How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 Using Limera1n (Mac)
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Posted October 14, 2010 at 3:30pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 using Limera1n for Mac. Limera1n supports iOS 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and 4.1. You can find the Windows version of this tutorial here.
Remember: Do not update to iOS 4.1 if you need the unlock. Ultrasn0w does not support that baseband yet. The only exception is the iPhone 4. You can update to iOS 4.1 without upgrading your baseband by following this tutorial.
Step One Open your web browser of choice and navigate to http://www.limera1n.com. Click the Mac logo at the bottom of the screen.
Step Two When prompted save the download to your desktop
Step Three Double click the limera1n.zip file from the desktop to extract the application, then double click it to launch.
Step Four Connect your iPhone to the computer and click the large make it ra1n button
Step Five You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode.
Press both the power and the home buttons.
When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.
Your phone will now be in DFU mode
As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPhone.
Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.
Step Six After you power back on your iPhone you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled limera1n. Press it to continue.
Step Seven Once Limera1n opens select Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
Step Eight Once the Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPhone.
Step Nine When your iPhone has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates then follow our Unlock tutorial if possible for your device.
NOTE*: To remove the limera1n icon from your desktop you can relaunch the app and tap the Uninstall Limera1n button or install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application.
***A big thanks goes everyone who made this jailbreak possible.
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I tried to jailbreak my iPhone 4 with 4.0.2 and 1.59.0 but each time I get the message Retry Hold Home and Power. I think it has to do with the fact that iTunes starts each time saying that it detected an iPhone in Recovery mode.
Any idea what I can do?
Thanks
Tried limera1n against 3GS 4.0.2 new bootrom 5.13.04 baseband. Appeared to work fine but after boot the limera1n icon did not show. Tried many times to no avail. I finally did a factory reset (erased all data/settings) from the phone and after boot the limera1n icon showed up. Just wanted to point this out just in case anyone is running into same problem
hello
i have an iphone 4 and i did jailbreak my iphone and thats working well
but my icons in desktop are whit!!!
please tell me what do i have to do
thanks
I tried on 3gs 4.0.2 5.13 couple of times on PC but the Limera1n would not install on the phone, then factory reset the phone and ran Limera1n and was successfull, now downloading Cydia.
Excellent utility, keep it up.
I'm in the same situation -- I need to jb and unlock a 4.0.2 on a 3GS/old bootrom and Limera1n acts like it's installing but no icon ever shows up. But I'm afraid to do a "factory reset" -- what iOS does it reset to? Do I risk losing my 5.13.04 baseband?
I have an iPhone 4 4.0.1 upgraded to 4.1 using TU and use limera1n to JB got the drop in the screen and the done message, however can't get it on the springboard at all. Any suggestions please!
Worked great the first time on my iPhone 4. Thanks, geohot!
I was jailbroken on iOS 4.0.1, then upgraded to OS 4.1 by way of TinyUmbrella/TSS Server, so as to keep the baseband unchanged and to be able to unlock my iPhone 4, which also worked just fine.
My iPad is ready for 4.2 now. ;)
I have a 3GS with 4.1 that I installed today. I am also running iTunes 10.0.1 (22) on the mac. I can't get this to work. It gets into DFU mode but then just sits there. iTunes opens in the background saying there is aphone in recovery mode.
Ok, so I am an idiot! I hate the fact that the 3G and 3GS look totally the same! I had gotten what I thought was a 3GS from a friend of mine and he gave me the wrong one. Sure enough a check of the serial number and its the 3G! Getting the 3GS and retrying!
It's work perfect thanks, but I have problem with my voicemail. I can't receive voicemails I have to call my virtual voicemail to check if I have voicemail. Any idea?
Thanks
This is exactly like the PC version.. everything goes exactly to plan through Step 5 (dfu mode, the limera1n logo, the message that the jailbreak is ready...) But no icon in Step 6.
/3gs, 4.0.2, 05.13.04, never jailbroken --- Any ideas?
Also reboot (not restart) your iPhone before trying again if it doesn't work. You'll know that the exploit was transfered to the iPhone when you see the green teardrop before the lock screen.