
To set it up correctly move to Manage tab, tap on edit then Add and insert the following repo: iTunes will now communicate with Apple’s servers but you’ll be able to change the hosts file at any time.Ībout Cydia: it’s very likely that you’ll find it empty and without sources. copy the edited file to its original location, and authenticate with your administrator password to do so. find the 74.208.10.249 gs. string and delete it. double click the hosts file to open it with Text Edit find the hosts file and copy it to your desktop right click on Finder icon in the dock and select “Go to Folder” Saurik’s servers are down at the moment of writing this, and if you don’t change the hosts file again iTunes will fail while trying to verify iOS 4. If you changed your Mac OS X’ hosts file to communicate with Saurik’s servers instead of Apple’s, change it again. Here are a few more tips you might need to follow to achieve a perfect jailbreak process. Click on the giant blue arrow to continue. Now click on the Expert mode button on top and select your iPhone 3GS device. Now fire up Pwnagetool.Ĭlick Ok, you don’t want to know about jailbreak copyrights. I tried to backup iPhone folders too, but it didn’t work. Make sure to backup your iPhone data using iTunes, such as applications and email accounts. 05.13.04 baseband.įirst, download Pwangetool and the. iPhone 3GS running iOS 4 GM or iPhone OS 3.1.2 (mine was running a jailbroken copy of iOS 4 GM) with old bootrom. Custom Pwnagetool build by Criminal90 (download here) - UPDATE: Official PwnageTool 4.01 release iPhone 3GS original iOS 4 firmware (download here) Check out the full tutorial after the break.


Using an unofficial build of Pwangetool by Criminal90 floating around on the internet ( UPDATE: official PwnageTool for iOS 4 is out) and a couple of tricks, I managed to jailbreak my iPhone 3GS and install Cydia on it. IOS 4 came out yesterday, and right after iTunes finished to install it on our iPhones we all wondered whether jailbreak was still possible.
