redsn0w is an iDevice jailbreaking tool for OS X and Windows. Originally called QuickPwn, but due to exploitation of the name by www.quickpwn.com
, version 0.7 was renamed to redsn0w and added unlocking of supported devices.
Version 0.8 added support for jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS.
Version 0.9b3 was released for Windows and Mac OS X, and it allows iOS 3.0 through 3.1.2 to be jailbroken. It includes support for all devices except the iPod touch (3rd generation), and supports a tethered jailbreak on iPhone 3GS units and iPod touch (2nd generation) units with new bootroms. In addition, this version supports custom boot and recovery mode logos, as well as verbose mode on bootup.
Version 0.9.2 supports jailbreaking of all iDevices (at the time) with iOS 3.0 through 3.1.2 on Windows and Mac OS X, as well as 3.1.3 on S5L8900 devices. Version 0.9.3 adds support of internet tethering IPCC hack on those devices and 0.9.4 allows jailbreaking of early iPod touch (2nd generation) with iOS 3.1.3.
Version 0.9.5b5-5 supports jailbreaking the iPhone 3G and iPod touch (2nd generation) (old bootrom) with iOS 4.0 on Windows and Mac OS X.
Version 0.9.6b6 supports jailbreaking iOS 3.2.2, 4.1, and 4.2.1 for every device that supports those versions (except Apple TV (2nd generation)), on Windows and Mac OS X.
Version 0.9.10b1 adds support for iOS 4.2.6 through 5.0.1 (though iOS 4.2.9, 4.2.10, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, and 5.0 are tethered on devices invulnerable to the 0x24000 Segment Overflow). This build of redsn0w is not capable of jailbreaking S5L8940 or newer devices.
Credit
iPhone Dev Team
Versions
Initial releases
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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Lite
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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0.3
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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0.7.x series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.7
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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- Untethered jailbreak for all devices but iPhone 3GS
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0.7.1
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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Bug fixes for versions 0.7
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0.7.2
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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Bug fixes for versions 0.7
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0.8.x series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.8
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7 July 2009
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Yes
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Yes
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- Performs an untethered jailbreak on iOS 3.0/3.0.1 (when pointed at 3.0) for all devices supported by those firmware.
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0.9.0-0.9.4 releases
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.2
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.3
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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- Contains the IPCC hack to enable tethering on the iPhone 3G and 3GS.
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0.9.4
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Unknown
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.5 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.5b3
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21 Jun 2010
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Yes
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No
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0.9.5b4
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Unknown
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Yes
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No
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- Resolved a problem with iBooks.
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0.9.5b5
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Unknown
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Yes
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No
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- Supposed to fix any APN or MMS issues that users were seeing.
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0.9.6 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.6b1
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21 September 2010
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.6b2
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31 October 2010
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Yes
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Yes
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- Supports jailbreaking iOS 3.2.2 and 4.0-4.1 on every device that supports those firmwares (except iPod touch (2nd generation) with new bootrom) .
- The Windows version also includes a function that permits users to restore to a custom IPSW, akin to PwnageTool's DFU button.
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0.9.6b3
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21 November 2010
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Yes
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Yes
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- Supports the installation of custom bundles
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0.9.6b4
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23 November 2010
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Yes
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Yes
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- Jailbreaks iOS 4.1-4.2.1 on all compatible devices.
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0.9.6b5
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28 November 2010
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.6b6
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1 December 2010
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Yes
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Yes
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- Allows you to "deactivate" a hacktivated phone, so sbingner's Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) can trick your iPhone and iTunes into creating legitimate activation tickets.
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0.9.6 release candidate 7
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2 January 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Introduced command-line arguments to bypass some screens.
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0.9.6 release candidate 8
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5 January 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Informs users if a boot logo PNG is invalid, and why.
- Introduced the "-a" command-line argument to eliminate clicking.
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0.9.6 release candidate 9
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3 April 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Adds support for jailbreaking iOS 4.3.1 on all compatible devices except the iPad 2 and Apple TV (2nd generation).
- New command line parameters k and d [1]:
- -k --kernelcache=<str> use specified kernelcache (advanced)
- -d --devicetree=<str> use specified devicetree (advanced)
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0.9.6 release candidate 10
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7 April 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Added boot animations
- Removed misleading Settings
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0.9.6 release candidate 11
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7 April 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Makes the boot animation a bit more robust
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0.9.6 release candidate 12
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8 April 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Fix any lingering issues with the boot animation
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0.9.6 release candidate 13
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19 April 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Adds support for jailbreaking iOS 4.3.2 on all compatible devices except the iPad 2.
