iPhone 3.1.3 Out. DO NOT UPDATE

Author: BigBoss  //  Category: Jailbreak, News

Note: the warning applies only to 3gs, ipod touch 2 and 3 users. Regular 3g, 2g, and ipod touch 1 users can use redsn0w 0.9 to jailbreak 3.1.3.

iPhone OS 3.1.3 is now out from Apple. Supposedly it fixes some battery issues. (Doesn’t every release make things faster and fix battery problems?) There are no new features. The release only stops jailbreaks. That’s right. No new features.

DO NOT UPDATE YOU WILL BE SORRY.

Currently there is no jailbreak for this firmware. Unofficial sources have confirmed that they have patched up the method we used to jailbreak 3.1.2 so you will not be able to jailbreak. If you update you will lose all your jailbreak apps and will not be able to get them back. In other words, updating means you lose a lot of stuff in return for almost nothing back.  In addition, there is no ETA on a jailbreak for 3.1.3. It may never be jailbroken. It is likely that they (dev team, geohot) will not waste another hole on 3.1.3. They will most likely hold it for the bigger update that will come with the release of the iPad and iPhone 4.0.

One more thing, as of right now, Apple is still signing 3.1.2 for you 3gs users but no one knows for how much longer they will be. Make sure you *rush* into Cydia or Rock and get your keys signed on the front page if you have not. This will make certain you can always restore 3.1.2 even in the future using Saurik’s server.

To summarize:

- Update adds NO NEW FEATURES, do not update.

- Update kills your jailbreak. Do not update.

- Get your 3gs 3.1.2 keys signed by Cydia/Rock now if you haven’t.

Read dev team info about this update here.


BigBoss Authors: Mark Bruce & Kory Lee

79 Responses to “iPhone 3.1.3 Out. DO NOT UPDATE”

  1. Barraban Says:

    First one in!

  2. Darkbb Says:

    Damn apples. Can’t it all be free :)

  3. Lotrax Says:

    Apple is clever.
    Jailbreak community is… more clever 8D

  4. Kyle Hersey Says:

    Hey guys,
    how do I know if my 3gs keys have been signed??? I don’t even know what that means haha. Please email me any info at raider4lyfe80@yahoo.com thanks!!!

  5. Edmundo Says:

    Good idea to publish this on all the iPhone forums….
    Why the hekl apple don’t release 3.2.0?? The stupid #.#. 1 is only to destroy the JB….

  6. WTF? Says:

    What Is signed mean

  7. Lazibonz Says:

    Hopefully they jailbreak the verizon iphone.

  8. Javi Says:

    i just jailbroke my iphone 3gs. Can you tell us rookies how to tell if our keys our signed in Cydia & Rock?

    thx Javi

  9. Sktch^ Says:

    Keys Signed?? How do I know/do that??? Please help

  10. El Geevso Says:

    I’m also curious about “key signing”. Any useful info will be greatly appreciated! $-} I just jailbroke my iPhone 3g (3.1.2)and I love all the cool new stuff I can do. DEFINATLY DON’T WANT TO LOSE ANY NEW APPS! I turned off auto update in iTunes but I need key signing info. How do I make sure my keys are signed???

  11. shroom Says:

    please let us all know how to make sure our keys are signed with cyida …..

  12. Aaron Says:

    Yes, I’m new to jailbreaking and I have no idea what the key signing thing is. Please somebody reply that knows what that means! Thks

  13. G Says:

    Wait does the “key signing” apply to iPod Touch users? And what is key signing by the way.

  14. Prashant Says:

    the link from other document, its look like only for 3GS, but need to confirm by some one

  15. Ace Says:

    I think this is what key signing means, but I’m not exactly sure. Here is the original article http://www.saurik.com/id/12#howto, but I don’t know if you can back up 3.1.2 like this. I also have an iPod Touch jailbroken running 3.1.2 but I need other people to back me up on this.

  16. Eric Says:

    I didn’t exactly see the announcement in time. I was putting the new stuff on and at the end I decided to check BigBoss’s blog for new posts when I saw it. My keys were not signed.

    So, anyways, i have a backup of all my jailbreak apps (plus their all free), and I don’t think I can wait for another jailbreak.

    PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE ME A LINK TO THE 3.1.0 FIRMWARE. I TRIES EVERYTHING TO GET IT BUT ITUNES KEEPS SAYING IT IS NOT VALID FOR MY IPOD!

  17. Lidia Acosta Says:

    Same question, “getting your keys signed”, can someone explain?

    Thank you guys.

  18. Ace Says:

    alright I got this all straightened out FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL JAILBROKEN. Go into Cyida and if it says at the top BELOW welcome “This device has SHSHs on file for iPhone OS: 3.1.2″ you have NOTHING to worry about. I would just ignore many old posts about it since it looks safe that Cydia says that.

    Eric, I guess that you are not jailbroken at the moment, and since you don’t have your SHSHs on file, sorry you’ll have to go a month until the iPad is released and hopefully 4.0 which probably will have a jailbreak up and running very fast (Thanks to Saurik and Geohot). However if you jailbroke 3.1.2 check my link above and follow its instructions as if you already have the SHSHs on file (I’m not sure if this comes with blackra1n jailbreak 3.1.2 or not) so try that. If that fails check out the comments on this page http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/365988515/reviving-redsn0w. Yesterday (Feb. 1) as you see above here resn0w works on 3.1.2 and I didn’t read through all the comments but it seems like someone used it to jailbreak 3.1.3.

    and to everyone else DONT PANIC AND DO NOT UPGRADE/ UPDATE. APPLE IS JUST TRYING TO GET RID OF YOUR JAILBREAK OPTION, THERE ARE NO OTHER FEATURES.

  19. Ace Says:

    read trough the comments, if u have a 2g running 3.1.3 it will work, not sure about 3g

  20. Ace Says:

    Odd, my first comment didn’t go through. Ok I’ll basically repeat it, Eric the reason it won’t work and will never work for you since you don’t have your keys backed up is this, b4 u can restore iTunes has to verify with apple, (DFU mode or not). This is done by sending out a pin of some sort yatta yatta yatta, read about that here http://www.macdotnub.co.cc/articles/content/iTunesVerification.pdf and here http://www.saurik.com/id/12#howto
    also read the dev teams blog (just google iPhone dev team real quick) the fastest way to check if your keys are on Cydia (not sure if it comes with blackra1n jailbreak) is to open up Cydia and if it says below welcome “This device currently has SHSHs on file for firmware: 3.1.2.” or something like that ur fine. Also Eric, if u have a early second gen model the updated redsn0w will work for you

  21. Pranav Says:

    1) I’ve found some helpful info regarding the “signing of keys” . Head over to

    For easy to follow instructions:
    http://iphonecustoms.com/?page_id=404

    and

    For more detail:
    http://www.saurik.com/id/12#howto

    Again, I’m a noob and came to know about this a few hours ago. So do your research before doing anything.

    2) From the following will be helpful:

    Why i need ECID SHSH Dump : Apple added a new piece of security called ECID, The nature of the 3GS hardware allows Apple to stop IPSWs from being usable unless you’ve already gotten the signed chunks they send to you based on your ECID (a unique chip ID). Actually Apple applies ECID so the iPhone will refuse to accept the ipsw file while downgrading because of a bad signature.

    (Source: http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/09/how-to-downgrade-iphone-3gs-os-3-1-to-3-0-with-cydia-shsh/ )

  22. Pranav Says:

    UPDATE to my previous post:

    Here is a super simple way of doing this:

    http://butyoureagirl.com/2009/09/20/cydia-offers-to-store-jailbreak-files-for-future-iphone-freedom/

  23. unison999 Says:

    2G you can update and you can jailbreak and unlock.
    3G you can update and jailbreak but you can not unlock, so be very careful.
    3GS DO NOT UPDATE!!
    Bigboss have bunch of firmware stored on their server, you can try and do a search… But if I know Apple if you upgraded to 3.1.3 already you are out of luck, will not be able to “downgrade”.

  24. Adria Richards, ButYoureAGirl.com Says:

    @pranav,

    Thanks for the plug.

    I’ve tweeted this out in hopes folks don’t try to update.

    I just did a live show on jailbreaking with the iPhone Dev Team’s Pwnage Tool version 3.1.4 for iPhone firmware 3.1.2.

    Be patient for version 4.0.

    I will do another live jailbreak show when the new version is jailbroke by the developers at @iphone_dev.

    Stay free with jailbreaking!

