How To Jailbreak iOS 5 Using snowbreeze 2.8b1

snowbreeze 2.8b1, a jailbreak tool for Windows, has now been updated by iH8sn0w to support  iOS 5 firmware, which was earlier jailbroken using redsnow only on Mac. The reason to use snowbreeze is that it is currently the only jailbreak tool for iOS 5 Beta which is available for Windows, and it will also preserve your old baseband so that you can unlock your iPhone in future using ultrasnow. Unfortunately, this is a tethered jailbreak, you have to connect your iDevice to a computer when powering it on to boot it into jailbroken state.



snowbreeze 2.8b1 Supports :

 * iPhone 3GS
 * iPhone 4 (GSM)
 * iPhone 4 (CDMA)
 * iPod Touch 3G
 * iPod Touch 4
 * iPad 1G


Requirements :

 * Download iOS 5 without a developer account
 * Download iTunes 10.5
 * Download snowbreeze 2.8b1

How To Jailbreak iOS 5 Using snowbreeze 2.8b1 (Windows)


Part 1 : Creating Custom iOS 5 Firmware



1) Download snowbreeze 2.8b1 above and launch it. Then, click the blue colored arrow to proceed.

2) Select the required iOS 5 IPSW file by clicking on Browse option.

3) snowbreeze will identify the iOS 5 IPSW file at this stage. Click on arrow again to proceed.

4) Select Expert Mode to apply standard jailbreak with Cydia installed. Then click Build IPSW.

5) snowbreeze will now start cooking the custom iOS 5 firmware.




6) When you see Done message, click OK.

7) Follow the onscreen instructions to put your iDevice into pwned DFU mode.

If you have followed the above steps correctly on your iDevice, then you will get the following message from snowbreeze 2.8b1.

Part 2 : Restoring Custom iOS 5 Firmware Using iTunes


Launch iTunes. From the iTunes sidebar select your device. Now press the left Shift button and then click on Restore button in iTunes. This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for iOS 5 which you have already downloaded in Part 1.

Now let iTunes restore iOS 5 on your iPhone,iPad,iPod Touch. During the restore process you may see unknown error messages (1013, 1004 etc) , just ignore these errors.


Part 3 : Booting Tethered Using iBooty


As we have told you iOS 5 jailbreaking is tethered at present, so you have to connect your iDevice with PC and use iBooty to get jailbroken state. Run iBooty, which is extracted on Desktop after cooking custom iOS 5 using snowbreeze 2.8b1.

Select your iDevice and again enter DFU mode by following the onscreen instructions. Soon iBooty will do its work and your device will be booted in tethered jailbroken mode.

 

Download Sn0wbreeze 2.8 b1:

• Sn0wbreeze 2.8b1