RedSn0w 0.9.15b3 released fixes the pesky "2601" error .Support for saving iPad4 and mini SHSH

[AppleHacker]

Today we’re pleased to release redsn0w version 0.9.15b1, with significant new features supporting restoring to older firmware no longer being signed by Apple. For brevity, we’ll list most of the new features in bullet form.





First, the high-level new feature list:

• restore from any 5.x iOS to any other (up, down or the same) 5.x iOS on all devices as long as you have the correct blobs (see more below)
• Cydia now included in the tethered 6.0 jailbreak on A4 devices
• automatically “Just Boot” tethered when qualifying A4 device connects in DFU mode
• untethered 6.0 jailbreak on old-bootrom 3GS
• untethered 6.0 hactivation on any 3GS or iPhone4
• directly restore pre-A5 devices to earlier firmware — no more complicated 15-step how-to’s with stitching, iTunes errors, and “hosts file” concerns
• fetch new signed blobs for any IPSW (present or future — no redsn0w update required) using Extras->SHSH Blobs->New
• block the BB update for any 3GS or iPhone4 restore (past, present, or future — no redsn0w update required) using Extras->Even More->Restore
• deactivate any iPhone, useful for testing your “official” unlock status through iTunes. (Please only deactivate your own iPhone!)
• activation status shown on “Even more” page
• significantly more (very nerdy) info returned by “Identify” button when device is in Normal mode
• tethered jailbreak of ATV2 supported (but the only thing available for it is the SSH2 custom bundle available here — no Cydia yet. Must use “Select IPSW” for tethered boot of ATV2 for now).
• auto-exit DFU mode for older devices with broken buttons
• any time a set of blobs is fetched remotely (from Apple or Cydia), redsn0w also saves them locally (and will check there first if you click “Local”)
• for your future restoring convenience, you should also submit all of your past and present TinyUmbrella blobs to Cydia if you haven’t done so yet. Resubmitting is okay and won’t cause conflicts.

Here are more details on the iOS5-to-iOS5 restores for A5+ devices. (Note: pre-A5 devices don’t have these restrictions — just follow the redsn0w prompts during the restore).

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1. redsn0w now lets you restore an A5+ device from any iOS5 to any other iOS5 as long as you have correct 5.x blobs for the starting (current) and ending points of the restore

• APtickets eliminated “higher-version only” comparison of firmware restores (just like BBtickets did for the baseband)
• example restores supported by redsn0w if you have the correct blobs: 5.1.1-to-5.0.1, 5.0.1-to-5.1.1, 5.1.1-to-5.1.1, 5.0.1-to-5.0.1
• if you don’t have the blobs locally, let redsn0w try to fetch them remotely (redsn0w always tries both Apple and Cydia). Any succesful remote fetch also saves a local copy too.

2. You DO NOT QUALIFY for iOS5-to-iOS5 restores if you got to your current 5.x via an OTA update

• the tickets saved by Cydia, redsn0w, and TinyUmbrella do not cover OTA update ramdisk images
• even if they did, it’s the “wrong kind” of ramdisk (you’d need to start at that earlier pre-OTA FW)
• devices fresh from factory or refurb may fall in the “does not qualify” category (your results will vary)
• it’s okay if you previously got to 5.x via an OTA update, as long as your current 5.x was installed via a normal iTunes restore. All that matters is how you got to your current 5.x most recently
• redsn0w detects an OTA/normal-restore APticket mismatch very early, so if you don’t know your status there should be no harm in trying. Any device in recovery mode after such a mismatch can boot normally again just by going back to “Even More” screen from the “Restore” screen (or use “Recovery Fix” if you quit redsn0w before doing that).

3. Unlike the A4 devices, redsn0w can’t (usefully) prevent the baseband updates of A5+ iPhones and iPads.

• and so, redsn0w automatically flashes the currently signed baseband when it does A5+ restores, even if those basebands didn’t come with the original firmware
• stay away from this if you have an unofficial unlock that isn’t supported by the newest baseband
• the least-tested baseband update code in redsn0w is for iPad2,3 and iPad3,2. Please give any feedback on those iOS5 restores in the comments section below.

