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How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Posted October 20, 2010 at 12:14pm by iClarified
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These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 4 on iOS 4.1 using PwnageTool for Mac.

Step One
Make a folder called "Pwnage" on the desktop. In it, you will need a couple of things. PwnageTool 4.1, found here

You will also need the 4.1 iPhone firmware.
4.1.0 (4): iPhone3,1_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw


When downloading the IPSW file, it is best to download it with Firefox since Safari often auto extracts it!
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Two
Double click to mount PwnageTool then drag the PwnageTool icon into the Pwnage folder.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Then from the Pwnage folder double click to launch the PwnageTool application.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Click Ok if presented with a warning.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Three
Click to select Expert Mode from the top menu bar
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Four
Click to select your device. A check-mark will appear over the image of the device. Click the blue arrow button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Five
You will be brought to the "Browse for IPSW" page. Click the Browse for IPSW... button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

From the popup window select your firmware from the Pwnage folder then click the Open button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Six
You will then be brought to a menu with several choices. Click to select General then click the blue arrow button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

The General settings allows you to decide the partition size. Check Activate the phone if you are not with an official carrier then click the blue arrow button.

NOTE*: Deselect Activate if you have an iPhone legitimately activated on an official carrier.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

The Cydia settings menu allows you to create custom packages so you do not have to manually install the necessary them later.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Click to select the Download packages tab. Then click the Refresh button to display all the available packages. Double clicking the package you want will download it and make it available in the Select Packages tab.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Checkmark the ones you want then click the blue arrow button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

The Custom Packages Settings menu displays listed package settings for your custom IPSW. For know leave these settings as is. Click the blue arrow button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Seven
You are now ready to begin the pwnage process! Click the Build button to select it then click the Blue arrow button to begin.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Eight
You will be asked to save your custom .ipsw file. Save it to your Pwnage folder you created on your Desktop.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Your IPSW is now being built. Please allow up to 10 minutes.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

You will be asked to enter your administrator password. Do this then click the OK button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Nine
Once your ipsw has been built you will be asked to connect your iPhone to the computer. Once it detects your device PwnageTool will guide your through the steps to putting your iPhone into DFU mode.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Press and hold the power and home buttons for 10 seconds.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Then release the power button and continue holding the home button for 10 seconds.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Once your iPhone is successfully in DFU mode, PwnageTool will prompt you to launch iTunes.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Ten
Once In iTunes, hold the Alt/Option key and click Restore.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Eleven
Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop using the dialog window that appears. Select the custom IPSW that was created and click the Choose button.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.1]

Step Twelve
iTunes will now restore the firmware on your iPhone. This can also take up to 10 minutes. Once done you will be rebooted into jailbroken iOS 4.1!


