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How To: Jailbreak The iOS 4.2.1 Firmware Untethered For Windows Using GreenPois0n RC5 b2

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Just a few moments ago, P0sixninja released the GreenPois0n untethered jailbreak for windows! I know this is going to be very exciting for a lot of you, so I will try to make this introduction short and sweet. First off if you have not been paying attention to when GreenPois0n was released for the Mac OS X operating system, it is important to note that this untethered jailbreak does not require the iOS 4.2b3 SHSH blobs (which are developer only SHSH blobs). Also this jailbreak does not contain any major bugs/errors that early versions of the redsn0w beta untethered jailbreaks contained.

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Since the release of the GreenPois0n untethered jailbreak for Mac OSX we now know that:

  • You can run GreenPois0n over a currently tethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak to untether your iDevice
  • This version of GreenPois0n does not hacktivate or preserve your iPhones baseband

Keeping the above points in mind, we are going to move ahead and start the tutorial.

Note: If you followed our last tutorial on using GreenPois0n RC5 you will notice that the steps are almost identical.

Step 1) – The first thing you are going to need to do is ensure your iDevice is running the iOS 4.2.1 firmware. This is the only firmware version that GreenPois0n RC5 supports.

Step 2) – Once you are running a clean install of the iOS 4.2.1 firmware, you are going to have to download GreenPois0n RC5 for Windows (Want the tutorial for Mac OS X? Click here). You can do this by clicking our download link below.

Download GreenPois0n for Windows

Step 3) – Once you have downloaded GreenPois0n RC5 for windows, you are going to need to extract GreenPois0n to your desktop. You can do this by right click on the gp_win_rc5_b2.zip file and clicking the extract button.

Once GreenPois0n has been extracted to your desktop you are going to need to double click the greenPois0n.exe file.

When GreenPois0n is up and running you will now need to plug your iDevice into your computer via USB. Once your iDevice is successfully plugged into your computer, you can begin the jailbreaking process by clicking the jailbreak button (however make sure you are anticipating what comes next).

Once you click the jailbreak button you will then need to put your iDevice into DFU mode. GreenPois0n provides on-board instructions for putting your iDevice into DFU mode. Please follow the instructions exactly to avoid errors with your jailbreak.

Note: In case this is your first time jailbreaking, here is what to expect when putting your iDevice into DFU mode:

  • Get ready to start (5 seconds)
  • Press and hold the sleep button (3 seconds)
  • Continue holding sleep; press and hold home (10 seconds)
  • Release sleep button; continue holding home (10 seconds)

Step 4) – Once your iDevice has successfully entered DFU mode, GreenPois0n will begin jailbreaking your iDevice. Now you just need to sit back and wait for GreenPois0n to respring your iDevice into a jailbroken state.

When your iDevice does respring into a jailbroken state you will need to click the loader icon on your SpringBoard to install Cydia (the 3rd party installer)

When you click the loader icon, you simply need to click on the Cydia tab and the loader.app will begin installing Cydia to your iDevice. Once Cydia has been successfully installed, you can delete the loader.app. Note: If Cydia is not displayed on your springboard after FIRST clicking the cydia tab through the loader.app, you may need to simply restart your iDevice.

As you can see the process for jailbreaking untethered on the iOS 4.2.1 firmware is very simple! Let us know if you need any help, and we will gladly help you as best as we can.

Comments

  3. Mirogster says

    Hi! Could You write tutorial how to JB and preserve BB on iPhone ? Should we do it with TinyUmbrella, there’re tutorials but for iP 4. I have iP 3GS.

  5. Campeonisimo1906 says

    can anyone help me i run everything as it says and it gets me the jailbreak failed runing clean 4.2.1

  6. Guest1 says

    Noob question.. it says RC5. Is that release candidate? If so, would it be better to wait for a final version?

  7. Jonat08 says

    now I’m lost with all those different jailbreak, tethered, untethered :|
    so question…
    I got a iphone 3G running 4.0.1… with jailbreak from redsn0w + unlock with ultrasn0w…

    Am I able to use this? I need unlock, so I don’t see anything related to that in the post, like it was the case with earlier walktrough…

    If this is not the option to get an earlier release of iOS, what are my option to get rid of the slow 4.0.1 iOS on 3G?

