Wohooo! BlackSn0w is out and it’s ready to give an end to the ‘Oh I am stuck on 5.11.07 baseband’ misery. Yes folks, the iPhone is finally unlockable again!
Here’s the tutorial on how to unlock your iPhone using BlackSnow
NOTE: The Blackra1n jailbreak and Blacksn0w unlock tutorial below is for Windows users.
If you are a Mac user: Click here 
If you already have blackra1n app installed on your iPhone (and haven’t deleted it yet), then jump directly to step 11.
Requirements:
- iPhone OS 3.1.2.
- Windows Operating System.
Here are the steps to jailbreak your iPhone 3.1.2 using Blackra1n and unlock your iPhone using Blacksn0w
- 1) Click on the url http://www.blackra1n.com. You will see the following image . Click on the shiny windows logo just above the donate button.
2) On the following screen, click on save file
3) Browse to the location where you downloaded the file and double click on Blackra1n.exe
4) Make sure your iPhone or iPod is connected to the computer then click on make it ra1n button.
5) Your device will now enter recovery mode. (If itunes opens telling you you need to restore because your device is in recovery mode, just click ok, then close down itunes)
6) Click OK when you get the following screen
7) Then your iPhone will display GeoHot’s picture and restart automatically and a blackra1n icon will appear on your iPhone. Please make sure you are connected to the net and then click on the application.
8 )Select the installer application (Choose Cydia or Rock) that you prefer and press the install button at the top right corner of your screen.
9)BlackRa1n will automatically download and install the package you selected.
10) Congrats you just jailbroke your iPhone using Blackra1n. Kudos to GeoHot!
11) To UNLOCK your iPhone tap on Sn0w button inside Blackra1n app and let Blacksn0w automatically unlock your iPhone.
NOTE: If you see ra1n button instead of Sn0w , then first tap on ra1n to upgrade your Blackra1n app. After upgrading, run blackra1n app again. You will see sn0w. Install it.
12) Hurray! You just unlocked your iPhone :)
If for some reason you are still confused then perhaps this video from MtnXfreeride will give you an idea.
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Hy a tip: it’s better to select both cydia and sn0w in the 8th step. It was quick and just worked. Thanks.
Didn’t work the first time for me. I later realized that the process requires that the iPhone BE CONNECTED TO THE NET either with WI-FI or 3G.
I am connected to net on PC via LAN but no wi-fi and there is no 3G coverage in my area. (So I have no NET on my iPhone).
I had to go to my friends house and use his wi-fi. It took jst about 2 mins to jailbreak and unlock. Wish Blackra1n worked without wifi. Would have spared me the trip.
Blacksn0w worked but I installed something from cydia and WI-Fi stopped working on my iPhone. Help
Go to settings > general > reset and tap on reset all settings. Ur wi-fi should start working.
heyyy can i do this while im on firmware 3.0.1 or should i upgrade it to 3.1.2 n then do it…the only reason im hesitating is cause a few days ago…people said not to upgrade it to 3.1.2 cause there may never be a unlock for that. n also THANKS SOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR BLACKRA1N!!!!
Hey, I made the jailbreak with blackrain and it worked real good, but after the jailbreak the blackrain icon didn´t show on my iPhone! So I couldn´t unlock it. What can I do?
Thanks
O n also does it matter how the iphone was jailbroken..cause i downgraded it to 3.0.1 n then used the “dev-teams” way to jailbreak it…so can i still do this procedure or should i upgrade my firmware..n then do it
@Sam1588 Yeah you will have to upgrade to 3.1.2 firmware and don’t worry the reason why people always recommended not to upgrade was coz there was no unlock available for 5.11.07 firmware.
But with Blacksn0w the unlock is possible on the latest baseband:) No it doesn’t matter which jailbreak you used before.
Hy Eddie evn I had the same problem the blackra1n icon wasn’t showing up. I kept tryin but it never worked. I later realised that my previous Blackra1n was still lying on my iPhone.
so I restored my iPhone and set it up as NEW PHONE and then ran Blackra1n again and it worked :)
Can you please let me know how to remove older version of Blackra1n which is lying on my iPhone.
Can I upgrade or restore 3.1.2 firmware from itunes or there is any other method of upgrading.
Thanks
IMS just RESTORE(NOT UPDATE) your iPhone from iTunes to upgrade to 3.1.2 firmware. After doing this set your iPhone as NEW Phone instead of setting it from backup.
This way all your previous Blackra1n installation will be wiped out and you can use install the latest Blackra1n and unlock your iPhone using Blacksn0w.
@rohit: So i have to make sure there’s no sim in my iphone and my iphone is connected to wifi before i run blacksn0w?
Thanks Carl, BTW should I take the backup for my contacts and Apps etc before I restore as New phone? also how do I save the themes which I have downloaded.
Thanks once again
@Tom worked for me without removing the sim :)
Hy IMS you can use Aptbackup to backup cydia applications.
It doesn’t actually create a backup of the native iPhone apps, instead it creates a list of all the Cydia-installed iPhone apps on your iPhone and takes a backup of this list via iTunes.
It uses this list of all the Cydia-installed iPhone applications that was backed up to re-install all the applications automatically.
U can Install Aptbackup via cydia.
Hi Carl,
Please help me out here. I’ve installed the Blacksn0w on my iphone but could not complete the process because my WIFI can’t connect to the internet, I’ve done network reset a couple of times still I don’t have internet connection pls, what should I do?
@rohit
is it normal that my iphone takes ages after i reset all settings to fix the wifi problem? It seems like it wont start again, stuck on the apple logo…… HELP
rohit: thanks a tonnn!! :)
Hi all,
if i jailbroke with old version of Blackra1n already and removed the blackra1n already…can i jailbreak with new blackra1n again? Will I loose all my installed softwares from cydia if i jailbreak it again?
it works like a charm, so quick and easy to do..thanks guys its totally awsome..im sooooo happy now :)
heyyy guys quick Q do i NEED an at&t sim to do this???
hey, I’ve gone from 1.1.2 to 3,1 each time theres a newer firmware, but since the iphones have newr genereation, my question is: Does updating to 3.1.2 via itunes and the blackrain work on iphones 2G?
best regards :-)
Ericardogr You can directly update to 3.1.2 via iTunes and YES blackra1n and blacksn0w will work
@Stugok If you have done things right your Wifi should work.
After restoring your iPhone via iTunes to 3.1.2 did you set up your iPhone as NEW PHONE? you are NOT suppose to set it up from backup.
Restore your iPhone to 3.1.2 again.. set it up as new Phone and run the Blackra1n and Blacksn0w again and if you do things right it should work.
@sam1588 You can do it with ANY sim!!
GeoHot rules! \m/
I live in Canada bought iphone 3G 16gig from this guy that moved from Seattle that was on AT&T use this program installed in no time now I’m running the Rogers network in Canada this is awesome.Great work.
@martin
while stuck on the apple logo try running blackra1n again. You should be sorted :)
@capt crunch
mate thanks for helping but i did what you said and it’s not doing anything… Plus i cant get to start in safe mode as well which means i cant get itunes to recognize anything so i cant restore….
Do you think it screwed up because i was on 3.1?
Hy Martin you should have restored to 3.1.2 and then run Blackra1n. Nways if your iPhone is still stuck on apple logo see if this post helps.. http://bit.ly/3YlRNo
pikey: thanks!
penn: thanks for the tip but the tutorial does not work too. I cant get iphone browser to find my iphone, no matter how many i disconnect and reconnect….