***THANKS: Thank you to Geohot and the Dev-Teams for their hard work in making this jailbreak and tutorial possible!
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naman
naman - April 6, 2011 at 9:36am
i updated my i4 to 4.3.1, after unlocking it with ultrasn0w, i can see 1 small singal bar, which i should cuz its not fixed yet. But i cant even see the name of my carrier, and hence can not make/recv calls.. and idea ? i am on 1.59.00
M4PT
M4PT - December 23, 2010 at 11:47am
Hi everyone. I have a brand new IP4 locked to network and everything went well till the restore with iTunes10.1.1 when he start to verifiy the custom restore with apple. Stops there... any ideas?
Devon
Devon - January 11, 2011 at 10:17pm
Same here...Apple says I'm not eligible for the software. I'm on the 4.1 build (8B117). Any help would be awesome. Thanks guys!
dyohanan
dyohanan - November 30, 2010 at 8:49am
Everything works fine and my iPhone is already jailbroke but the unlock does not work at all. I have an iPhone 4 Mod. MC318LL/A, Firmware Ver. 4.1, Baseband: 02.10.04-ICE_2_8. Could be the baseband the reason of why the unlock does not work?
dyhnn
dyhnn - November 28, 2010 at 1:29pm
I did this tutorial but the iPhone stuck just a little bit before finish (the white bar on the iphone). I tried twice and the last one at this moment it takes 28 minutes. Any ideas or suggestions? thanks!
Tony
Tony - November 27, 2010 at 10:58am
So I tried to upgrade my current JB Iphone 3g 3.1.3 to 4.1 using the Pwnage 4.1. I got an Itunes error 1603 saying the restore was not good. Now im stuck at restore. Any suggestions as what to do now since I dont have the original 3.1.3 restore anymore? thanks
socrates
socrates - November 22, 2010 at 10:47am
Hi I have a factory unlocked iphone 4 on 4.1 firmware and modem firmware 02.10.04 If I jailbreak using this method will my iphone 4 stay unlocked? Thanks
CAPS
CAPS - November 9, 2010 at 7:06pm
Hi, I have bought an iphone 4 and it is on 4.1 firmware. The question here is if this tutorial works with my device?, because I read pwnage tool 4.1 had some troubles and that's why there was an update of pwnage, the 4.1.1 version which seems to work fine. which option do you experts recommend for jailbreak? Limera1, green poison or pwnage tool??? Thank you very much in advance for the support.
Zero
Zero - November 8, 2010 at 7:58am
It worked great!... But, i've used the latest PwnageTool 4.1.2 on Snow Leopard. No Cydia errors Thanks guys!
goliath6900
goliath6900 - November 4, 2010 at 4:43am
can i build the fw first then do the restore later of does the procedure have to be continous? after building the fw, can i use the built fw for a 2nd iphone or do i have to build the fw all over again for the 2nd and different iphone 4? thanks.
Zero
Zero - November 8, 2010 at 7:49am
Yes you can, but remember that you need to place the iPhone on DFU to successfully jailbrake the phone... cheers!
xitrum
xitrum - November 4, 2010 at 3:29am
thanks so much. I can jaikbreak my Iphone 4 v4.1. Love team forever.
Big Mo
Big Mo - November 1, 2010 at 1:48pm
I have a IP 4 and it is on 4.1 in the 2.14.00 firmware it is currently JB by the previous owner but he said that the IP was JB before. I am assuming it was with 4.0.1 or 4.0.2. I need an unlock to run on TMobile. Is there a way to bring it back to firmware 1.59.00 so that I may re-jailbreak it to 4.1 and keep my unlock with the firmware 1.59.00. Hope this makes sense.
Ryan
Ryan - November 1, 2010 at 4:30pm
You CANNOT downgrade your baseband. Once you upgrade it, there is no way back down.
Ecua4ecer
Ecua4ecer - November 1, 2010 at 1:09am
Hi, every one sone one knows if I preserve the baseband 1.59 an iPhone and if I update with pwnage tool it will be able to unlock with ultrasn0w??? And if works FaceTime thanks for you replay
CJ
CJ - October 25, 2010 at 2:23am
Hi all, a noob question. I have an iPhone 4 new out of the box - iOS 4.0.2, baseband 01.59.00-ICE_2_6. It is not yet activated with iTunes and I can't because it's UK Vodafone and I am on O2. Will using PwnageTool with the "activate my phone" option selected and "update baseband " deselected mean that when complete I'll have an activate phone with iOS 4.1 and baseband Hi all, a noob question. I have an iPhone 4 new out of the box - iOS 4.0.2, baseband 01.59.00-ICE_2_6 that I can then unlock with Ultrasn0w? Also what are the potential issues with not activating via apple? And, is there any way of getting my settings and data from my iPhone 3G that is on 4.1 with the latest basband 05.14.02-6.2_M3S2 or have I screwed that by upgrading? Thanks for any help :)
