Tutorial: update your iPhone 4 or 3GS to iOS 6 without uploading the baseband

With this tutorial you can update your iPhone 4 or 3GS to iOS 6 keeping your baseband (to keep a releasable baseband, either with Ultrasn0w or with a gevey SIM). It is not valid for iPhone 4S because there is no software exploit for it.

You need:

RedSn0w 0.9.15b1:

The iOS 6 of your device:

Tutorial:

Open Redsn0w

Press Extras

Press Even More

Press Restore

Press IPSW

Select the iOS 6 of your iPhone

It will ask you if you want to keep the Baseband, press Yes (yes)

It will tell you that you have to put the iPhone in Pwned DFU mode, press OK

Connect your iPhone to the computer and turn it off

Press Next

Redsn0w will guide you to put your iPhone in DFU

Press the power button for 3 seconds

Press the home button (while pressing the power button) for 10 seconds

Release the Power button and hold the Home button until redsn0w detects your iPhone

Your device has been detected

Redsn0w will create a restore image

The same Redsn0w will update your iPhone to iOS 6 without uploading the baseband, you don't need iTunes at all

Source - iClarified

More information - Tutorial: how to re-restore your iPhone from iOS 5.x to iOS 5.x


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  1.   Antares said

    As it says in the post of the address

     https://www.actualidadiphone.com/2012/10/14/tutorial-como-re-restaurar-tu-iphone-de-ios-5-x-a-ios-5-x/

    it says this process WILL UPDATE THE BASEBAND TO THE LAST AVAILABLE, exactly it says

    [b] It will warn you that this process will update your baseband to the latest available baseband [/ b]

    However in this other

    https://www.actualidadiphone.com/2012/10/15/tutorial-actualiza-tu-iphone-4-o-3gs-a-ios-6-sin-subir-la-baseband/

    it says DO NOT RAISE THE BASEBAND, exactly it says

    [b] will ask you if you want to keep the Baseband, press Yes [/ b]

    I want to ask, what happens, does the baseband go up or not up? And on the other hand, if I choose an IPSW like 4.2.1 and put the respective SHSHs that I have on my PC or in Cydia, will I be able to reinstall 4.2.1 without the intervention of iTunes?

    Thanks and regards

    1.    Cerial iQ said

       Ok let's go in parts, if you have an A5 device (iphone 4s, ipad 2, etc ..) or higher that is upgradeable / downgradeable with reden0w, it is sure that the baseband will be updated.
      If, on the other hand, you have an A4 device (iphone 4, ipod4) or an iphone 3gs, this update / downgrade with redsn0w will not update the baseband.
      I hope and with this the confusion ends,

      And now I ask. Someone currently tried the method of updating without uploading the baseband ????
      If so, give more data since many, including me, does not work redsn0w for this, when trying, redsn0w sends error 2601.
      Even because of the number of users who have reported this error, I would dare to say that the error is widespread. 🙁

      Salu2

      1.    OPC said

        EYE DANGER—— DANGER, DO NOT FOLLOW THIS TUTORIAL IT IS POORLY EXPLAINED AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW VERY THIS CAN BLOCK AND UP TO SOMETIMES THEIR IPHON DIES, THIS MAN DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AND IT IS POORLY EXPLAINED THE PROCEDURE is this man that I explain this man a gueva

  2.   Chacirbadillo said

    Another question that arises: in case of updating and not uploading the BB then is it possible to release with the Nolockdown directory, that is to say, release with SAM? Thanks!!

    1.    johnrafa78 said

      Did you already do it? I also want to update to iOS 6 but I use my cell for sam.

      1.    Chacirbadillo said

        I have not done it I am waiting for some positive response !!

  3.   jolupes said

    So in iphone 4 with gevey card, airplane mode, emergencies, etc., this method would serve to update ios without uploading baseband and therefore be able to continue using this GEVEY?
    THANK YOU

  4.   maverick32k said

    Hi Gonzalo, forgive the question that I am going to ask you, it is not about this post, but more than one might be interested: how do I change or edit the host file, on a macbook pro? I try and try in a thousand ways and I can't do the editing, I'm new to the world of the macbook and I would appreciate it if you would help me .. the web is very good.

