After the release of an updated version of PwnageTool for Mac, the iPhone Dev Team has released an updated version of Redsn0w which allow users to jailbreak their iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS with iPad’s exploitable 06.15.00 baseband so that they can use Ultrasn0w 1.2 to unlock their iPhones. Redsn0w 0.9.6beta5 is available for both Windows and Mac users, you can download redsn0w 0.9.6b5 from the link provided below.
iPhone Dev Team has provided the following information on their blog:
The new redsn0w 0.9.6beta5 is out. It gives both Windows and OSX users the ability to flash the iPad 06.15 baseband on iPhone3G or iPhone3GS. It fetches the baseband files directly from Apple for now (the only IPSW you ever point it at is the stock IPSW for the FW on your iPhone right now). There may be a long delay while it’s doing this (their servers are currently getting pounded).
iPhone Dev Team has provided the following (simplified) instructions to use Redsn0w:
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Read and fully understand the warning below.
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If you have an old-bootrom 3GS and are already unlockable but want to get to 4.2.1, please wait till we release an “unofficial” bundle for you. Read no further.
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Use redsn0w (see update #2) for OSX or Windows. Enable the “Install iPad baseband” option and accept the warning.
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When the redsn0w ramdisk is finished, install ultrasn0w via Cydia.
Find full details can be found in a post here and here.
Before using Redsn0w, please read the risks involved:
WARNING — YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF UPDATING TO 06.15.
There is no way to come back down from 06.15, and there’s no hiding the baseband version from Apple. You’ll be voiding your warranty in a very obvious way. If some future baseband comes out with a critical fix, you won’t be able to update to it if it remains down in the 05.xx sequence (then again, you wouldn’t update to it if you wanted to keep your unlock anyway). Starting with FW 4.2.1 if you have 06.15 on your iPhone you won’t ever be able to restore to stock firmware (it will fail). You’ll need to only restore to custom IPSWs (then again, if you’re unlocker you should already be doing that).Certainly don’t update to 06.15 if you don’t need to! Only do this if you need the unlock and you’re stuck on 05.14 or 05.15, and you’re willing to assume the above risks.
Download RedSn0w 0.9.6b5:
- Download Redsn0w 0.9.6b5 Mac [Mirror 1] [Mirror 2]
- Download Redsn0w 0.9.6b5 Win [Mirror 1] [Mirror 2]
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[Source: Dev Team's blog]
Authors: _GadgetNews