Geohot has decided to release his blacksn0w iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS unlock software today instead of November 4. It can be installed directly through blackra1n RC3. In this page I will show you how you can get blacksn0w on your iPhone.
WARNING
- Apple can permanently patch the blacksn0w exploit in their next firmware update, please subscribe to our free newsletter and remember to check the latest news here before updating your iPhone.
- You must download Cydia’s “On File” system in case Apple blocks more exploits in future updates. We will post a guide on how to do this later, but for now you can still continue following this tutorial.
- * If you have a “No WiFi” problem after following this tutorial, go to Settings – > General -> Reset and tap on Reset Network Settings. That should solve any WiFi issues you have.
- If you are using T-Mobile you must go to Settings -> General -> Network and slide the Enable 3G button to Off.
blacksn0w Tutorial
1. Download our free iPhone OS 3 toolbar and install it.
2. Click the Downloads button and click on the blackra1n RC3 link to download it.
3. Connect your iPhone to your computer and open the blackra1n application.
4. Click the make it ra1n button.
5. blackra1n will now put your iPhone in to recovery mode and display the above image of Geohot. While in recovery mode, blackra1n will jailbreak your device.
6. Once blackra1n is done jailbreaking, your iPhone will reboot and you should see the blackra1n icon on your iPhone or iPod touch screen.
7. Tap the blackra1n icon to open it. Tap on Cydia, Rock, and blacksn0w and then click the Install button to install them.
8. Once you’ve installed the applications, restart your iPhone. To do that, just hold down the top button until the Slide to power off message appears. Slide the button, and wait for your device to turn off. Turn on your device and you should now see the applications you selected on your iPhone.
What now?
Congratulations, you have successfully unlocked your iPhone, now you can use your iPhone with other carriers! If you live in the US the only other carrier you can use your iPhone with is T-Mobile. Your unlock is nt permanent, and Apple will try to push updates to block it. We will always stay one step ahead and post a guide on how to safely update your iPhone without having your unlock compromised, so please subscribe to our newsletter and download our free iPhone OS 3 toolbar for important updates and downloads.
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I tried Blackra1n, but I can’t turn it on without my computer later.
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i just made a mistake to click on the update button to version 3.1.3 on my iPhone 3GS today…can anybody help me to jailbreak it or to restore it on the 3.1.2…
the worst thing is that its even not showing anything on the screen on iphone other than juz the emergency call option…
badly need help in this regard please…
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yes, i have same problem. Every time i turn off my iphone, then when i turn on, i have to connect with computer and do the jailbreak again. please help!
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help!
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if you look on the tool bar there its own section a litle green icon and it says downloads click it and then theres a link in there. once on that site u might get stuck at the page with a picture and u click it and it goes back to wrong site look down you will see a mac and pc icon so yeah just telling you have a nice day
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Hot debate. What do you think?
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Call me from this number so i can help you if you need help, 786-333-4458
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My friend has the same problem. it is with the newer devices… Mine worked fine but it was a few months older than the one he got. Same firmware but they must have something different in the newer ones. they need to “make it rain” every time you turn the iphone itouch on again. weird but that seems to be how it is… sucks really! wonder if there is a patch available or if you have to wait for 3.1.3 to get jailbroken?
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i get the same problem i run cydia and when i go to download something with cydia it makes me restore my ipod i have 3.1.2 also what do i do
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i have exact same prob did anyone come up wid a sollution?
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You have to go back and reinstall blackra1n and it will reboot itself. I had the same problem to
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January 10, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Every time i turn off my ipod itunes tells me that my ipod needs to be restored and on the the screen it shows USB cable towards Itunes. Did I miss a step or was it the process of the way I did the procedure? Or maybe next time i shouldn’t turn off my ipod. I really don’t know what to do.
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I HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM ONLY NOW I CAN’T EVEN GET THE PHONE TO WORK ON ATT!. Anyone have any experience with this? We both could use the help.
Thanks
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i had a same problem , 3GS 32 GB always need to restore after reboot. i thing have a problem with fw 3.1.2
did you resolved the problem yet?