  5.   johnrafa78 said

    Doing all this and having my iPhone 4 on iOS 6 preserving the baseband, what is the next step for those who have sam? I have the tickets saved. I see that redsnow has a ticket function, I don't know what it will be for. Someone to answer me please? Tonight I plan to update the iPhone 4.

  6.   Cerial iQ said

    For those who ask if the gevey or if the SAM tickets work, I could answer them, since I am a user of both, but as I said, the method of uploading to ios6 without updating the baseband does not work for me, I get a beautiful error 2601.
    If this method works for someone, say so, so they can update.

    Salu2

  7.   Deybi Tijerino Zeledon said

    but keep the jailbreak unthetered or how is the jailbreak ...
     

  8.   Deybi Tijerino Zeledon said

    my question is how the jailbreak is, if it is tied or untied ...

     

    1.    Maria said

      the ios6 jailbreak is currently tied
      If it is a lot of annoyance, you will always have the possibility to return to 5.1.1 and have it untied again if you have an iphone 4 or 3gs

  9.   jorge16lv said

    Hello, I have the 3gs with 5.1.1 baseband 06.15 released with ultrasn0w, if I do this process, do I keep the functionality? Or will the network not recognize me and I will have to wait for ultrasn0w to be compatible with ios6?

    1.    Maria said

      If I'm not mistaken, ulstrasn0w is not updated, therefore, even if you update to ios6, it is very important: keeping the releasable baseband, it will happen to you as it does to me that from Searching to No service it does not happen, it does not take network, but, well, you can always go back to 5.1.1, by the same process as indicated above but instead of ios6 choosing ios5.1.1, choose to continue keeping your releasable baseband and go back to how you are now: with jailbreak untethered and functional ultrasn0w, which is what I got do to me, undo the steps. I would stay as you are for now, we will have to wait for a new version of ultrasn0w to be released, at least for me.

      1.    Jorge Luis said

        You clarified my doubts, thanks for answering 🙂 and yes, I will wait for the functional ultrasn0w in ios6. THANK YOU!

  10.   Miguel said

    I have a jailbroken and jailbroken 4gb iphone 32 from Vodafone with ios 5.1.1 (9B208) and firmware 04.12.01. I would ask you to advise me if I can update to ios 6 now or it is better to wait for the untethered jailbreak to come out.

    1.    Maria said

      By proxy you can, on top of having the iPhone free as you have, the bad thing is that being the jailbreak of the ios6 tethered each restart of the mobile you will have to use the redsn0w to start or it will do it without jailbreak / cydia etc., the good thing is that if you regret it and as explained in another tutorial days before and since you have an iphone 4 with the Redsn0w you can always go back to staying the way you are now, with 5.1.1 and untethered jailbreak.
      Anyway, I would not be in a hurry, you are very well how you are and ios6 does not bring much for your iphone 4, on the contrary.

  11.   José † said

    At the end of the process I get Couldn`t find Recovery mode device and it gives me that error, does it happen to someone else?

  12.   Hours said

    I have iPhone 4 CDMA, I have it with IOS 5.1.1 and jailbreak.

    When I wanted to update it, the following happened to me.
    1. The part that is mentioned here in the tutorial of "it will ask you if you want to keep the Baseband, press Yes" It did not appear, only a small window appeared that said "Baseband won't update" (Baseband does not update) 2. After putting it in DFU mode and that, it appeared to me that the Exploit could not be done (I do not remember exactly what it said, but it was that)
    3. when I rebooted my iPhone it was in an infinite Resrping.

    Anyone knows how to solve this? 

    1.    thecafres_ said

      connect it again and open the redsnow and give it in extras and then RECOVERY FIX you put it in DFU and voila ..

  13.   Cerial iQ said

    Since many have tried to update their Iphone 3gs or 4 to ios6 without uploading the baseband if successful. Opting error 2601 or weird stuff. Here I put a small guide to return to ios 5.xx without affecting the version of your baseband. (also applies to downgrade)

    Before starting it should be clarified that this will not work if you do not HAVE THE SHSH SAVED LOCALLY OR IN CYDIA. Please, if you do not have the shsh, please do not ask how to downgrade, since without the shsh it is not possible.

