How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 3GS (Windows) [5.0.1]

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Posted December 27, 2011 at 12:28pm by iClarified

Instructions on how to perform an untethered jailbreak of your iPhone 3GS on iOS 5.0.1 using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac tutorial version of this tutorial is here.

This procedure will cause you to upgrade your baseband potentially ruining your chances for an unlock. Please follow a tutorial on how to update to iOS 5.0.1 using a custom ipsw if you need an unlock.

If you want to jailbreak a lower firmware version you can find the appropriate tutorial here.

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop called Pwnage

Download the latest RedSn0w from here and place it in the Pwnage folder. Likewise, download the 5.0.1 firmware from here and place it in the Pwnage folder.

Extract the RedSn0w zip file by double clicking it.

How to Perform an Untethered Jailbreak of Your iPhone 3GS (Windows) [5.0.1]

Step Two: (Skip this step if you're on iOS 5.0.1 already)
Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes.

Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down Shift and click the Restore button. Restore is preferred as it won't create any wasted space on your iPhone.

Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the 5.0.1 firmware ipsw. Click the Choose button to continue.

iTunes will now update your iPhone to the new firmware.

Step Three
Launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier.

**Windows 7 users may want to try running the redsn0w executable mode as an administrator in Windows Vista compatibility. You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting Properties from the contextual menu.

Step Four
Once RedSn0w opens click the Extras button

Choose Select IPSW from the Extras menu.

Select the iOS 5.0.1 firmware ipsw from Pwnage folder on your desktop and click Open.

When asked tell RedSn0w whether you have a new model or older model of the iPhone 3GS then click the the Back button.

Press the Jailbreak button to continue.

Step Five
Plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button

Step Six
RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device.

Step Seven
Your iPhone will now reboot

Step Eight
RedSn0w will prepare the jailbreak data.

Step Nine
Select Cydia from the list of options and click Next.

Step Ten
Your iPhone will now be rebooted again and RedSn0w will begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel.

Step Eleven
Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.

*As usual a big thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team, Chronic Dev-Team, pod2g, and Geohot for their hard work and contribution to the iPhone community.

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Geek4Iphone - April 13, 2012 at 7:20am

I followed the following steps, my iphone ran many scripts and rebooted for couple of times.. Then it went to recovery mode and it didnt come out of that..I googled for coming out of recovery mode. For this i need to connect my iphone to my laptop. But after the jailbreak program ran, the laptop stopped recognizing the iphone (I tried all the usb ports)..When I went and checked the Device manager, all the drivers are in yellow color (Warning symbol). I am not able to connect any device to my laptop. Please help!!!

Nandari - March 21, 2012 at 5:39pm

itune file down .. But. I lost my software

RudyJohnson - March 21, 2012 at 1:55am

All I can give is a BIG THUMBS UP to all of you at iClarified. The tutorial is clear and easy to follow. Thank you to the Development Team for making my life awesome. I am not sure how, but it just worked. So, I post my story in detail, and maybe someone can benefit from it. My wife traded in my dead 3GS (error 28) to Apple store with $149 for a NEW iPhone 3GS, 32G, QR203xxxxxx (January 2012, cleaned up from 'qr2030ga3ns' - refurbished?), ISO 5.0.1, baseband 05.16.05, bootloader 6.4_M3S2, Model MB718LL. She was told it is a brand new, locked 3GS iphone and can not use with another carrier, except AT&T. So, I run f0rcecast and it said it is not jailbreakable and need to upgrade to iPadBB to unlock. After searching, I found out the iphone 3GS after week 28, 2011 will not work with iPadBB, and BB 05.16.05 can not be unlocked by ultrasn0w. I was so disappointed, but thinking maybe I can just jailbreak it and use it as a Touch by following this tutorial. (Although there is another site claim to downgrade it to 4.1 and...to unlock it - in Chinese, I think it is too much work, plus lots of risk.) I run redsn0w 0.9.10b6 just like this tutorial describes (check install Cydia & unlock), and it was jailbreak. Shut it down several times and it boot without a problem. Very very happy. So, I put my T-mobile pay-to-go SIM card and it works, without running untrasn0w or anything. Wow!!! not sure what has happened. But, it work. Thank you, Thank you. The only thing I have not done is to register my iphone with Apple. I also did not try it with my sim card before JB it, since I assumed it is locked. So, maybe this iphone is a factory unlocked phone? Maybe the new Toshiba chip can be unlocked with 05.16.05 BB on the old bootloader? I also use iFaith to grab my iphone's shsh blob, thinking it will come in handy in the future, will this help? Anyway, Thank you all again for the amazing work!!!

