There is a Jailbreak by @Kaatje available for 3GS iPhones that have an older bootloader. You just need to follow some instructions to place the firmware bundle and Cydia install into pwnagetool and you can create your own Custom .ipsw
The full instructions are on her blog at http://techblog.tgil.nl , and then mirrored here for your pleasure and well for historical purposes incase they’re removed or not accessiable.
Please be aware of the the following requirements:
- iPhone 3GS (with older bootroom, aka can be jb without tethering)
- iTunes 9.2
- iPhone is currently jailbroken
- You have the original carrier sim (hactivation is not yet functional)
f you meet these requirements than you may proceed at your own risk. I will not be liable for any headaches, lost of productivity, lost messages, etc. Be aware as always, you many not be getting what you think if you are not grabbing the files directly from Apple. Ok so lets get started!
- Download Pwnagetool 3.1.5 from here
- Download redsn0w 0.9.5 from here
- Download firmware bundle from here
Pick a new clean place to work, i recommend making a folder called jb. Extract all of the files and place them in this directory. You should have the following files:
- Pwnagetool.app
- redsn0w.app
- iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293.bundle
Open a terminal window and change into the jb directory:
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kaatje:jb kaatje$ ls -al
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 kaatje staff 170 11 jun 05:48 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 kaatje staff 306 11 jun 05:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 kaatje staff 102 7 feb 13:20 PwnageTool.app
drwxr-xr-x 13 kaatje staff 442 10 jun 15:49 iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293.bundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 kaatje staff 102 9 jun 11:32 redsn0w.app
kaatje:jb kaatje$ rm -rf PwnageTool.app/Contents/Resources/FirmwareBundles/*
kaatje:jb kaatje$ mv iPhone2,1_4.0_8A293.bundle PwnageTool.app/Contents/Resources/FirmwareBundles/
kaatje:jb kaatje$ tar -zxpf redsn0w.app/Contents/MacOS/Cydia.tar.gz Applications
kaatje:jb kaatje$ rm -rf PwnageTool.app/Contents/Resources/CustomPackages/CydiaInstaller.bundle/files/Applications
kaatje:jb kaatje$ mv Applications PwnageTool.app/Contents/Resources/CustomPackages/CydiaInstaller.bundle/files/
kaatje:jb kaatje$ exit
Remember kids, use at your own risk!