    Thanks a lot guys!
    keep up the good work

  9. Rpsfyn says

    Thanks a lot for the article. It is my first time going to jailbreak an iDevice. I want ask for one thing though if somehow I want to restore the stock os I should then just click the restore button in iTunes and that is it ? It will reset my device and remove the jailbreak isnt it ?

  11. Janasec says

    hi some more info on the same i have a 3gs and its modem firmware is on 5.15.04 and 4.2.1,the carrier so can use a different provider

  12. Priandi says

    Finally, after a desperate weekend trying to jailbreak my iPhone 4 running 4.2.1..this one worked like a charm! Thank you so very much..

  13. Campeonisimo1906 says

    did u had to do anything else then what the how to says like open itunes , trying to jb my ipad 4.2.1 but i cant.

  15. Priandi says

    I just follow the instructions in readme that comes with greenpois0n RC5. iTunes is closed, I never open it during jailbreaking process.

  16. Victor_m_15 says

    The jailbreaking failed for my Iphone 4. It gets stuck after green poison says “jailbreaking is done!” with a message at the bottom of my screen saying “Panic: We are hanging here”

  17. Brian says

    Was working fine for about 24 hours, but now I’m stuck in Safe Mode. Tried to remove my recently installed packages but not having any luck… any advice, other than re-jailbreaking?

  18. Victor_m_15 says

    I have tried to jailbreak it 5 times and the same message keeps appearing. Any help please??

  21. genie says

    Hey, i have a 3GS, never jailbroken before, will i lose all my carrier settings and need to unlock the phone afterwards?

  23. Victor_m_15 says

    Fixed it!! What I did exactly was: 1.) I jailbroke my phone using the tethered version of redsn0w using a Windows 7 pc. 2.) I asked my friend for his iMac, downloaded the new update for Green Pois0n for the Macs. 3.) turned off my phone by pressing home and sleep buttons while the phone was connected to the mac. 4.) ran Green Poison on the mac. 5.) set my iphone into DFU mode and, without releasing the home button, I pressed the jailbreak! button on Green poison. 6.) I kept pressing the home button until all the code (white letters) loaded on my phone and the Apple icon turned into the Green Poison Apple. 7.) that was it! from there it just turned on normally except for the green poison apple that appears after the Apple icon, which is cool i guess. Thanks to Robert for letting me use his Mac, Redsn0w, and Green Poison.

  25. Albopimp420 says

    FOR THE JAILBREAK FAILED!
    STEP 1) PLUG IN ITOUCH/IPHONE
    STEP2)HOLD HOME AND SLEEP BUTTON UNTILL ITS OFF
    STEP3)LET GO OF SLEEP BUTTON BUT HOLD HOME
    STEP4) ITUNES SHOULD RECGONIZE IT AS RECOVERY MODE
    STEP5)START GREENPOIS0N
    AND JAILBREAK! =]

  26. Sailesh says

    i jailbreak i iphone ios 4.2.1 using green poison, install loader than cydia and everyting is ok. NOw when i try with T-Mobile Sim it doesn’t work, it work with AT&T sim only, why is like that. Its already jail broke what else i need to do.

  27. Thegirl201013 says

    umm… i dont know what happened but my ipod is stuck on this wierd screen lik when your computer is frozen….. wtf happened????

  28. Snortistortis says

    help, using iphone 3g not 3gs, trying to jailbreak, loaded the firmware 4.2.1 but when i try to go into DFU mode nothing happens… im doing the whole process right but nothing.. help

  29. Chouaib Att says

    everything passed OK after displaying the springboard  i did not find loader??????????????????
     

  30. kenny says

    I am trying to jailbreak my iphone 4 with 4.2.1 by verizon and i cant get in DFU mode. any suggestions

  32. akaiser93 says

    how long do u hold the home button for because on here it says 10 sec in the description but on greenpoison it says 15 sec which is it?

  37. Monish says

    Hi Jade,

    Thanks for being her to help.
    My Phone : iphone 3GS
    Version : 4.2.1 (8c148a)
    Model MC555LL Modem

    Firmware : 06.15.00  I was using
    this as Unlocked – but tethered by Redsn0w until yesterday.
    And I want to use it as Untethered, but
    keeping in mind that NONE of my Apps., and DATA should be affected. Please reply me soon, whether
    loading the above file would affect my DATA & Apps in any way except making
    it untethered.
     And I tried to untether it by applying Greenpoison 6.1 , following by GreenPois0n 5, of which none worked. and my Phone is in Restore mode now. so.. in short .. stuck in a fix.
    Can u guide me to restore my phone back to yesterday’s condition atleast. (Tethered but JB & Unlock).
    Or can u take me a step further by making it untethered, keeping all my DATA & Apps intact.Thanks in ADVANCE,
    Awaiting your soonest reply.
    — M0N15H..

