Spirit2Pwn Patches Spirit; Upgrade/Jailbreak To iOS4 Now Possible

At this point, with all the jailbreak news, information, and how-to’s coming out many users who want to jailbreak their iPhone after Apple released iOS 4 must be confused. To clarify, it is currently only possible to jailbreak iOS 4 for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS but in case of the iPhone 3GS, there are still some ifs and buts. You can only jailbreak the iPhone 3GS with an older bootrom and only if you have already jailbroken but have NOT used Spirit to jailbreak it.

Recently an iPhone hacker with the handle, Gojohnnyboi just released a hack called Spirit2Pwn to patch the Spirit jailbreak so that users who have jailbroken their iPhone 3GS using Spirit can also jailbreak it using PwnageTool or Sn0wbreeze.

Note: This won’t work for iPhone 3GS with the newer bootrom.

How To Install Spirit2Pwn:

1. Before going for the firmware update, it’s always advisable to backup your device first. You can backup your iPhone/iPod Touch data by Syncing with iTunes. Also make sure you backup your Camera Roll photos.


2. Launch Cydia on your jailbroken iPhone 3GS (with older BootRom). You can use F0recast to find out if your iPhone 3GS has newer or older bootrom. Please DO NOT install Spirit2Pwn if you have a newer bootrom as it could end up bricking your iPhone.


3. Navigate to the 'Manage' tab at the bottom and then on 'Sources'.


4. Navigate to the ‘Edit’ button and then on ‘Add' to add the repository required to install Spirit2Pwn.


5. Then add the repo http://repo.woowiz.net to Cydia.


6. Search for ‘spirit2pwn’ in Cydia and tap on 'Install' to install the hack.

After Spirit2Pwn is installed, you should be able to use PwnageTool if you are a Mac Users and Sn0wbreeze if you are a Windows users to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) that was previously jailbroken using Spirit.

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