iPhone 3G/3GS Unlock Tool blacksn0w is Now Live!
For those of you who have been patiently waiting to unlock your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS currently on the 3.1.2 software, today is your lucky sn0w day as blacksn0w has been released one day ahead of schedule. It was just 3 days ago that iPhone hacker, George Hotz, announced via his Twitter account that he had found an exploit to unlock any iPhone with the 5.11.77 radio baseband.
blacksn0w is the unlock for the latest 05.11.07 baseband, and will also enable official tethering. blackra1n, a jailbreak for 3.1.2, has been updated to RC3, with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app.
For the full details and on how to gain access to blacksn0w be sure to check out GeoHot’s blog. Need more help? Visit our Jailbreak and Unlock forums.
If you are looking to unlock your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS and use blacksn0w, let us know how it goes!
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so how did it go for everyone?
just did it works great. I have an iPhone 3GS in where i actually got two days ago. Since i traded it in at best buy with that insurance
I didnt get one of the ones that i guess don’t jailbreak 
Easy as hell!!!!
some reports of no wifi-any problems there?
Haven’t jailbroken or unlocked my iPhone since iPhone OS v1.1.4. I’m getting tempted again just for the sake of doing it.
Well here in the US of A, it’s either ATT Wireless or TMobile. I’m happy with ATT so far. But I wouldn’t mind jailbreaking it again.
Im confused, i thought he said this would enable tethering? or did I read it wrong?
Here is a complete tutorial on how to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 using blackra1n and unlock via ultrasn0w http://bit.ly/3JIwon
have to get this when i get home…cant wait. But is there an app or program that can ACTIVATE the iphone? besides putting a friends at&t card in?
Hey Rohit thanks for the tutorial. It worked flawlessly. By the way there is a typo in your comment. It’s blacksn0w and not ultrasn0w
Travis, it has hacktivation in it (:
Does it enable tethering? Anyone, anyone, Bueller?
FTW!
@tora, hacktivation is in the blacksn0w?
also does it work with a tmobile sim? cuz right now im at the emergency dial only part…
The unlock/jailbreak worked great the only thing I’m unable to find any wifi networks. The problem started after I installed something from cydia…I cleared network settings but it didn’t fix anything.
I just did it, and I’m using a Union Wireless SIM card, in this area they have a freakin-schweet 3G network in the Colorado/Wyoming region.
Adios AT&T YOU SUCK BALLS!!!
@paul doing a reset-all fixed my wifi issue. I’m on a 3GS.
Is this hard to do?
@Ray – Check you Netowork Settings page. The Tethering Option should be available but you have to enable it to use it.
I unlocked/jailbroke my iPhone 3GS. Everything seemed to have worked well then noticed my wifi signal was gone as well. I reset my network settings, now everything is back to normal…phew! I hope jailbreaking doesn’t cause me more problems in the future. I wreck my 1st Gen iPod Touch when I jailbroke it (it kept freezing on me and no amount of restoring fixed it).
i dont want to unlock… can i rejailbreak it to get the official tethering anyway
I downloaded the jailbreak but what do I do to get tethering and other percks?
I downloaded the jailbreak & I don’t see tethering anywhere. I tried going to settings then network but I don’t see it. Can anyone help me.
I have a wifi problem too. Resetting network settings solves it until I reboot. Then the problem returns and is only solved by resetting network settings. Anyone come up with a proper solution? I’ve jailbroken and unlocked a 3GS with latest firmware, bb etc.
I have a problem with the unlock or jailbreak not sure i installed Cydia and them sn0w to unlock and restarted after the restart everything was gone the only icon was the blackra1n everything else was gone…. not sure what happend but im restoring again well see what happens…
It’s saying I’m not subscribed to a cellular data network… How can I get my net back? I’m on Tmobile
I am having trouble with the wifi and email. It keeps telling me to go to settings and enter my password, which I do, but when I close settings it wipes out my passwords? Also the wifi isn’t finding any available networks. THe whole wifi button is inactive? I was also fine until I downloaded something from Cydia. Never had a problem before until the Rock was installed with Cydia.
Sorry for the quick repost but just did a hard restart and everything is good for now. If anything changes I will let everyone know.
ya, wifi problem here. have done hard reset, reset network settings…it wont let me click wifi?
Had same problem with WIFI but resetting network setting fixed the problem.
nathan – of course, just install blackra1n.
ok, ive installed blackra1n, reset network settings, hard reset, but i still cant click Wi-Fi — it says No Wi-Fi in that (you cant click me) grey. im about to wipe and reload 3.1.2 ….. unless there is something im missing?
if i go under general/about/ wi-fi address is N/A???? ive done it with sim in and out…
After the unlock, the iphone froze. I restarted it and it took it 5 minutes to reboot. I actually had to restart it several times, as it was going in a loop at the apple boot logo. Then my Wi-Fi was gone, same as some users reported. Resetting the network settings did nothing, same very long reboot process. The interesting part is that after it booted up, the WiFi was actually grayed out in the settings menu. Doing a compete restore now in itunes. Screw this unlocking crap.
