Information For 3GS Owners Who Want To Jailbreak

Edward Kirk · July 2nd, 2009, 08:22 PM

The iPhone Dev Team has posted a notice for iPhone 3GS owners hoping to jailbreak. A jailbreak will be released relatively soon, they say, but certain files will be needed. They have a new, more reliable method for obtaining these files, but it will only work if you do it before Apple releases another update and if you don't have the OS 3.1 beta. It should also be noted that this method may update you to the 3.1 beta if it's on your computer, which would remove your chances of using Ultrasn0w in the future.

Warnings aside, here is their explanation:

You may have read or heard about techniques to capture files during the iTunes restore process. These will be required to jailbreak your phone in the near future, most of the methods involve icky USB snoops. Well, there is an even better and more reliable method to get your hands on those lovely files.

During the restore process iTunes nicely keeps these oh-so-top-secret-files in a lovely accessible place for us to copy out and backup, that place? /tmp on Mac OS X or %TEMP% on Windows. Thanks Apple — handy!

The downside to this approach is that you actually need to go through the restore process to get these signed files, which has risks if you are anywhere near 3.1 or 3.1 beta :-)

Instructions on how to get the files are available on their blog. iClarified has also posted tutorials for both Mac and Windows.

Moeses · July 2nd, 2009, 09:58 PM #2

that much closer to the release

thuggedout · July 3rd, 2009, 12:42 PM #3

Sounds great, I've been wondering if the 3GS would be able to get jailbroken. It's taking some extra steps but I'm cool with that. I'm also wondering what if you dont have the 3GS and you buy it with 3.1 already installed, will jailbreak become impossible? Well thanks for the info.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Information For 3GS Owners Who Want To Jailbreak - July 2nd, 2009, 08:22 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> The iPhone Dev Team has posted a notice for iPhone 3GS owners hoping to jailbreak. A jailbreak will be released relatively soon, they say, but certain files will be needed. They have a new, more reliable method for obtaining these files, but it will only work if you do it before Apple releases another update and if you don't have the OS 3.1 beta. It should also be noted that this method may update you to the 3.1 beta if it's on your computer, which would remove your chances of using Ultrasn0w in the future. Warnings aside, here is their explanation: You may have read or heard about techniques to capture files during the iTunes restore process. These will be required to jailbreak your phone in the near future, most of the methods involve icky USB snoops. Well, there is an even better and more reliable method to get your hands on those lovely files. During the restore process iTunes nicely keeps these oh-so-top-secret-files in a lovely accessible place for us to copy out and backup, that place? /tmp on Mac OS X or %TEMP% on Windows. Thanks Apple — handy! The downside to this approach is that you actually need to go through the restore process to get these signed files, which has risks if you are anywhere near 3.1 or 3.1 beta :-) Instructions on how to get the files are available on their blog. iClarified has also posted tutorials for both Mac and Windows. __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

Moeses iPA Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 64 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	July 2nd, 2009, 09:58 PM #2
	that much closer to the release

thuggedout iPA Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 95 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	July 3rd, 2009, 12:42 PM #3
	Sounds great, I've been wondering if the 3GS would be able to get jailbroken. It's taking some extra steps but I'm cool with that. I'm also wondering what if you dont have the 3GS and you buy it with 3.1 already installed, will jailbreak become impossible? Well thanks for the info. __________________ Free your mind and your iPhone.