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How to Boot Your iOS 5 Tethered iDevice Using iBooty 2.3? [Guide]

Posted by Ben on July 1, 2011

iH8sn0w has silently updated his iBooty tool to version 2.3 by releasing Sn0wbreeze 2.8b3 for iOS 5 beta 2 jailbreak. There is no official changelog provided by iH8sn0w but after testing it out, i can definitely say it helps you to boot your iOS 5 iDevice into tethered mode, much faster than iBooty 2.2. For those who don't know, as the current iOS 5 beta 1 and iOS 5 beta 2 jailbreak is tethered, so you MUST boot your iDevice into tethered jailbroken state on every restart. If you are jailbroken on iOS 5 using Sn0wbreeze 2.8b1 or Sn0wbreeze 2.8b3, you must use iBooty to boot your iDevice, otherwise Cydia, Safari and other jailbroken apps will crash.

Where to get iBooty? Whenever you create iOS 5 beta 1 or beta 2 custom IPSW using Sn0wbreeze tool, you will see iBooty-for-5.0b1 or iBooty-for-5.0b2 directory on your desktop. If for some reason you are unable to find iBooty directory on your desktop, you can download iBooty 2.3 for iPhone 4 (GSM) from here. As i don't own any other iDevice, so please be patient while i create iOS 5 beta 2 custom IPSW for all other iDevices and provide you with the download links for iBooty 2.3.
iBooty 2.3 (Main)

Steps to Boot iPhone 4/3GS, iPod Touch 4G/3G & iPad Using iBooty 2.3

  1. Once your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad has been successfully jailbroken on iOS 5 beta 2, use the instructions below to put your iDevice into DFU mode.
    • Plug your iDevice to your PC or Mac via USB cable.
    • Turn OFF your iDevice completely by pressing the Power button on the top.
    • Press the Home+Power button at the same time for 10 seconds.
    • After 10 seconds, release the Power button but keep holding the Home button for another 10 seconds.
    • Now your iDevice should be in DFU mode.
  2. Launch iBooty.exe and select your iDevice from the drop-down list in the bottom-right corner. In my case, its iPhone 4-GSM. Once selected, click on the Start button.
  3. Now iBooty will detect your iPhone in DFU mode and will go through number of steps as shown the screenshots below:

    4. iBooty 2.3 (Waiting for iDevice)
    iBooty 2.3 (Uploading LLB)
    iBooty 2.3 (Done)

  4. Once you see the Done! message, your iDevice will reboot and you will see an Apple logo on its screen. That's it! Now Cydia, Safari and other jailbroken apps will not crash anymore. Cheers :)


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  • Anonymous

    Tethered means that when you reboot or have your iPhone shut down, your iPhone will not be usable (i.e. it won't boot), you will need to use a program such as Redsn0w in order to tether boot it into a jailbroken state.

    Untethered means that you don't have such limitations above. So even if your device shuts down, you can just turn it back on and still have a jailbroken iPhone. No program needed.

    Good for you, just remember not to upgrade when a firmware update becomes available because you will lose your jailbreak.

  • One_1984

    Do I `ve to boot my iPhone 4S by iBooty, if I use redsn0w to jailbreak my device?

    • Anonymous

      Hi,

      No, you do not need to use iBooty, current jailbreak for the iPhone 4S is untethered. :)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XEBXRSPKNZCOAV67TG5MYOZUDQ Johanna Bebe

    Where can I find the ibooty v2.3 software alone? I had someone unlock my 3gs to the ios 5.0.1 which leads me to not owning the ibooty software that comes with it. =(. I had to restart my iphone when I was updating my files on itunes, please help! my phone only reboots bt get stuck at the apple screen with the logo bar below it(it stopped loading) Pm me please!

  • Guest

    Great thank you this worked just fine ; ) 

  • Craig

    Hi. I have a 3gs 16GB that was unlocked with snow software. Running ios5.
    I have used the ibooty software before with no problems. I was using the phone and it went black and has apple logo. When i try to reboot with ibooty, the program opens up but will not let me select my device and i dont get the START option. What could be the problem.
    Help please.

    • Mello

      You have to start the phone whith ibooty every time

  • Johnny_Chimpo

    I can not get ibooty to reboot my iphone. It goes as far as "Done!" but it doesnt reboot the iphone out of DFU mode. If someone could shoot me an email with any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

    P.S. I already tried googling the problem and posted about it on different forums and no one has been able to help me :(

  • ChandlerStern

    i have the same exact problem and im using the one it extracted to my desktop????any help!!!!!

  • ChandlerStern

    @pramod ibooty 2.3 wont reboot my phone at the end and yes i use the same exatc one that it came with ANYBODY with the awnser contact me at Champ1313@ymail.com

  • goudaninja

    I have the 3gs and after I restored with Sn0wbreeze's custom ipsw for 5.0.1, it doesn't have the ibooty, but instead the iphone turns on and goes to the activation part.

  • Ethan

    When i drop down the device box on ibooty 2.3 iouch 4g doesnt show up, all it it shows is selct device here. HELP PLZ

    • http://jaxov.com/ Patrick

      Hi,

      If you are using an iPod touch 4G, then you will have to download iBooty 2.2. Version 2.3 only works for the iPhone. Download iBooty 2.2 here: http://bit.ly/gUG46C

      Hope that helps!

  • Mickey Jamison

    How can I download ibooty 2.3? It didn't install when I downloaded snowbreeze 2.8b11. I have an iphone 4 on Sprint. Thanks!!

    • http://jaxov.com/ Patrick

      Hi,

      We have provided the download link for iBooty 2.3 here: http://bit.ly/tHSPcv

      Hope that helps!

      • Jhotz

        link broken doesnt work

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