Sn0wbreeze

What is sn0wbreeze ?

sn0wbreeze is a open-source utility that can create custom IPSWs to restore to, akin to PwnageTool. It is a GUI of XPwn for Windows written in Visual Basic.NET and is developed by iH8sn0w.

Versions

sn0wbreeze was first released January 13, 2010 as a beta version. The following versions that are shown here are official, and sorted by compatibility with iOS revisions.

3.1.X

Version	Release date	Changes
Public Beta	January 13, 2010	Initial release Jailbreaks iOS 3.1.2 Only allows you to be able to select simple mode Taken down due to copyright issues with XPwn
1.0	January 16, 2010	Official release of sn0wbreeze
1.1	January 19, 2010	Fixes Cydia problems Fixes problems with NOR on S5L8900 devices Fixes custom packages not being installed
1.2	January 21, 2010	GUI fixes Fixed even more Cydia problems
1.3	January 23, 2010	fixes bug where some Cydia repositories could not be added and downloaded from
1.4	January 26, 2010	Fixed vital bug where deb files may not be added to the right place
1.5	February 5, 2010	Jailbreaks iOS 3.1.3 Removed verbose mode support
1.5.1	February 7, 2010	Removed blacksn0w due to CommCenter issues (fix being worked on)

4.X

Version	Release date	Changes
1.6	June 24, 2010	Jailbreaks iOS 4.0 only. Removed ultrasn0w integration. (Due to MuscleNerd's request citing version management issues. Install it through the "custom packages" feature instead.) Removed "sn0wbreeze App" integration (discontinued)
1.7	July 6, 2010	Added support for new bootroms in the form of a tethered jailbreak with iBooty.
1.8 Beta	July 16, 2010	Only for iOS 4.1 beta 1. Doesn't support hacktivation.
2.0	September 22nd, 2010	Added support for "MC model" iPod touch 2G (tethered using usb_control_msg(0xA1, 1) Exploit) Added Support for iPod touch 3G and iPhone 3GS (new bootrom) on iOS 3.1.2 GUI improvements Backwards compatible with 3.1.X
2.0.1	September 22nd, 2010	Fix for Error 37
2.0.2	September 25th, 2010	Fixes for Error 37 and hacktivation.
2.1	November 13th, 2010	Only compatibile with 4.1 and 3.2.2 Firmwares Implemented steaks4uce and limera1n exploits. Added support for all iOS devices (except iPhone and iPod touch)
2.2	announced	A new "Baseband Preservation Mode", which allows upgrade without updating the baseband (as usual), but without jailbreaking

License

sn0wbreeze is released under GPL v3 license and it is a freeware

Resources

Download sn0wbreeze
Download sn0wbreeze Source Code