Jack - March 26, 2012 at 10:56am

If my memory serves me correctly, because you hadn't inserted a sim prior to JBing your device it was locked to any network. I believe that your phone is now locked to T-Mobile as it was the first sim you used.

Rudy Johnson - March 27, 2012 at 7:23am

Now after using the iphone 3GS for 1 week or so, it shows NO SERVICE. Not sure if it is 3G related problem (saw "E"-"EDGE" all the time) and I am not on a prepay minute (no data) plan. However, I did use that iphone for about a week. Try everything (you name it - reset network, airplane mode, sim in/out...), but no luck, I guess the baseband is unlockable (05.16.05) and I just got lucky to use it for a week. :(

long - February 5, 2012 at 9:14am

Hi everyone!! I have just faced up with one big issue with ios 5.0.1. The problem is that my phone suddenly switch off once I unplug it. Has anyone ever encountered this problem? please kindly help me!! I look forward to your solution!! Thank in advance for your kindness

peter king - February 1, 2012 at 2:32pm

I have 3gs already unlocked and jailbroken :version 4.1, new boot loader,firmware 06.15.00.What advice to jailbreak to ios 5.0.1 and keep my unlock Thanks in anticipation.

BeeVee - February 1, 2012 at 8:12am

Any luck on jailbreaking and unlocking my iPhone 3GS on firmware 5.0.1 with baseband 5.16.02 at this moment?

hiteshmadhok - January 29, 2012 at 2:40pm

Hi, I tried all the steps given to jailbreak ios 5.0.1, baseband 6.15.00. Now i am getting No service. I have tried to reinstall ultrasn0w, mobile substrate, still nogo. Please help.

Miguell - April 8, 2012 at 8:10am

Hello. Run redsn0w again and select Install Cydia, Install iPad baseband, Deactivate. Read carefully WARNING about iPad baseband!!!!! And make decision what to do. I tried on my iPhone 3GS with 06.15.00 firmware modem- works fine :)

hiteshmadhok - January 29, 2012 at 2:39pm

Hi, I tried all the steps given to jailbreak ios 5.0.1. Now i am getting No service. I have tried to reinstall ultrasn0w, mobile substrate, still nogo. Please help.

Miguell - April 4, 2012 at 8:07pm

Hello. You have to activate your iPhone using ORYGINAL SIM card. I`ve got the same. Make big mess in my iPhone and now I have`t got possibility to make a calls. Sad :(

Blog Commenting Service - April 9, 2012 at 9:13am

There are certainly a couple more details to take into consideration, but thank you for sharing this information.

Miguell - April 9, 2012 at 10:48am

Hi. Ha - Mission completed. :) iPhone jailbreaked and unlocked . All what you have to do is make a TICK next to Install iPad baseband in redsn0w (read carefully WARNING) now I can use Cydia, Installious and make a call.

iphone3gs5.O.1 - January 25, 2012 at 9:46pm

Hello! i hope it will help you: use redsn0w_win_0.9.10b1 ,and go to "extras" go to "select ISPW" use the "iPhone2,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore " you've used to upgrade ur iphone 3gs then go back ,go to jailbreak then cross "install cydia" and "install ipad baseband"... install ultrasn0w 1.2.5(repo666.ultrasn0w.com)

j0rc - January 27, 2012 at 5:07am

Same thing I did for iPhone3GS 5.0.1 with baseband modem firmware of 6.15.00 Successfully jailbreak and unlock using "redsn0w_win_0.9.10b4.zip" + ""iPhone2,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore" + ultrasn0w 1.2.5 Just be sure before you start jailbreak and unlock you do the ff which i did after several attempts: 1. Removed SIM Card 2. Turn of 3G and Cellular Data from "Settings>Network" 3. Be sure when Jailbreaking part tick on "install iPad baseband" ( which takes a lot of time so BE PATIENCE) 4. After successful jailbreak be sure not to select location service option and then install ultrasn0w (which is already in the "CYDIA>SOURCES>Cydia/Telesphoreo) utilities. 5. After successful install of ultrasn0w the OS should reboot then you can now see that the network signal will immediately turn to "Searching..." to "No Service" then insert you SIM card then that it.

long - February 5, 2012 at 3:15am

hi guy!! I already followed ur instruction. The fact is that after I jailbreak again, I really see my network service, but it happen just a while and then it turn to "searching" again!! do u still have more solution for this issue? thz in advance for ur kindness.

gaurav - January 23, 2012 at 9:06am

i too am stuck with searching, why does dec-team doesn't reply, so many are stuck after JB for 5.0.1, i feel theres some issue with unlocking. earlier i performed tethered JB for 5.0.1, a week ago, but this untethered has not getting solved.please share, if anyone has any clue of getting out of this. (i did it on 3gs, 4.2.1, 6.15 to 5.0.1)

iphone3gs5.O.1 - January 24, 2012 at 10:44pm

Jimmy - January 18, 2012 at 9:49am

I followed everything in the tutorial. And then it says, " Exploiting with limera1n"....stops there,.. What happened?

