Walkthrough: How to Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 with Spirit
So with the release of the Spirit jailbreak for iPhone, 3.1.3, it’s only appropriate to post a quick how-to, so here it is. And of course, with a jailbreaking tutorial, here comes the disclaimer:
If you’re not sure what you’re doing and have misgivings about jailbreaking, you probably should stray away. I will say, out of all the jailbreaks that have been released, this one is one of the simplest, and I’m talking blackra1n easy. Walkthrough and video after the break!
First, jump on over to download the Spirit jailbreak software onto your computer. The download can be found here. Download whichever version corresponds to your OS. For those wondering, this WILL work with any version of iTunes, up to the current 9.1.1 version (that’s what I have on both my Macs and it works just fine).
Before doing anything else, back up ALL your data via iTunes. I have had a few jailbreaks go downhill and it’s always good to have everything backed up just in case you have to restore or your phone gets stuck in DFU mode and you’re forced with no other option but a restore (and yes, it happens). Spirit has an issue early on that apparently deleted people’s photos. That’s supposed to be fixed by now, but I’d back up pictures just to be on the safe side.
Next, quit iTunes and launch Spirit. Just click the button and wait! After a minute you’ll see a status bar complete and you should be fully jailbroken! You’ll be able to tell when you see the Cydia app on one of your homepages. This is the icon you'll want to look for:
For anyone who is new to the jailbreak scene, you’ll want to open Cydia and download a few key things to enhance your experience:
- Winterboard (an essential for theming out your phone)
- Themes! (check out our jailbreak forums for some suggestions)
- Rock App (if you’d prefer it over Cydia, search “RockApp”)
- SBSettings (allows a quick swipe to access all your main toggles)
If you’d like the ability to SSH into your phone and edit themes, as well as other files, you’ll also need to download Terminal and OpenSSH. I only recommend SSH’ing for those who have a pretty decent knowledge of the iPhone OS and how to SSH. Deleting certain files or altering them can be disastrous if you aren’t sure what you’re doing. So again, approach with caution. And as always, anytime you ever have software installed on your phone that allows remote access, change your root password! If you need help doing that, jump over to the TiPb jailbreak and unlock forums .
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Help! I jailbroke my iphone 3GS OS 3.1.3 via my Vista laptop, and it is still running the colorful screen after 30min! Help please!
I have tried so many different ways to jailbreak my phone and as Tara said, "they all said it couldn't be done". My phone is a 3GS and latest update 3.1.3 direct from itunes and spirit works amazingly. Thank you so much, I finally have cydia 'gleeee'
Hey, I tried using spirit to jailbreak my brand new iphone 3gs running 3.1.3 OS. I got the following error:
INFO: Now listening for devices...
INFO: read igor/map.plist
INFO: Connected to the AppleMobileDevice.
INFO: Version iPhone2,1_3.1.3
INFO: Connecting to mobilebackup...
INFO: Sending files via AFC.
FATAL(LINE): Assertion failed (dl.c:198): 0 == (AMDeviceStartService(dev, service, &it, NULL)) (but it was -402653091)
198
Any Ideas as to what this means ?
Awesome! I just jailbroke my brand new iPhone 3GS. I used Arch Linux on my Netbook, and it worked instantly. I have one problem. I use Voiceover, the screen reading software for the blind, and it does not work with Cydia. I've read of alternative installers, hopefully one that will work with Voiceover, but I can't use Cydia to install them. Does anyone have any suggestions? I jailbroke it because neither the blind or Linux users can use iTunes, and I fall into both categories.
What theme are you using in your tutorial with the big wave?????
I download Spirit - The icon shows up, the little wheel, then disappears to a block looking icon, then I click it and it disappears. Help?
hello,I was able to jail break my phone. i am a tmobile customer i can not make calls the sim chip does work in my gravity 2 phone
Ok if I do this will I be able to update my [hopefully jail broken] Iphone from itunes once OS 4 comes out? I want to jailbreak my Iphone, but I am hung up one this one thing
Hi, I used Spirit to jailbreak my phone, installed openssh, and tried to connect with WinSCP. It does not connect, telling me that the connection has timed out. I then tried iphonebrowser, and I seem to be able to connect to my phone with it, however, when I try to upload SMS tones, the required folders arren't present on my phone. I try to use the "GoTo Location" feature in iphonebrowser, but it tells me that it could not find the folder path. "Have you successfully use jailbreak?" Please help.
