Sn0wbreeze

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sn0wbreeze is a PwnageTool port to windows, developed by iH8sn0w. It currently jailbreaks the 3.1.2, and 3.1.3 firmware.

Models Supported

Model
iPhone 2G
iPod touch 1G
iPhone 3G
iPod touch 2G NON-MC
iPhone 3GS Old Bootrom

Note that the iPod touch 3G is not supported. With the iPod touch 2G and iPhone 3GS you need to be already jailbroken. The S5L8900 devices you can go into DFU mode and restore with iTunes without being jailbroken.

Versions

sn0wbreeze was first released January 13, 2010 as a beta version. The following versions that are shown here are official.

3.1.X

Version Release date Changes

Public Beta

January 13, 2010
  • Initial release
  • Jailbreaks 3.1.2 firmware
  • Only allows you to be able to select simple mode
  • Token down due to copyright issues with xPWN

1.0

January 16, 2010
  • Official release of sn0wbreeze
  • Jailbreaks 3.1.2 Firmware

1.1

January 19, 2010
  • Fixes Cydia problems
  • Fixes problems with NOR on S5L8900 device's
  • 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 3.1.3
  • removed verbose mode support

1.5.1

February 7, 2010
  • Removed blacksn0w due to com center issues (Fix being worked on)

Problems

There are some problems with blacksn0w because it realies on the 3.1.2 com center, and needs to be updated the the 3.1.3 version. If installed it will cause you iPhone to go into a boot loop.

Use of xpwn

The backend of sn0wbreeze is xpwn, an open-source custom IPSW generator created by planetbeing in parallel with Devteam developments of techniques and tools. xpwn runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux. GIven a "bundle" of patches from either PwnageTool or sn0wbreeze, xpwn driven from the command line is able to create the same custom IPSW as either tool. There are some outstanding fixes to xpwn that the developers of sn0wbreeze made, which they said they would put back into the open-source version in compliance with the license (this has not yet been done though).

License

sn0wbreeze is freeware.

Download

Download sn0wbreeze 3.1.3