    – Adria Richards
    @adriarichards

  25. kev Says:

    Are there any hints of a Un-Teathered jailbreak for the Ipod Touch 3G yet.

    Kev…..

  26. Ace Says:

    Nope, sorry redsn0w doesn’t cover that

  27. mike Says:

    Kinda hard to jailbreak something that doesn’t even F’ing exist !!

    Hello? Brain check.

  28. Sweeet Says:

    Well I messed up accidently upgraded to 3.1.3 and have boot loader 5.9 and baseband of 5.12. I was able to Jailbreak my 3G but when I unlocked it it just searches for a carrier and when you go to carriers says it cannot load carrier list. So I pretty much hosed myself… I hope that there will be an unlock solution soon.

  29. Doh Says:

    Hey sweeet, how did you jailbreak back to 3.1.2? I keep getting an error 1015 when trying to restore the old Ipsw package. The bait/switch doesn’t seem to work with Itunes on my 3G. Some have stated Redsn0w may help in that respect. I was accidently moving some folders to free up space, and then could not restore back. We should all class action sue Apple for stopping progress.

  30. Sweeet Says:

    Just ran Redsn0w and used the 3g IPSW that was painless everything just cannot unlock it.

  31. Doh Says:

    Thanks, I will try it. Is Redsn0w windows compatible?

  32. George Says:

    My phone stuffed up last night and just wouldnt boot, Itunes 9 only gives the option to restore 3.1.3 now and not 3.1.2!!!! I have tried with the ipsw file and get error: The iphone could not be restored, this device isnt eligible for the requested build. and if i try a custom firmware, it says it isnt supported:

    NOW WAT THE HELL DO I DO!?!?!?!?

  33. kelvin Says:

    so wat if ive accidentally install 3.1.3?? is thr ani miracle to downgrade bck to 3.1.2 bck???

  34. Anonymous Says:

    im dead i have had my jailbreak for like 7months but then it mad my speaker a bit funny so i restored it(by the way my speakers good now)anyway butt u know if there is a new sofware when you restore you haft to update it so i did before i read this stuff! and then i tryed to jailbreak it and it just turns black screen no!!!! i hope they find another jailbreak for 3.1.3 crossed fingers

  35. George Says:

    I havent even upgraded to 3.1.3 yet, my jailbreak of 3.1.2 just freezes on the blackra1n loading screen and does nothing. in the past, the only way to rectify it was to restore the settings which unfortunateley, meant rejailbreaking and installingthe apps. Is there another way to get a failed jailbreak working again without restoring the whole os?

  36. wooo Says:

    same problem llol

  37. wooo Says:

    is there any way i can restore iphone 3gs from 3.1.3 firmware to 3.1.2 ?

  38. DcMeese Says:

    He means when it comes out.
    Hello!?!??? Brain check!

  39. George Says:

    well if u read what this whole thread was about……………

  40. wooo Says:

    i did, and im really hoping theres an alternative… but thats just wishful thinking. i just bought a new iphone 3gs and it updated without me knowing it would disable unlocks.. and now its usless coz im not with that service provider.

  41. George Says:

    http://www.ihackintosh.com/2010/02/downgrade-iphone-3gs-os-3-1-3-to-3-1-2-with-cydia-shsh/

    problem solved, but ONLY IF YOU HAD YOUR SHSH backed up on Cydia. Gonna try this when im home :)

  42. rota Says:

    i still cant figure out how to sign the keys in cydia

  43. George Says:

    well that didnt work! still getting the same message that my iphone isnt eligible

  44. q Says:

    twat

  45. david.jaeho Says:

    Make sure you *rush* into Cydia or Rock and get your keys signed <- what does it mean? could anyone explain me?

  46. ninobravo Says:

    Okay, I used blackra1n to jailbreak in 3.1.2, and don’t see the “This device currently has SHSHs on file for firmware: 3.1.2.” message in Cydia.

