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Jailbreak iOS 7.1.1 Semi Untethered on iPhone 4 using Geeksn0w: Written and Video Tutorial - Today, amidst iOS 7.1.1 (Apple’s latest firmware firmware update, which was released on Tuesday) and the considerable amount of clamor it’s caused in the jailbreak community, popular iOS and jailbreak YouTuber iCrackUriDevice created a new video tutorial for how to jailbreak 7.1.1 on the iPhone 4 using the all-new GeekSn0w utility. The latest GeekSn0w for iOS 7.1.1, like its predecessor, is based on winocm’s opensn0w project, which in turn is powered largely in part by Geohot’s now-ancient 2010 limera1n bootrom exploit. Due to the fact that limra1n only functions on devices powered by A4 CPUs, GeekSn0w’s support doesn’t extend beyond the iPhone 4 (the last A4-based device Apple supports on iOS 7). While the updated version of GeekSn0w is still incredible and will undoubtedly assist millions of iPhone 4 owners in jailbreaking 7.1.1, the utility is an updated and modified version of both winocm’s opensn0w and Geohot’s work with limera1n from four years ago that allows iPhone 4 owners to achieve a Semi UnTethered iOS 7.1.1 jailbreak. The process detailed in this in-depth written jailbreak 7.1.1 tutorial will function on GSM and CDMA iPhone 4 devices running iOS 7.1.1 - newer iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners should refer to, and make use of, our UnTethered 7.0.6 evasion tutorial if at all possible.
As previously mentioned, the new GeekSn0w jailbreak 7.1.1 tool supports the following iPhone models running iOS 7.1.1:
Additionally, due to limera1n and the iOS 7.1.1 jailbreak’s “Tethered” nature, iPhone 4 owners will be required to boot their devices Tethered with GeekSn0w every time the device is turned off to regain full usability. However, since the last iteration of GeekSn0w, the Developer BlackGeekTutorial has made significant updates to his tool that enable “Semi-Tethered” reboots on 7.1.1, which allow jailbreakers to use the majority of their devices (save Cydia, jailbreak extensions, Safari and the Mail app) without a complete Tethered reboot. With GeekSn0w’s limitations in mind, you can proceed with this tutorial to achieve a Semi UnTethered 7.1.1 jailbreak on your iPhone 4.
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Critical Jailbreak 7.1.1 Prerequisite Instructions
Before continuing further with this semi Untethered jailbreak, ensure that you have the following necessary items:
Congratulations, after completing only eight simple and easy-to-interpret steps, you’ve successfully jailbroken your iPhone 4 on iOS 7.1.1!
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Thanks , I have just been looking for information about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have came upon till now. However, what about the conclusion? Are you positive about the source?
Apologies Quote Would hugely grate for any pointers or advice. unQuote should read Would be hugely grateful for any pointers or advice. TIA
Stuck at “Booting with opensn0w” … Clickng on cydia opens a whitish screen on the device but cydia immediately closes … BTW., Win7 reported opensn0w_cli.exe has stopped working. But geeksn0w continued for a while after this dialogue from WIN I shall now restart geeksn0w and try boot tethered. Wish me luck. Would hugely grate for any pointers or advice. Thanks in Advance
Did a boot tethered and this time I got “Preparing FS” and cydia said iOS 7.1.1 & cydia 1.1.9 (en-us) I suspect that this iPhone 4 is working … My immense gratitude to y’all. Bless ya !
CYDIA —-> Hi guys i jailbraket sucefully, but my cydia CANT findt any packages or locations :S please how to i fix this? Best regards: James - Denmark
My iphone got stuck in the middle of jailbreak process while it was being “booted with opensnow” . Im getting a grey bootscreen with white apple logo. Please do reply.
Great! Welcome back jailbreak.. Thanks GeekSn0w Team
I’m looking forward to doing this, but my only problem is that my lock button is broken, which is preventing me from putting my phone into DFU mode. If I were to download RedSn0w, could I use it?
I tried to put in DFU mode as per the steps above but cant get the greenshow detect the phone in DFU mode. i have to restore and try again which i did 3 times no luck. Please help
If you are unable to put your device into dfu mode the first time and go into recovery mode you can try again. This time hold home plus power until you get a black screen, let go of both and immediately press and hold power button again, once you see an apple logo continue holding power and add home button, once you see a black screen again (this will show recovery mode first just keep holding) release power and hold home for an additional 15 seconds
Thanks Peyton. I m sorry even this doesnt work. tried twice.