Thanks for the tutorial. I finally have a jailbroken and unlocked iPhone :) Thank you thank you thank you
hey
the wifi on my iphone 3g is broken and i have no guarantee anymore. is there a way to unlock it without a wifi? last time i found an ultrasn0w which worked with the usb-cable. or is it possible to load blacksn0w via cydia with an original T-Mobile Germany SIM Card from the internet?
this is a veery gud attempt at sharing latest ideas on Iphone use but alas the website is badly designed. please do something about the background or fonts colors so that it will be readable
has anyone tried this india
i wanted to know that does after unlock and jailbreak do we get signals from airtel
I get my IPhone 3GS in October/09 from local Apple store in US using my existing AT&T account. It has 5.11.07 baseband and 3.1.2 OS. blackra1 RC3 cannot jailbreak it. After I run blackra1 RC3, it will hang on the “entering recovery” phase forever and never move to the “running” stage. In the middle of “entering recovery” phase, itunes will pop up and tell you to restore, I close the itune and wait on the “entering recovery” screen, but it never moved to “running” screen. After half hours waiting, I use iTune restored the IPhone. I notice there are some postings mentioned that blackra1 may not work for IPhone 3GS bought after Oct 09 and it is only a tethered jailbreak for the very latest IPhone. So anyone knows what exact this tethered jailbreak means and how I do this “tethered jailbreak” for my IPhone bought after Oct 09. Thank for you help.
OMG thank u sooooooooooo much guys!!! it worked :)
Black Rain……………My hero ……May you become a Billionare !!!!!
tried and tried finally black rain and black snow worked
remeber it Jail breaks and unlocks !!!!
@habib Thanks for the feedback. Will change the site design to make font bigger in 2 days. Meanwhile use ‘command and +’ on mac or ‘ctrl and +’ on Windows to increase the font size while using firefox.
@sam1588 cheers
@Xu Check this forum to know what tethered jailbreak means
http://forum.theiphoneblog.com/iphone-jailbreak-unlock/180744-blackra1n-only-supports-tethered-jailbreak.html
@Shashank Yes it will definitely work on Airtel :)
@Tobbsi In most cases Wi-fi works after resetting network
See if this thread helps
http://modmyi.com/forums/t-mobile/690722-easy-fix-blacksn0w-wifi-problems.html
And yes after blacra1n you can use original carrier sim to install blacksn0w via 3G.
@Tina @Channa We are happy that the solution worked for you
IS it possible to use data connection on T-Mobile after the unlock is done? My phone keeps saying no data connection. WI-FI and text and phone works, just no data connection. I have a data plan with T-Mobile as well.
does anyone have sprint as there carrier?
thanks rohit
i read this while going through On the iPhone comments:
“ran blackra1n and blacksn0w to jailbreak and unlock, this all took about 30 seconds. But WiFi and YouTube basically wouldn’t work. So I restored using a custom ipsw made using pwnage tool 3.1.4, and installed blacksn0w using Cydia, and all is good”
does this mean that by doing this we will be free of the tethered jailbreak that blackra1n gives and also have unlock for the 5.11 baseband?
DOES THIS WORK????
love to know ur comments on this
in relation to the above comment
can we use this to jailbreak a new out of the box activate 3GS on 3.1.2
http://www.digitalmarketingtalk.com/iphone/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-3gs-firmware-3-1-2-using-pwnagetool-for-mac/
then use this to unlock it i.e. baseband 5.11
http://www.digitalmarketingtalk.com/iphone/how-to-unlock-using-blacksn0w-from-cydia-if-iphone-is-already-pwned/
this way we will have a jailbroken + unlocked 3GS without the tethered jailbreak that blackra1n gives
also no problems of wifi and youtube that r faced by many
CAN WE DO IT WILL/DOES IT WORK?????
Just did this and enabled tethering, works great and was simple to do, but now no Visual Voicemail, got a fix?
Hi Rohit,
If you are there please I need some help now. I finally got my WIFI connect to the internet. But when I clicked on Blackra1n it brought up three different package for me to choose, I choose sn0w and clicked install but I am stocked on “Post install log for sn0w” for about 30 minutes now, what do I do next?