ultrasn0w and iOS 4.3.1/1.59

[nminer176]

ok, im on windows vista i am having issues jailbreaking, i am using redsn0w but when i hit the browse button i dont know where to go from that???

 

[Ipheuria]

next time you're going to JB make sure you know the whole process step by step. When you don't it can lead to very bad consequences, go here if you want iClarified - Tutorials - iPhone and pick the method you want to use they have excellent tutorials that tell you each step with illustrations. You should have downloaded the 4.3.1 ipsw so when you hit Browse you're supposed to go to the location it was downloaded to on your computer.

 

[nminer176]

ok, on iclarrified, stuck on the step when you in itunes and hold shift and hit restore, i do this and my file thing pops up but there is nothing else. no files to choose from

 

[Ipheuria]

OK give me some details here what model is your phone? 3Gs, iPhone 4. As far as I know the way Redsn0w works is you connect to iTunes and upgrade your phone to 4.3.1 then after the update you shut down iTunes and run Redsn0w and point to the ipsw that you downloaded. Then Redsn0w patches the firmware and loads it onto your phone through DFU mode. So I'm not sure which method you're trying to do so once you give me the info I can look it up for ya and get it straightened out.

 

[nminer176]

i have a 3gs and am currently running 4.3.1

thanks for all your help sir

 

[Ipheuria]

OK go here iClarified - iPhone - How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using RedSn0w (Windows) [4.3.1] that is the iclarified instructions for redsn0w. You are already running 4.3.1 so start at Step Three. It is like I said above you don't need to do anything with iTunes. You just run redsn0w point to the 4.3.1 ipsw that you download and choose your options. It will then lead you through the steps to put the phone into DFU mode and redsn0w will load up the patched firmware onto your phone.

 

[nminer176]

Ok, I got the ipsw file, from Iclarified, but now it is saying it's unusable.

 

[Ipheuria]

OK I would say try to download it again. I know you're on Windows so I wonder if it's some kind of issue with how it downloads the file? When I get home if you haven't fixed it yet I'll download it for you and put it on my dropbox and see if that helps.

 

[nminer176]

yeah, that would be grand, this is not working at all.

 

[Ipheuria]

It totally slipped me that I didn't brin my laptop home. I tried to use my GF's but she was too busy with it. If you still have the problem tomorrow I'll send you the link to the file on my Dropbox.

 

[Ipheuria]

nminer email me rwilliams0926@gmail.com I'll download the ipsw and you can grab it and see if it works for ya.

 

[nminer176]

i finally got it to work last night, had to use my old laptop... xp is so much better than vista.
thank you for all your help.

 

[Ipheuria]

LOL no prob happy you got it sorted out.

 

[Gerri312]

I've downloaded the files and proceeded to jailbreak my iPhone 4 and I get all the way to where it says it's downloading ramdisk and it seems like my computer freezes or something because it stays on that part of the process for what feels like forever. Does uploading the ramdisk take long or is there something I'm doing wrong? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!