Free Iphone Unlock

Mac users can now also upgrade their iPhone and iPod touches to OS 3.1.3 similar to Windows. Previously iH8sn0w dev team released the original sn0wbreeze 1.4 to jailbreak the latest OS, however it was limited to Windows users. Now, Apple has released a version suitable for Mac known as the Pwnage Tool 3.1.5 to allow their users to safely upgrade to the new OS while preserving the jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock.

However like most previously released jailbreak, this new software comes with a warning. There’s no real reason to update to 3.1.3 unless you observe a problem with your battery percentage. But if you simply feel like doing so, read these warnings and advice carefully before using PwnageTool 3.1.5 or Redsn0w to avoid any complications:

iPhone 3G and 3GS unlockers should always be very wary to update their firmware. This is no exception. If you make a mistake along the way you may find yourself updating to official 3.1.3 in which case you will lose your unlock, possibly forever.

iPhone 3GS users (regardless of unlock) should stay away from this and all 3.1.3 jailbreak tools unless you know you have your “SHSH hashes” backed up via Cydia. That’s because if you make a mistake you may find yourself stuck at official 3.1.3 with no way to jailbreak or come back down to 3.1.2 to jailbreak.

If you really truly feel that you need to update, this version creates a custom 3.1.3 IPSW for you to restore to on your iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS with early bootrom, iPod touch 1G, and iPod touch 2G with early bootrom. If you don’t know if you have an early bootrom or not, please avoid updating until you learn more.

You don’t need to be pre-jailbroken on anything but the iPod touch 2G early bootrom. And really for that device, it’s faster and easier to use redsn0w 0.9.4 as mentioned in our last post. For that matter, if you have an ipt1g, iphone2g, or iphone3g(and don’t need an unlock), you should use redsn0w too (but version 0.9.3). It’s faster and you won’t have to go through a full restore process (just do an update then run redsn0w, pointing it at 3.1.2 FW instead of 3.1.3).

Meanwhile, here’s a specific piece of advice for iPhone 3GS users:

If you have an iPhone 3GS, PwnageTool works if you’re currently at version 3.1.2 or below (down to 3.0). You don’t need to be already jailbroken — PwnageTool will ask you if you’re jailbroken after you’ve created the IPSW. Don’t use PwnageTool on the iPhone 3GS if you’re at 3.1.3, it just won’t work. Downgrade to 3.1.2 using the methods described here. If you can’t downgrade because you don’t have your 3GS 3.1.2 hashes on file with Cydia, you’ll need to sit out the 3.1.3 jailbreak.

Despite all the warnings and precautions a consumer must take, the iPhone Dev Team attempts to reassure clients by calling this software as a “pre-game show” saying:

We aren’t revealing any new exploits to Apple with this jailbreak. Everything here has been used before, it’s just a straightforward port of Pwnage2 and 24Kpwn to the new firmware. It’s possible the new firmware was released largely to flush out new exploits before the next big release. We won’t be biting.

The latest release from Apple, the newest version of their iPhone OS 3.1.3 has attracted many consumers to convert. However this version had been plagued by some minor bug fixes and improvements before fully being released out to everyone.

In any case you still haven’t jailbroken or unlocked your iPhone but you have plans of doing so, it is important that you read this post first before jumping in head-on.

The Dev Team of iPhone releases this warning statement to users who have already jailbroken and unlocked their iPhones:

WARNING! At 10.30AM PST on February 2nd 2010 Apple released the 3.1.3 version (7E18) of the iPhoneOS.

If you care about your jailbreak and unlock, don’t update your device - 3G and 3G(S) owners should pay particular attention to this warning.

• PwnageTool and redsn0w are not yet compatible with 3.1.3
• There is no estimated release time for compatible tools (please don’t bug us about this).

Apparently, iPhone OS 3.1.3 also updates the baseband firmware from 05.11.07 to 05.12.01. This simply means that if you’ve updated your jailbroken and unlocked iPhone by accident, you might not only lose the jailbreak but you could even end up with a locked iPhone. When this happens, you’d have to wait for someone to unlock the baseband included in OS 3.1.3 or search for someone who can downgrade the baseband for you which is highly unlikely at present.

There had been recent updates released by the Dev Team. Read on to find out more:

Update 1: [Don’t go near this if you have 3GS, newer ipt2G, or any ipt3G] Thanks to daring experimenters in the comments, we can confirm that yesterday’s redsn0w works for today’s 3.1.3 update for iPhone 2G. Just point it at the 3.1.2 iPhone 2G IPSW after doing update or restore to 3.1.3. So far we’ve only confirmed this for iPhone 2G. (Note that if this does work for iPhone 3G too, you can *only* use it if you don’t care about the unlock.)

Update 2: [Don’t go near this if you have 3GS, newer ipt2G, or any ipt3G] Can confirm that this method works for iPhone 3G and iPod touch 1G too. Don’t do it for iPhone 3G if you need an unlock though (really, don’t!). For older iPod touch 2G, we’ll need a small (1-character) change in redsn0w source.

Update 3: [Don’t go near this if you have 3GS, newer ipt2G, or any ipt3G] For those with older (non-MC) iPod touch 2G, we’ve compiled a special version of redsn0w meant just for you: Mac and Windows. You guys can get in on the “3.1.2 loophole” too using this special version. Don’t try this if you have a newer iPod Touch 2G or if you’re not completely sure what version you have. And of course don’t try it for 3GS or ipt3G either.

Keep in mind if you’re an ultrasn0w, yellowsn0w, or blacksn0w user, don’t go anywhere near it. Meanwhile other users of iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G (not unlockers), iPod 1G, and iPod 2G older version can go ahead and give the new software a shot. For everyone else not mentioned, it is best to wait for official support in the tools for safety.