JailbreakMe 3.0: Notes, Problems, Solutions – Everything You Need To Know

by Ahmed Omar on July 6, 2011

After weeks of waiting and talking wrong ETAs, Comex has finally released JailbreakMe 3.0 to give your iPad 2 a simple and easy jailbreak. JailbreakMe 3.0 is the first untethered jailbreak for iPad 2 since it was released. Some users are experiencing some problems, issues, bugs with JailbreakMe 3.0 so we’ve made this post to cover everything related to JailbreakMe 3.0.

What’s JailbreakMe & How Does It Work?

In case you’re new to the jailbreak world, you must know these things. JailbreakMe 3.0 is a PDF exploit just like its previous version Jailbreak Me 2.0. It decreases the time you need to jailbreak your device. Unlike Redsn0w, Greenpois0n, Sn0wbreeze and PwnageToool, JailbreakMe is a userland jailbreak tool (which means that you don’t need to connect your iOS device to your computer to use it, just from Safari browser). By taking advantage of a PDF exploit in Mobile Safari, it can execute code straight from your phone, jailbreak it and install Cydia.

Supported Devices:

JailbreakMe 3.0 will only work on this devices:

  • iPad 1: 4.3 to 4.3.3
  • iPad 2: 4.3.3
  • iPhone 3GS: 4.3 to 4.3.3
  • iPhone 4: 4.3 to 4.3.3
  • iPhone 4 CDMA: 4.2.6 to 4.2.8
  • iPod touch 3g: 4.3, 4.3.2, 4.3.3
  • iPod touch 4g: 4.3 to 4.3.3

Why Should I Save SHSH Blobs of iOS 4.3.3?

That’s a good question. You’ve to save SHSH blobs of iOS 4.3.3 right now because Apple is about to release iOS 4.3.4 to fix JailbreakMe 3.0 exploit and you may update to it by mistake. In case that happens, you’ll be in a safe area since you have your SHSH blobs saved. You can always restore to a specific iOS using SHSH blobs of it which Apple prevents. So go use TinyUmbrella (from here) to save iOS 4.3.3 SHSH blobs now.

iPad 2G problems:

Yes, there’s of course some problems with the iPad 2. Every positive must have a minus. You can’t save SHSH blobs for iPad 2G since since it has a baseband that runs a different firmware from iOS. iTunes will not be able to sign your baseband and it’ll refuse to boot and give you a 1004 error. The sad thing about JailbreakMe is it’s not a bootrom exploit on the A5 bootrom. To sum it up, SHSH blobs for iPad 2G will be useless as you’ll not be able to restore back to iOS 4.3.3. JUST STAY AWAY FROM iOS 4.3.4.

Notes:

  1. Your Device is connected to Wi-Fi connection or 3G. But it’s recommended to be connected via Wi-Fi as it still have some problems with 3G connection.
  2. It’s recommended you restore your iOS device to iOS 4.3.3 (links here) especially for iPad 2 which will not work except it’s on iOS 4.3.3.
  3. It’s strongly recommended that you restore your iOS device as a new device. Just sync your new applications, music, videos, images, notes and contacts (on Windows, make sure you have Outlook installed) via the iTunes software following the restoration.
  4. For iPhone users, make sure you have your original SIM card before restoring since you have to activate your iPhone via iTunes.
  5. To avoid problems, before you jailbreak your iOS device, go to Settings then Safari and Disable “Block pop-up” then empty your cache, history and etc.
  6. Also make sure that you disable Auto Lock function from Settings then General.
  7. It’s possible that you can’t access JailbreakMe.com since the DNS server is overloaded. Just hold on, wait then try again after few minutes.
  8. PLEASE don’t update to iOS 4.3.4 when it’s released. It will kill your jailbreak.
  9. JailbreakMe 2.0 is still here. It’s compatible with all iOS devices iPad 3.2.1 and iPhone 4.0. You can access it by navigating your browser to www.jailbreakme.com/star
  10. It’s recommended to install “PDF Patcher 2″ from Cydia as shown below:

Take in consider that Comex will update JailbreakMe 3.0 to fix more bugs and add support for older devices. He was in hurry to release JailbreakMe 3.0 before Apple release iOS 4.3.4 so he released it with iOS 4.3.3 only support.

Please let us know in the comments section below in case you faced any problems. We’ll surely try to help you.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/pheterson Eric אברם Pheterson

    I jailbroke an iPhone 4 and it’s stuck on white apple logo… didn’t do a backup. Any hope?
    During the jailbreak instead of Cydia staying on the screen it downloaded, installed, and shrunk in on itself and disappeared. I did this twice (without rebooting). After a reboot I’m stuck.

  • Anonymous

    Try to use “Kick Out Of Recovery Mode” feature in TinyUmbrella (links in the post)

  • Lnd30499

    I JB my IPad 2 while on 4.3. So far no issues.

  • Alen88882004

    Can’t use camera kit
    It’s a big problem

  • Anonymous

    yeah, that one Comex should look for..

  • Randyle Vu

    So far so good with my jailbroken iPad2. One thing, I couldn’t find PDF Patcher 2 in Cydia. Any idea?

  • Anthony

    same problem Eric is having. The Cydia logo comes on the screen. says loading, gets to “installing” and then disappears. Tried all the items above (clearing cache etc) but no luck (iphone 4)

  • Depe

    Everything works , only the battery time is shorter. In 10 minutes the battery use 6%. Who has the same problemen en what can ik do. I have iPad 2 wifi 16g ios 4.3.3

  • Greg Erl

    My Ipad can’t charging
    with conection to my comp(iTunes) and also very slow downloading files to Ipad2 3g

  • Greg Erl

    in conect with comp my Ipad not charging
    and internet speed very slowly

  • Dmstewart

    same problem here 32gb 3gs … tried clearing cache, history and also turn off popup blocker and auto-lock to never and still no change

  • Dhruv Narula

    I had the same problem. Then i did a restore with the custom ipsw files they have on this site and then did the jailbreak and it worked ! I guess it has something to do with the firmware. So download the iphone 4 4.3.3 iOS file, restore from itunes and then jailbreak it :)

  • Yshi432

    Worked like a charm for me on iPad2/WiFi/16. No problems so far…;-)
    Updated from 4.3.2 to 4.3.3, saved SHSH with TinyUmbrella, backup with iTunes…..

  • Tdasilva

    I used the jailbreakme 3.0 but my brother updated my phone to 4.3.4? I did not save shsh? used ultrasnow to jailbreak again but now my safari wont load nor will cydia? Nay help please?