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0.9.6 release candidate 14
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19 April 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.6 release candidate 15
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6 May 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Adds support for jailbreaking iOS 4.3.3 on all compatible devices except the iPad 2.
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0.9.6 release candidate 16
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16 May 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.6 release candidate 17
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20 May 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Adds advanced command line options for kernel hackers.
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0.9.6 release candidate 18
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14 June 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.6 release candidate 19
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12 July 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- When a custom bundle is applied, most of the normal jailbreak steps (like stashing and untethering) are skipped.
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0.9.7 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.7b1
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26 December 2010
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Yes
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No
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- Jailbreaks iOS 4.1-4.2.1 on all compatible devices.
- Able to achieve an untethered jailbreak on 4.2.1, provided the user has 4.2b3 SHSHs and the 4.2b3 IPSW.
- This version of "Jailbreak Monte" has quite a number of bugs, particularly app switcher crashes and disabled Bluetooth.
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0.9.7b2
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26 December 2010
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Yes
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No
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- Fixes crashing bugs on GUI apps.
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0.9.7b3
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27 December 2010
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Yes
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No
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- Fixes crashing bugs completely.
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0.9.7b4
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31 December 2010
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Yes
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No
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0.9.7b5
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8 January 2011
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Yes
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No
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- Issues related to Bluetooth and the sandbox are resolved.
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0.9.7b6
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10 January 2011
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Yes
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No
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0.9.8 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.8b1
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10 June 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Performs a tethered jailbreak of iOS 5.0b and 5.0b2 (when pointed at the beta IPSW) on all compatible devices except the iPad 2.
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0.9.8b2
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11 July 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Performs a tethered jailbreak of iOS 5.0b, 5.0b2, and 5.0b3 on all compatible device except the iPad 2.
- Fixes the iOS 5.0b3 sandbox issues present in the previous version.
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0.9.8b3
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16 July 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.8b4
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23 July 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.8b5
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9 August 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.8b6
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23 August 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.8b7
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31 August 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.8b7b
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2 September 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.8b7c
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6 September 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.9 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.9b1
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19 September 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Complete rewrite.
- No longer requires IPSWs when jailbreaking public builds. When jailbreaking beta/Golden master firmwares, need to specify IPSW once, then auto-recognizes it.
- Redsn0w now fetches SHSH from device, querys Cydia about saved blobs, stitches IPSWs with SHSH blobs (not for iPhones) and able to submit SHSH to cydia
- Includes Terminal shell commands into the GUI.
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0.9.9b2
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4 October 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Fixes Verizon iPhone 4 firmware detection
- Fixes 'Fix Recovery'
- Fixes for Stitching
- Fixes for blob processing
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0.9.9b3
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5 October 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Auto-detects the iOS 5.0 GM firmware now.
- Allows a jailbreak (albeit still tethered apart from iPhone 3GS old bootrom) on iOS5 GM
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0.9.9b3a
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5 October 2011
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No
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Yes
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- Fixes a Windows-only caching bug
- Allows Windows users to rename the redsn0w exe to anything containing 'boot' to jump straight to the tethered boot stage on load (thus adding one-click tethered boot to Windows redsn0w)
- 0.9.9b3 still works fine for Mac users except they don't have the new 'boot' rename feature that this version has
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0.9.9b4
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12 October 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Now auto-recognizes iOS 5 and no longer requires IPSW submission on iOS 5 jailbreak
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0.9.9b5
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13 October 2011
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Yes
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No
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- Custom IPSW feature (from PwnageTool) for Baseband preservation.
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0.9.9b6
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18 December 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Fixes location services issues for iPhone 3GS with 06.15.00 baseband
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0.9.9b7
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21 October 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- You can now choose whether you want redsn0w or Cydia to Stash Applications (can shorten redsn0w session by 60%)
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0.9.9b8
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3 November 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Jailbreaks iOS 5.0.1b (9A402) tethered on devices vulnerable to limera1n exploit.
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0.9.9b9
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19 December 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Jailbreaks iOS 5.0.1 tethered on devices vulnerable to limera1n exploit.
- iBooks fix.
- Allows custom IPSW creation for iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) without SHSH blobs.
- Supports the 8 GB iPhone 4.
- Allows stitched IPSW creation for iOS 5.x.
- Allows stitched IPSW creation for iPad 2 (iPad2,2)s running iOS 4.3.x.
- Built-in version check.
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0.9.9b9b
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19 December 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Enables the “Custom” button in Windows to allow baseband preservation.