Laaast
HI! I just unlocked my Iphone with this blacksn0w… AND NOW the 3G network DONT work… the Wifi does.
It say, “COULD NOT ACTIVATE CELLULAR DATA NETWORK” and a have tried to reboot the networks settings and stuff.. AND even deleted the Blacksn0w thing, so it turned to “normal” and without the unlock..
SOMEONE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON?
Unlocked right after school 3G Perfect/Easy/Fast PROPS!!! Thanks a bunch!!
Have jailbroken and unlocked my 16GB 3G for the first time. Went exactly as planned and am now exploring jailbroken apps… The only potential concern is that I have had to reconnect to my home wifi network several times, but as I have new router it may not be an iphone problem.
Perfect. You don’t even need a tutorial. Did you guys spread the info on it being FREE? So the bloodsuckers don’t take the donations that geo could use for the next issue next time?
This is my first jailbreak and unlock on my 3gs. Went like a dream, but like many people reported i lost my WiFi. Now at work so resetting wont help, as there arent any wifi networks round here.
I am not able to get wifi working by any methods — reset all settings, reset network settings, reboot of the phone, nothing works. Please help, I need the wifi !!!
Ah, fixed by problem by rebooting the iPhone, and then manually turning off and on my wifi, and then i can see my network.
BTW, I am now proud of my 3GS which is jailbroken and unlocked ! Good work GeoHot.
does vpn have anything to do with wifi? mine says not configured
To those who are having trouble with connecting to a WiFi network after using blackra1n – go to Settings>General>Reset and select “Reset Network Settings”.
This fixed the problem for me and plenty of others!
Here is the fix for wifi problems. here is what I did. All I did was open up cydia and added the cydia.iphoneil.net repository. Then I installed push fix rebooted my phone and everything worked perfectly including my wifi.
i cant even get cydia up, and reset the network does not work
I use pwnage 3.1.4 to install custom firmware on my 3gs - after that add source http://www.blackra1n.com to cydia - install blacksn0w by cydia ( like the way ultrasn0w did) my 3gs now on tmobile
To Travis and all people do reset setting
if you have 3gs , don’t try to do “reset all setting” in setting.
If your iphone not JB, it is ok
but if your 3gs was JB, the iphone will stuck at apple logo.
I test on my 3gs 4 times, same thing
So try to avoid to reset after you JB it
i got a 3g
If you don’t have Mac you can download and install custom firmware and install blacksn0w by cydia
ya im on windows, i have also been reading about the wifi grey out problems. is there is a way to download it to the phone with out wifi?
I have jailbreak iphone 3g but i can not make calls it does not get any service can anyone make calls?? please help
Just google on your pc, it’ll show you alot of link to download firmware already custom ( just update iphone don’t touch baseband)
use itunes to restore ( after retore your iphone is jb and cydia installed)
add source http://www.blackra1n.com to cydia and install blacksn0w i like restore custom firmware already jb it is safer than restore iphone by itunes and then use blackra1n to jb
by the way i’m on win7 not Mac
works great first time keep up the good work
My friend
people have hard time with 3G
my 3gs was very easy to jb/ unlock
i think they made iphone 3G different
mine is a iphone 3g and works fine unlocked and jailbreak
has anyone installed rock? i did this morning to try it out & when i added blackra1n.com to the sources & rebooted, my battery was dead in 4hr on Edge so cancelled the source
Have the same wifi problem, Iphone 3GS, I did a reset network settings and ended up with a greyed out wifi button. Everything was working ok until when i switched my phone off and on. (after installing openssh and terminal server. not sure if it has anything to do with anything.
rebooted it again and it’s now stuck on apple logo (10 mins and counting) Might just do a retore on itunes.
I have a 3gs with the updated firmware. When I tried to jailbreak it. I had a white screen…. and that f’d my phone up pretty good. Luckily I was able to restore it…. I jailbroke my 1st gen as a ginny pig, worked great! You never know…. Always do it at your own risk. I’m definitely not doing that again with my 3gs.
to all people try to fix iphone
restore iphone to fresh custom firmware 3.1.2 while apple still allow itunes sync 3.1 don’t wait until they come out new firmware and start over again i believe apple will come out 3.2 very soon and stop sync 3.1 and we stuck again
I have a iPhone 2G firmware v3.1.2 and after jailbreak with blackra1n rc3 the WIFI does not work…and even after resetting network setting and resetting all settings….can anyone help me please…
iphone 2g ?
blackra1n rc3 build for 3g/3gs
iphone 2g 3.0 use redsn0w ( best)
iphone 2g 3.1/3.1.2 use pwnage build custom FW (mac) or download custom FW (win)
i have 3 version of iphone 2g/3g/3gs. only 3g alway got problem.
