Download Hacktivated Custom iOS 5 IPSW for iPhone 4 (GSM) and iPhone 3GS Here

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UPDATE #1: Read here on how to downgrade iPhone 4 baseband 4.11.08 to 4.10.01.

Now that iOS 5 is out, why don’t you upgrade your iPhone now?

These custom firmware were made using sn0wbreeze 2.8b8. It will preserve your baseband – that means it will not update your baseband, so you can still unlock your iPhone.

Since the jailbreak is still tethered, you will need to use iBooty 2.3 or redsn0w to boot your device to a jailbroken state. If you don’t need a jailbreak, you don’t need to worry about this.

Custom iOS 5 Jailbroken (tethered) and Hacktivated


iPhone 4 sn0wbreeze_iPhone 4-5.0.ipsw
iPhone 3GS New Bootrom sn0wbreeze_iPhone 3GS_NBR-5.0.ipsw
iPhone 3GS Old Bootrom (untethered) sn0wbreeze_iPhone 3GS_OBR-5.0.ipsw
iPhone 3GS New Bootrom with iPad baseband 6.15.00 and ultrasn0w sn0wbreeze_iPhone_3GS-5.0_NBR_iPadBB.ipsw
iPhone 3GS Old Bootrom with iPad baseband 6.15.00 and ultrasn0w sn0wbreeze_iPhone_3GS-5.0_OBR_iPadBB.ipsw

Custom iOS 5 Not Jailbreaken, Not Activated (official carrier SIM required)

iPhone 4 sn0wbreeze_iPhone 4_nojb-5.0.ipsw
iPhone 3GS sn0wbreeze_iPhone 3GS_nojb-5.0.ipsw

Note for iPhone 4 and 3GS unlockers:

  • iPhone 4 – Gevey Turbo SIM works with iOS 5 as long as you don’t have baseband 4.11.08 (the custom firmware above will preserve your baseband anyway). I believe Ultra’s furiousmod is broken in iOS 5. So you need to operate it manually or use a Gevey Blue (My favorite – works better than Ultra, stable, no 112, no jailbreak required – ask me about it).
  • iPhone 3GS - ultrasn0w 1.2.4 is now ready but it’s only compatible with baseband 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04 and 06.15.00 (6.15 is an iPad baseband which breaks your GPS). If you have baseband 5.14.02, 5.15.04, 5.16.02 and 5.16.05 – the only way is to update it to 6.15.00 with redsn0w.

MuscleNerd also added that:

Note: there’s a special “trick” that iPhone3GS owners with baseband 06.15 need for iOS5.  During the new setup screens you see when you start iOS5 for the first time, you’ll be asked about Location Services.  Be sure to select “Disable Location Services” when asked!  Later on in the setup, you’ll have the chance to turn on Location Services again when asked if you want to use “Find my iPhone”.  It’s fine to turn it back on at that point, if that’s your desire (or you can always go in and enable it in Settings.app).

Enjoy!

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Comments & Discussion

  1. How does this works, has anyone tried it yet?
    Is it just use the shift+restore and choose the custom ipsw, restore and done?, you have a ios 5 with old baseband and activated?

    Btw, thanks for the download links and make this possible (in case this works)

  2. How does this works, has anyone tried it yet?
    Is it just shift+restore and choose custom ipsw, after restore you will have a ios 5 activated, with old baseband?

  3. my question is, if i already upgraded to Ios 5 ( i know im stupid but anyway) would this custom firmware solve my problem, or I am already screwed? On the other hand i just need a confirmation the hacktivated means, i dont need to activate the phone after i installed thies firmware. Am i right?

    thanks

      • first i had the problem with ios 5 because it upgraded my baseband as well. now i was able to downgrade to baseband 04.10.01-ICE_2_13 and if im riight if i can keep this baseband than i will be able to use my iphone with ios5 and gevey card. ( correct me if im wrong. So im downloading the cooked firmware above ( the hacktivated one) and i am about to install it with itunes. will it work? what do you think?

  4. So this method of preserving baseband will need the phone to be in tether jailbreak right? The above statement make me confuse, "If you don’t need a jailbreak, you don’t need to worry about this (tether boot?)." Does that mean if I only need to preserve my baseband, I don't need to tether boot the device? I can just do option and restore on my MAC??? please clarify!