    I just want to sync my iTunes, because I haven’t done so since jailbreaking – I understand that the new update will disable my jailbreak, and have no intentions of upgrading – but I’m still not clear on what this key-signing is about…

    I’ve read through these comments a number of times, but it’s still unclear…

  47. stratusX Says:

    I updated to 3.1.3 before reading anything online yesterday which in turn killed my jailbreak of course. I was lucky enough to still be under the return policy and new the store still had 3.1.2 firmware. My question is this, I updated my old phone to 3.1.3 firmware in itunes, ok I took that phone back got a new one, re jailbroke it. Now I want to know, am I safe to use itunes for syncing or is it going to sync 3.1.3 firmware rite back on the phone? Any help appreciated cuz I can’t take back another phone already…

  48. nbm Says:

    Okay how do i get my keys-signed…..please help i don’t understand t…
    I have 3.1 fw on my 3gs, now how can i upgrade to 3.1.2 by avoiding the 3.1.3???
    If i restore with the automatic update on itenes turned off will that automatically upgrade to 3.1.3????

  49. George Says:

    ok here it is, I just got this figured out and luckily, i had signed my keys through cydia. If you havent signed them and HAVE NOT YET upgraded to 3.1.2 do this:

    SIGNING
    -download USBVIEW
    -put phone in DFU recovery mode
    -in options, tick config descriptors
    -press f5 to refresh, scroll down to apple iboot (or whatever is written next to it) and look for ECID. Write down the ECID.

    Thats it.

  50. stratusX Says:

    Can I still sync stuff with itunes without losing my jailbreak or be forced to update to 3.1.3?

  51. Anonymous Says:

    u have always been given the option to upgrade firmware.

    Also, I had 3.1.2 keys signed by cydia. Tried to roll back my firmware with the keys, changed my host file etc. Doesnt work. I also tried setting up my own host using tinytss. Goes through the restore process but then I get an error in the end. Apparently you are supposed to do it twice because of NAND but It still doesnt fully restore.

    wtf?!

  52. iPhonebus Says:

    Hey can u help me with that please? Trying to upgrade to 3.1.2 but not 3.1.3. What do u mean by write down the ECID? Please email me if anyone can help me please. I’m using iPhone 3gs 3.1 right now. Email me at
    iphonebus@yahoo.com

  53. Oli Says:

    Damn I updated my iPod touch this morning and just found this -_-

  54. applenew Says:

    I downloaded the compressed 3.1.2 firmware file for the 2G. The files were extracted and saved. When I tried to use RedSn0w there was nothing in those files recognizable as 3.1.2 firmware. Is there a special way to unzip these files? I opened every folder. There were no files *.ipsw. There is a firmware folder containing the folders”all_flash and dfu. Where do I direct RedSn0w? This phone came to me with unlocked 3.1.2. My husband updated to 3.1.3 via iTunes. There is no ATT service where I live so must have an unlocked phone. I understand how RedSn0w works. I just need to know how to feed it the 3.1.2 it needs. Please help. Thank you. I am a PC user Windows XP.

  55. Cholai Says:

    When you updae blackra1n ?

  56. Cholai Says:

    When you updae blackra1n 3.1.3 ?

  57. Gamegoth Says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2VWzLOQ51s&translated=1

    You can downgrade back to 3.1.2 follow instructions from this guy when you get that 1050 error after it’s done run blackra1n it will clear past that screen and also unlock your freshly restored phone. It works!

  58. Noob Says:

    Sorry to ask what does it mean by ” having 3.1.2 key signed on cydia”? How are we supposed to do it?

    Thanks alot

  59. Remus RO- PLEASE HELP Says:

    Hy. I updated my iphone to 3.1.3 with baseband 05.12.01 and i can’t unlock it now. After 2 days of stress i downgraded it to 3.1.2 but still with baseband 05.12.01 and i still can’t unlock it. Please if someone know how to unlock it or how to downgrade this baseband PLEASE HELP .

  60. cyboj Says:

    I just did a jailbreak and unlock (blackrain) so I can use my iPhone 3G in New Zealand (I have U.S. AT&T). It was working ok for a couple of days but today, after turning my iPhone off, it wouldn’t turn back on again, getting stuck at the apple logo.

    I searched and found how I can do a restore through iTunes but iTunes wants to restore and UPDATE! I’m concerned that it would upgrade my 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 so I’m hesitant to press OK.

