Now that the Pwnage tool for Mac has been released by the iPhone Dev Team, It’s time for another installment in the Jailbreak series. This time we’ll be looking at how to Jailbreak your iPhone 3G running OS 3.1.2. I will also post up a guide for the iPhone 2G and the iPhone 3GS.
NOTE: This guide is the only way to Jailbreak your iPhone and still Unlock it later. Do not use the Blackra1in Jailbreak if you wish to Unlock your iPhone in the future for use on other carriers. If you don’t care about that, check out our Blackra1in guides here.
If you’re unsure about the Jailbreak process and would like more information about Jailbreaking, please read this post dedicated to giving beginning or first-time Jailbreakers the information that they need. This tutorial is also Mac ONLY as the Pwnage tool has not yet been released. When they do release it, I will create a new guide for windows users. Ok, let’s get right down to it…
First of all, here’s what you need to get started on this guide:
- iPhone 3G
- Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard
- iPhone Firmware OS 3.1.2 for iPhone 3G, Download it here.
- Pwnage Tool 3.1.4 Get it here
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1. Download the required files and put the Firmware 3.1 and Pwnage tool into a folder on your desktop called Pwnage (name does not matter).
2. Close all other running programs and launch the Pwnage tool.
3. Choose Expert Mode from the options available at the top.
4. In the next window click and select your model of iPhone, we will be choosing the one on the right, the iPhone 3G. Once you get the green check mark, click the blue arrow to continue.
5. The Pwnage tool should automatically search for the proper IPSW (firwmare) package. If you downloaded it to the Pwnage folder we created above, it should find it automatically. If it doesn’t, search for it manually.
6. In the next screen click to select General, this is the first step in the firmware building process and it will lead us through all of the options on this page. Click the blue arrow.
7. On this page, make sure you have “Activate the phone” checked and “Enable baseband update unchecked. This will allow you to unlock in the future. Note, I increased the size of my Root partition size to 748 MB to give the firmware a bit more room as iPhone OS 3.1 is larger. The default setting may work for you. Click the Blue arrow.
8. On the Bootneuter settings page, select Neuter bootloader, Unlock baseband, and Auto-Delete BootNeuter.app. Upgrading the Bootloader is not necessary . Click the Blue Arrow
9. The Cydia settings menu allows you to install Cydia apps and packages so you do not have to manually install them later. You can skip this, but if you have Jailbroken before and have some favorite packages, here’s how to add them:
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.
In the Select Packages tab, checkmark the ones you want then click the blue arrow.
The Custom Packages Settings menu displays listed package settings for your custom IPSW, leave this alone. Click the blue arrow button to continue.
Click the blue arrow when you’re done.
10. Leave both of the boxes checked on this screen if you want the customized jailbreak logos, if you don’t, then uncheck them. Click the blue arrow.
11. Click the Build button then click the blue arrow to start the Pwning!
12. You will be asked to save your custom .ipsw file that is being created. Save it to the same folder we created above. Give this process 10-15 minutes or so to complete, you will need to enter your Administrator password.
13. When it asks you if your iPhone has been Pwned before, just click no, the tool will give you more detailed instructions if you do.
14. Now You will have toi put your iPhone into DFU mode, this allows the tool to write the firmware file you created to the iPhone to Jailbreak it. To do this, follow the onscreen instructions. This basically consists of holding downt the power and home buttons for 10 seconds, then letting go of the home button and holding the power button until the iPhone enters DFU mode.
15. DYou can try this as many times as you need until you get it right, now we’re going to switch to iTunes to use the custom firmware file that you have created that should look something like this:
16. Open iTunes. It will tell you that you have an iPhone in “Recovery” (DFU) mode that needs to be restored.
17. Now, HOLD THE OPTION (Alt) Key and click restore, if you did this right, a dialog box will pop up allowing you to choose your own custom firmware file, rather than it automatically starting to use the stock firmware. Once you choose the firmware file, it will take 10-15 minutes to complete the restore.
Congratulations, your iPhone is now Jailbroken! You will notice the Cydia app on your springboard, as well as any custom applications that you chose to install at the same time. Thanks for using the guide and be sure to check out our Jailbreaking section for more great tutorials.
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