    • if you don't need a jailbreak, you can download Custom iOS 5 Not Jailbreaken, Not Activated (official carrier SIM required) from above. It's basically a "stock" firmware that preserves your baseband. Then tethered and untethered boot are not applicable in this case.

  5. If i do this on my iphone 4 running on 4.10.01, will i be able to do an untethered jailbreak with this custom ISPW when the untethered jailbreak is released for IOS5?? thats ust my conern, i dont want to be unlock on IOS 5 and having the trouble of not being able to ever untether jailbreak it when it comes out or a new untethered jailbreak comes out

  6. hi, another stupid guy here :D so i upgrade my iphone and now i have a baseband 04.11.08 which is not supported by gevey sin. ami screwed. or can i restore with this custom ispw and i will solve my problem?

      • sorry for the late reply, i was the one who was able to downgrade the baseband. Since Im not that big hacker ( or hacker at all) I am not perfectly sure I can explain what i did. But here are few steps that i followed. I have tinnyumbrella that read out 3 different shs s. On the other hand i was using redsn0w latest version, and ive downloaded lots of different firmware files that matches to those 3 shsh s. When i tried first i had error message like for hours ( i just spent the whole friday with trying to solve this problem) anyway after all i was able to downgrade to 4.3.5 and it also downgraded the baseband. SInce i felt i rule the world, ive gone even further and downgroaded to 4.2.1 and i got gevey working. I am not saying the last step was neccesary just for some reason i couldnt get gevey working on 4.3.5 ( maybe it was my fault as i did not know about counting the seconds, i just called right away 112 anyway it didnt work) but wuth 4.2.1 i was smart enough to read the instrucktions and i am happy working iphone owner again.So tinyumrella rendsnow and the propitiate firmware the key. Also i need to mention but i would not recommend for anyone( since i was desperate i had nothing to lose) that i run jailbreak even if i got message from itunes with displaying some kind of shity error code. I did not give a damn and i run the jaulbreak process. So thats why im telling you, i dont know exactly what i did, as you can see I have a gambler personality. ANyway my next step would be to upgrade to the hacktivated preserve baseband firmware that you posted on the top of this page, but im receiving error code, and since I finally got my iphone working, I am not that brave anymore. good luck guys.

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  8. hi!., i tried several times with several computers to update to ios5 with your frimware, the error 1604 comes out again and again, ive tried of erasing itunes and install it again but nothing, recomendations?

  9. hi!. ive tried to use your frimware with several computers (3) and also trying to deleta and install again itunes but the same error comes again and again, error 1604, do you have any recomendations?
    thankss

  10. ok, problem solved, but now i have another one!!!! the iphone stuck in the screen black with the apple and the bar, what should i do? wait untill it fills the bar? ive been 15 minutes with the bar empty! thanksssss

  11. ok, problem solved but now i have another problem, the iphone is stucked on the apple logo with the bar, i had been waiting for 20 minutes and the bar does not fill, whar should i do? thanks!

  12. Ok i have an iphone 4 with a baseband running on 4.10.01 i tried to restore wit your custom ipsw but an 2005 error comes again and again i tried with diferents data cables and in different ports but still
    nothing!…

  13. I'm having the same problem as Taylor and Santi Casella.

    Followed all the steps above, using redsn0w to pwn dfu my 3gs new bootrom, and when iTunes reboots my phone it gets stuck with the apple logo and progress bar (which doesn't move). Have repeated the whole process a couple of times, but makes no difference,

    Can't use Sn0wbreeze to recreate the custom ipsw as I'm on mac and not windows… :(

  14. I'm having the same problem as Taylor and Santi Casella. I follow the whole process and when iTunes reboots my 3gs new boot rom, it gets stuck with the apple logo and a progress bay that doesn't move.

    I've repeated every step a couple of times, but it makes no difference. I can't make use sn0wbreeze to create a custom ipsw as I'm on osx not windows.

    Has this worked for anyone else? If not, any chance you can reupload the custom ipsw, please? Thanks :)

  15. I'm having the same problem as Taylor and Santi Casella. I follow the whole process and when iTunes reboots my 3gs new boot rom, it gets stuck with the apple logo and a progress bay that doesn't move.