    I clarify, I have only tested it on iphone 3gs and iphone 4 gsm. And using windows, I don't have MAC !!!

    We will need the following:
    the firmware file 5.xxIPWS to which we want to return (and from which we have the SHSH)
    Sn0wbreeze 2.9.6
    redsn0w 0.9.15b2
    and the latest version of itunes. 😀

    1.- We execute Sn0wbreeze, press the OK button after the arrow, now we press the button «browse for an IPWS» and select our IPWS file of the firmware to which we are going to downgrade. We will identify the version and click on the arrow, now we select the option "Baseband Preservation Mode". We will be warned that using this option will only create a custom which only prevents the baseband update but lacks jailbreak. we accept and wait. At the end we will offer to put our device in DFU, just close Sn0wbreeze.
    This will create an IPWS file on the desktop named sn0wbreeze_XXXXXXX.IPWS (where the Xs are the name of the base file used in sn0wbreeze).
    NOTE: Some will ask a couple of things, and here are the answers so they don't ask
    a) why not use sn0wbreeze to create a custom with jailbreak included ???.
    R = This is because many people who used a custom with JB when restoring the backups of their devices, could not correctly view their photos (it can be solved, but we better avoid problems)
    b) why not use redsn0w to create a custom that does not upload the baseband.
    A = This is because some custom that I created with redsn0w when trying to restore with iTunes send an error, this especially happens to me with 5.1.1 build 9B208 for iphone4 gsm. In addition, creating a custom with sn0wbreeze has the advantage that it eliminates the OTA update section of the iphone configuration. 😛

    2.- We execute redsn0w as administrator, on the main screen we put our device in DFU mode (home + hold for 10sec, after 10sec release hold while pressing home and wait for it to remain in DFU). then go to extras-> SHSH Blobs-> Stitch, now we press the «IPWS» button and open the file sn0wbreeze_XXXXXXX.IPWS that sn0wbreeze previously created for us. Then we select "remote", this will make redsn0w download the SHSH from the cydia server and start creating a new custom, but this time signed with our SHSH (you can use the SHSH that we have on the pc, but this method is more practical).
    At the end it will warn us to use the file that has been created and not to use the original, the created file will have the name ECID_snowbreeze_XXXXXXX.IPWS (where ECID is the unique identification number of our device, which consists of 13 digits and shows us redsn0w below the button «remote» If we did not have the SHSH in cydia, redsn0w will notify us and it will not create this new custom.

    3.- We press back-> back, and now we press the button «Pwned DFU», at the end it will put our device in Pwned DFU mode, with which it will be ready to receive our custom. we close redsn0w.

    4.- We execute iTunes, it will detect our device in recovery mode, we accept, then pressing the shift key and without releasing we click the "restore" button, it will ask us to open the IPWS to use, we select the ECID_snowbreeze_XXXXXXX.IPWS file that we created with redsn0w above. And now we just have to wait for it to finish.

    If everything was done according to this guide, let's open our device restored / downgraded without the baseband version being affected and the best thing is that without strange errors 😀

    Once restored we can perform the jailbreak again.

    If someone intends to publish this little guide somewhere else, at least mention the source (actualidadiphone) and the author (which is me :P)

    Salu2

    1.    Maria said

      Well, it can be done like this or, much simpler and in an all in one, using a single program: Redsn0w and following Gonzalo's tuto of the news, the only thing that choosing the ipsw of ios5.1.1, for example, instead of ios6, choosing to keep your releasable baseband when it gives you the option and if it asks you to specify if you keep the blobs locally or not (remotely, cydia I understand ...). Then jailbreak and that's it. I have already gone up and down twice from ios6 to ios5.1.1, it will give me an elevator complex.

      1.    jolupes said

        but it is not necessary to have saved shsh or anything; I have ios 4.2.1 and I have it released with a gevey, is this good for me?