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best eva thanku so much – the icon is in the game lis thing it take a while 2 find… it took me a while just check that be4 you give up!
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thanks. worked for ipod touch
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jailbreaks and unlocks fine but has network problem. Phone get disconnected from wifi and tmobile network every now and then so its usless to use blacksnow for now at least for me.
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Hi just wanted to say excellent job keep it up thanks.
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yeah my ipod 2nd gen (3.1.2) rebooted once then then twice then restored…. it kinda stopped at step 5 and went no further.. i think :S
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wait no it worked i just dont have a wifi atm and i turned it off coz i thought i had to and it needed to be restored… lame so far…. very very lame
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Hi,
I tried to jailbreak and unlock my iphone 3GS OS 3.1.2 (Baseband 05.11.07) using Blackra1n. But I am getting pop-up box with error while running blackra1n.exe file. Error :- “This application has failed to start because QTCF.dll was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem”.
Its always giving this error. Please let me know how to unlock my iphone.
Thanks,
Govindaiah
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I was successful at downloading and it worked. but, i can’t connect to the computer for itunes or shut it off or if the battery goes dead, I lose everything and have to do a restore is there any way out of that? I have a ipod touch.
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I have to hook up to computer to get phone to come back on after it reboots, but after so many times of doing that it wouldnt even jailbreak anymore. so i had to do a restore and now my apps wont load back onto my phone from appstore….HEEEEEEEELLLPPPP!!!
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go back to blackrain and re boot it
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It appears some users are having wifi issues. Try a “Reset Network Settings”. If you are still having wifi issues, see here. They don’t appear to be caused by my software. Also, this just enables custom MobileConfig files. To fully enable tethering, go here on your iPhone and download a MobileConfig file for your carrier. Watch out for carrier fees for tethering.
If your ipt2/3GS/ipt3 is rebooting into recovery after running blackra1n, this isn’t a bug. It’s a feature. You need to run blackra1n every time to boot it. This ‘feature’, called tethered jailbreak, is enabled by upgrades Apple made to the bootrom and the fact ipt3 uses nand flash.
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can we restore it back to original from itune if we are using this blacksnow application? i know pwnage tools are able to, but what about blacksnow? can anyone please let me know? Thanks..
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Great JOB!!!!!
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Thnk u soo much, i unlocked my iPhone 3G on 3.1.2, keep up the good work.
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Blackra1n uses the driver provided by the iTunes to communicate with the iPhone.
If the driver is old/not found, the blackra1n will crash. Do the following,
1. Update/Install the latest iTunes software.
2. Now, run the Blackra1n
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Will this work for verizon?
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I have the original iphone jailbroken and unlocked and want to update the firmware. Would this work for me?? Is there anything special I need to do??
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All my love and gratitude for you guys and all my hate and contempt for Apple. I donated with pleasure!. THANKS; THANKS!
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My Phone is workingnow with tmobile…problem is, when i try 2 sync the iphone with the comp so i can get my songs back cuz when i try 2 sync it, it says phone must be restored…any suggestions???
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i did jailbreak for my iphone 3gs. after jailbreaking my out goin calls are barred. my iphone is company unlocked one.can anybody will help me.. once i restore it back, its working..
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TXS for Everything Rally simple Steps…
It toock over 3 minuts or less…
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I uninstalled blackra1n app on accident, like an idiot. I tried redownloading it onto my iphone3g and the app just won’t come up. someone please help
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I AM RUNNING WINDOWS 7 32 BIT, AND I TICKED THE WIN XP COMPATIBILITY NODE TRYING TO JAIBREAK THE IPHONE 3G 16GB WITH BLACKRAINRC3 VERSION AND AT FIRST IT WENT OFF BUT I HAD TO REBOOT PHINE BECAUSE IT DIDNT WORK, THEN ICICKED MAKE IT RAIN FOR A 2ND TIME AND RECEIVED THE GEO IMAGE NOW MY PHONE WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. I HAVE HELD THE POWER BUTTON FOR AT LEAST A MINUTE AND I EVEN TRIED HOLDING IT WITH THE HOME BUTTON SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!! I KNOW THAT I CANNOT TAKE IT TO APPLE NOW BECAUSE OF MY TRYING TO JAILBREAK IT …I BEG OF YOU HELP
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I am having the same problem as others have mentioned above. If I turn off the phone I have to restore it and start over. Is there a solution for this?