@simon no you just have it jailbroken you need to unlock it thats a diffrent procedure..
@erak no you cannot update to os 4 until there is a jailbreak for that, but having your phone jai lbroken already does what os 4 does so there isn't really any point to upgrade besides saying that you have os4..
Awesome! I just jail broken my brand new 3GS 16Gig 3.1.3 iphone.
when i start spirit my phone is detected it says iphone 3g but when i click jailbreak it gives me an error message. error code: c000035a...
My phone wont go off the coloful loading screen. It's been about 15 minutes since I jailbroke it and it still won't go off!! How do I fix this???
wow... i am slightly in disbelief that it happened that fast...
i want to jailbrak it but i cant convince my parents
can some one help me
It was amazing, my IPhone 3G 3.1.3 (05.12.01) was jailbroken in 30 seconds. Thank You!!!
i used this to jailbreak my ipod touch 2nd generation right after it was done i downloaded my first theme from cydia now it is frozen what did i do? and what can i do to avoid this in the future
Tried 2 hours to jailbreak my iphone with other websites and this one was my big break! worked perfectly! THANKS!
Very fast... Just took tooo long to find it
Thanks for your work!
same problem as qasim, plz help. i have a 1st gen iphoone
I tried to open the link but I got an error report "Not Found
The requested URL /Harddrive/Spirit.exe was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."
I'm running windows, which is probably a sin, but it wont open and my last ipod update deleted my jailbreak :'(
I have a 1st gen ipod touch and i'm dying without cydia. Help!?
Just had apple replace my 3gs under warranty, ran spirit and 20 seconds later it was working. Easy as pie!
my phone is still loading ( colourful screen with white line..) and it´s been over ten minutes, what should i do now?
in LESS than 15 seconds, I jailbroke this beeotch....thanks, had 3.1.3 and worked fine. 16 gb 3gs iphone
I've used both blackra1n and purplesn0w and this was hands down the fastest and easiest. Many thanks.
WHEN U R READING THIS DONT STOP OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN! MY NAME IS SUMMER I AM 15 YEARS OLD i have BLONDE HAIR ,MANY SCARS no NOSE OR EARS.. I AM DEAD. IF U DONT COPY THIS jUST LIKE FROM THE RING, COPY N POST THIS ON 5 MORE SITES.. OR.. SUMMER WILL APPEAR ONE DARK QUIET NIGHT WHEN UR NOT ExPECTING IT BY YOUR BED
I jailbroke my phone but where can I get game apps from? Are they in cydia?
If I just jailbreak my phone do I need to change the root password?
Hi I got a iPhone 3g and trying to jailbreak it the Version 3.1.3 (7E18). And Modem Frimware 05.12.01 can it be done and witch is the beat sims card to get
I tried this unlock and my phone is now stuck with the apple on the start up screen. I just bought this for my husband as a Father's Day present, and now I'm stressing out. HELP!!
@ Kelly: note in the video, Allyson refers to iTunes 9.1. According to http://www.iphonehacks.com, they advise not to try to jailbreak using Spirit if you have upgraded iTunes to 9.2.
This is my third attempt to Jailbreak and it worked great! Hello Cydia!
Bernoulli, had you already upgraded your iTunes to 9.2, or were you still on 9.1.1??
I was waiting jailbreake for my iPhone (3.1.3) since January. I am very glad that Spirit has done the great job. I will must say that i did my iPhone jailbreake using Spirit less than 30 seconds and now I am enjoying all my free app. Thanks to Spirit.
Hey if anyone gets the colorful screen and it get stuck just go to your itunes and restore ur data then redo the spirit download. IT works I had the same problem
Ive looked and search for the fastest and most user friendly jailbreak sofware , and this was absolutly it. just did my Iphone 3.1.3 & Ipad in about 1 minute
thanks againg wyseman7
didn't think it would be that easy, but it was! jailbroke my 16gb 3GS ina bout 30 secs.. AWESOME!
Does this work for 1st Gen iPhones?
it's magic
it work on both my ipod touch and iphone, in less than 1 minute!!
thanks a lot!!!
Wow!!! 10 seconds and I am Jailbroken...too cool
Anyone confirmed that spirit is working with iTunes 9.2? Don't want to risk bricking my phone.
@snowy, I'd suggest to just downgrade to the 9.1 just to be on the safe side
Rule of thumb: if you can't define "firmware", you probably shouldn't be jailbreaking.
I successfully jailbroken my 3GS w/ 5.12.01 baseband and installed ultrasn0w but it hasn't unlocked the phone yet. I tried a T-Mobile sim card and still says "No service" which means it is not recognized. Please help because I'm traveling over-seas next week and need to use my phone outside the US. Thanks.
add repo666.ultrasn0w.com on your cydia sources then download from that source ultrasnow.. it should unlock your phone.
whats the website again
Holy Crap it worked!!! I have a ipod touch 1G and couldnt jailbreak it for ages. Then i tried this....IT WORKS!!
i update my iphone it was 3.1 now its come 4.0 how to put it back to 3.1 please help me
Yeah i also update mine to iSO 4.0 and want to downgrade back to 3.1.3 so plzzzzz help
DUDE THIS WAS THE EASTIEST DAM JAILBREAK EVAR! SCREW B1ACK RAIN U ROCK!
30 seconds. It's done. Thank you!!! I am happy about it, but my phone is now locked. How can I unlock my phone again? I'd like to use it for phone calls too. Pls help! iPhone 2g 3.1.3, iTune 9.1.1.
worked great on my 3g so easy
i completed the jailbreak and got the cydia app but it wont open someone help plz
BEAUTIFUL i love u man,
I used spirit to jailbreak my ipod touch and it worked perfectly but when i want to SSH into my ipod touch it says my ipod is jailed. Does it means that my ipod is not fully jail broken?
Could someone tell me how to unlock my iPhone 3.1.3? I used Spirit to jailbreak it. It works great! I need to unlock it too. Plz help.
Go into cydia .... then sources and it shud already have a sorce called ultrasn0w...... open that source nd just install ultrasn0w ... uve done ..
I have run the spirit jailbreak and now have the cydia app icon on the screen but when i press the icon it goes to cydia screen for approx 2 seconds then reverts back to my homescreen.
Anyone able to help please, I have been without jailbreak for far too long now!!!!!
similar to kevin bourn, whenever i click cydia, it shows the loading symbol, then kicks me out to the lock screen (looks just like a respring). how should i fix it?
I used your program. After i jailbroke the phone it restarted and went into a background and started that spinning wheel in the center of the phone. before that it seemed to be restarting fine. what to do?
I doesnt work for my iphone 2G 3.1..got an error as below. Or maybe its a wrong jailbreak, im not really experienced with that. My iphone has "no SIM card installed" error. Can anybody help..?
INFO: Now listening for devices...
INFO: read igor/map.plist
INFO: Connected to the AppleMobileDevice.
INFO: Version iPhone1,1_3.1.3
INFO: Connecting to mobilebackup...
INFO: Sending files via AFC.
FATAL(LINE): Assertion failed (dl.c:198): 0 == (AMDeviceStartService(dev, service, &it, NULL)) (but it was -402653091)
198
need help when i downloaded cydia it got the program but wont give me free app
Like jason richardson has mentioned above I too used your program. After running it phone restarted and went into a colorfull background and started that spinning wheel in the center of the phone. And there was a horizontal line at the middle. It never restarted. Then I had to shut it down using Start/Home keys. Now when I press Power key it shows the Apple logo and stops. Please help me. What is the solution for this. How can I recover my phone
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AMAAAZING AND SUCH AN EASY JAILBREAK!!!!!! DO IT DO IT DO ITTTTT X
@Narada
I have the same problem! have you figured it out yet?
