Geek Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jailbreak-pwnagetool-4-3-1.jpg" alt="" title="jailbreak-pwnagetool-4-3-1" width="159" height="152" class="alignright size-full wp-image-14769" /> PwnageTool 4.3 provides an untethered <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/jailbreak/">jailbreak</a> for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 GSM, iPod Touch 4G, iPod touch 3G, iPad, and Apple TV 2, all running iOS 4.3.1. </p> <p><em>This guide is geared towards jailbreaking iOS 4.3.1 on iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS because PwnageTool is able to preserve baseband for iPhone carrier unlocks</em>. If you are simply looking for a jailbreak and do not need to use an unlock, you will find <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/03/jailbreak-ios-4-3-1-with-redsn0w-0-9-6rc9/">jailbreaking iOS 4.3.1 using redsn0w</a> is easier. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.3em;">How to Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 using PwnageTool</h2> <p>PwnageTool 4.3 allows you to jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 while preserving unlocked iPhone baseband. This guide assumes you have not upgraded the iPhone to iOS 4.3.1 yet:</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/03/pwnagetool-4-3-download/">Download PwnageTool 4.3</a></li> <li><a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/25/ios-4-3-1-download/">Download iOS 4.3.1 firmware</a></li> <li>Launch PwnageTool 4.3</li> <li>Select the “Expert mode” button at the top</li> <li>Select “iPhone” from the PwnageTool menu</li> <li>Click the Next button, then browse and select the iOS 4.3.1 firmware you downloaded earlier, click Next again</li> <li>Click on “General”</li> <li>Important for unlockers: Check “Activate the phone” if you rely on iPhone unlock, this is not necessary for official carrier use</li> <li>For now, ignore the Cydia package installations and click next</li> <li>From “Custom package settings” select to install “Cydia” by checking it, click next, then click “Build” to create a custom IPSW file</li> <li>Save this custom IPSW file to your desktop or another place you can easily find it, this is what you will restore to for jailbreaking your iPhone</li> <li>After the custom IPSW is built, you will be asked to connect your iPhone to the computer to enter into <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/06/24/iphone-dfu-mode-explained-and-how-to-enter-dfu-mode-on-your-iphone/">DFU mode</a></li> <li>Plug in your iPhone and follow the instructions for DFU mode: Hold Power + Home for 10 seconds, release power but continue to hold Home for 10 seconds. PwnageTool will notify you when it has detected your iPhone in DFU mode</li> <li>Now launch iTunes</li> <li>iTunes will notify you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Option click on the “Restore” button within iTunes to bring up the firmware restoration option</li> <li>Select the custom IPSW file that you created with PwnageTool</li> <li>iTunes will now restore the iPhone to the PwnageTool jailbroken IPSW firmware, this may take a few minutes</li> </ol> <p>When iTunes is finished, the iPhone will boot into a jailbroken iOS 4.3.1. You can verify the jailbreak worked by looking the Cydia icon on your iOS homescreen.</p> <p>If you completed the jailbreak properly, your baseband will also have been preserved allowing you to <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/04/10/unlock-iphone-ios-4-3-1-ultrasn0w/">unlock iPhone 4 or 3GS running iOS 4.3.1 using ultrasn0w 1.2.1</a>. Installing the ultrasn0w carrier unlock is simple, but you must have iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS on baseband 01.59.00, 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, and 06.15.00 in order to work.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tQYAuJQ6KiCwuI5xeTDD00qgcDA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tQYAuJQ6KiCwuI5xeTDD00qgcDA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tQYAuJQ6KiCwuI5xeTDD00qgcDA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tQYAuJQ6KiCwuI5xeTDD00qgcDA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TfEn3UZB6DQ:nxMnRP5l_-E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TfEn3UZB6DQ:nxMnRP5l_-E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=TfEn3UZB6DQ:nxMnRP5l_-E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TfEn3UZB6DQ:nxMnRP5l_-E:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=TfEn3UZB6DQ:nxMnRP5l_-E:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TfEn3UZB6DQ:nxMnRP5l_-E:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TfEn3UZB6DQ:nxMnRP5l_-E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/TfEn3UZB6DQ" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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