How To Unbrick / Jailbreak iPhone 3GS iOS 5.1 / 5.0.1/5.0 on 06.15.00 Baseband

Tom Voitik November 14, 2011 7

If you had an iPhone 3GS that was unlocked using the 06.15.00 baseband and you tried to restore you most likely bricked your iPhone. In this video I will show you how to unbrick your iPhone and be able to update to either 5.1, 5.0, or 5.0.1. This guide is also useful for people who just want to learn how to jailbreak iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1 using sn0wbreeze.

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sn0wbreeze v2.9.5 (For iOS 3.1.3, 3.2.x, 4.0.x, 4.1, 4.2.1 to 4.2.8, 4.3 to 4.3.3, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 5.0.1, 5.1.1)
Download Your Firmware

Step 1. Open Sn0wbreeze and browse for the 5.0 or 5.0.1 firmware for your device.
Step 2. Select either new boot rom or old boot rom depending on your device (if you don’t know click new boot rom)
Step 3. Choose expert mode.
Step 4. Click on general then next. with in the general option you are going to want to click check the box “activate the iPhone”.
Step 5. Click next then choose build ipsw then click next again.
Step 6. Once the ipsw is done, sn0wbreze will guide you in putting your device into a pwnd DFU mode.
Step 7. Open Itunes and shift click or option click on restore. Browse for the sn0wbreeze ipsw that was just created on your desktop.
Step 8. After it is done restoring you device will be stuck on the apple logo screen. Open up iBooty which should be on your desktop.
Step 9. In iBooty just select your device in the bottom right corner and put your device into DFU mode by following the instructions. Your device will then boot up.
Step 10. Your device should be fully functional now but you still need to unlock your iPhone
Step 11. To get your device Semi-tethered please click here
Step 12. To unlock your device please click here
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chengjin 5 pts

Hi, i have tried following all your procedures and in the end manage to get it to the homepage of the iphone. however, the phone is unable to identify wifi, bluetooth and also modem firm ware. for both wifi and bluetooth it is highlighted in grey and for modem firmware, it has no descreption whatsoever there.

Please advice on this matter.

My phone is a 3gs, ios 5.0.1. i previously tried unlocking it with redsnow and upgrading the baseband to 06.15.00 (ipad baseband). my serial number is 87144******

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dbax2k9 5 pts

error 3194?

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beeron 5 pts

hello iphoneinformant. i followed your directions to the tee as well. only thing different is that ibooty wasnt created on my desktop. i got the phone to the point where the apple logo shows with the bar under, but from there the bar would fully complete. then in itunes it would ask to register, i would register as new... then it would install the firmware and be read on itunes and the phone would reboot. now itunes says its syncing, while the phone is stuck in the circular loading screen. any suggestions??

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Hello IphoneInformant, great video. i followed you direction to the tee, but i still get no service env after i put ultrasnow. When ultrasnow was installing i did get a message "Could not activate cellular data network" please help I did toggle the airplane mode too, still no luck. I have a iphone 3gs, running 5.0.1 (custom ipsw created by snowbreeze) and the base band is 6.15.00.

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