Sn0wbreeze

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What is sn0wbreeze ?

sn0wbreeze is a open-source utility that can create custom IPSWs to restore to, akin to PwnageTool. It is a GUI of XPwn for Windows written in Visual Basic.NET and is developed by iH8sn0w.

Versions

sn0wbreeze was first released January 13, 2010 as a beta version. The following versions that are shown here are official, and sorted by compatibility with iOS revisions.

3.1.X

Version Release date Changes

Public Beta

January 13, 2010
  • Initial release
  • Jailbreaks iOS 3.1.2
  • Only allows you to be able to select simple mode
  • Taken down due to copyright issues with XPwn

1.0

January 16, 2010
  • Official release of sn0wbreeze

1.1

January 19, 2010
  • Fixes Cydia problems
  • Fixes problems with NOR on S5L8900 devices
  • Fixes custom packages not being installed

1.2

January 21, 2010
  • GUI fixes
  • Fixed even more Cydia problems

1.3

January 23, 2010
  • fixes bug where some Cydia repositories could not be added and downloaded from

1.4

January 26, 2010
  • Fixed vital bug where deb files may not be added to the right place

1.5

February 5, 2010
  • Jailbreaks iOS 3.1.3
  • Removed verbose mode support

1.5.1

February 7, 2010
  • Removed blacksn0w due to CommCenter issues (fix being worked on)

4.X

Version Release date Changes

1.6

June 24, 2010
  • Jailbreaks iOS 4.0 only.
  • Removed ultrasn0w integration. (Due to MuscleNerd's request citing version management issues. Install it through the "custom packages" feature instead.)
  • Removed "sn0wbreeze App" integration (discontinued)

1.7

July 6, 2010

1.8 Beta

July 16, 2010

2.0

September 22nd, 2010

2.0.1

September 22nd, 2010
  • Fix for Error 37

2.0.2

September 25th, 2010
  • Fixes for Error 37 and hacktivation.

2.1

November 13th, 2010

2.2

announced
  • A new "Baseband Preservation Mode", which allows upgrade without updating the baseband (as usual), but without jailbreaking

License

sn0wbreeze is released under GPL v3 license and it is a freeware

Resources