Youtube Converter - January 11, 2012 at 12:15am

Brilliant walkthrough/guide, it is the most simple guide i have found so far and it works perfectly! I have tried and failed at jail breaking my phone many times, now its finally done :) thanks alot.

Kaloyan Kolev - January 9, 2012 at 3:02am

Everithing fine - custom IPSW, saved old BR, used redsn0w.. but findmyiphone on icloud does not work - why?

Kadu.g3 - January 8, 2012 at 3:15am

Good night friends have an iphone 3g 5.0.1 ios more redsn0w dfu mode does not recognize the page and try again redo it several times I can not make the jailbreak in any way, please help me, I have entered in as admin does not redsn0w recognizes the dfu mode ...

tenchix - January 6, 2012 at 4:20pm

not work with redsn0w_win_0.9.10b3.zip (error and hang up applicacation) but with redsn0w_win_0.9.10b2.zip work perfectly !!!

cooldeep - January 4, 2012 at 10:21am

Friends, Need help with JB my 3gs. I have no clue about this whole JB process. I would like to go through the instructions and JB. But first I need some suggestions if my phone can be JBed.Here are my phone details. 3gs Version 5.0.1(9a405) Serial Num. 851270xxxxx and Modem firmware 5.16.05. Any suggestion would be appreciated. thnx

Sandy - December 31, 2011 at 11:15am

Hei All I've updated my iPhone 3gs using redsn0w_win_0.9.10b3. everything went fine but i'm unable to get the signal. the firmware is 06.15.00. tried a couple of troubleshooting steps but couldn't get any solution. Can anyone please help me.

Mike - January 4, 2012 at 5:59am

I unlocked my iPhone this way. Hopefully this will help: [ I own a 3gs recently untethered 5.0.1 new bootrom iPhone with the iPad baseband... say that five times fast.]. Firstly, I restored my firmware with a custom ipsw stitched with shsh blobs using redsn0w 0.9.10b3 Secondly, I jailbroke the iPhone after checking the boxes "install cydia", and "install ipad baseband"(don't check this if you already have a viable baseband...obviously), Next uh ly, I installed Ultrasn0w 1.2.5 in cydia. Finally, I rebooted my iphone and inserted the sim card. After about thirty seconds, the beautiful letters of t-mobile came into the service area. And there was much rejoicing.Cheers.

Sandeep - December 30, 2011 at 9:20am

Hi All I'm using iPhone 3gs. I've upgraded from ios 4.1 to ios 5.0.1. Everything went fine but the sim is not working. I mean the it says no service. I've restored it, turned on/off data roaming and 3G (it works in some cases), hasn't worked at all. I've tried alternate sims but same error. Can anyone help me. I'm stuck..

Mike - January 4, 2012 at 6:01am

I unlocked my iPhone this way. Hopefully this will help: (I own a 3gs recently untethered 5.0.1 new bootrom iPhone with the iPad baseband). Firstly, I restored my firmware with a custom ipsw stitched with shsh blobs using redsn0w 0.9.10b3 Secondly, I jailbroke the iPhone after checking the boxes "install cydia", and "install ipad baseband"(don't check this if you already have a viable baseband...obviously), Next uh ly, I installed Ultrasn0w 1.2.5 in cydia. Finally, I rebooted my iphone and inserted the sim card. After about thirty seconds, the beautiful letters of t-mobile came into the service area. And there was much rejoicing.Cheers.

Jimena R - December 30, 2011 at 12:38am

Hi, I have an activation problem, it says "Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarily unavailable. Try connecting your iPhone to iTunes to activate it, or try again in a couple of minutes. If this problem persists, contact Apple Support at apple.com/support" I'm at the step when I have to say if my iPhone 3Gs has the newer or older model, but I can't get through to settings to check that out because I can not activate it. What can I do, just try until it activates? Can I unplug it? Wout it ruin the process and the iPhone if I unplug it? And I don't know if it is coincidence or what but my iPhone is not detecting my SIM card and I opened iTunes and it doesn't detect the iPhone neither, it only says I should unplug it and insert a SIM card. Please help me! Thanks!

Jimena R - December 30, 2011 at 11:38am

Finally I could activate my iPhone 3GS but I still have the problem with the SIM card, it is not detecting it. I've already read in some forums about this problem with the 3GS, it seems that happens quite often. I need some help, please!

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