        1.    Cerial iQ said

          They've said it too many times, but hey, here we go again.
          If the SHSHs are not saved, you can only reinstall / update to the latest version available on apple servers.
          Salu2

          1.    jolupes said

            But I thought that the custom firmware was independent of the apple servers since you download it to the computer, right? And do not download it from apple.

      2.    jolupes said

        To go from 4.2.1 to 5.1.1 custom, you don't need to save any shsh, right?

      3.    Cerial iQ said

         I don't want to contradict you, but that's why clarify, first, I do everything in windows since I do not have a mac and they say that the mac version works without sending error 2601, also try to restore 5.1.1 using the restore option without updating the baseband from redsn0w, but guess what !!!, also optube error 2601.
        And create a custom that does not update the baseband with redsn0w from version 5.1.1 build 9B208, it would get error 14xx in the middle of the restoration.

        If you use mac, that's probably the reason why it works for you, but I swear, in windows, there are more problems than you think.
        So explain the reasons for doing it as in the guide.
        Salu2

      4.    jolupes said

        but if I have ios 4.2.1 and I want to go up to 5.1.1 and not go down, I also have to have the shsh so that baseband does not modify me and thus continue with gevey? or is it not necessary in this case? since I do not go down from ios if I do not go up in this case please help

      5.    Omar Sandino Estrada said

        Hi Maria, I would like to see if you could explain to me a little better how to update the ios I have 4.1 they left it like that when they unlocked it and well now I want to update it without changing the baseband and I do all the procedures well but when I get to the end of everything the procedure with the reds because it returns me to where the IPSW options are chosen and it does not happen from there what I do I have tried with the ios 6.0 and the 5.1.1 the one that he originally brought is the 5.1.1 is an ipone 3GS. I would appreciate your collaboration.

    2.    jolupes said

      but if I have ios 4.2.1 and I want to go up to 5.1.1 and not go down, I also have to have the shsh so that baseband does not modify me and thus continue with gevey? please help

    3.    ludexrasta said

      Excellent Tutorial, very grateful, it really works, I have an iPhone 3gs New BR, I started updating it to iOS 6 to test, trying to preserve the Baseband and it was error after error, in the end I had to restore it to iOS 4.1 creating an IPSW with Snowbreeze and then use this Tutorial to bring it to iOS 5.1.1 upload Baseband to 06.15.00 and then Baseband Downgrade it to 05.13.04. I have a tremendous PC with Windows 7 Ultimate and really, as Cerial iQ says in windows, it gives too many errors. I'll wait for the Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 6. Thank you

  14.   Olive42 said

    Now ... if I do this, does Cydia install too?

  15.   jose2082 said

    every time I do the steps, and when I try to insert my firmware 
    I get window error the redsn0w, it helps what they think it is, 

  16.   xaviko25 said

    friend when trying to perform the procedure detailed above, my iphone 4g was in recovery mode .... how can I get out of that mode ...? regards

  17.   kmiloleon said

    The million dollar question is what we do if we upload to iOS 6 without uploading baseband if ultrasnow is not yet updated for iOS 6 and there is no tutorial to modify a file to make it work.

  18.   Wasp said

    Has anyone already tried this procedure with the new version of redsn0w 0.9.15b2? If the procedure detailed in the post worked, would the Gevey Sim work the same as in iOS 5.1.1? An answer is appreciated 😀 Greetings

  19.   Vitellius said

    A Thousand Times Thankful Lord, you are a teacher !!

  20.   ciriaquito744 said

    excellent thank you very much

  21.   Pablo said

    Hello, I have an iphone 3gs with IOS 4.0 and firmware: 05.13.04. with jailbreak. Itunes is not letting me update my apps, therefore I am forced to upload my IOS version.

    My question is the following: Following the tutorial in this post, instead of uploading to IOS 6.0, I use IOS 5.1.1. It works?

  22.   Estefania said

    Hello, I have already installed your program and jailbreak with cydia but with all that I can't get the mobile to update, it always tells me that the process has failed, it makes me look for a file that I don't have or know where I can look and it won't let me turn on the mobil after what can be done in this case?