When i tried now with your steps it tells me to connect to Itunes with itunes and the cable on the screen. thanks
I thought that was the problem you had before. If you use my steps when it has this symbol it puts it into dfu mode. It may take a few try’s but I have done this at least 15 times and succeeded.
try my technique, turn your computer volume very load, can you recognize the sound off an disabled or enabled sound of a device in a computer? its like pluging in a usb and the computer detect it, that kind off sound… ok connect your iphone to the computer “be aware of sound” make sure it is recognize by the computer, now make sure your phone is “on” unlock first your phone then press and hold home and power botton together, now wait for the “disabled device sound” then release the power botton dont release yet the home botton, the screen should be black, wait for “enabled device sound” then release the home botton quickly…. done this dfu mode many time perfectly, dont need to count 10sec. or what ever…. and one thing make sure your iphone bottons are functioning perfectly…..
correction for my first comment “Turn you computer volume very LOUD” “this technique works even if your on recovery mode” quit your itunes, you dont need this when you are jailbreaking. press ctrl+alt+delete go to task maneger now find itunehelper.exe then click endprocess
mine says ignoring unsupported devce.. how can i fix this?
Ho
I am currently at the stage that says, waiting for device to be ready, I have waited about 30 minutes with no change. Please help
If you want to start the Jailbreak, you must to take the iDevice in the DFU Mode. And so it works: You have to press the standby and the Home button simultaneously, after 10 seconds you must release the standby button (BUT HOLD STILL THE HOME BUTTON). After another 10 seconds, release the Home button too. Finish Ben
hy , y need the help, my iphone 4 is no service , the sim card its ok, because work in another phone.
Does the jailbreak work on OTA updated iPhones…?
the ssh tool is not popping up for me when i hit jailbreak. Also there is no progress bar. However if i wait awhile it will boot with opensnow but no cydia, please help
Umm can this Geeknow work on Windows xp? Cause it says Invalid win32
same for me
My iPhone 4 won’t turn on now.. HELP!!!
Relax, just reset it back to factory. Google it, and you will be fine.
hy, I have a problem all install its ok, but my iPhone 4 I look NO SERVICE, she can do?
i keep trying and trying, been trying for the past 3 days, when it’s time for my phone to auto boot i leave it on for hours and it doesn’t reboot :/ am i doing something wrong?
Lol
36 times tried but still stuck on booting with opensn0w, pls help
I have one simple question: How to access to file system with this jailbreak? afc2add not works, i can’t use ifunbox, itools etc, when i try with SSH only 2 folders, Library and Media. Any ideas?
Wow My God Brilliant Job I am done and its working . My Iphone 4 (GSM) A1332 iOS 7.1.1 is now jailbroken . Awww han Thank you so much . I did everything in order . Sim is working nothing crashed everythings fine Got Cydia 😀 ^_^
Hey, I’m scared to do this because it may crash and break everything.. im only 14 so I dont want my mom to get mad
I finally jailbreak successfully after trying and trying don’t know how many times till daybreak. And wow finally it is done and finished. Yes just follow instructions faithfully and try again and again…..
I have a big problem. When I run Jailbreak there is a message saying “warning its seems you dont hava java jre7” and y already instal Java Development Kit 86-bit. what is the problem? thanks.
install JDK 32 bit
hey, I’ve managed to successfully install cydia on my iPhone 4 gsm. I have a problem that it won’t find the network signal. it says invalid sim sometimes and other times no service. if i look in the settings i don’t appear to have the carrier settings option anymore. Has anyone else had this problem and found a fix?
maybe its a bit buggy, but you are lucky cuz you installed cydia successfully unlike us, we are stuck on booting with opensn0w, What do you use mac or windows PC ? and also what OS ? just ask some couple of questions cuz my OS may affect the process, thank you verry much!
So.. thanks for trying, but when I boot up my phone, it did the thing with the coding, then I unlocked it, however Cydia wasn’t there for me. What now :c
Connect a device in DFU mode MobileDevice event: DfuConnect, 15aa1227, 8008940 DFU device ‘UNSUPPORTED’ connected Ignoring unsupported device UNSUPPORTED (iphone 4S)
I.. don’t understand what was supposed to be said there. I have an iPhone 4 running iOS 7.1.1.
its only on iphone 4
Yeah. I am using an iPhone 4. It’s not working as expected.
