Redsnow "Exploit Failed" Any Help??????

You need to point the rs to an ipsw that's compatible and then boot tethered.

RyDogg999 said:

ive pointed at the corresponding ipsw 5.0.1

i think it might be a problem with my imac maybe an old iphone software. ive been searching. could tiny umbrella cause a exploit failure?

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No, Even your phone has 5.0.1 on it, when you run redsn0w, you need to point it at OS5 and then follow instruction.

some report say this might be fixed by using redsn0w 9.9b7.
You do need to point it manually to the 5.0 IPSW in extra's though

This worked for me

I attempt to jailbreak my iphone 4 GSM about 15 times on my mac (which i might add is a hackintosh ).

All failed, I had issues with " no identifying data fetched" so I then used redsnow to select the ipsw, I then had USB issues, I found that i had to keep restarting after every fail to get redsnow to work properly again. Eventually I ended up with the message exploit failed, I tried a few times but kept getting the same message! I tried all with the last 3 version's of redsnow, the latest being redsn0w_win_0.9.10b4

I decided to try it on my friends laptop with windows 7 running on it, download redsn0w_win_0.9.10b4 for windows, copied my iPhone3,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw file from my mac to the laptop. and it worked first time!

Im thinking it could work for others, but i think my hackintosh stops me from cracking it for some reason!

It's a USB driver-related issue. I'm 100% certain. Use a different computer.

Fixed!!!

Thanks MutDog, your suggestion to try jailbreaking on a PC when Macs give a problem worked for me.

I tried numerous of times on a Mac to jailbreak my iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1 but had no joy until I tried the same process on a PC laptop and it worked first time.

Thanks again MutDog!!!

Please help

I tried this and instead of getting validated by apple it now won't connect. i am a doctor and need my cell phone to return calls. i don't understand what to do i tried using red snow and it gives me an error. what should i do please help me if you can.

sincerely
a friend in need

P.S. i can donate to your charity redsnow or ultraslow or whoever can help me with this would really like to have my phone back and now i regret trying to upgrade from jailbroken 4.0.1 version which i had been using since i got the phone nearly 2 years ago i always seem to ruin my phone or lose my phone usually drop it in water this time i guess i electronically ruined it...maybe there is hope ....

worked!

thanks heyyitzmelissa! it was definitely usb related, as i didnt know i connected to a usb 3.0 connection.. switched to the front panel usb (2.0) and it worked.

My Mac does the same thing, it's something with the USB, just restart the computer and go into dfu with the instructions on redsn0w. Don't do it on your own