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How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Posted December 27, 2011 at 11:47am by iClarified · 596996 views
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These are instructions on how to perform an untethered jailbreak of your iPhone 4 on 5.0.1 using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac version of this tutorial is here.

This procedure will cause you to upgrade your baseband potentially ruining your chances for an unlock. Please follow a Windows tutorial on how to update to iOS 5.0.1 using a custom ipsw if you need an unlock.

If you want to jailbreak a lower firmware version you can find the appropriate tutorial here.




Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage

Download the latest version of RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the 5.0.1 firmware from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. (Note: you do not need to download the 5.0.1 firmware if you are already on iOS 5.0.1)

Extract the RedSn0w zip file by double clicking it.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Two: (You can skip this step if iOS 5 is already installed on your device)
Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

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 Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the 5.0 firmware ipsw. Click the Choose button to continue.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

iTunes will now update your iPhone to the new firmware.

Step Three
Launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

**Windows 7 users may want to try running the redsn0w executable mode as an administrator in Windows Vista compatibility. You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting Properties from the contextual menu.

Step Four
Once RedSn0w opens click the Jailbreak button
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Five
Plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Six
RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Seven
Your iPhone will now reboot
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Eight
RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Nine
Select Cydia from the list of options and click Next.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Ten
Your iPhone will now be rebooted again and RedSn0w will begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Eleven
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]


*As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team, Pod2g, and Geohot for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.
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ShittyFace
ShittyFace - May 21, 2013 at 8:56pm
Why is this guide up? It is useless because Apple don't sign this version of IOS anymore!
raja.asad
raja.asad - March 30, 2013 at 2:16pm
I have installed tinnyumbrella but an error is displaying "tinyumbrella's TSS server is not running"... pls tel me how to fix it ???
raja.asad
raja.asad - March 30, 2013 at 1:41pm
how can I unlock my iphone 4s as factory unlock???
raja.asad
raja.asad - February 17, 2013 at 2:20pm
I have iphone 4 , t-mobile, how can i unlock ???
orlando torres
orlando torres - April 4, 2012 at 12:50am
jailbreake
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ahmed
ahmed - March 13, 2012 at 7:07pm
plz help me with this i jail-broke my ( iphone 4 - factory unlocked ) successfully some cydia tweaks doesn't working ... that's ok i already knew it before but i realized a drain in my battery life so i tried to get back yo the stock ios 5.0.1 by making a clean restor with iTunes but a had a complete failure with such a stupid errors such as: 3194 ... 21....1601....1603 till now i tried to edit my host file ... tinyumbrella .... iREB.... redsnow........any many suggestions i found it on the internet with no result still stuck on 5.0.1 any ideas !!!!!!!!
Tubagznyven
Tubagznyven - March 14, 2012 at 9:07am
Just googling man
Ahmed Siam
Ahmed Siam - March 14, 2012 at 11:13am
i did man more than 12 hours without any result yet i even tried this from a different pc has no apple software before
Ahmed Siam
Ahmed Siam - March 19, 2012 at 10:59am
still can't restore back to the stock firmware any idea ????
WALID78
WALID78 - February 26, 2012 at 8:49am
How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 4 (Windows) [5.0.1]
david
david - February 19, 2012 at 9:33pm
Hey, Anytime i try to run this is crashes at the end of stage one, I did get it completely done once before so i know it's the right one. But i had to restore and lost the jailbreak,.. But anytime i try it now it crashes at the end of stage one.. then i've to run a back up to get my phone working again as it's a blank screen and will not turn off./ or on.
music3000
music3000 - February 14, 2012 at 1:41pm
I am going to upgrade iPhone 4 (GSM) currently running iOS 4.3.3 (jailbroke) with modem firmware 4.10.01. I don't need to unlock. Can I simply Restore in iTunes or do I need to Shift+Restore using the firmware found on this site?
Tubagznyven
Tubagznyven - March 14, 2012 at 9:06am
Shift restore
yayako
yayako - February 1, 2012 at 3:10pm
Hi all, i had an iphone 4 baseband: 2.10.04, Itune v 10.5.2. I'd like to upgrade 5.0.1 and follow this tutorial by; downloaded redsn0w_win_0.9.10b3 and iPhone3_3_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw. Then i had problem with the first step when i try to "restore iPhone3_3_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw" with Itune, it's said "this firmware is not compatible". Could anyone help me to solve this out? Appreciate for the next reply.
Amine
Amine - February 2, 2012 at 12:16pm
Hi, Check if your i phone is CDMA or GSM. You have to download the correct version of the the fimware according to this.
yayako
yayako - February 2, 2012 at 5:09pm
the firmware that i download is for GSM, which is suitable for mind. Please recommend for the right one. I will appreciate for your next reply.
Amine
Amine - February 3, 2012 at 7:18pm
Hi, I think that you had download the cdma firmware (according to your first post). You can download the GSM firmware in the link below: http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-3309.20111109.64rtg/iPhone3,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw
ahmed
ahmed - March 13, 2012 at 6:51pm
see on back of your i device model A1332 so that should be a gsm if not it'll be CDMA
Yayako
Yayako - March 14, 2012 at 5:57am
Thanks for all reply now i had update min successfully.
debbie
debbie - November 13, 2012 at 9:47pm
how do you find out it your iphone is cdms or gms ?? help pls think thats why am no getting to jailbreak my fone :( been tryn for days now lol
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