This evening iH8sn0w released sn0wbreeze 2.9.7, a version of the program that is compatible with the new iOS 6 and iOS 6.0.1 that were released just two weeks and a month and a half ago. The program jailbreaks iOS 6/6.0.1 only for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, can also include SAM for decoding, does hacktivation and has a small problem with entering Pwned DFU Mode, but we are not talking about very important things.
ultrasn0w is incompatible with iOS 6/6.0.1, but with the help of ultrasn0w fixer you should be able to solve the problem. Gevey cards decode on iOS 6/6.0.1, but only if you have an old baseband, sn0wbreeze will keep the baseband intact during the update process. sn0wbreeze hackactivates your devices, so no activation card is needed.
sn0wbreeze can jailbreak iOS 6/6.0.1 for:
- iPhone 3GS – old bootrom – untethered jailbreak;
- iPhone 3GS – new bootrom – tethered jailbreak;
- iPhone 4 – tethered jailbreak.
Step 1
Download sn0wbreeze 2.9.7 available here.
Download iOS 6 available here and iOS 6.0.1 available here. Of course, you also have the option to download the latest version of iOS directly from sn0wbreeze.
Download the latest version of iTunes from the Apple website.
Step 2
If necessary, change the extension of the firmware file downloaded in step 1 from .zip to .ipsw (if necessary). If you are on Windows Vista / 7 then right click on sn0wbreeze and select Run as Administrator. You will receive a warning message not to distribute the program, press ok then press the blue button to continue. On Windows XP sn0wbreeze does not work properly and I do not recommend you to use it.
Step 3
Now you will be greeted by a screen that asks you to search in the computer where you saved the iOS 6/6.0.1 file, after the program checks the file, then the ok sign will appear, then press the blue button to continue. iH8sn0w tried to implement a drag&drop module for files, but unfortunately it doesn't work properly, so I recommend you avoid using it.
Step 5
The program has 4 working options for old iDevices: iFaith, simple mode, expert mode and baseband preservation mode. iFaith Mode allows you to downgrade or restore to a version of iOS that you already have, iFaith also saving SHSHs for the version of iOS that you have in the terminal, everything being available only for iPhone 4 and older terminals. Simple mode will customize the ipsw based on preset settings, and expert mode will give you the opportunity to customize everything you want to insert in the firmware, in this tutorial I will explain expert mode. Baseband preservation mode will give you the opportunity to make a custom ipsw without jailbreak but which does not update the baseband.
In the case of iPhone 4, a fourth option called iFaith Mode is added which allows us to select a SHSH saved with iFaith to make a custom ipsw with it. That SHSH can be used to restore only to that version of iOS.
Step 6
Now we get to the slightly more complicated things. In this screen sn0wbreeze it will show the options we have in the firmware configuration, the General option is the one that will take you through all the others, so we will select this one. Select General and then press the blue button to continue.
Step 7
Now you will reach the screen that has 4 options available compared to the previous versions. The first one is Enable Battery Percentage and allows activating the option to see the battery percentage; the second allowed to hack the terminal; the third is the installation of OpenSSH which gives us the possibility to access the system files of the terminal via Wi-Fi and the fourth is Root Partition size which gives us the possibility to select the space allocated to the system partition, I recommend you to leave the value there. Press the blue button to continue.
Step 8
If you have an iPhone 3GS, in the next screen you will have the opportunity to update the iPad baseband which will allow you to decode an unblockable baseband. sn0wbreeze will automatically install the iPad baseband if you are connected to the Internet and after installing the custom ipsw you will be able to install ultrasn0w and use the terminal.
Step 9
Now you will reach the menu where you can select applications from Cydia/from the computer to be automatically installed in ipsw. Select the desired .deb files from the computer using the browse option, then press the blue button to continue.
Step 10
After selecting the appropriate files, you reach the main menu where you must select Build ipsw to start the process by which your custom ipsw is made.
After pressing the blue button you will reach a menu where you can choose if you want to play PacMan or see the classic rotated.
To run PacMan you must have flash installed, unfortunately it didn't work for me even though I have flash so you can play with the option to see if it works.
After you finish customizing the ipsw, you will see the message below.
Step 11
Now press the ok button to enter the terminal in Pwned DFU Mode using sn0wbreeze. It is very important to follow the steps below. Connect the device to the PC.
First, turn off your device.
- press the Power button for 3 seconds;
- while holding down Power press and Home and keep them pressed for another 10 seconds;
- release the Power button and hold only home and the device enters DFU Mode.
Step 12
After the process is finished, open iTunes, hold down the Shift button on the keyboard while pressing restore and select the custom ipsw made with sn0wbreeze, it should have a name similar to this sn0wbreeze_iPhone 4-6.ipsw and it should be on the desktop.
After finishing the restore, your terminal should boot by itself and without problems.
Step 13
After performing the restore you will have to restart the terminal in tethered mode and to do this use the iREB menu in sn0wbreeze 2.9.7. You can access that iREB from the links available at the top left of the program, this method being the only one that allows you to start tethered in a jailbreak made with sn0wbreeze.
After starting tethered, you can access Cydia and install anything you want to decode, etc.
