Press and hold the Home button while reconnecting the USB cable to iPhone.Wait for the the iPhone or iPod touch to turn off. Power off the device (Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider.Disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone or iPod touch, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.Once the apple logo appears, continue holding until you see the plug into itunes screen on your phone Plug in the other end of the cord in your computer while still holding the home button on the phone Once the screen turns off, let go of the on/off button but continue holding the home button Hold both the home button and on/off button on the phone Remove the cord in your computer, leaving the cord in the phone still plugged in Plug one end of the cord into your phone and the other in your computer (hold both Power/Sleep-Wake AND Home until the Apple logo appears and the phone turns back on) then try again. It may take a few tries to do the steps just right, just reboot The screen should be OFF (black), if you see the "Connect to iTunes" logo, START OVER. The last step may take SOME TIME, like, say, even 60 seconds or so. WAIT until iTunes recognizes the phone in DFU Restore mode (in Windows a bubble pops up saying it recognized new hardware "DFU Mode" or something to that effect) RELEASE only the Power/Sleep-Wake button and continue to hold the Home button.Ħ. HOLD the Power/Sleep-Wake button AND the Home button for 10 seconds.ĥ. Make sure iTunes is open so you'll know when it enters DFU mode.Ĥ. CONNECT it to the computer with a DIRECT USB connection.ģ. If the above steps doesnot work then try the below steps:Ģ. (Power off two ways-one will work, hold home and sleep button until off or just hold sleep button until off)Ħ) Hold down Home button & connect to computer using direct connected USB cable (keep holding down the home button until iTunes sees it).ħ) It should go into recovery mode and iTunes should recognise it.Ĩ) If you want to recover to previous software version, Hold Alt/Shift and click restore in iTunes. If your using a PC the steps are lengthy, and the steps are:ġ) Close all programs and restart computer.Ģ) Open iTunes and plug in powered off iPhone with direct USB connection.ģ) If iTunes fails to connect to ntinue to #4, if it does.restore.ĥ) Power OFF the iPhone & Disconnect from computer. If your using a MAC try the below steps as this worked for me:ġ. Step 7: Now from here onwards, whenever you want to do anything related to jailbreak like SSHing into your device, or running Cydia, you must first run your device in the so called "jailbroken state" on every reboot by using "Just boot tethered right now" option in Redsn0w.ĭownload iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPad, iPod touch Once done, your iPhone or iPod touch will restart automatically and you will find it jailbroken on the latest iOS 4.2.1 firmware.įor iPhone 4, 3GS (New Bootrom), iPod touch 4G / 3G / 2G, iPad ONLY: Step 6: Sit back and enjoy while redsn0w will do all the rest for you. Now after few seconds release "Power" button but keep holding "Home" button until installation begins. Step 5: Now make sure your device is both OFF and PLUGGED IN to the computer before you click "Next".Īt this stage you will be presented with a screen where you will have to quickly hold "Power" button and then while holding the "Power" button, you will now have to hold "Home" button too. Optionally (if available), you can also select any other option you like. Step 4: Now select "Install Cydia" and click "Next". Step 3: Start Redsn0w 0.9.6b4 and point it to iOS 4.2.1 firmware to proceed with the jailbreak. Step 2: Update/Restore to iOS 4.2.1 using the IPSW file you just downloaded via iTunes 10.1. Step 1: Download iOS 4.2.1 for your version of iOS device. NOTE: Those of you who rely on a carrier unlock MUST STAY AWAY from Redsn0w and iOS 4.2.1.įollow the step by step instructions posted below to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 with Redsn0w 0.9.6b4:
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