I recently updated to 5.0.1 after using a very successful ios4 jailbreak for months. I am now trying to jailbreak 5.0.1 using redsn0w 0.9.9b8, but having serious issues. After jailbreaking using this method cydia is blank and will not launch. I have tried jailbreaking multiple times to no avail. I have tried to restore and get the "device is not elligible for the requested build" error. I tried to fix this by deleting/reinstalling itunes and restart as well as fixing my host file by adding '74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com' and itunes itself will not restore to 5.0.1, as I get the same error message. Any ideas? Is there a way to completely wipe the phone and work from scratch without restoring?
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iPhone 4(GSM) 5.0.1 jailbreak/restore problem. PLEASE HELP!!
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Sorry if you've tried this already but I don't see it mentioned. Usually the white Cydia icon is from not doing a tethered boot after the jailbreak. Have you tried this? If you haven't, just make sure you point to 5.0, not 5.0.1 like CC424 mentioned.
Correct, Cydia will be black when you jailbreak, you should be able to open it, it will crash the first time, then reboot your phone (Tethered since it is the only JB avaliable for it) and then Cydia should be there.
Just tried to jailbreak again using redsnow. I forgot to mention this earlier, but after every jailbreak attempts it boots without a tethered boot, by itself. This time it happened again, I tried to open cydia(blank white icon), which crashed.
edit:Tryin more stuff still, have now turned on phone using a hard restart and I didnt need to boot tethered, blank phone problem fixed.
edit:Tryin more stuff still, have now turned on phone using a hard restart and I didnt need to boot tethered, blank phone problem fixed.
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So I have now tried using iFaith to downgrade, since I cannot restore in itunes at all. This did not work, and it would not download my shsh. I did download an shsh on my mac however and I think I will attempt to stitch it to an ios 5 .ipsw and then see if I can put this on my phone, and thereby be able to jailbreak in 5.0.0
Can you please try and use better grammar so it's easier to understand your problems?
I'm not sure WHERE you are in this problem of jail breaking so just do the following, as you seem to have messed up your firmware;
1. Put your device into DFU mode
2. Restore it to 5.0.1
3. Jailbreak it using redsn0w .9.9b8 (check my signature for links to software)
redsn0w will guide you through the process of jail breaking.
I'm not sure WHERE you are in this problem of jail breaking so just do the following, as you seem to have messed up your firmware;
1. Put your device into DFU mode
2. Restore it to 5.0.1
3. Jailbreak it using redsn0w .9.9b8 (check my signature for links to software)
redsn0w will guide you through the process of jail breaking.
What firmware version are you trying to restore to? If you are trying to downgrade to something under 5.0, it requires you to have the SHSH files saved.