I have finished jaibreaking but the tethered boot of iphone4 Gsm is taking too long to finsh it just displays that it booting with opensnow and thats all!! i cant use cydia and some other apps ultil this is done please help me
yes thats the same as me i also have iPhone 4 GSM running with iOS 7.1.1, it also hangs on that part of the process, I hope someone knows how to fix our problem.
Does this semiuntethered jailbrake will unlock my iphone to use on other GSM carriers arround the world? Regards
Have successfully used this method. Only problem is screen now flickers and is really noticeable especially on lockscreen and grey colours and around app logos. This was first noticed happening after installing intelliscreenX 7 from cydia when springboard crashed & phone went into safe mode (still flickering). Done a reboot through geeksn0w and uninstalled intelliscreenX but still the flickering? HELP PLEASE! Its really annoying! BIG Thanks to the efforts of the jailbreak community!
chanra you must go back to geeksn0w and hit whatever your iPhone is mine is iPhone 4 GSM and boot tether it and it will work again until you turn it off again then you would have to repeat the process
It is taking my iPhone 4 way longer to reboot
hello i jailbrak my iphone 4 firmware 7.1.1 ready it work but a few days i turn it off and than i turn on and some program i can not open and cydia have error also, can you explain or way to fix it
This jailbreak is Semi untethered u.once u turn your phone off and then programs and tweaks which u download from cydia will not work. now u must connect your phone with pc and and jailbreak it again.im sure All of your programs will work again u can only restart and reboot your phone but Do not attempt to turn off or you will lose your Jailbreak Again, PS sorry for my bad english,
And the 4s ?! When !
I did the downgrade and everything worked great then everything whent black can start it or reboot help? What to do?
my iPhone crash safari cydia dll after reboot jailbreak with geeksnow how to solution???
Do the process again, it did the trick for me.
Very good tutorial jailbreak ran perfectly.
i used geeksn0w everything was correct but when i unlocked my phone i didnt have any app no camera no safari noanything someone please help me
So this stuff isnt working I cant get Geeksn0w to even open. Used Winrar, delted and redownloaded to use it with Java SE binary, didn’t work and now I’m just tired of trying. HELP ME OUT
Hey guys I really hope you can help me I’ve gone through all the steps the jailbreak is in successfully however when I boot with opensn0w it will go to my regular lock screen like everything is ok but after a few seconds it reboots and goes into safe mode. If someone could help me with this I would very much appreciate it. Thank you
will this also work on windows 8 ???
will it work on iPhone from sprint
Does this jailbreak unlock the phone to use on any other network?
Please help me im In jailbreaking then the usb has been removed now my iphone 4 have flickering in the home screen and lock screen what should i do Thanks Evasion team 😀
I have put this phone in dfu mode so many times and the phone is not recognizing it i need to flash two i phones today and i ask for help with someone else i have read all instructions and its still not working for me let me know what i am doing wrong or call me someone to help me please 334-32-6821 thanks
need help , my phone isnt auto rebooting when it says waiting for the device to be ready
It works for me!! i’ve tried for few times cause it stucks sometimes, maybe for my errors, but at the end… Cydia is there!!!!! thank you a lot guys, you make an “ancient” device fully implementable again!!
Hi, I have to tanks a lot with GeekSn0w and the team behind this jailbrake. i jailbroke it and works buuuut, There is one thing out of place and is i can’t get running the telephony service running on my iPhone 4. i just jailbroke it but not connect to telephony. any trick or advise is welcome. thanks.
is there any jailbreak for iphone 4s 7.1.1? i need a quick answer please..
Not at the moment. And there won’t be a likely one in the future.
Yay THANKS! successfully jailbroken my iphone 4! using surface windows 8
why ? it seems you don,t have jre7 installed on your computer…………!!! i have installed jre7 now and don’t run
Same problem here :/ any solutions?
you need JDK7 32BIT or it will not work
problem jailbreaking ios 7.1.1 iphone4 after updating cydia and instaling ultrasnow ihone reboted . After apps started droping out to desktop cydia as well. I desided to make retrie ive stuck on reloading apple logo , i’ve svitched to dfu mode again and again until instalation finished . Now i have same stuck but on itunes logo. Cant restore by itunes in both ways ispw file and itunes restore . Give me advice pleace how to make my iphone wake up or restore. thank u best reguards and thank u for your projests. waiting for answer thank u
Which is the 32-bit on the link? I see an Windows x86 and an Windows x64, but no x32 or anything with the number 32 on any of the options. Help?
