Jailbreaking iOS 5 GM with redsn0w – fix exploit failed error

If you're receiving an "exploit failed" error message using redsn0w 0.9.9b7 – or any other redsn0w 0.9.9 beta build – to jailbreak an iPhone 4, it seems to be related to the automatic ipsw identification.

Move the iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw into the iPhone Software Updates directory. On OS X this is located in ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates.

Re-run redsn0w and the jailbreak will work as expected. Don't forget that it's still a tethered jailbreak.

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Posted in iOS, iPhone, Technology on October 25th, 2011 at 03:10pm

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Regenerate SpringBoard on a jailbroken iPhone

Useful if you're installing packages from the command line and want the homescreen icons to be visible.
Install UIKit Tools (apt-get install uikittools) and from the command line run sudo -u mobile uicache

If sudo isn't installed, install that with apt-get install sudo or

su mobile
uicache

And while you're on the command line, make sure to change the password for the root and mobile users.

  1. SSH to your iPhone
  2. su -
  3. Enter the root password, alpine by default.
  4. passwd
  5. Enter your new root password
  6. passwd mobile
  7. Enter the new password for the mobile user

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Posted in iOS, iPhone, Software, Technology on August 2nd, 2010 at 09:08am

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