Caution to those Trying to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS on iOS 6.x.x with the New BootRom Using Redsn0w

I am bringing you my bitter experience in the hands of two iPhone 3gs with new bootroms. I am telling you categorically that redsnow is a complete failure in successfully jailbreaking iPhone 3gs running iOS as long as it has a new bootrom. It doesn’t matter if your iPhone 3gs was manufactured before the 40th week of 20011 or not, once your phone is having a new bootrom(that is, the new Toshiba rom) please do not jailbreak with redsn0w and if you are trying to give 6.1.3 firmware a shot simply because you have people who told you that you can trick redsn0w to jailbreak it, am now telling you from my experience that this will not be successful

even if you manage to jailbreak it( I ran into exploit failed countless time on redsn0w before I managed to jailbreak it) you will not see Cydia icon, and once Cydia is missing. it means you cannot install Cydia tweaks or any unsigned .ipa application since you won’t be able to install appsync via Cydia. So as it stand I am having a jailbroken iPhone without Cydia. In other words,  i will have to install all through app store and no tweaks. All that been said, the only hope iPhone 3gs owner has is with the evad3rs either you use the evad3rs jailbreak method through snowbreeze custom software or, you use the  evad3rs jailbreak utility which supports all iOS 6 except iOS 6.1.3

My Bitter Experience

My problem actually started when i installed a tweak that crashed my Cydia and all the .deb apps on my phone(i later got a workaround, but it was too late because I had already updated to iOS 6.1.3) i got so frustrated, and having it in mind that my iPhone 3gs was fully factory unlocked and with the hope that i will be able to jailbreak my iPhone 3gs with RedSnow since it is having an A4 processor, i restored my iPhone 3gs to iOS 6.1.3 and ever after irrespective of all my efforts, my iPhone stays without a jailbreak i mean my iPhone is jailed. so please read this very carefully because no site will give you this warning.

WHAT I DID TO MY iPhone 3GS WITH NEW BOOTROM THAT DIND’T WORK FOR ME BUT WORKED FOR 3GS WITH OLD BOOTROM  

• I jailbreak using the method posted in all popular jailbreaking sites by tricking redsn0w to believing that you are actually running iOS 6.0 if you are actually runny iOS 6.0, reds0w will have no issue with your iPhone 3gs. so I got exploit failed several times over before I manage to jailbreak my iPhone 3gs on iOS 6.1.3 with redsn0w using the 6.0 trick.  Note; if you are constantly experiencing “Exploit Failed” on redsn0w I have a workaround for you.  Basically, a workaround like properly entering dfu mode might help and I will advise anybody that is having a problem with entering DFU mode to use either iReb or Sn0wbreeze.
• Secondly you may also check your internet connection, change your USB cable, change your USB port, run RedSnow in administrator mode, run redsn0w in windows xp service pack 3 compatibility mode(that is is you are running win7 or win8) and when you try all the followings, you will bypass redsnOw exploit failed error. But like I said even if you jailbreak successfully, you won’t have Cydia icon on your iPhone.
• if You depend on an unofficial unlock with ultrasn0w, please don’t attempt to upgrade your iPhone 3gs with new bootrom beyond the original iOS 6.0( you can determine if your boot rom is new or old by using redsnow or snowbreeze. Having an older or newer  bootrom is not the same as when you have an iPhone that is manufactured before 2011 just that if your iPhone is manufacture before the 40th week of 2011, you will be able to install iPad baseband on it to be able to unofficially unlock your iPhone with UltraSnow. This has nothing to do with your bootrom being new or old so beware. As a result, if you have an iPhone 3GS that is fully factory unlocked and it runs the new bootrom, you cannot get a successful jailbreak on iOS 6.1.3.
• I also try to make my Cydia appear by trying the followings: I deleted com.apple.mobile.installation.plist  from /var/mobile/Library/Caches directory  using iFunbox this actually make my Cydia appear on my springboard but unfortunately it continuously crashes.  Once I open it, it will force close within seconds. Let me quickly add that this trick worked perfectly with iPhone 3gs with old bootrom
• I also tried to fix the crashes by going through the just boot process in redsnow, but it wasn’t successful because redsnow only officially supports iOS 6.0.
• Also restoring to iOS 6.1.2 custom firmware built with snowbreeze did not help because apple has stopped signing iOS 6.1.2 and I keep on getting error 1600 which was able to solve on an iphone 3gs with old bootrom but this error was not solved with iPhone 3gs with new bootrom.

Final Thoughts on the Safest to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS with new the Bootrom

• The greatest weapon that should be in your disposal if you have discovered that your iPhone 3gs runs the new bootrom is that you should get the phone fully unlocked. Moreover, if you are so fortunate to be jailbroken on iOS 5.1.1 through iOS 6.1.2 and your phone is factory unlocked, please don’t attempt to upgrade.
• Also, If you have been using cydia and it crashes of a sudden, please simply watch the video below to fix it and don’t just attempt to restore your phone cos of that
• alternatively, you can fix Cydia crashing by deleting all files in /var/lib/apt/lists and delete all files under this folder except the “partial” folder  or Navigate to /var/lib/dpkg/updates. If there are any files inside, please also remove them.  The only safest way to jailbreak an iPhone 3gs running iOS 6.0 through 6.1.2 with the new bootrom is with evad3rs not redsnow. So don’t fall into my shoes. Be wise and jailbreak wisely.

REQUIRED FILES FOR DOWNLOAD

Download iREB-r7

Download evasi0n 1.5.3 for Windows

Download redsnow 0.9.15 beta 3

Download  Sn0wBreeze v2.9.11

Download iFunBox: Mac • Windows

Download iTunes: latest version

Download TinyUmbrella: download link