X86 is transcript code for 32-bit
Today IPhone hung, had to reboot. Tried the instructions to re-jailbreak, but nothing happened. 1) Connect the IPhone; 2) has Launched geeksn0w administrator; 3) Clicked Jailbreak; 4) Turned the IPhone into DFU mode… nothing. Steps 3 and 4 changed places. Had to restore the IPhone.
After restore, re-jailbreak doesn’t work…
When you reboot you don´t use the jailbreak button, instead you put your phone in DFU mode a select the model type of your phone. You only use jailbreak one time, after that if you reboot, you select the model below the jailbreak button.
Hi, I had try your suggestion, but still the same, shall I upate again via itunes then rejailbreak again?
how do i boot with opensn0w so my safari can work?
Ppl, please read the instructions… I got this working fine on my iphone 4 (THIS IS THE ONLY DEVICE IT WORKS ON,!) a) follow the steps carefullt b) allow time for all the reboots - especially the third autoreboot when you appear to have a proper screen, but I made the mistake of not waiting for the auto reboot c) Opensnow seems to take for ever (maybe five monutes maximum) to boot the device d) PATIENCE is the key with this one. Dont hurry the steps and it will work I can confirm it is semitethered - a reboot still gives you a device with bull phone and text functionality but of course no Cydia and other extension. Thanks, and again, be parient and follow the instructions PS oh, another tip - if you have tried once and failed, reboot your computer as it seems to need to clear cache files etc.
it work on my iphone5c , thanks you finally cydia came back, it work great, nice brand new cydia????????????
it work on my iphone5c , thanks you finally cydia came back, it work great, nice brand new cydia????????????
How could it possibly work on your iPhone 5c? Its should only work on A4 powered devices.
Will Semi tether work on the 7.1.1 jailbreak as it did in 6.1.3 that allowed reboot without rejailbreaking?
Yes, refer to the video for additional iOS 7.1.1 assistance.
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Fantastic team… dear i need to know can i jailbreak also iPhone 5s 7.1.1 installed but 7.0 were jailbroken by evisi0n some technically error wz there bcoz of some unTrusted repos make my iPhone loop booting…so i updated it to 7.1.1 (11D201) iPhone 5s Gold 7.1.1 (11D201) Model Me43AE/A Modem firmware 2.18.02 Ser # F2NLP9VAFFGC so please help me where i can find the software ALONGwith Guide.. Thanks Khurram Khan
When will be Release iPhone 4s Jailbreak 7.1.1 Plz i need a quick reply……..EVASION ADMIN
third time the teleåhone shows “plug intp itunes” The geesn0w is like frozen on: “waiting for the device to be ready” how can this come? :S
You need to install The latest Java Development Kit (download 32-bit, even if you have a 64-bit machine) AND NET Framework from Microsoft
Thank you, it helped me by getting 32-bit. But now i see the cydia icon but cydia wont work. When i press it the screen went back to main menu.
Works great for me…thanks very much..!!
I install jre7 and geeksn0w says warning u don’t have jre7 install in your computer without it the jailbreak won’t work and blah blah blah I have a windows vista 32-bit
I have the same problem, downloaded and installed java x86, keep getting jre7 not installed, verified it is installed at java website
I can get till the text scrolling and get stuck ,and also iTunes keeps popping up every time ,how to go forward ,I have iPhone 4 Do help
Ive done everything i see the cydia icon but cydia wont work. When i press it the screen went back to main menu.
Yea i have the same problem
plug iphone 4, start geeksnow, select model, put phone in DFU mode - DO NOT CLICK JAILBREAK! it will automatically start booting!
Hi, I have a problem, when the white window oj JAVA is open and it says: ramdisk load started (After the message: exploit sent) the process doesn´t continue and stay in that window, after 10 minutes, I close the windows and the process continue but the next step (before the iphone reboot) the letters in the screan doesnt appear and the iphone boot like waiting for cydia to install, but cydia doesn´t install
The mistake could be becouse I had “Find my phone” activated?
Great.thanks
I have already download the 32bit version but nothing.thank you for answer.
I get stuck on the Waiting for device to be ready part…. ive waited over an hour…
Same here. Can’t get out. Downloaded everything and followed everything perfectly…
Is there any way to jailbreak iPad mini 7.1.1 ???????????????
done. booting with opensn0w ,phone booted but no cydia
You didn’t finish the tutorial, you’re on Step 6, you need to continue.
