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How To Jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS Using Limera1n [Windows]
Geohot surprised everyone by releasing limera1n yesterday, a day before the
release of greenpois0n by the Chronic Dev Team.
Limera1n can jailbreak iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPod Touch 3G and the
new iPod Touch 4G.
In this guide, we will take you through the step by step procedure to jailbreak
iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS.
• Please do NOT upgrade to iOS 4.1 if you want to unlock your iPhone. You should wait for iPhone Dev
Team to release PwnageTool.
• Limera1n does NOT hactivate your iPhone, so your iPhone should be activated via iTunes first.
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• After the jailbreaking process is complete, do not forget to checkout our article on tips to keep your
iPhone secure.
• Please ensure you are running iTunes 9.2 or later.
Step 1: Download the latest version of limera1n from this link and save the application on your desktop.
Step 2: Double click on the limera1n exe to launch the application.
Step 5: You will see that limera1n puts your iPhone in recovery mode. Immediately after this, follow the
instructions.
Step 6: Limera1n will be prompt you to press both the home and power buttons.
Step 7: Limera1n will be then prompt you to release the Power button. Continue to press the home button.
Step 8: You will see that limera1n has put your iPhone in DFU mode. Continue to press the home
button.
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Step 9: While limera1n performs the exploit, you will see the limera1n logo on your iPhone.
Step 10: When limera1n has successfully jailbroken your iPhone, you will see “done” and get the following
message.
Step 11: You need to restart your iPhone. You will notice that there is a new app called limera1n installed on
your iPhone.
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Step 12: Launch the limera1n app to install Cydia on your iPhone. Select Cydia and tap on the Install button
to download and install it.
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Step 13: After Cydia has been installed, reboot your iPhone.
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Step 14: You should find Cydia on your iPhone’s homescreen. You can launch the limera1n app to uninstall it
as it is no longer required.
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Hope this helped. Please don't forget to drop us a line to tell us how it goes.
[images via iClaried]
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Luis said...
Your the MAN! I wish I could JB but I'm going to Korea for 12 months and need to unlock it so I can use it
there. So atleast o now know I can JB.
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hxclos said...
You can't get anymore clearer directions than that. Thanks.
Joe said...
This is great, thanks for putting this together. Now, I have a question. I have and iPhone 4, 4.0.1, jailbroken
with jailbreakme.com. My SHSH blobs have been saved to Cydia for 4.1, confirmed by TinyUmbrella.
What do I need to do to get 4.1 jailbreak? I really don't want to lose anything.
Reply October 10, 2010 at 04:19 AM
hackeR said...
good
Nicofeine said...
Thanks Geohot! & to all Devs whos working hard for this. Hopefully 1 of you guys makes an unlock for us
stuck on basband 5.14.02 soon.
Stevenbothwell said...
excellent !!....thanks.
got another phone with new modem firmware, just waiting for downgrade tool and i and a few thousand
others will be other the moon !!...great job
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Luis said...
Can I back up a limera1n JB 3GS 4.1 to a non broken state.
Than JB with greenpois0n for unlocking reasons? Or is there an easier way?
Kobe said...
Geo is the man once again!!!!
Ohkami said...
Works fine until step 8 but then the limera1n logo that's supposed to show up on the iPhone in step 9 never
does. Just Apple logo appears on iPhone and limera1n application enters step 10, announcing the phone was
successfully jailbroken. Which actually it wasn't, there is no limera1n app on the iPhone, also not after restart.
Environment: Win XP in Parallels 5 VM on Macbook Pro OS 10.6, iPhone 4 running 4.1
Nobody using 64bit Win7 has had problems as far as I can tell (except for 3gs new boot rom)
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Kbih said...
I can successfully jailbreak my 3GS on 4.1 (new bootrom, previously jailbroken and all..) but when I launch
Cydia it's always stuck on "Reorganizing, will close when done" and no matter how many times I realaunch
Cydia, restore my phone, and jailbreak it again, it doesn't help.
tnek said...
Just installed on 3GS 32GB ver 4.1(8B117) model: MC133KN modemfirmware: 05.14.02
best regards
tnek - dk
tnek said...
just backup'ed in itunes - then let it rain :) and after jailbreak... everything is just like before I did it :) super
great - now we have to remember what were going to do with the jailbreaked iphone :))
qasim said...
heloo everyone
i successfully Jb my iphone 4 . My SHSH blobs have been saved to Cydia for 4.1, confirmed by TinyUmbrella. I
can not install cydia because http://www.limera1n.com/ is banned in china. when i open limeran1 then it say
check your internet connection. Can ayone help me?Any way to use proxy to install cydia on iphone?
