Hello everyone. So, the long awaited untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.x.x is finally released after the hard work by evad3rs and now you can jailbreak your iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4th and 5th generation and iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad. So now finally when the jailbreak is out,you can upgrade to iOS 6.1 if you haven't already and jailbreak your device untethered. If your iPhone relies on ultrasn0w or sim interposer like Gevey SIM to unlock, you must preserve your baseband while updating your iPhone as none of these unlock have been updated for new basebands. SO, in this tutorial, I will show you how to upgrade your iPhone to iOS 6.1 while preserving baseband, jailbreak, activate and unlock it.
Requirements
Latest itunes > 11.0
iOS 6.1 IPSW file for your iPhone. If you don't have iOS 6.1 IPSW file, you can download it from Blog O'Nerd Downloads. Click here to download iOS 6.1 IPSW from Blog O'Nerd Downloads.
Latest sn0wbreeze > 2.9.8
Which device are compatible?
iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. A5 or later devices are NOT compatible for baseband preservation.
Take backup of your iPhone before doing any process.
Step 1
Run sn0wbreeze. Read information and click OK.
Click Next button.
Step 2
Click Browse for an IPSW button and browse for the IPSW you have downloaded and select it. If your device is iphone 3GS, sn0wbreeze will ask you if it is old bootrom or new bootrom. Select appropriate option. If you don't know about it, click New Bootrom.
sn0wbreeze will now show your device model and the version of the IPSW you have selected. Click Next.
Step 3
Now select Expert Mode.
Step 4
Click on General and click Next button.
Step 5
If you want to hactivate your iPhone, make sure you check the "Activate iPhone [Hactivate]" box and click Next button.
Step 6
If you want pre-installed programs on your IPSW, browse and select their .deb packages and click next.
Step 7
Click on Build IPSW and click Next.
Now sn0wbreeze will start building your IPSW. Wait until the process is finished.
Once sn0wbreeze finishes building IPSW for you, it will show the confirmation message.
Step 8
Click OK and sn0wbreeze will ask you to enter Pwned DFU mode. Click OK and click Start. Follow onscreen step to enter Pwned DFU mode.
Once your device is in Pwned DFU mode, it will show the confirmation.
Now once your device is in Pwned DFU mode, you can restore using it in iTunes.
Step 9
Run iTunes. It will say your device needs a restore. Click OK.
Now press and hold Shift key on your keyboard and click restore button in iTunes. Release shift key and select the custom IPSW that sn0wbreeze made . It will be on your desktop.
Now iTunes will start restore process. Wait until it finishes and your device reboots.
Step 10
After the restore is finished, you can now unlock your iPhone.
If you use ultrasn0w to unlock your iPhone, then ipen Cydia, let it do some first-run process if required and search for ultrasn0w. Install it and reboot your iPhone. Your iPhone is now unlocked and you should see the signal bar now.
If you use SIM interposer like Gevey or R-SIM, insert it in your SIM tray and do the unlock process as usual.
If you unlocked using the SAM unlock method in past, and ONLY IF you have backed up the Lockdown folder, you can now use it to unlock your iPhone. To do so, follow the below steps:
Open Cydia and install SAM.
Now open SAM and click Revert Lockdown to stock.
Close SAM and connect your iPhone to your computer.
Use an iPhone browser like DiskAid and browse to the /var/root/Library and delete the Lockdown folder there.
Now copy the Lockdown folder you backed up to /var/root/Library. If you used redsn0w to backup Lockdown, you will have the folder in .zip format so unzip it and then copy the Lockdown folder to /var/root/Library/ on your iPhone.
Reboot your iPhone. Open SAM and disable it.
Reboot your iPhone again and you should see signal bar soon.
OK so this is it, the step by step tutorial on how to jailbreak, activate and unlock iPhone on iOS 6.1 while preserving baseband. If you liked this tutorial please take a minute to share it anywhere you can. If you need any help, ask in comments.
Thanks for reading. Adios!
