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redsn0w on OS X

redsn0w is an iDevice jailbreaking tool for OS X and Windows. Originally called QuickPwn, but due to exploitation of the name by www.quickpwn.com, version 0.7 was renamed to redsn0w and added unlocking of supported devices.

Version 0.8 added support for jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS.

Version 0.9 beta 3 was released for Windows and Mac OS X, and it allows iOS 3.0 through 3.1.2 to be jailbroken. It includes support for all devices except the iPod touch 3G, and supports a tethered jailbreak on iPhone 3GS units and iPod touch 2G units with new bootroms. In addition, this version supports custom boot and recovery mode logos, as well as verbose mode on bootup.

Version 0.9.2 supports jailbreaking of all iDevices (at the time) with iOS 3.0 through 3.1.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, as well as 3.1.3 on S5L8900 devices. Version 0.9.3 adds support of internet tethering IPCC hack on those devices and 0.9.4 allows jailbreaking of early iPod touch 2G with iOS 3.1.3.

Version 0.9.5b5-5 supports jailbreaking the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G (old bootrom) with iOS 4.0 on Windows and Mac OS X.

Version 0.9.6b6 supports jailbreaking iOS 3.2.2, 4.1, and 4.2.1 for every device that supports those versions (except Apple TV 2G), on Windows and Mac OS X.

Version 0.9.10b1 adds support for iOS 4.2.6 through 5.0.1 (though iOS 4.2.9, 4.2.10, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, and 5.0 are tethered on devices invulnerable to the 0x24000 Segment Overflow). The current build of redsn0w is not capable of jailbreaking S5L8940 devices.

Credit

iPhone Dev Team

Versions

Initial releases

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
Lite Unknown Yes
0.3

0.7.x series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.7 Unknown Yes
  • Untethered jailbreak for all devices but iPhone 3GS
0.7.1
  • Bug fixes for versions 0.7
0.7.2
  • More bug fixes for versions 0.7

0.8.x series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.8 July 2009 Yes
  • Performs an untethered jailbreak on iOS 3.0/3.0.1 (when pointed at 3.0) for all devices supported by those firmware.

0.9.0-0.9.4 releases

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.2 Unknown Yes
0.9.3
  • Contains the IPCC hack to enable tethering on the iPhone 3G and 3GS.
0.9.4

0.9.5 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.5 beta 3 June 21, 2010 Yes No
0.9.5 beta 4 Unknown
  • Resolved a problem with iBooks.
0.9.5 beta 5
  • Supposed to fix any APN or MMS issues that users were seeing.

0.9.6 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.6 beta 1 September 21, 2010 Yes
0.9.6 beta 2 October 31, 2010
0.9.6 beta 3 November 2010
  • Supports the installation of custom bundles
0.9.6 beta 4 November 23, 2010
0.9.6 beta 5 November 28, 2010
0.9.6 beta 6 December 1, 2010
  • Allows you to "deactivate" a hacktivated phone, so sbinger's Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) can trick your iPhone and iTunes into creating legitimate activation tickets.
0.9.6 release candidate 7 January 2, 2011
  • Introduced command-line arguments to bypass some screens.
0.9.6 release candidate 8 January 5, 2011
  • Informs users if a boot logo PNG is invalid, and why.
  • Introduced the "-a" command-line argument to eliminate clicking.
0.9.6 release candidate 9 April 3, 2011
  • Adds support for jailbreaking iOS 4.3.1 on all compatible devices except the iPad 2 and Apple TV 2.
  • New command line parameters k and d [1]:
    • -k --kernelcache=<str> use specified kernelcache (advanced)
    • -d --devicetree=<str> use specified devicetree (advanced)
0.9.6 release candidate 10 April 7, 2011
  • Added boot animations
  • Removed misleading Settings
0.9.6 release candidate 11
  • Makes the boot animation a bit more robust
0.9.6 release candidate 12 April 8, 2011
  • Fix any lingering issues with the boot animation
0.9.6 release candidate 13 April 19, 2011
  • Adds support for jailbreaking iOS 4.3.2 on all compatible devices except the iPad 2.
0.9.6 release candidate 14
0.9.6 release candidate 15 May 06, 2011
  • Adds support for jailbreaking iOS 4.3.3 on all compatible devices except the iPad 2.
0.9.6 release candidate 16 May 16, 2011
0.9.6 release candidate 17 May 20, 2011
  • Adds advanced command line options for kernel hackers.
0.9.6 release candidate 18 June 14, 2011
0.9.6 release candidate 19 July 12, 2011
  • When a custom bundle is applied, most of the normal jailbreak steps (like stashing and untethering) are skipped.

