Redsn0w & PwnageTool Released -- Untethered iOS 4.3.1 Jailbreak

Submitted by Dan; April 04, 2011


Update #3: The updates just keep on coming! That's right, 0.9.6rc12 is here. This update fixes any lingering issues with the boot animation.
redsn0w 0.9.6rc12 for Mac OS X redsn0w 0.9.6rc12 for Windows
In case you got lost in time, PwnageTool 4.3 is out -- Get it here: PwnageTool 4.3 for Mac OS X (only)

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Update #2: iPhone Dev Team have released another updated version of Redsn0w, this time 0.9.6rc11. This update makes boot animations more robust across all devices.
redsn0w 0.9.6rc11 for Mac OS X redsn0w 0.9.6rc11 for Windows

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Update: iPhone Dev Team have released an updated version of Redsn0w -- 0.9.6rc10 -- this update removes misleading options from redsn0w, and adds boot animations.

Those running redsn0w may have noticed we enabled too many Settings options in some versions of the jailbreak (for instance, what you want your side switch to do, even if you have no side switch because youre not using an iPad). Release rc10 of redsn0w corrects that (you can just run it over your existing jailbreak…be sure to de-select Cydia to avoid package conflicts). Along the way, weve also added the option to enable boot animations…these animations can be installed via Cydia, but be sure to select which animation to use via the Settings->Bootlogo setting after youve downloaded an animation (and again, you can just run rc10 over your existing jailbreak…be sure to de-select Cydia to avoid package conflicts). (The boot animation we tested against was Android Boot Logo. It correctly installs all the dependencies needed to run the animation at each boot).

redsn0w 0.9.6rc10 for Mac OS X redsn0w 0.9.6rc10 for Windows

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Sunday is Funday! iPhone Dev Team have just released Redsn0w and PwnageTool for all of us to use. Redsn0w and PwnageTool now supports the following to jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 untethered:

• iPhone3GS
• iPhone4 (GSM)
• iPod touch 3G
• iPod touch 4G
• iPad1
• AppleTV 2G (PwnageTool only for now)

iPad 2 is not yet supported, the reason for this is because it requires a bootrom or iBoot-level exploit to install, and the iPad2 is not susceptible to either the limera1n or SHAtter bootrom exploits.

The 4.3.1 untether exploit comes courtesy of Stefan Esser (@i0n1c on twitter), a security researcher based in Germany. Stefan has a long history of vulnerability research, and ironically his first contribution to the iPhone jailbreak community was improved security — last year he beat Apple to the punch and implemented ASLR for jailbroken iPhones with his antid0te framework. Were happy to see that Stefan then turned his iPhone attention over to an untethered jailbreak exploit!
WARNING WARNING — ultrasn0w users dont update yet! We need to first release an update to ultrasn0w that fixes some incompatibilities when FW 4.3.1 is used on the older basebands supported by ultrasn0w. And remember once we do fix ultrasn0w for 4.3.1 (well announce it here and on twitter), you must only get there via a custom IPSW from PwnageTool, Sn0wbreeze or xpwn! Dont ever try to restore or update to a stock IPSW, or youll lose the unlock!

Downloads: redsn0w 0.9.6rc9 and PwnageTool 4.3 are being added to our iPhone Downloads section, sit tight!
redsn0w 0.9.6rc9 for Windows redsn0w 0.9.6rc9 for Mac OS X PwnageTool 4.3 for Mac OS X (only)
- source: blog.iphone-dev.org


Tags: ios 4.3.1 jailbreak, ipad hacks, iPad Jailbreak, iPhone DEV Team, iPhone Hacks, iPhone Jailbreak, untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak