What does BlackRa1n jailbreak Work With? – Will Work on All iPods & iPhones

iPod Touch – Only supports tethered Jailbreak for  the new iPod Touch – Which means once your iPod Runs out of Battery you will have to use BlackRa1n to boot up your iPod.

iPhone –  This Will work with 3.1.2 firmware (latest) & earlier firmware, but will not hacktivate (activate) the iPhone. This in short  means if you do not have your iPhone with Official Apple Approved Carrier BlackRa1n will not be able to activate your iPhone for you.

Unlocked iPhone? - Even though the BlackRa1n jailbreak supports 3.1.2 please do not update if you are on iPhone Firmware 3.0.1 or 3.0 You will lose your unlock.

In short this means if you update your iPhone via iTunes you will loose the ability to unlock your iPhone, You should use PwnageTool to update to 3.1. If you want 3.1.2 and still want the ability to be unlocked you will have to wait for next version of PwnageTool.But if you do not care about unlock and are on official carrier lets go ahead and just jailbreak your iPhone.

Download [BlackRa1n]| or Go To -> http://www.blackra1n.com [Click Mac Logo]

Step 1. Double Click the blackra1n

Step 2. Make sure your iPhone or iPod is connected to the computer then click the large make it ra1n button.

Step 3. You iPhone will now enter the recovery mode.

Watch: You  will see GeoHotz image once you have entered the recovery mode.

If you get stuck on recovery Screen with usb image>>Hold Home & power.Once the device comes on,turn it off once & turn it back on, now attempt to jailbreak again & it should work.

Step 4. Blackra1n will now run. You device will Reboot next.

(in my case it showed this and a success message right after)

You device will Reboot & you will get the following Pop up.

Done :- Once your Device has finished rebooting, You will notice blackra1n Icon on your Springboard. Tap the blackra1n.

You will now choose which Application you want to install. Choose Cydia Only.!

BlackRa1n says “Entering Recovery Mode” but my iPhone is not entering recovery mode. Or my iPhone is stuck on the iTunes/USB Restore screen and blackra1n still says “Entering Recovery Mode” or my iPhone turned off and won’t boot, blackra1n says “Entering Recovery Mode”

1. Press the power button and the home at a time and when you see the icon of the apple release the power but keep pressing the home until you see the photo of geohot with the Iphone. Let go home then.
2. Turn the phone off completely by unplugging USB cord. (Note Blackra1n is still running in the background) Plug it back in and try setp 2 again.

BlackRa1n has entered my iPhone into Recovery mode, and now says “Running…” but nothing is happening. I still see the iTunes/USB Restore screen on my iPhone/iPod.

If this is the case, try the following:
1. Close blackra1n and try opening it Again
2. Try terminating the process AppleMobileService.exe. (May require you to unplug/reboot your iPhone or Running BlackRa1n again)
3. [more suggestions from comments to be entered]