    I've repeated every step a couple of times, but it makes no difference. I can't make use sn0wbreeze to create a custom ipsw as I'm on osx not windows.

    Has this worked for anyone else? If not, any chance you can reupload the custom ipsw, please? Thanks :)

      • Yes, I realise that, but I should still be able to boot my phone. The fact that it is tethered just stops me from using cydia or safari. Also, I am unable to turn my device into dfu mode, so cannot 'just boot' through redsn0w. Any other ideas?

  16. so if i have a iphone 4 which came with stock ios 4.3.5.. i'll be able to use the custom firmware and bypass the activation screen of iOS 5 ? is that really possible ?

  17. ok, ive made it!!! it is working now, the iphone, but cydia is not!!!!!!
    when i enter the app cydia it crashes what sould i do?

  18. Hi, i want to upgrade to ios 5 but i have to preserve my baseband so i created a custom firmware but when i try to install it onto my phone i am only getting errors like 2005, 1604 ive tried everything to install the firmware but i have no success… Please help me!!

  19. So if I install this custom firmware, my baseband will be the same?
    And I do not have the official carrier sim, so will that be a problem?

  20. Hi, So I have an IPhone 3gs what was jailbroken for me during the summer. I got told that when upgrading i have to first sync and then the jailbreak will go away. I did but forgot to chek and upgraded to ios 5. Now my phone is bricked in the activation part saying that the activation server is temporarily down. It has been saying that for the last 4 days… I called Apple care support and they said it is because of the jailbreak. Also i tried downgrading to ios 4 but not possible…. when I connect it to my computer it says NO_SIM_CARD even though there is a sim card… I am stuck with no results after many days of research. What should i do?

  21. über cool! i dloaded the no jailbreak version and successfully upgraded to iOS with BB 04.10.01 and Gevey is working :)
    Just had one 1600 error, but that went when connected through a diff USB port.
    I'm just thinking, may be I should have tried the Jailbroken version! I miss some of the cydia apps!

  22. of course i'll wait!
    and, thanks a lot to you guys for the ipsw… my C: drive was full, i could never create the custom ipsw! :P

  23. this is incredible, good job guys, i was able to downgrade iOS as well as the baseband, i'm now trying to preserve baseband and install ios5. did the stupid mistake of upgrading without checking if gevey sim is supported.

    use redsnow "recovery fix" if you get stuck with 1604 iTunes error and do dfu again and it worked like a charm.

    now trying to install ios5 with preserved baseband, i was fortunate to have access to another mac with iTunes 10.4.1 so no need to reinstall iTunes.

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  25. Hello, after pawning my iphone 4 and doing the restore, everything went fine but when it rebooted, it's stuck with the apple sign and an empty progress bar. Can anyone hel

  26. Hi I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 5 without preserving the baseband and now stuck on activation screen I have tried to downgrade to iOS 4.3.5 but not working. Really frustrated…..please help!!!

  27. I have a jailbroken/unlocked iphone 4 with 4.3.3 firmware, I’m trying to update to iOS 5 but I keep encountering error 3002 on itunes. Please help!

  28. I tried to restore my 3gs 6.15.00 with downloaded firmware, but always pops out error 2005. I entered pwned DFU, started Tinyumbrella because of error 3194. I tried to switch USB ports, data cables, reinstall itunes, usb drivers, turn off firewall, everything i found on google

  29. Okay, please help.
    I have 3gs with baseband 05.13.04. My phone is unlocked presently.
    I downloaded the ipsw file (hactivated) from the links you gave me.
    Now the problem is that redsnow and snowbreez both keep on ssying that the ispw is not supported.
    I dont understand. Should I go ahead and restore my iphone to that ispw file from itunes or is the file you gave corrupted or something.
    Please help
    pranav429@hotmail.com

  30. Did everything correctly (I think) and made sure I used the jailbroken and hacktivated software and booted with redsn0w and I still can't get past the activation screen. I seem to be the only one having this problem, am I missing something? Good work here by the way!