@Diana;
I had the same problem with my 2G 3.1.3. Had you found out the solution? anybody knows you can send your suggestion to pinoyforex@gmail.com
best jail break same as black rain but faster
after i installed the jailbreak i opened the app, it did its downloads as it was supposed to and rebooted my phone. i went to open it again and and my phone froze and its been like this for a good 10 minis. does anyone know what to do or how to fix this? mauri_marin01@yahoo.com please e mail me tnx
I have the same problem. after installing spirit it rebooted my ipod touch and my ipod just frozed. now i cant use my ipod touch.:( please help
To folks that had the status bar problem/stuck on apple logo...I had the same problem. And I couldn't restore, for some reason. My phone was 3.1.3 originally, and couldn't restore it.
However, iTunes could still talk to the phone, while it was on the Apple logo screen.
If you're in this situation...just re-run the Spirit.exe and do it again. It worked the second time for me.
fantastic and easy jailbreak. cheers!
P.S. to you who ask why cydia isnt working, its because it requires wi-fi connection.
whom ever did this spirit ... i want to hug him or her. this is crazy good, simple and quick that i thought it is joke. thank you very much... i love this.
AMAZING!!!! took me 1 min. couldnt ask for anything more.
i had been looking on ma computer all day trying dif jailbreakers and i found spirit !!!!!!!!! SPIRIT IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
easist jailbreak i ever saw!! =)
I tried running the spirit program but it stopped automatically having an error message "dl.exe has stopped working". What can I do to fix it?
to everyone having problems with it not actually jailbreaking the first time, just do it again. lol thats what i did, and it works perfectly!
Easiest j/b process ever. Was jailed for almost a year, nice to have Cydia back again and be able to change themes.
Thank you!!
freekin sweet
i tried to jailbreak an iphone 2g and i didnt work, now all that comes up is a black screen with an apple symbol.. how can i fix this ?
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my ipod says it is still downloading its been like 10 minutes the loading symbal is going still so it is not frozen what can i do ? other than that it was really easy to download
yh i now have the same problem as chad does
@chad if you reinstall it works
I am very suprised everything else I try fails, this was done in 10 sec. Thank you
if i have the same promblem as haidee how can i reinstall?
After upgrading my iphone it became useless as I could not use it on my cellular network anymore. Thanks for this easy jailbreaking tip. It worked for me. Lagos, Nigeria
I jailbroke mi iPhone last night and I was concerned at first then everything did what it was suppose to. It was stuck with the progress bar and a spinning wheel in the center but not showing a thing on the progress bar. I did turn off my iPhone to see what that would do and stuff. The apple icon did show up at first but then went to the progress bar and to my releif it did did what it was suppose to do. My Cydiea did work first try and it did updates and downloads to my phone. I imagine that it was suppose to do. Now I am seeing how I can run internet to my computer so when I get my a laptop I can use my iPhone as the server, I also gonna see if it works as a WIFI for ny neices iPod touch. Thanks for everything to helping us get the full potential out of my Iphone.
Hi all,
At first this appeared to have messed up my iphone (3gs). I have firmware 3.1.3 on itunes. After running spirit my phone was stuck on the colourful screen with an updating status bar!! OR if I rebooted it, the apple sign came up. I ran spirit a couple of times, messed around connecting and unconnecting to itunes and it just seemed to correct the problem. It's all gravy baby. x
took less than 20 seconds and worked perfectly!! i tried other programs and it was too much of a hassle! 5 Stars!!
My ipod lost all the music and all the apps that come on the ipod when you buy it.
THANKS DUDE I WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE TRYING TO JAILBREAK MY IPOD TOUCH FINALLY I DID IT! ONCE AGAIN, THANKS!FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have an ipod 2gen 3.1.3 and i cant download spirit to jailbreak my ipod any help
I have the same issue as Raikane. Any help would be much appreciated. email me at cstiely@yahoo.com
Thanks!
I COUNTED TO 1 AND IT WAS DONE!
yo man props to you and spirit, i know i'm a little outta date but this was wayyyy too easy compared to redsnow and snowbreeze cough terrible cough. you really out did yourself, kudos again.
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Hi all, i found an iphone when i was out last week, the owner has not come forward so i'm keeping it........i heard that if i put my sim card into it it might get bloked, can this happen?? any advice would be much appreciated.
Lol nice one. Was screwing it all up with snowbreeze. This was just a litttle bit easier