  38. Dailystocktrader says

    I tried 10 times and so far it has been very unsuccessful. Kept telling me to TRY AGAIN. So this tutorial is not working for Window 7.

  39. Zwartepeper says

    I have a IPhone 3G Unlock iOS4.2.1 and very uncertain to jailbreak my Device even reading several forums. I am sure its worth it because Apple stopped supporting these devices!  Can someone support me and let me know what the best jailbreak is and the consequences are for my (3G) Device !!

  42. user7781 says

    i have just tryed to jail break my ipod and it shut the hole thing down now i cant even turn on the ipod i have tryed every thing HELP PLZZZ!!!!

  44. Giang1199 says

    it doesn’t work. I followed the exact instruction, but Green Poison keep saying “trying a gain”. Then, I check with itune, my iphone 3G is in recovery mood already.

  46. Reshma_yn says

    hi, i jailbroke my iphone 4s through greenpoisonrc5 and got the loader and cydia ikon.. but what to do after that as i cannot make or receive calls or send text messages

  47. Khalif4 says

    Thats what im trying to figure out, because it says that it is supposed to but i dont see anyone writing a review about it using an Ipod

  48. Guest1 says

    Thank u so much!! the tutorial was easy to understand. mine worked fine no problems so far.

  51. Miss Marley says

    so i put my phone in DFU mode. my itunes popped up and said that i need to restore my device but now what do i do my screen is still blank

  52. Arthikin says

    I Have iPod Touch. It Successfully Jailed Broken. But I Do Not HAve Loader Or Cydia! AnyOne Help! :C

  53. Leondodd says

    I cant get my iphone to go into DFU mode or at least Greeposion does not recognise it?????

  55. alex says

    for the first time in 3 years a jail break has actually worked for me. i tried blackra1n and red snow numerous times and always failed. i was going to try jailbreak me but you need to downgrade, and that never works for me. thank you greenpois0n for finally hacking my ipod. 

  56. Dfkjalsdkfhasdh says

    the thing that said hold for 15 secounds and stuff well mine just says hold both buttons for 7 secounds and it doesnt work! my ipod keeps turning off and it says try again

  57. Wilkidman says

    my ipod is running on ios 5.1 and its an unteatherd jailbreak and it went flat and now it does the turning off and on loading symbol every 8 seconds SUMBODY PLZ HEWP

  58. Shahzad says

    My iphone is on DFU mode but still is not jailbreaking. always try again try again i think i have tried almost 60 times really but its not working tell me plz how to do this?

  59. 1Threw8 says

    This shit isnt working anyone wanna help me…
    after the screen turns black i let go of the sleep button the the apple logo reappears and ive tried to ut my ipod into dfu mode like 30 times but its not working

  60. HALP says

    ok so i do this thing EXACTLY as it said… and all i hear is a noise from my PC sounding like the iPhone is syncing but it isnt… Then i have to turn my phone on again and turn it off. and its not jailbroke. :( then after all that the software says Try again. :

  64. Luke says

    I’ve done all the steps, but the program still says ‘Waiting for DFU…’

    What do I do now??

  68. Jakob says

    my ipod touch wont even enter dfu mode while its plugged in but when its unplugged from the pc it enters dfu mode. i cant get it to work

  72. jrahmed says

    cydia doesnt open on my itouch after i installed it from loader! the window for cydia keeps on disappearing! someone pls help….how do i get cydia working? i tried jailbreaking again….but still doesnt work!

  78. razenith says

    it says jailbreak complete bot the ipod stays on the text screen then starts back up later with no change, any help???

  79. Susilo Cs says

    thank you verry musch i ‘ve done jailbroken my ipod touch 2g using greenpois0n rc6 1

  81. iphonehacker317 says

    you have to install the ultrasn0w package from inside cydia, it will unlock your sim, then you will be able to recieve calls. that’s my best guess

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