Just had the same wifi problem. I uninstalled swirlymms trial using that new rock app, when it rebooted I had lost my wifi and all data network connections… Luckily the reset network settings fixed the wifi and I manually entered my data network info to get back on tmobile. Using unlocked & jailbroken 3gs
anyone think this rock app might have something to do with it? I’m kinda thinking I should just get rid of it
I don’t think it’s Rock. I think it’s the jail break causing all of these issues. I had a brand new 3G (1 day old/nothing on it) and it grayed out the WiFi as soon as blackrain was done.
I reset, restored, reset network settings, etc, etc for hours and hours and it did nothing. Something is wrong with this patch.
I’m jailbroken with pwnage tool 3.1.4 but used blacksn0w to unlock… Never used blackra1n
Hi, it all worked great thanks so much! One problem; how do I now sync it with iTunes? It gives the below message;
the sim card in this iphone does not appear to be supported
Thanks
@bas – it says that with mine when its not activated…with a tmobile sim.
to: Kenny
that is exactly correct, i have been through so much and really over it. i don’t want to give up on it because i know that their is a solution.
my problem was this…
i installed cydia through blackra1n but the stupid me uninstalled it because i was very cautious with installing… from that moment on i have had to restore, i have had to disable all virus applications on my computer to basically restore it the proper way was itunes was not recognising my phone… after several attempts i thought ill give it a try again, install blackra1n on my pc and got stuck on recovery mode, the itunes/usb picture just overpowered and wouldn’t allow me to do anything not even a hard re-boot once again i had to disable all virus applications on my PC and restore.
any ideas how this can be solved? even though i uninstalled cydia… and deleted blackra1n (some sites say its fine to delete after installing cydia) im assuming that it shouldn’t be a problem… but it seems like it is as its not allowing me to install it anywhere, and i cant even install the installer.app.
i had the wifi issue as well, and it takes 2 network reset to have my wifi connection back.
Fix No wifi
remove simcard first and do reset all setting - it happen again every time you turn off/on the iphone - reset All setting without remove simcard does not work for me
So when I restore my iphone to the 3.1.2 firmware, run blackra1n, should it automatically hacktivate my iphone? that means skip the “insert a legit sim card” screen?
I have 3G that I jb / unlocked through blackra1n /cydia process so it’s now on 3.1 and baseband 5.11.77 using Tmobile Sim. It was working ok but is now completely frozen on start up screen. I tried to reset several times without success. If I do a restore through Itunes will it re-lock my phone? If so, will I be able to jb/unlock it again? Any other suggestions to help unfreeze?
The iphone 16gb is not installed on my itunes, so when i go to blackrain it, the cool picture pops up fine then reboots. BUT then the pass code screen pops up and im back to square one. Trying to get pass the passcode, anybody got any suggestions??
is there a way to download just “sn0w”? i got it jailbroke but since i dont have wifi i cant to nothing.
@adam – you mean insert sim sscreen?
So when I restore my iphone to the 3.1.2 firmware, run blackra1n, should it automatically hacktivate my iphone? that means skip the “insert a legit sim card” screen?
yes john
I’m having trouble with connecting to a WiFi network after using blackra1n. Rebooting the iPhone doesn’t help. I tried to turn Wireless off and ON but it can’t find any networks in the neighbourhood.
To Roland
remove simcard before do reset all setting
I have same problem. Reset all setting doesn’t help until I remove my tmobile simcard.
But if you turn off/ on iPhone it happen again- keep your iPhone alway on
To everyone
stop using blackra1n- this tool just mess up your iPhone- devteam build awsome tool to jb iPhone, why poeple don’t use it !
Use pwnage to jb and install blacksn0w by cydia
To Kenny
Where can I find a procedure on how to jb your iphone using pwnage and wher can I find pwnage (and is it working on Windows platform)?
Hi guys iphone 3gs 3.1.2 unlocked and tested wit tmobile able to make calls no prob but wifi issue went to settings reset rest network settings did not work =( did it a second time and wifi is back =) try to spread the word of thw possible risks. We dnt want another 5.11.07 situation lol
hi. i unlocked my 3gs without any problems but i cannot reboot… everytime i reboot the iphone gets stuck in recovery mode and then i need to restore and do the whole process again. i cannot turn my iphone off coz when i turn it on it gets stuck in recovery mode again… what do i do? so now i make sure that i always have my charger with me coz the if the iphone turns off, i need to do the whole process again of restoring then jailbreaking/unlocking. help please.
Unlocked 3.1.2 with Blackra1n, but ran into a stumbling block when wifi didn’t work. My wifi was iffy with 3.0, so I thought going to 3.1.2 would do it. Nope. Nothing worked to get it back – nothing. Full restore, pushing every button, reseting network, you name it.