      • Re-downloaded it and it worked, but now the damn Gevey isn't working… BB's preserved and whatnot. Black "accept" screen is coming up, but not getting the 1 bar signal anymore. Tried toggling airplane mode even if i didn't get the one bar signal. No luck. Any idea what's up with it? Have 3g off and data roaming on, think that's what worked for me when I was on 4.3.5. Although I have tried with each of them off, both on etc. and still no luck. Am i doing something wrong? (again)

  31. hey guyz i had already updated my iphone without knowing much…
    my iphone's ios is 5 n BB is 4.11.08 n m user of Gevey sim n itz nt working :(
    so what can i do now??
    my dady ll kill me now if itz nt activate :'(

  32. hey
    without knowing much i updated my i phone 4 with ios 5 n nw itz bb is 4.11.08
    n i m user of gevey sim n nw itz nt working :(
    so if i download ur costum ipsw is it work??
    what cn i do??
    plz help me out

  33. Hello I am having the same problem as Pkerv did I have the Sn0wbreeze hactivate firmware but when i try to install I keep gettiing 3194 error. Can someone please advise. I have no backup phone to use, I really need help.

  34. hi thanks for all your useful information. Ok i have hactivated my iphone 4g (running firmware 03.10.01). It has cydia installed. And i am using gevey sim. Now my problem is i cant get Gevey Sim to work. Any ideas? I have gone into the phone – sim application – and received the gevey pop screen. I dialled 112 and hung up. I keep turning airplane mode on and off but im not receiveing the sim failure sign. All i get is no service or searching. Any advice.

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  37. 3gs bb 16.5.0 new bootrom jb to i.o.s 5 ran ultrasnow but phone won't unlock tried re jb no go reinstal ultrasn0w no go re flash bb via redsn0w still no go any suggestions ?

  38. Hi, i just need to downgrade the IOS from 5.0 to some version at which i can use a Turbo SIM. My objective is to use this phone in another country and come back to US after that and continue to use it on my provider from there on. Would it be ok and would it work if i just downgrade the itunes, downgrade the IOS by DFU method and activate & then use Turbo Sim later? I dont want to installed the hacked version of IOS5. Does my idea sound okay?

  39. hi

    my fon was locked on o2 uk network but i was using gevey sim..gevey sim was working perfect but unfortunitly i upgrade my iphone4. now its compleate lock nothing working except wifi internet…version is 5.0.1

    baseband is 04.11.08

    is any chance to downgrade baseband to make my phone usefulll…….

    right now its useless..

    please help me…

  40. i tried to download the stupid firmware over 20 times on diffrent sites, i can download it but if i use ISPW button on Redsn0w, i cant click on that ispw file…

  41. i am having iphone 3gs 4.3.3 with new bootrom….I want to upgrade it to ios 5.0 by preserving the baseband. Hence, kindly do help me if any one have untethered Jailbreak for that……

    • if you don't have the shsh for 5.0 you won't be able to restore to that version

      5.0.1 is currently being signed and ultrasn0w doesn't work – be patient and wait for the iOS 5 untethered jailbreak

  42. hi i am used Hacktivated iOS IPSW 5.0.1 for iphone 4. i did swift +restore and all went good itune said your phone has been restored and it will reboot and will show in itune than it reboot and stuck on apple logo with loading bar. and its not sowing on itune or any thing please help me.

  43. hi, i have a iphone 4 ios 4.2.1 already unlocked with baseband 3.10.01..is it possible for me to preserve my unlocked baseband and update to ios 5 or later firmwares while keeping it unlocked? i heard of snowbreeze, would that work?

  44. Hi, I used the 3GS Untethered thingy and I restored my phone with it and it finished but my phone stayed in pwned DFU mode and I can't get it out! PLEASE HELP!

  45. what do you mean by "offical sim card required" im using my iphone 4 on ios 4.3.5 with gevey sim on rogers as the iphone is locked to bell. after this proccess i need a bell sim card to start it??? i dont understand please help!!

  46. holly god, wanted to do this but this stupid fileshare hosting does not allow me to download cos premium account needed…can somebody upload to rapid share or anyother please?
    thanx in advance

  47. can you upload iPhone 3GS New Bootrom with iPad baseband 6.15.00 and ultrasn0w to a new server please? filefactory doesn't allow you to download the file :(

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