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mazri said...
Hey guys it werks for my iphone3gs firmware 4.1. wohoo... Thanks goehot!!
lemonra1n said...
in reply to Yo Mama in reply to Ohkami...
What is with blogger conjecture and lack of fact??
"Your problem is probably XP in the VM. Nobody using 64bit Win7 has had problems as far as I can tell"
I have the same issue as Ohkami, iPhone 4 4.1 clean restore on a win32 xp machine, win64 xp machine, win7
64 machine, macbook pro running xp32,xp64 and win7 64.
BARNEY... IT IS NOT AN OS ISSUE is there anyone that has something knowledgeable to add? other than
"wait till it comes out on mac"
Nick said...
i ve got an iphone with FW4.01 JBed using jailbreakme.com do i update to 4.1 the let it rain or does limerain
install 4.1 ??
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Before using limera1n backup your jailbroken iphone using the cydia app pkgbackup first.
It's a $3.49 app but it worth it if you spent hours customizing your jailbroken iphone.
Then transfer your purchases(right click on iphone icon in itunes- This step will transfer any apps that were
downloaded using installous), then backup the phone (Right click on iphone icon in itunes) and sync.
pkgbackup Tutuorial
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=7685
Now you're ready to update the iphone to 4.1 using itunes.
Jailbreak with limera1n.
Once cydia is installed -
Restore from backup (Right click on iphone icon in itunes)
Then download and install pkgbackup from cydia.
Press Restore in the app pkgbackup.
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Emmanuel said...
install 4.1 first. Be sure you don't need carrier unlock, cause 4.1 overwrites the baseband and no unlock is
available at present time.
spiz said...
I didn't understand one thing, I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.0.2 can I use limera1n to jailbreak it? I need the
unlock so i don't want to upgrade to 4.1. Is apple still signing 4.0.2?
Thanks
Reply October 10, 2010 at 05:38 AM
slim said...
worked for me iphone4 4.1,but how will i unlock please
Aly said...
Had it working on the iPhone 4 factory unlocked 4.1 brilliantly, The limera1n icon did not appear because i
turned my phone off before clicking on make it rain but worked the second time around when I left it on.
Also there were some posts that installous is not working after limera1n on cydia which is not true, it worked
perfectly fine and I am enjoying my iPhone 4 to the fullest with a jailbreak and installous, ooh I also did not
loose any application or any contacts or messages, everythin was exactly the same..
welcome back GEOHOT with a massive Bang.. !!
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slim said...
modem firmware 02-10-04
Reply October 10, 2010 at 05:43 AM
Jack said...
Tried It, Bricked My iPhone 4, Got Stuck On A Spinning icon With The Apple Logo As In DFU Mode, Had To
Restore It, Not Happy.
adam said...
geohot has pissed a few ppl off by releasing this jb. its not even ready unlike the greenpois0n which has gone
through loads of testing.
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There is two exploits now to use for Jailbreaking, by releasing greenpoison as well, both exploits can be done
away with from Apple side by changing hardware.
The reason they didn't release was so that if by chance apple decides to release updated hardware to stop the
Jailbreak, then there is another exploit already done/tested etc to fall back on.
As for the life thing, the exploit means the Jailbreak can't be blocked by Apple updates etc, but updating will
actually remove the Jailbreak.
Please do some reading before you say untrue and uneducated guesses about the two teams.
And well done Geohot, even though your annoying and idiotic for doing this all hidden etc, all the same, well
done, and thanks.
dee said...
how old is the guy 10! this guy geo is such a damn attention fiend douch bag!!now that he release is damn tool
shatter is not goin to release thier powerful tool!!! he jeopardize for people who waited for shatter to drop!
out of the fuckin blue he decided to release it on the sameday.he bowed out saying he wasnt goin to do it no
more because of the pressure he was receiving -obviously he likes it! I want to still unlock my damn phone so
I'll stay from this out of the blue buggy jb tool.
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Do you realize that the Jailbreak was never for life? That an update WILL erase it? So no, you actually do not
know what your talking about.
Hell I'm not even going to explain it to an arrogant idiot like yourself.
Basically ultrasnow is needed for unlock. See that word? unlock it doesn't seem nor look the same as
jailbreak does it? Thats because it isn't.
Confused said...