- Warns against flashing baseband 06.15.00 on newer iPhone 3GS devices (2011 week 35) more explicitly.
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0.9.9b9c
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19 December 2011
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No
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Yes
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- Special build for Windows users encountering issues with the update check.
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0.9.9b9d
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20 December 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.10 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.10b
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27 December 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- The jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is now untethered.
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0.9.10b2
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27 December 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Fixes an issue with launchctl that the untether caused.
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0.9.10b3
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28 December 2011
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Yes
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Yes
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- Fixes a problem where re-running redsn0w over an existing jailbreak would cause Mobile Substrate-based apps to stop running until Mobile Substrate was installed again.
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0.9.10b3 novcheck
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29 December 2011
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No
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Yes
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0.9.10b4
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15 January 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Includes a fix for iBooks on iOS 5.0.1.
- Addresses an issue where the launchctl fix didn't work sometimes.
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0.9.10b5
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29 January 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Circumvents jailbreak detection in iBooks that caused ~10% of images to display properly.
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0.9.10b5b
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1 February 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.10b5c
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12 February 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Prevents redsn0w from crashing due to increasing ramdisk sizes.
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0.9.10b6
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7 March 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.10b6b
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11 March 2012
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Yes
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No
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- Fixes small issues for Mac OS X v10.5.8 and earlier.
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0.9.10b7
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20 April 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Implements the Corona A5 jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices still at 5.0.1
- Can also re-install that jailbreak for those who accidentally uninstalled the untether
- When stitching an IPSW, it can now grab your blobs directly from Cydia.
- Now shows a lot more info about your device, for instance, whether your iPhone 3G has the vulnerable baseband bootloader, or whether your iPhone 3GS has the old exploitable bootrom
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0.9.10b8
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23 April 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Can backup those priceless activation tickets many are grabbing today
- Adds ability to backup arbitrary directories or files from your device into a ZIP file on your Mac or PC
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0.9.10b8b
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23 April 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Makes the ZIP files compatible with the native Windows Explorer.
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0.9.11 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.11b1
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11 May 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.11b2
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12 May 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.11b3
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14 May 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- This release should fix the "Restore failed" messages people were sometimes getting.
- Behaves better with nearby devices that have Wi-Fi syncing enabled.
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0.9.11b4
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14 May 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Completes the tethered jailbreak support for iOS 5.1.1 on A4 devices and earlier, including proper "Stitching" and "Custom" creation of NO_BB IPSWs
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0.9.12 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.12b
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4 June 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Adds Rocky Racoon for all devices on iOS 5.1.1.
- On A4 devices and earlier, users can choose between the backup restore method (like Absinthe) or using a ramdisk-based jailbreak (how redsn0w usually works).
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0.9.12b2
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8 June 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Users on iOS 5.1.1 are now explicitly asked if they wish to use the backup/restore method or the DFU ramdisk method for jailbreaking.
- Fixes iBooks problems on the iPhone 3GS (old bootrom).
- Provides more helpful error messages.
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0.9.13 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.13 developer-only 1
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13 June 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.13 developer-only 2
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15 June 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Fix the various SSH problems and crashes with apps that some have been seeing.
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0.9.13 developer-only 3
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16 July 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Covers 6.0b3 release and also adds explicit support for 6.0b2.
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0.9.13 developer-only 4
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13 September 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.14 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.14b1
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18 June 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Add a baseband downgrade option in redsn0w for those who are using the iPad’s 06.15.00 baseband on the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS.
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0.9.14b2
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4 July 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Improves the iPad baseband downgrade and should cover anyone who couldn’t downgrade with 0.9.14b1. Also simplified the process and added logging to help diagnose any remaining stubborn iPhones.
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0.9.15 series
Version
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Release date
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OS X-compatible?
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Windows-compatible?
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Changes
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0.9.15b1
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14 October 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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0.9.15b2
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15 October 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- After restoring an iPhone 3GS, redsn0w keeps track of its bootrom version while it's still open.
- Fixes support for upgrading to/downgrading baseband 06.15.00.
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0.9.15b3
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1 November 2012
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Yes
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Yes
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- Save iPad (4th generation) and iPad Mini SHSH blobs.
- Fixes of error 14 when stitching blobs and error 2601 for windows users when restoring.
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Exploits used
For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPhone 3G:
For iPod touch (2nd generation):
For iPhone 3GS:
For iPod touch (3rd generation):
For iPhone 4, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad and Apple TV (2nd generation):
For iPad, iPad 2, iPad (3rd generation), iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation) and iPod touch (4th generation):
External Links