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

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Posted October 20, 2010 at 12:14pm by iClarified

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.

Then from the Pwnage folder double click to launch the PwnageTool application.

Click Ok if presented with a warning.

Step Three
Click to select Expert Mode from the top menu bar

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.

Step Five
You will be brought to the "Browse for IPSW" page. Click the Browse for IPSW... button.

From the popup window select your firmware from the Pwnage folder then click the Open button.

Step Six
You will then be brought to a menu with several choices. Click to select General then click the blue arrow button.

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.

The Cydia settings menu allows you to create custom packages so you do not have to manually install the necessary them later.

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.

Checkmark the ones you want then click the blue arrow button.

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.

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.

Step Eight
You will be asked to save your custom .ipsw file. Save it to your Pwnage folder you created on your Desktop.

Your IPSW is now being built. Please allow up to 10 minutes.

You will be asked to enter your administrator password. Do this then click the OK button.

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.

Press and hold the power and home buttons for 10 seconds.

Then release the power button and continue holding the home button for 10 seconds.

Once your iPhone is successfully in DFU mode, PwnageTool will prompt you to launch iTunes.

Step Ten
Once In iTunes, hold the Alt/Option key and click Restore.

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.

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 - 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

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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - November 4, 2010 at 3:29am

thanks so much. I can jaikbreak my Iphone 4 v4.1. Love team forever.

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 - November 1, 2010 at 4:30pm

You CANNOT downgrade your baseband. Once you upgrade it, there is no way back down.

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - October 25, 2010 at 3:44am

leave FaceTime ON, put to Airplane mode... Reboot iPhone... turn back Airplane ON

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 - November 8, 2010 at 7:52am

go to the redsnow section....

max - October 21, 2010 at 10:57am

everything went fine but when i update my cydia app..it just crushes everytime pls HELP

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 - 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 - 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 - October 22, 2010 at 7:51am

Dv team just released pwnage 4.1.1. correcting cydia problem it seams. Did not check yet.

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 - November 8, 2010 at 7:53am

No my friend.... just wait

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