So if you want to unlock you should wait? What if my iPhone is already 4.1
? Will I still be able to unlock? Can I use this jailbreak or should I still wait?
Ipodtouchuser said...
Has anyone tried this on iPod Touch MC model? If so please let me know if it works. Thank you.
JBforME said...
Windows 7/iPhone 4
Run Limera1n as Admin
Had to reboot in between installing both Limera1n and Cydia. Works like a charm.
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ekki said...
hi , i have iphone 3gs running on ios 3.0 jailbroken and unlocked .. can i jailbreak with this limerain directly or
i need to update to 4.1 first .
Vikas said...
I had successfully installed limera1n on my iphone 4 version 4.0.2 and then installed cydia. But when I put my
sim in the phone emergency call screen appeared again. Please help me to jailbreak my phone.
dre said...
i tried jailbreaking my iphone 4 but after i did all the steps there was no limera1n icon
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Ali said...
Whehey,
thanks in advance
jackie said...
it did not jb for me instead it started my phone at itunes. loced me out
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Mickey13172 said...
Works like a charm on iPhone 4 4.1 firmware..install cydia and reboot..doesn't get much easier than that
compared to the old days :)
midian said...
works like a champ. iphone 4 ios 4.1. no issues at all took less than 5 min.
Abdulla said...
Geohot is the BEST!
dravenb4u said...
Geohot.. U R The Man as stated above.. Could not be any easier... Brand new iPhone 4 with 4.1 pre-installed
(just got a little over a week ago).. Following the instructions above worked perfect first time. As stated, had to
reboot to see Cydia...
Thanks for the tutorial above to guys.. awesome work... now to do a donate to GEOHOT...
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Sofa_Cue said...
Cydia doesnt install tried it many times and reran the jail break, IPhone 4 on 4.1. Any ideas?
Imediately after JB insatlls phone turns off by itself and Limera icon is there, launch it to download and install
cydia all looks well except after reeboot no icon.
Jordan said...
Why don't we just thank Geohot for releasing the tool and them work out their differences - the community
has their jailbreak just be grateful
Sorry when someone says they are out, they shouldn't just spring back as soon as another teams release is
about to be released. That is called being an idiot.
We are thankful, and personally I just don't like how he handled the situation.
Hell you don't want to complain? Well did you know that not long after 4.02 was released he had already
found the exploit and was able to Jailbreak, quit, and told people he isn't releasing his tool?
I'm guessing you don't know that part.
dravenb4u said...
now to try my old 3GS.. Can finally update to 4.1 on that one... wife will be happy...
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amwat said...
thanks geohot and CDV for limerain and greenpoison
for people whi have problem with limerain on iphone 3gs or iphone 4 maybe... i had enough jailbreaking my
iphone with no success (more than 100 times) finally i figured out the problem was coming from itunes 10 i
downgraded to itune 9.2.2 and i succefully jailbreak my iphone from the first time please try and let me know
So finally I rebooted as normal, and I though, maybe I can JB my phone before the computer fully boots up its
software. So I typed my name and password, and as soon as my desktop popped up, I plugged in my 3gs, and
clicked the limera1n icon, and followed the instructions as normal... Tada! It worked :)
So thanks for the idea, I tried it this way cos I didn't want to tamper with iTunes as my backup was on there
And thanks to the developers for there hard work on this exploit :-*
Adam said...
From the UK! Worked first time on iphone 3gs on 4.0.2 and new bootrom. Cydia installed straight away
Then used ultrasn0w to unlock the phone (baseband 5.13.04) on to all networks!
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Tried above steps... it says successful, but no new icon on my phone after restart, please help.
Reply October 10, 2010 at 10:50 AM
dimis said...
If only that fame-hungry geo wasnt so impatient to release his damn L1mera, i wouldnt be misled and would
safely preserve the baseband with Chronic guys' Pwnge tool. And now, even though I can jailbreak I still lack
unlock !!! Damn you Geohot, you need to learn how to work in a team ! What am i gonna do with 02.10.04
baseband now? Does anyone know if there is smth coming out for the unlockers?
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Surely for you guys who dont care about unlock, L1mera made difference - one day difference ! Geo could use
his exploit later, but NO - he wanted to be the first ! And for people like me who have no time reading
instructions (or not much informed) it created a problem with unlock now. The chronic dev team guys' tool
would have eliminated any chance of upgrading baseband - no risk ! But geo wanted to be spotlighted first! No
reason !!!
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