What is 3gs new bootrom

There have already been reports of the exploit in action , with a downgrade without blobs to an arbitrary iOS version one of the outcomes. Apparently, while alloc8 works on both revisions of the 3GS, the older 24Kpwn exploit is the faster on the older bootrom. Congratulations are in order to axi0mX for this rare achievement, even if we can all lament that this exploit was not for a current device family, as a bootrom exploit for new devices would be an event unheard of in the jailbreak community since limera1n.

Jump to: navigation , search. Category : Bootrom. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Thread Tools. Everything will be removed from your phone as it is a full restore. After restore is complete, your phone will connect back to your computer in DFU Mode.

The screen will be black. This is expected. Once in pwned DFU Mode, use the -x flag to install the alloc8 exploit.

This step will replace 24Kpwn exploit with alloc8. Sending run command. If screen is not red, NOR was flashed successfully and device will reboot. Notes: Installation takes about 30 seconds. Once NOR is being flashed, the screen will be green for about 10 seconds, and then your phone will reboot. If there are any errors before the screen turned green, it is safe to try again.

If the screen turns red, something went wrong while your phone was being flashed. This makes sure that you are flashing a firmware which is greater or equal to the current version on the phone, and that it is genuine and legit not custom firmware. Since the exploit used by untethered userland jailbreak Spirit has now been patched by Apple in iOS 4 , we are now waiting for a new exploit without which we cannot jailbreak iPhone 3GS new bootrom , iPod touch 2G MC models and iPod touch 3G.

The instructions are posted below, for both Windows and Mac users.