I’d appreciate any advice, as I spent $700 on a phone for a friend to use abroad, and unless the unlocking works, it will have been a waste.
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i need it
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I downloaded but it wiped everything! what do i do?
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Hi, has anyone found a way around needing to run Blackra1n in order to reboot the device? Im constantly in places without my laptop and need to turn my phone off, but cant cos I cant turn it back on! any help please?!
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I run the makeItRain , but on recovery mode nothing happens , the iphone screen is black , what i have to do ?
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Hey guys! Need some help here. I have a 3G iphone version 3.1.2 (7D11) and 05.11.07 firmware. I’ve downloaded Cydia (jailbroken) using pwnage and tried to unlock it using ultrasn0w on cydia. But it won’t work…tried it about 3-4 times, still no luck. Any suggestions? Now that I already have Cydia, should I try using blackrain to unlock it? Please advice.
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I live in Italy and a few days ago I bought a german locked iPhone 3G (firmware 3.1.2). After two days of failed attempts with PwnageTool, Ultrasn0w and Purplesn0w I fixed everything with Blackra and blacksow. Fantastic and faster!
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I live in Italy and a few days ago I bought a german locked iPhone 3G (firmware 3.1.2). After two days of failed attempts with PwnageTool, Ultrasn0w and Purplesn0w I fixed everything with Blackra and blacksow. Fantastic and faster!
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I love this website & the one posted this helpful guide!!!!
Work great!!!!
My Phone is now unlocked again!
xoxoxo
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I made the stupidity of up-grading my iPhone to version 3.1.3. Is there a version of blacksn0w for this new software yet???
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hi,
i’ve got now firmware 3.1.3 and my jailbreak is away and i can’t jailbreak it.
how get i my old firmware back? (3.1.2)
or when is the jailbreak of 3.1.3 clear?
bye
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The new Firmware has screwed a lot of people
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Download BlackRain RC3 doesn’t appear to be on the Downloads list after clicking the Green button, any more.
It’s all about 3.1.3 software.
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my dad accidentally upgraded my jailbroken ipod touch 3rd gen to 3.1.3, is there any way that i can jailbreak it again???
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do anybody here have 3.1.3 jailbreak firmware or where can i find it?
reply asap thank q
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help me guys my iphone 3G modem firmware 05.12.01 unlocking
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Thank you one and all for providing these effective and efficient posts. Really appreciated.
Sam
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hello everyone
i have bought an iphone few month ago and i kept using it after few month it stopped working as soon as i tried to update the new itunes update . now it keep asking me to jailbrake it so i tried to blackrain it but it does not work exactly when the logo of black rain shows up mine stop working and screen turns black and the black rain logo never comes up………..
i afraid that maybe the iphone i bought was stolen and i bought it so thats why its happend apple might have block the serial number..
i dont know .. i need help to solve this matter
pls contact me at rickofelori@hotmail.com
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When can we get Jailbreak for 3.1.3
I made a stupid move and updated the software for iPod 3G to 3.1.3
Now i can’t let my iPhone to work even as a normal phone
Please help me
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Hey guys
any resn0w for 3.1.3 yet
i made the stupidest thing and updated my iphone 3g to 3.1.3
what to do now ? i can’t access my phone
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Super….thnak you it’s very easy…and worked for me
step 1: – Restore iphone 3g with 3.1.2
step 2: – down load blackra1n.exe
step 3: – connect iphone to cable and run the exe file
unlock complete!
step 4: [Network unlock]
* Reboot iphone…u will see blackra1n icone on desktop
* click on it (before u must have WIFI internet enable)
* select Sn0w and install it
your network is Unlocked!!!
enjoy your iphone 3g with 3.1.2 technology.
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