fail: "Page not found. We're sorry, but we were unable to locate the page you requested."
JP
JP - May 28, 2011 at 4:32pm
Be a little intuitive! https://sites.google.com/a/iphone-dev.com/files/home
Jack
Jack - May 25, 2011 at 1:34am
my iphone 3gs was updated to 4.3.3 with baseband 05.16.02, after jailbroken there are no signal for the network, what can i do except changing the baseband to ipad version?
albertfann
albertfann - July 1, 2011 at 9:05am
you should "install ipad basemand" after that at cydia search "ultrasn0w" to unlock your carrier.
HiphOne
HiphOne - May 22, 2011 at 9:37am
I HAVE IPHONE 3GS OLD BOOTROM IM USING NON OFFICIAL NETWORK AND DEPEND ON UNLOCK... MY IPHONE VERSION WAS 3.1.3. I RESTORED IT TO 4.3.3 LAST NIGHT... I STUCK AT JAILBREAK PART REDSN0W FREEZE AT RAMDISK FIRST.. IRESTORED AGAIN AND AGAIN NOW I CHECKED THE IPAD VERSION FOR UNLOCK OT FREEZE AGAIN ON THIS PART.. NOW I CANT EVEN RESTORE IT TO ITUNES IGUESS ITS BASEBAND IS UPDATED ITS STUCK ON RECOVERY MODE... I AM WINDOWS USER CANT HELP WITH PWNAGE TOOL ... PLEASE HELP ME OUT OF THIS..
Siva
Siva - May 19, 2011 at 6:40am
Hi, I have jailbroken and inlocked my iphone 3GS using readsn0w. Now the version is 4.2.1 with baseband 06.15.00. Now can I upgrade the OS version? Please let me know if there are any tutorials.. Regards Siva G
Ashish
Ashish - May 19, 2011 at 3:03am
I was able to get it to work. I have a iPhone 3GS updated with 4.3.3 firmware and base band of 05.16.02. If you plan to unlock, you will have to intall the 06.15.00 base band first. I would recommend doing so locally (http://www.beijingiphonerepair.com/hack/fetch-or-download-ipad-baseband-6-15-00-without-internet-connection-local-computer/). After that is complete, then proceed to the jailbreak steps. It took my two weeks to figure it out and 10 minutes to actually jailbreak and unlock the iPhone.
kapil
kapil - May 31, 2011 at 12:06am
Hi Ashish, Did you need the ATT SIm card to unlock? Also, if something goes wrong what are the steps to restore your iphone to a working condition even if its still locked?
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