How To Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 With PwnageTool 3.1.5 For Mac OS X

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After Apple updated iPhone firmware to 3.1.3, there has been an update for redsn0w (0.9.4), a multi-platform jailbreaking tool that works with both Windows and Mac OSX. However redsn0w, unlike the more popular PwnageTool for Mac OSX and also the recently released Sn0wbreeze for Windows, cannot create custom IPSW files. So Mac OS X users have been eagerly waiting for the iPhone Dev Team to update the PwnageTool for iPhone firmware 3.1.3.

Well, PwnageTool 3.1.5, with support iPhone 3.1.3, has been released today by the iPhone Dev Team. This latest version of PwnageTool can jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS(albeit only older bootroms with baseband 04.26.08), iPod Touch 1G, 2G (non MC models).

Warning: iPhone 3G and 3GS users, beware when jailbreaking your devices; any mistake while updating the firmware to 3.1.3 may lead to loss of unlock, possibly forever. Also, the iPhone Dev Team warns iPhone 3GS users to make sure they have the ‘SHSH hashes’ backed up via Cydia, before they proceed to jailbreak.

Note: You need latest version of iTunes installed on your PC.

Here are the steps to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 using PwnageTool 3.1.5:

1. Sync your iPhone or iPod Touch with iTunes on your PC and back up all your data.

2. Download PwnageTool 3.1.5 (download links given at the end) and also the official iPhone firmware 3.1.3.

3. Run PwnageTool 3.1.5 and select your device. Let the tool detect the firmware for your device. Or you could browse your Computer manually and select the file yourself and go to the next screen.

4. Next you will see the message “We will now create an .ipsw file that you can use to restore your iPhone with iTunes. ….. Do you want to continue?”. Click ‘Yes’.

5. Click ‘No’ when it asks you “Do you have an iPhone contract that would activate normally through iTunes?”. In case you click ‘Yes’, PwnageTool will update the baseband to the latest version. So your unlock will not be preserved and at the same time you may be unable to unlock the device after the firmware upgrade.

6. PwnageTool will no build the custom IPSW file that is required to restore your device. Click ‘OK’ when you see the message ‘Close the PwnageTool application, put your iPhone into recovery mode, start iTunes and restore with your custom firmware bundle’.

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7. You will then see the ‘ihaz Success’ screen, which indicates that the custom IPSW file has been built successfully.

8. The next part is to restore your iPhone to this custom 3.1.3 firmware created by PwnageTool 3.1.5. Enter DFU mode in PwnageTool, by clicking on the DFU button on the toolbar.

9. Open iTunes and let it recognize your device in recovery mode. When it advises you to restore your device, click ‘OK’ on that screen.

10. Now holding the ALT’ button, click on ‘Restore’ in iTunes. Select the custom firmware bundle created by PwnageTool 3.1.5, and continue.

11. It may take a while while your iPhone is restored to this new firmware. After the installation is done, you have a fully jailbroken iPhone 3.1.3, on which you can install Cydia apps such as ProSwitcher, a multi-tasking app, LockInfo, or BTStack Keyboard, BTStack Mouse and more.

Download Links:

Download PwnageTool 3.15

Download iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 2G

Download iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 3G

Download iPhone 3.1.3 firmware for iPhone 3GS