How to jailbreak iPod Touch and iPhone 3G/3GS OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n RC3

Written on 3 November, 2009 by Imran 97 Comments

Important Note: The new Spirit jailbreak tool has been released which provides an untethered jailbreak. This means that you don’t have to re-jailbreak your iPod Touch 3G or iPhone 3GS after every reboot. Please use this guide to jailbreak all iPod Touch models with OS 3.1.2/3.1.3 untethered using Spirit Jailbreak! and use this one to jailbreak iPhone 3G/3GS with OS 3.1.3/3.1.2 untethered!

Important: iPhone OS 3.1.3 has been released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. We’ve got a new guide up on how to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 and iPod Touch 3.1.3 with redsn0w 0.9.4. Don’t upgrade to iPhone OS 3.1.3 if you’re using an unlocked iPhone 3G/3Gs or a jailbroken iPod Touch 2G (MC Model)/3G. The redsn0w guide is for iPhone 2G/3G jailbreak and iPod Touch 1G/2G ( non MC Models) only.

blackra1n RC3 will be released today for the iPhone 3G and 3GS today and brings hacktivation as a new feature ( check out the change log here) . This is great news for those who had upgraded to 05.11.07 baseband and were waiting for a way to unlock their iPhones! For those who still haven’t jailbroken their iPhone 3G/3GS with OS 3.1.2, here’s a quick guide on how to do that with blackra1n RC3.

Download iTunes 9 from Apple’s website.
Upgrade to OS 3.1.2 via iTunes.
Once your iPhone has upgraded to 3.1.2, download blackra1n. Use Windows XP compatibility mode if you’re using Windows Vista or Windows 7 ( if it crashes ).
Launch the tool, and click the ‘make it ra1n’ button.
It’ll take sometime while your iPhone is jailbroken. After it’s done, it’ll restart.
You should see the blackra1n icon in your apps now. Launch it.
From here, you can install Cydia, which lets you install jailbreak applications. There is an option to install Rock as well, which is a Cydia alternative.

Congratulations, you have your iPhone OS 3.1.2 jailbreak up and running.

Note:

Follow the guide here, if you wish to unlock your iPhone 3G/3GS with blackra1n RC3.
This guide also applies for jailbreaking iPod Touch. Check this post to see if jailbreak is tethered or untethered for your iPod Touch model.

If you any problems/issues, let us know in the comments!

Download blackra1n RC3

For fixing problems and issues, check out our troubleshooting guide:

Fixing issues with iPod Touch and iPhone 3G/3GS OS 3.1.2 jailbreak with blackra1n RC3

boylad

Help! I was jailbeaking and stopped now my ipod is in “recovery mode” and has to install the newest but thats not my problem. I want to know if now its been wipedif i got through with recovery or if there is a way to get it out of recovery mode. Any help would be apreiciated. contact me directly at:

helpmyipodisscrewed@yahoo.ca
Lina

hey, i have iphone 3GS upgrated to a firmware of 3.1.3 and i have download blackrain but its not running ,,its giving error the application is due to file missing ASL.dll please reinstall this application and try again.I have downloaded it alot of time and my itunes software is updated also.what should i do?
Hessamk

Thank you .. it was the fastest ever jailbreak program
tonz

aumar it wont be bricked unless you throw it at a wall cause you can just do a full restore
jjjj

i keep trying to download it but every time it does it the icon doesnt show up on my ipod how do i fix this?????????
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Nick Apap

heys,
i have downloaded blackra1n and when i click 'make it rain' it comes up with an error rebort
Nicholas Apap

i have downloaded blackra1n but when i click “make it rain” it doesnt work and error report pops up and i click dont send

please help
Jasonwright1979

hi

you need blacksnow it fixes the relevent missing dll files