  23.   Luis said

    Hello, help, please, I have an iPhone 3GS with jailbreak with IOS 4.1 version and I was forced to update it to 6.1 and in the last configurations when you configure the language and everything else does not leave me neither by wifi nor by Itunes who helps me any suggestion which is the reason for the problem I leave the link of my facebook http://www.facebook.com/luifer1996?ref=tn_tnmn Please, who helps me? 🙁

  24.   Ruby said

    I would like to know if this published tutorial has worked for someone, since I need to update from ios 4.1 to 6… I have an IPHONE 3gs… I wait for an answer… thank you very much

  25.   jesus said

    hello I have my iphone 3 gs but I update it and it does not recognize me anything not even putting it in dfu mode before it worked perfectly with ios 4.1 but now I hope nothing and you can help me this is my email kindom131203@hotmail.es please I'm almost desperate

  26.   David said

    I need to know if I can unlock my iphone 3gs by imei with baseband 06.15.00 ,,,, Serial Number: 88112xxxxxx (Week: 12, 03/2011), to use it with any company and update to the latest version of iOS….
    I need to know soon…. help

  27.   Omar Sandino Estrada said

    Friends could you help me, I do all the procedure, download the ios from the page you give, it is more, download 5.1.1 and 6.0 and nothing when I get to the last step, it returns me to the screen that asks me for IPSW and then nothing is left in DFU and it does not update the IOS. help please

  28.   Adriana said

    Hello
    Good day, I got the message to update ios6 and when I gave it update, the whole black screen was put on the apple and it's like an hour, I need help to know how to continue or cancel everything and do not update anything. Thanks a lot!

    1.    cony said

      what did you do? The same thing happened to me, I don't know what to do!

  29.   Fredy said

    I have an iPhone 3Gs with version 5.1 (9B176) I want to know if I can update it to 5.1.1 since with that version it allows me to jailbreak ……… I would like you to tell me step by step how I can do it ……. I thank you in advance

  30.   mirakler said

    … Hello-I tried to do the steps… and my iphone died… it won't turn on !!! what I do??? what happened??

  31.   javi said

    I get a message that says

    «Couldn't find 6.0 blobs for this device on the Apple or Cydia servers.

    Please click Ok to browse for any you may have saved locally.

    TIP: You can mass submit to the of your local blobs to Cydia using the Extra Blobs Submit button »

    What should I do? I suspect that it must be something of sshh that I do not know what it is haha ​​if you can help me someone I would appreciate it a greeting

  32.   bad cross said

    hello… I have an AMERICAN iPhone 3GS… it can be updated to ios 6 or 6.1 ??? I have also seen that some do not save the shsh… and ps I don't know much about the subject… I bought it without having any inf of the team… and ps I already had version 4.1 and when downloading applications it asked me for versions higher than 5.1.1 ... and when I was going to update it, ps I decided to investigate first ... and kede a little misplaced from so many comments from other users who had problems ... how to save the shsh ??? and that the basehand moved or something like that ... and I found this page ...

    Some guide in case it does not work for me ... if suddenly the equipment does not work or does not pass the apple. How to restore it and leave it as before ????… I can receive responses to my two emails: xcruciox@hotmail.com—–Xsabimarux@hotmail.com…
    I would really appreciate your help and attention ... graxx

  33.   estefany said

    hello I gave restore to my iphone 3gs with ios 4.2.1 but I got stuck in the apple and when I restore it, I get an error

  34.   Ricardo said

    I TRIED TO DO IT WITH MY IPHONE 3G AND AS IT DIED, IT DOES NOT TURN ON: S !! SOMEONE WHO CAN GIVE ME ANY ADVICE? : (((((

  35.   George said

    I have an iphone 4 ios 5.1.1 with jailbreak and I want to upload it to 6 or 7. I can upload it with this no matter if I lose the jailbreak. somebody help me.
    regards

  36.   Carlos Saavedra (@carlosgsaavedra) said

    It gave me an error when doing this and it asks me for an update. Someone tell me if I should update it via iTunes?