4. iPad2 owners (all three models) with saved 4.x blobs can use those instead, even from 6.x

• if you have both 4.x and 5.x iPad2 blobs, you can always get to 5.x via the 4.x blobs, even if you’re currently on 6.x
• you cannot get to 5.x from 6.x without the 4.x blobs (but you may still qualify for the iOS5-to-iOS5 restore described above)
• if somehow you have 4.x blobs but no 5.x blobs, you can still go down to 4.x from 6.x
• this only applies to iPad2 owners (they’re the only A5+ devices that ever had a public 4.x FW)
• redsn0w still supports (but doesn’t require) jailbreaking A5+ devices at 5.0.1 and 5.1.1. Just head back to the first page after re-restoring to 5.x. It’s always much faster to jailbreak those FW versions with a freshly-restored device, before letting iTunes restore from a saved userland backup.
• And finally, some random details:

5. ultrasn0w isn’t yet updated for 6.x

• by now you probably should be taking advantage of the extremely cheap IMEI-based unlocks of iPhones sold by established online retailers like http:://cutyoursim.com
• still, IMEI-based unlocks don’t work in all cases. We’ll announce when ultrasn0w is ported up to 6.x
• redsn0w will still hactivate your 3GS or iPhone4 if you run it before the device is activated. Due to the current tethered 6.x JB status, redsn0w now hactivates 6.x without requiring subsequent tethered boots. If you accidentally hactivate with redsn0w, use the “Deactivate” checkbox available from the Jailbreak screen, not the normal one in “Even more”

6. As always, redsn0w lets you “Fetch” the SHSH blobs currently flashed onto your pre-A5 device

• use this if you’re at 5.x or 4.x but without having saved your blobs when the window was open
• this is only useful when Apple is no longer signing the firmware, otherwise Cydia/redsn0w “New”/TinyUmbrella blobs are superior (but you’re welcome to fetch your 6.0 blobs this way anyway)
• fetching blobs in this fashion will automatically forward them up to Cydia, as well as save a local copy
• We realize there’s a lot of info in this post. If you’re at all confused about things remember to visit our comments section, with our very helpful user base and moderators like dhlizard, Frank55, 41willys, and slavakulikoff.

If you’re in the Melbourne, Australia area, MuscleNerd (and another anonymous long-time Dev Team member) will be giving some talks at the Breakpoint conference Breakpoint 2012 Security Conference this week. And @mdowd’s iOS talk at the same conference should be quite interesting too! We’ll also all be attending Ruxcon a few days later, so say hi if you see us!

Update #1

(Oct 15): Version 0.9.15b2 fixes a few issues for 3GS owners: old-bootrom awesomeness is no longer forgotten directly after a restore, and iPad baseband upgrade/downgrade support is fixed (same production date cutoffs apply!). If your 3GS is currently tethered at 6.0 even though you have an old bootrom, just re-run redsn0w’s Jailbreak step (no need to restore). Don’t forget you can add some pizzaz with your own boot logo or a nerdy verbose boot.

Update #2 (Nov 1): Version 0.9.15b3 fixes the 2601 redsn0w errors that Windows users were seeing using the Restore button. It also fixes a related Windows iTunes error 14 for stitched files. Note that if you have a baseband, you should probably avoid stitching and simply use redsn0w’s native Restore (not iTunes).
Those lucky recipients of new iPad minis and iPad4s on Friday can use this redsn0w to save your 6.0 blobs off to Cydia. Use redsn0w’s Extras->SHSH Blobs->New to do that.
Here are the download links. Enjoy!

• redsn0w 0.9.15b3 (OS X — use Ctrl-Click->Open if on Mountain Lion for now)
• redsn0w 0.9.15b3 (Windows — run in Adminstrator Mode)

[A Pal]

goods.. 1st step to ios 6 jailbreak...

[AppleHacker]

Originally Posted by A Pal

goods.. 1st step to ios 6 jailbreak...

Who gives a shit about iOS 6 Jailbreak i'm totally rocking iOS 5.1.1 on my jailbroken for life iPad 3!

[A Pal]

Originally Posted by AppleHacker

Who gives a shit about iOS 6 Jailbreak i'm totally rocking iOS 5.1.1 on my jailbroken for life iPad 3!

me too.... still on ios5.1.1 on my ipad3....hahahha never thinking to updated to ios 6 until jailbreak release.....

[robsbrutal]

Interesting

[Chris-M]

Sounds like progress towards ios 6 jailbreak. I'm still on iOS 5.1.1. But I understand that the 4s now come with ios 6 now. So some people are stuck without a jailbreak until then which sucks.

I do like some features that iOS 6 offers just means less tweaks and apps that I would have to download from Cydia.

