Connect the phone to the PC/Mac. In Windows, go to the folder where you downloaded redsn0w, right click on the executable and select Properties from the menu which appears, go to Compatibility and check Run this program in compatibility mode. Then select Windows XP, click Apply and then OK. From the main menu of redsn0w, navigate to Extras, select IPSW and load your iOS IPSW. After loading, press “back” to return to the main menu of redsn0w, where you will press the jailbreak button. Now you need to switch your phone to DFU MODE. First close the terminal, then press Jailbreak and Next and redsn0w will show you how to enter phone in DFU Mode.

After you implement some exploits, redsn0w will display a screen that provides some options. You must check “Cydia” to install it and if you can install custom bundle sites, you can add vouchers that can activate and deactivate the jailbreak that your iPhone already has. Select the desired option, click Next and redsn0w will begin the jailbreaking process.

If all goes well, you should have a jailbroken iPhone but, unfortunately, the “fun” does not stop there. While your phone now has jailbreak, you have a tethered jailbreak and need to complete a series of steps in order to boot in tethered mode and use your jailbreak iOS 6. Put your phone back in DFU mode. Choose the IPSW again and from that menu, select the “Just Boot” button and redsn0w will restart the tethered phone and you can use your jailbroken iPhone with no trouble at all.

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First of all, you need to consider if you really need a jailbreak for your phone. People that want to jailbreak their iPhones normally do so because they want to be able to download and install for free applications that cost money in the App Store. They also want to be able to modify the user interface and pretty much personalize their phone to look in any way they want.

Before you decide to perform the jailbreak for your new iOS 6 operating system, you will to install a program which is called Cydia and which is similar to the App Store. The difference between these two products is that the App Store is the official virtual online store that Apple has and it offers free and paid apps by trusted developers for iPhone. Cydia, however, cannot guarantee the quality of the software that you find on their portal. This is why you will sometimes find broken links and find that you are downloading programs which are not to be trusted.

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