Out of desperation, I put it in the freezer. I had read that a couple times. Just couldn’t believe it would work. Checked it 10 minutes later – wifi was working again. No kidding. Quickly while still cold I finished the unlock through Blackra1n. Within an hour or so wifi went back to completely unreliable. But for a while when ice cold worked great.
Got to be one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen work.
thanks, i can attest that removing the sim card then resetting the network settings has restored wifi ability. thanks!
I Have to say, that resetting the network 2X TIMES(without taking out the sim) worked, I have a 32gb 3gs jailbroken with blackrain, THANKYOU all for your ideas I tried them all one by one till it worked this is a great website very helpful
Just to add that my WIFI disappeared after eventually downloading the OPENSSL file that the “rock APP” said I had to download, I dont know if it was to blame or just coincidence!!!
I jailbroke my 3G with blackra1n for the first time. It worked great, no problems at all. Don’t like the idea of it voiding my warranty though. After going through 7 iPhones in the last 2 years I’ve come to rely pretty heavily on that warranty. I’ll we weighing the cost/benefit ratio over the next couple weeks to see if I think it’s really worth staying jailbroken. Right now I’m leaning towards restoring though. Backgrounder, 5 icon dock, themes, and tethering are pretty cool but I’ve lived without them for so long I think I’ll survive.
hi. i unlocked my 3gs without any problems but i cannot reboot… everytime i reboot the iphone gets stuck in recovery mode and then i need to restore and do the whole process again. i cannot turn my iphone off coz when i turn it on it gets stuck in recovery mode again… what do i do? so now i make sure that i always have my charger with me coz the if the iphone turns off, i need to do the whole process again of restoring then jailbreaking/unlocking. help please.
im also having the same problem with my friends 3gs please help
Please HELP!!! I unlocked with blackra1n, ran UltraSnow. Everything was fine, wifi worked, had T-mobile carrier working, then my phone displayed “Rearanging Apps”. It then erased all of the Standard Apps (Settings, ITunes, calender, Phone, etc.) Someone please help me. Ho can i get these back?
hi. i unlocked my 3gs without any problems but i cannot reboot… everytime i reboot the iphone gets stuck in recovery mode and then i need to restore and do the whole process again. i cannot turn my iphone off coz when i turn it on it gets stuck in recovery mode again… what do i do? so now i make sure that i always have my charger with me coz the if the iphone turns off, i need to do the whole process again of restoring then jailbreaking/unlocking. help please
i have completed jailbreaking 3.1.2 firmware. but after completing it, i dont get any signal on my iphone if i insert other carrier sim. it works fine with optus. but i dont know, where anything went wrong. plz help me out, i dont wanna get stuck with fuckin optus.
Accidentally updated the baseband to 5.11 on 3.1.2 firmware and thought all hope was lost until I found this! Works great.
I’m having the same issue as abdulla. I have an Iphone 3g in which this worked perfect on but on my Iphone 3gs it goes into recovery mode every time i shut it off. Anyone had this problem and know how fix it?
I solved the wifi problem by removing from cydia the following programs: Mobile Terminal and VoIPover3G.I then Rebooted and voila wifi works fine. Good Luck piXie
Hey guy had same problem, JB and wifi and everything lost. felt like a bird without wings. But then i entered my providers supportsite. (http://www.onecall.no/kundeservice/iphoneoppsett.php). It gave back wifi to me!!! Dont know if it works on yours but it did on mine. Remember to turn on wifi else the mobilenetwork will be usef (and eat megabytes from your account). Do this on own resposiblillity.
its awsome. thank you for the help.. inddeed
iphone 3gs 3.1.2 after jailbreak i unlocked and isntalled cydia, but when i switch off and on it goes to restore mode, again after running blackra1n it opens , everytime when i swithch off again it goes to restore mode please help how to fix this
My issues with T mobile – T zone plan
1) bought Iphone 3g factory reset from other seller..basband 5.11.7, and iphone os version 3.1 2) Use blcakra1n to jailbreak and unlock..everything went smoot with windows vista.. 3) Try Tmobile simcard. use apc.tombile.com as APN and email, wifi and internet work perfect. 5) When I connect this on my “Imac”- It asked if I want to restore with “ipod touch” back up. 6) I select yes..restore with pics, notes,preference went smoot. but none of my apps was there.. 7) I make sure that that phone has correct APN settings..,phone is still unlocked, incoming/outgoing call from t mobile work fine…
BUT internet, email DO NOT WORK… Error “could not activate Cellular data network .. you are not subscribed to a cellular data network”..
I try resetting network settings multiple time… Still not working.. Help Appreciated in advance
—I am thinking to “master rest to factory resetting” and try Blackra1n again… Would that work…?