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Sn0wbreeze
sn0wbreeze is a PwnageTool port to windows, developed by iH8sn0w. It currently jailbreaks the 3.1.2, and 3.1.3 firmware.
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Models Supported
Model |
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iPhone 2G |
iPod touch 1G |
iPhone 3G |
iPod touch 2G NON-MC |
iPhone 3GS Old Bootrom |
Note that the iPod touch 3G is not supported. With the iPod touch 2G and iPhone 3GS you need to be already jailbroken. The S5L8900 devices you can go into DFU mode and restore with iTunes without being jailbroken.
Versions
sn0wbreeze was first released January 13, 2010 as a beta version. The following versions that are shown here are official.
3.1.X
Version | Release date | Changes | |
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Public Beta |
January 13, 2010 |
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1.0 |
January 16, 2010 |
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1.1 |
January 19, 2010 | ||
1.2 |
January 21, 2010 |
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1.3 |
January 23, 2010 |
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1.4 |
January 26, 2010 |
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1.5 |
February 5, 2010 |
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1.5.1 |
February 7, 2010 |
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Problems
There are some problems with blacksn0w because it relies on the 3.1.2 CommCenter, and needs to be updated the the 3.1.3 version. If installed it will cause your iPhone to go into a boot loop.
Use of xpwn
The backend of sn0wbreeze is xpwn, an open-source custom IPSW generator created by planetbeing in parallel with Devteam developments of techniques and tools. xpwn runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux. GIven a "bundle" of patches from either PwnageTool or sn0wbreeze, xpwn driven from the command line is able to create the same custom IPSW as either tool. There are some outstanding fixes to xpwn that the developers of sn0wbreeze made, which they said they would put back into the open-source version in compliance with the license (this has not yet been done though).
License
sn0wbreeze is freeware.