[Paced98]

Very nice and finally it came

[CreedX]

Nice

[kamlesh1978]

but i think this that it does not support downgrade ios6 to io5 i was waiting for this but it did not happen . Might be wait a little longer

[AppleHacker]

Originally Posted by kamlesh1978

but i think this that it does not support downgrade ios6 to io5 i was waiting for this but it did not happen . Might be wait a little longer

Only A4 and iPad 2 devices can downgrade from iOS 6 right now that too with SHSH blobs

[sinfool]

Originally Posted by kamlesh1978

but i think this that it does not support downgrade ios6 to io5 i was waiting for this but it did not happen . Might be wait a little longer

Waiting for what? Not gonna happen.

[kingof9x]

Awesome news AH, this release included more than I thought it would.

This part was unexpected.

1. redsn0w now lets you restore an A5+ device from any iOS5 to any other iOS5 as long as you have correct 5.x blobs for the starting (current) and ending points of the restore
APtickets eliminated “higher-version only” comparison of firmware restores (just like BBtickets did for the baseband)
example restores supported by redsn0w if you have the correct blobs: 5.1.1-to-5.0.1, 5.0.1-to-5.1.1, 5.1.1-to-5.1.1, 5.0.1-to-5.0.1
if you don’t have the blobs locally, let redsn0w try to fetch them remotely (redsn0w always tries both Apple and Cydia). Any succesful remote fetch also saves a local copy too.

[filex]

5.1.1 <<< love this. will consider when iOS 6.0.1 or 6.1 release

[Scott-NBNP]

Can someone help me, my ipad3 has been broken now for a few weeks. I went to delete a theme in winterboard, for some reason it was just a link back to the root, so it started deleting everything.
Now when i boot it, the only thing there are the games and apps, no settings no sbsettings, no apple apps nothing.

So i had been waiting for the rerestore feature for 3 weeks now, the problem is.... its not working. When i go "Restore" it loads the ISPW, kicks it into recovery and then nothing happens.
If i then shut down redsn0w, and load it back up it sees my iPad3 in recovery i set up the restore again, and i get an error saying that i might not be on 5.1.1

I really want to rerestore it, but im looking like i have to do upgrade to iOS6 to fix this, what am i missing and how can i fix this? Any help would be amazing.

[cooletzki]

1st step to ios6 jailbreak. nice

[AppleHacker]

Originally Posted by Scott-NBNP

Can someone help me, my ipad3 has been broken now for a few weeks. I went to delete a theme in winterboard, for some reason it was just a link back to the root, so it started deleting everything.
Now when i boot it, the only thing there are the games and apps, no settings no sbsettings, no apple apps nothing.

So i had been waiting for the rerestore feature for 3 weeks now, the problem is.... its not working. When i go "Restore" it loads the ISPW, kicks it into recovery and then nothing happens.
If i then shut down redsn0w, and load it back up it sees my iPad3 in recovery i set up the restore again, and i get an error saying that i might not be on 5.1.1

I really want to rerestore it, but im looking like i have to do upgrade to iOS6 to fix this, what am i missing and how can i fix this? Any help would be amazing.

dont upgrade to ios 6 you wont be able to downgrade

you tried to do it using both ways local and cydia shsh

[Scott-NBNP]

Originally Posted by AppleHacker

dont upgrade to ios 6 you wont be able to downgrade

you tried to do it using both ways local and cydia shsh

I found out why its doing it, its a factory 5.1.1, so im unable to rerestore god damn it. So basically its a paperwieght at the moment. It boots, i can play the games but because everything is deleted there is no sound

EDIT:

Im trying to copy all the file structure from my Fiance's iPad to see if i can get some stuff back, i know it dosn't work with the offical apps they just crash due to the "CodeResources" file missing, but if i can get settings and sound back, i can reinstall cydia and start installing some things again, i wiped cydia before and was able to reinstall it but then i guess.... i had iFile which i don't have now.

[AppleHacker]

Originally Posted by Scott-NBNP

I found out why its doing it, its a factory 5.1.1, so im unable to rerestore god damn it. So basically its a paperwieght at the moment. It boots, i can play the games but because everything is deleted there is no sound

EDIT:

Im trying to copy all the file structure from my Fiance's iPad to see if i can get some stuff back, i know it dosn't work with the offical apps they just crash due to the "CodeResources" file missing, but if i can get settings and sound back, i can reinstall cydia and start installing some things again, i wiped cydia before and was able to reinstall it but then i guess.... i had iFile which i don't have now.

oh that might be a problem report it to musclenerd
and dont mess with it im sure he will fix it

[Scott-NBNP]

Sent him a tweet does he reply to them? If not how do i contact him?

[jessnuman]

yay this is good