Hey guys, sorry if this is redundant but I have done my homework and researched this extensively but to no official answer. I have an iPhone 3GS running 4.2.1 and I wish to jailbreak it. Now I have been reading and reading about this apparent untethered jailbreak that geohot has in the works but not released yet. And I know that a redsn0w one exists but is still in testing for bugs and is also tethered. But it just hit me that these may just be for A4 devices like iPhone 4 and iPad, and that my 3GS may be an exception?? Any chance that I am right and am just somehow missing this is my google searching? Thanks guys.
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Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 3GS running 4.2.1... Am I missing something?
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This should help: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ My 3G S is jailbroken/unlocked on 4.2.1 and is of course untethered.
Thanks, I'll begin to look. Meant to add that I don't need to be unlocked, just jailbroken. Anyone else?
You're not missing anythhing.
The latest untethered JB for 4.2.1 needs beta3 blobs to work and is not 100% done yet.
And your other option is a tethered JB, thats all.
The latest untethered JB for 4.2.1 needs beta3 blobs to work and is not 100% done yet.
And your other option is a tethered JB, thats all.
Whelp, I guess that's that. thanks for the input, I am stuck waiting with everyone else then, just waiting for this 4.2.1 untethered release for JB. Thanks
Figures, a day after I ask haha. Serves me right I guess, delayed again...
http://mygadgetnews.com/2011/01/13/...-untethered-jailbreak-till-ios-4-2-5-release/
http://mygadgetnews.com/2011/01/13/...-untethered-jailbreak-till-ios-4-2-5-release/
Damn, I'm in holding as well. I had a UK iPhone 4 factory unlocked JB'd on 4.1 and was having home button issues, so I flew up to Edmonton, Alberta and had them replaced with a like model that's factory unlocked (since in the US it's impossible to get a iPhone 4 replaced with an unlocked)... and the one they gave me has IOS 4.2.1 of course :-(
So I can only do tethered, correct? I'm just worried since I use my desktop computer to do my iTunes sync and if I'm traveling and need to reboot for whatever reason. If I carry my MB Air with the redsnow on it, is it possible to kick it out of the tethered, or does it HAVE to be my iTunes sync'd computer?
So I can only do tethered, correct? I'm just worried since I use my desktop computer to do my iTunes sync and if I'm traveling and need to reboot for whatever reason. If I carry my MB Air with the redsnow on it, is it possible to kick it out of the tethered, or does it HAVE to be my iTunes sync'd computer?
It can be any computer. You will need Redsn0w and the 4.2.1 .ipsw file for your iPhone model.