Hello, i try to jailbreak my iphone 4 but the geeksnow wont work.i push the jaibreak bottom and put the iphone in dfu but nothing happen.i have 64bit win7 pc.please help me.
You MUST download JDK for 32-bit and .NET Framework - even if you have 64-bit Windows 7 installed.
But When I install JDK For 32-bits already why it still doesn’t work for me please help
Sa fonctionne pas?sur sa vidéo vous verrez 2.5 sur mega sais 2.9 il son la pour faire buger ton iphone essayer aussi le tweak convergance il bloc iphone merci
dammmmmmmmmmmn stucks on adfly blank page can any1hep me thers no skip optn opens a blank adfly page
on my pc with windows 7 when I click jailbreak GeekSn0w the message “” Warning appears! It seems you do not have Java installed on your JRE7 computer.Without this component.the jailbreak Could Fail. “” How can I resolve this problem?
I also have problems
Me too it load like this all the time when click Jailbreak.
you already solved problems
Install Java…
will it solve the problem of no service ?
It will not, I think you are in Turkey because only in Turkey you have to register your IMEI number.I hope you got the answer…regards
Can some one please help me? The edges of my phone screen keep shaking and I dont know how to stop this only happen after I installed a tweak from jailbreak but I removed it and it still doesn’t work. Please help. You think If i uninstall the jailbreak this will be fixed? How do i uninstall with out losing my previous apps and data?
it prompts me to connect to local host on port 2022 with your favourite SSH client,, how to get through this,, help pls!!!
do not do anything,,wait for the process to complete.
now i see a different thing, saying something like. error msg. “make sure u run on java runtime environment 32bit . i dont know what to do. please help me through this
DUDE please I need your help. After I turn off and then back on the phone I have to reconnect it to the computer and run the program but what exactly am I suppose to do.I get stuck on the part that says booting with opensn0w ?How do I regain full functionality of my phone. I tried running it the program again under the iphone 4gsm but it gets stuck on booting with opensn0w please help it’s urgent!!
just wait for it..
That was very kind of him to spend the time to help people jb older devices, it’s not his fault that the iPhone4 is the only A4 device that 7.1.1 will sign for. People should be more appreciative of the “FREE” efforts that people with the knowledge and skills give. God knows I am! ????
what a needy
Please, how can you download the damm program? I continually get stuck on adfly page…
just press skip at the upper right corner of the page..
Sorry but I dont see any skip button at the top right pf the page … Thanks for trying
The developer asked us to use those links so he could better track the downloads. After five seconds, there is a skip button - unless you clicked the wrong thing.
Well, it maybe my several layers pf virus guard… I eventually downloaded it on my JB ipad 2 and transferred it to my PC And it worked (v 2.9) on my 7.1 iphone 4. I have yet to test if it’s tethered or semi-tethered.
stuck on booting with opensn0w
it does you should have .jar run with java se binary not winrar. you also should go into the temp foulder on your computer and delete the failed attempts of ssh so it can redo, then go to task manager and end all green, opensnow related tasks, then have a fresh ios 7.1.1 from itunes then it will work, if it ever reboots just repeate process and there you go, oh yeah run as admin. reply if anthing doesnt work
worked like a charm,,iphone 4g..just install jdk and net framework and it will go fine..
Yeah, as stated by waleedalzaidy, the downloads to get 7.1.1 and GeekSn0w to work are listed above - you’ll need JDK, the latest version of iTunes and .NET Framework.
it doesn’t work the program always get stuck at something
It’s only for iPhone 4 which is the A4 but the iPhone 4S is the A5 so it will not work. As it says only for A4.
DONT WORK
STILL I get stuck on an empty adfly page…. Please help!
Click SKIP button on top right of adfly page.
will it work for the ipod 5
why do you idiots ask the same lame questions, it states quite clearly for the iphone 4
Question, So only iphone 4 that works with the jailbreak? Can it work for iPhone 4S? ( please say yes ????????)
idiot.
is the tweaks working ?
same here are the tweaks fully functioning?
tried localsture and some others, they work perfectly.
Yes, some of the main jailbreak tweaks work with 7.1.1 on the iPhone 4 - happy jailbreaking 😀
what about for mac users?
Yes, both, and swag yolo dorkscmith.
As stated in the video, you can use Bootcamp to get Windows on a Mac and jailbreak 7.1.1 with GeekSn0w. A virtual machine will also do the trick, just remember to continuously grant USB privileges to the VM and not the host.
thanks but do you think they will release a mac version?