Ttethered jailbreak for the recent release of iOS 4.3.2 is available on iPhone 4. This tethered 4.3.2 jailbreak for other devices like iPad, iPhone 3GS, and iPod Touch will be available soon. The major downside of tethered jailbreak is that you have to connect with system on every reboot if you want a jailbreak again. There may be also compatibly issues with some apps.
You can use the bundle created for iPhone 4 to jailbreak on iOS 4.3.2 with PwnageTool 4.2. Here are the instructions.
Stuff Required:
Latest iTunes on Mac
Custom Bundle for PwnageTool
Here is step by step guide to do it.
1: Extract the custom bundle which is in zip format and copy the file iPhone3,1_4.3.2_8H7.bundle.
2: Place PwnageTool 4.3 in “Applications” folder. Now right click on PwnageTool and select “Show Package Contents”.
3: Now browse to Contents/Resources/FirmwareBundles/ and paste the bundle we copied in first step which is iPhone3,1_4.3.2_8H7.bundle.
4: Launch PwnageTool and select “Expert Mode” and mark iPhone.
6: Locate iOS 4.3.2 in next step where it resides.
7: Once firmware is loaded, chose Build to create custom iOS 4.3.2 GM IPSW.
8: After firmware creation, now get your iPhone into DFU by clicking on DFU button at top in PwangeTool and follow the instructions.
9:Launch iTunes and select iPhone from left side bar. Hold “ALT” button and click on “Resotre”. Select Custom iOS 4.3.2 which was created by PwnageTool.
10:iTunes will now install custom iOS 4.3.2 firmware on your iPhone 4. Wait until the process is finished and your iPhone will be jailbroken on 4.3.2 firmware.
You are tethered jailbroken on iOS 4.3.2 but if you reboot the device it should be get into jailbroken state manually. Here is how to do it.
Change the extension of custom iOS 4.3.2 form ipsw to zip. Now extract this custom firmware and copy kernelcache.release.n90 and iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu files from /Firmware/dfu/ and paste into tetheredboot folder after extracting the tetheredboot.zip.
Once your device is off and run the terminal. Type following commands
sudo -s
After entering admin password, run following commands
/Users/engineerhead/Downloads/tetheredboot/tetheredboot
/Users/engineerhead/Downloads/tetheredboot/iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu
/Users/engineerhead/Downloads/tetheredboot/kernelcache.release.n90Make sure that tetheredboot folder is in Downloads Folder and replace “engineerhead” with your user name.
At some stage, you will need to get the device into DFU mode
- Press Home and Power button for 10 seconds.
- Release Power button while keep pressing Home button for another 10 seconds.
Some processing will be done on iPhone and your iPhone will now be in a jailbroken state running iOS 4.3.2