0.9.7 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.7 beta 1 December 26, 2010 Yes No
  • Jailbreaks iOS 4.1-4.2.1 on all compatible devices.
    • Able to achieve an untethered jailbreak on 4.2.1, provided the user has 4.2b3 SHSHs and the 4.2b3 IPSW.
      • This version of "Jailbreak Monte" has quite a number of bugs, particularly app switcher crashes and disabled Bluetooth.
0.9.7 beta 2
  • Fixes crashing bugs on GUI apps.
0.9.7 beta 3 December 27, 2010
  • Fixes crashing bugs completely.
0.9.7 beta 4 December 31, 2010
  • ubsmuxd integrated.
0.9.7 beta 5 January 8, 2011
  • Issues related to Bluetooth and the sandbox are resolved.
0.9.7 beta 6 January 10, 2011
  • fixes Skype

0.9.8 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.8 beta 1 June 10, 2011 Yes
  • Performs a tethered jailbreak of iOS 5.0 betas 1 and 2 (when pointed at the beta 1 IPSW) on all compatible devices except the iPad 2.
0.9.8 beta 2 July 11, 2011
  • Performs a tethered jailbreak of iOS 5.0 betas 1, 2, and 3 on all compatible device except the iPad 2.
  • Fixes the iOS 5 beta 3 sandbox issues present in the previous version.
0.9.8 beta 3 July 16, 2011
0.9.8 beta 4 July 23, 2011
0.9.8 beta 5 August 9, 2011
0.9.8 beta 6 August 23, 2011
0.9.8 beta 7 August 31, 2011
0.9.8 beta 7b September 2, 2011
0.9.8 beta 7c September 6, 2011

0.9.9 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.9 beta 1 September 19, 2011 Yes
  • Complete rewrite.
  • No longer requires IPSWs when jailbreaking public builds. When jailbreaking beta/Golden master firmwares, need to specify IPSW once, then auto-recognizes it.
  • Redsn0w now fetches SHSH from device, querys Cydia about saved blobs, stitches IPSWs with SHSH blobs (not for iPhones) and able to submit SHSH to cydia
  • Includes Terminal shell commands into the GUI.
0.9.9 beta 2 October 4, 2011
  • Fixes Verizon iPhone 4 firmware detection
  • Fixes 'Fix Recovery'
  • Fixes for Stitching
  • Fixes for blob processing
0.9.9 beta 3 October 5, 2011
  • Auto-detects the iOS 5.0 GM firmware now.
  • Allows a jailbreak (albeit still tethered apart from iPhone 3GS old bootrom) on iOS5 GM
0.9.9 beta 3a No Yes
  • Fixes a Windows-only caching bug
  • Allows Windows users to rename the redsn0w exe to anything containing 'boot' to jump straight to the tethered boot stage on load (thus adding one-click tethered boot to Windows redsn0w)
  • 0.9.9 beta 3 still works fine for Mac users except they don't have the new 'boot' rename feature that this version has
0.9.9 beta 4 October 12, 2011 Yes
  • Now auto-recognizes iOS 5 and no longer requires IPSW submission on iOS 5 jailbreak
0.9.9 beta 5 October 13, 2011 Yes No
  • Custom IPSW feature (from PwnageTool) for Baseband preservation.
0.9.9 beta 6 October 18, 2011 Yes
  • Fixes location services issues for iPhone 3GS with 06.15.00 baseband
0.9.9 beta 7 October 21, 2011
  • You can now choose whether you want redsn0w or Cydia to Stash Applications (can shorten redsn0w session by 60%)
0.9.9 beta 8 November 3, 2011
0.9.9 beta 9 December 19, 2011
0.9.9 beta 9b
  • Enables the “Custom” button in Windows to allow baseband preservation.
  • Warns against flashing baseband 06.15.00 on newer iPhone 3GS devices (2011 week 35) more explicitly.
0.9.9 beta 9c No Yes
  • Special build for Windows users encountering issues with the update check.
0.9.9 beta 9d December 20, 2011 Yes