leon
leon - October 31, 2010 at 5:33am
Try using limera1n and then ultrasn0w, or upgrade to 44.1 using thyny umbrela to preserve baseband and then greenpo1son.
anuj Madhani
anuj Madhani - October 23, 2010 at 7:18am
hey i know that this is not a fake website as i have successfully unlocked my iphone 2g this the help of this site. if u talk about the tutorial for unlocking iphone 4 on OS 4.1 then it dint work out for me, while restoring with the new IPSW it showed an error 16XX. mine is a factory unlock iphone with OS 4.1 on it, so i tried to see if this work or not, dint work for me i tried it twice......
Savvas Kafouris
Savvas Kafouris - October 21, 2010 at 6:02pm
I JAILBREAK MANY TIMES THE IPHONE I SUGGEST THE UNLOCKERS TO WAIT TO 4.0 OR 4.0.1. I HAVE ISSUES ABOUT PWNAGE MANY PROBLES AT PAST WITH WIFI NOT WORKING, FACETIME , SMS SOMETIMES. USERS THA WANT UNLOCK THE IPHONE WAIT 4.2 FIRMWARE. THAT WANT ONLY JAILBREAK USE LIMERA1N
chriskat
chriskat - October 21, 2010 at 5:07pm
There was definitly a problem with facetime, after jailbreaking facetime was gone so i re-jailbroke with pwnage and it still was missing, so i restored using tinyumbrella and jailbroke with limera1n and facetime is back!
Reano
Reano - October 23, 2010 at 12:17pm
I did my JB with Limera1n, but Facetime is gone. I did not test MMS. I was hoping Pwnage would fix it, but I am likely to wait more feedback from users if Facetime is really being fixed. Did anyone tried the video in You Tube where says that reset all setting would do? I do not want to reset everything and do not get a fix. Tnx!!!
Reano
Reano - October 25, 2010 at 9:39am
I did not re-install the firmware or re-jailbroke. I just did the suggestion I´ve found on a video in YouTube: In Settings/ General, just "Reset All Settings". I have lost some configs, but got my Facetime back. Now that we have Facetime in Macs, I did not want to stay out of it :)
chriskat
chriskat - October 21, 2010 at 11:45am
does anyone else have an issue with Facetime after the jailbreak, and by issue i mean that it is not there anymore?
ron
ron - October 21, 2010 at 12:33pm
i have an issue with facetime, it worked on 4.0.1 but after upgrading to 4.1 it is stopped working! it is waiting for activation! and never stops
Disarm
Disarm - October 25, 2010 at 3:44am
leave FaceTime ON, put to Airplane mode... Reboot iPhone... turn back Airplane ON
MARTY
MARTY - October 25, 2010 at 5:10pm
HELP PLEASE I AM USING REDSNOW TO JAILBREAK 3G 4.1 WINDOW VERSION BUT WHEN I CLICK BROWSE IN REDSNOW IT DOES NOT WANT TO ACCEPT THE FIRM WARE EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE RIGT ONE
Zero
Zero - November 8, 2010 at 7:52am
go to the redsnow section....
max
max - October 21, 2010 at 10:57am
everything went fine but when i update my cydia app..it just crushes everytime pls HELP
Zero837
Zero837 - November 7, 2010 at 1:37pm
You have to read dev-team blog first!!!... if Cydia is crashing and if you have Leopard you must use PwnageTool 4.1.2!
Danielxm
Danielxm - October 21, 2010 at 9:21am
Did all procedures but cydia does not work, it keeps giving datbase error message "Database could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 permission denied)". Tried acessing diectory of cydia through mac terminal or total command and no directory shows. Any tips on how to make cydia works?? No repositories or files were installed on cydia. Alrady tried to rinstall and add only open ssh when creating ipsw and rejailbreaking without sucess. Iphone 4 came with 4.1 already installed, firmware 01.59.00
obbi13
obbi13 - October 22, 2010 at 12:42am
Same thing happened to me. Iphone 4 JB 4.1. After finishing JB i went to cydia and same errors like you. Tried to connect using SSH and I get connection refused, I triple checked and and make sure that I selected install ssh and ssl. Have done it 3 times with no luck.
Danielxm
Danielxm - October 22, 2010 at 7:51am
Dv team just released pwnage 4.1.1. correcting cydia problem it seams. Did not check yet.
Emulgator
Emulgator - October 21, 2010 at 4:44am
Worked for me on a iPhone 3G But my final objective is to unlock it, does someone knows if it's already possible? (modem firmware 05.14.12) Another question is, after having done all this, is it possible to downgrade to 3.0.3 in order to get the speed back?
Zero
Zero - November 8, 2010 at 7:53am
No my friend.... just wait
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