0.9.10 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.10 beta 1 December 27, 2011 Yes
  • The jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is now untethered.
0.9.10 beta 2
  • Fixes an issue with launchctl that the untether caused.
0.9.10 beta 3 December 28, 2011
  • Fixes a problem where re-running redsn0w over an existing jailbreak would cause Mobile Substrate-based apps to stop running until Mobile Substrate was installed again.
0.9.10 beta 3 novcheck December 29, 2011 No Yes
  •  ?
0.9.10 beta 4 January 15, 2012 Yes
  • Includes a fix for iBooks on iOS 5.0.1.
  • Addresses an issue where the launchctl fix didn't work sometimes.
0.9.10 beta 5 January 29, 2012
  • Circumvents jailbreak detection in iBooks that caused ~10% of images to display properly.
0.9.10 beta 5b February 1, 2012
0.9.10 beta 5c February 12, 2012
  • Prevents redsn0w from crashing due to increasing ramdisk sizes.
0.9.10 beta 6 March 7, 2012
0.9.10 beta 6b March 11, 2012 Yes No
  • Fixes small issues for Mac OS X v10.5.8 and earlier.
0.9.10 beta 7 April 20, 2012 Yes
  • Implements the Corona A5 jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices still at 5.0.1
  • Can also re-install that jailbreak for those who accidentally uninstalled the untether
  • When stitching an IPSW, it can now grab your blobs directly from Cydia.
  • Now shows a lot more info about your device, for instance, whether your iPhone 3G has the vulnerable baseband bootloader, or whether your iPhone 3GS has the old exploitable bootrom
0.9.10 beta 8 April 23, 2012
  • Can backup those priceless activation tickets many are grabbing today
  • Adds ability to backup arbitrary directories or files from your device into a ZIP file on your Mac or PC
0.9.10 beta 8b
  • Makes the ZIP files compatible with the native Windows Explorer.

0.9.11 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.11 beta 1 May 11, 2012 Yes
  • Newer devices (iPad 2, iPad 3, and iPhone 4S) are able downgrade as well. In a radical departure from previous versions of redsn0w, it now directly supports restoring IPSWs to your device.
0.9.11 beta 2 May 12, 2012
0.9.11 beta 3 May 14, 2012
  • This release should fix the "Restore failed" messages people were sometimes getting.
  • Behaves better with nearby devices that have Wi-Fi syncing enabled.
0.9.11 beta 4
  • Completes the tethered jailbreak support for iOS 5.1.1 on A4 devices and earlier, including proper "Stitching" and "Custom" creation of NO_BB IPSWs


0.9.12 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.12 beta 1 June 4, 2012 Yes
  • Adds Rocky Racoon for all devices on iOS 5.1.1.
    • On A4 devices and earlier, users can choose between the backup restore method (like Absinthe) or using a ramdisk-based jailbreak (how redsn0w usually works).
0.9.12 beta 2 June 8, 2012
  • Users on iOS 5.1.1 are now explicitly asked if they wish to use the backup/restore method or the DFU ramdisk method for jailbreaking.
  • Fixes iBooks problems on the iPhone 3GS (old bootrom).
  • Provides more helpful error messages.

0.9.13 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.13 developer-only 1 June 14, 2012 Yes
  • Jailbreaks iOS 6.0b1.
0.9.13 developer-only 2 June 15, 2012
  • Fix the various SSH problems and crashes with apps that some have been seeing.
0.9.13 developer-only 3 June 16, 2012
  • Covers 6.0beta3 release and also adds explicit support for 6.0beta2.
0.9.13 developer-only 4 September 13, 2012
  •  ???

0.9.14 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.14 beta 1 June 18, 2012 Yes
  • Add a baseband downgrade option in redsn0w for those who are using the iPad’s 06.15.00 baseband on the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS.
0.9.14 beta 2 July 4, 2012
  • Improves the iPad baseband downgrade and should cover anyone who couldn’t downgrade with 0.9.14b1. Also simplified the process and added logging to help diagnose any remaining stubborn iPhones.

0.9.15 series

Version Release date Mac OS X-compatible? Windows-compatible? Changes
0.9.15 beta 1 October 14, 2012 Yes
0.9.15 beta 2 October 15, 2012
  • After restoring an iPhone 3GS, redsn0w keeps track of its bootrom version while it's still open.
  • Fixes support for upgrading to/downgrading baseband 06.15.00.
0.9.15 beta 3 November 1, 2012
  • Save iPad 4 and iPad Mini SHSH blobs.
  • Fixes of error 14 when stitching blobs and error 2601 for windows users when restoring.

Exploits used

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPhone 3G:

For iPod touch 2G:

For iPhone 3GS:

For iPod touch 3G:

For iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G, iPad and Apple TV 2G:

External Links

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