    Would anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

    cyboj

  61. iPhonebus Says:

    Ok if anyone needs help downgrading just email me. Trust me I have ran into every problem there was an got it to work. An ur keys getting signed was the first time u opened up cydia an it said “make my life easier” or no I hate jailbreaking. If u said make my life easier u have nothing toworry about. But if u upgraded to 3.1.3 an u want to unlock ur screwed until 4.0 comes out this summer. But ucan downgrade an jailbreak just not unlock. Sorry. An if anyone knows if u can upgrade to 3.1.2 with shift update/restore. I’m on 3.1 right now. But when I downgraded my other iPhone from 3.1.3 to 3.1.2 I don’t have service now. Please help me out an I’ll help yall out. Thanks my email iphonebus@yahoo.com

  62. JImmy LO Says:

    Hi, I was happily using 16 GB 3GS on 3.1.2 jailbroken and unlocked. Last week I exchanged my iphone and bought a brand new jailbroken and unlocked iphone 3gs 32 GB as I wanted more memory. As soon as I rebooted, it went to USB mode. I took it back to the dealer, then I came to know that is is a tethered iphone as it is recently manufactured. After going through Now I am stuck with it as I cant use cydia or put it off for the night. Pls help is there any way I can use my iphone like before as I had purchased many applications from Cydia and itunes. Big boss pls recommend a way out for me.
    Thank you

  63. Anonymous Says:

    Im on the 3gs and i jailbroke… a patch for cracked apps ran separately custom ipsw of course
    everything works pretty much syncing of cracked apps and also fontswap witerboard all the themes
    maybe some wont tbut i think its faster and the way i did it was not to update it to the basebands and keep it 5.11.07 e mail me and I shall teach you im running a 32 3gs

  64. iPhonebus Says:

    Hey anonymous what’s ur email or email me please iPhonebus@aol.com I need help please.

  65. nebuchadnezzar Says:

    I’ve Jailbroken/inlocked my iPhone 2g with the new 3.1.3 firmware using RedSn0w.
    Has anyone else successfully done this and been able to get MMS working on T-Mobile? What did you use? The orignal ActiveMMS2G that used to be on Cydia, I can no longer find. There is a package called “Native MMS iPhone 2g” from the http://cydia.ifoneguide.n repository, that sounds like it worked with the 3.1.2 firmware however, when I apply it and reboot my phone says “searching” where the carrier signal indicator is located and never locates the network unless I un-apply the “Native MMS iPhone 2g” package.

    If anyone has MMS working on a jailbroken 2g using the 3.1.3 firmware, preferably on T-Mobile, please share the details on how you got this working. Thanks!

  66. billy Says:

    pkgbackup is not working for me on fw 3.1.3 when its restoring it freezes with the spinning wheel frozen to.

    anyone having this problem or have a solution??

  67. nebuchadnezzar Says:

    I had this problem after I upgraded to 3.1.3, performed my data restore and ran AptBackup… which sounds like an application that performs a similar function.

    I ended up having to run through the restore process a second time and just figured I’d install all my non-App Store 3rd party apps manually, which for me, isn’t too extensive.

  68. Jnichols Says:

    i’m new to all of this and my phone is already updated to the 3.1.3 software is there a way to go backwards so i can jail break my phone and my wifes.

    please email if so or any help at
    Jeffreypnichols@hotmail.com

  69. Jnichols Says:

    i forgot to put in that i have the 3gs and 32gig if that matters

  70. optimistPrime Says:

    Anyone get MMS working on 2g with the 3.1.3 firmware for T-Mobile service? None of the original hacks seem to work. Please respond with how you got it to work.

  71. Gpitts Says:

    I have the 3gs jailbroken with 3.1.2 firmware – i turned on my device today and it has a message that the springboard is running in safe mode due to crashing – how do I get this corrected?

  72. Gpitts Says:

    Can someone reply to me on question #58? greg@afncorp.com

  73. joe Says:

    download the file with firefox. IE and safari incorrectly convert the .ipsw files into .zip files while downloading.

  74. joe Says:

    I have this exact problem as well. I ran into all the same problems as above and cannot find any solution. Please someone smarter than myself helpme out with this one. Coughlan.joseph@gmail.com

  75. HelpPlzzzz Says:

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    Yes, there must be a solution that someone’s aware of. Please comment with instructions or reference some. Thanks a ton!!

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  76. wendph1 Says:

    Hi just HAD to update my iphone as I am a newbie and tried to install the backgrounder on my jailbroken 3.1.2 iphone 3gs but it asked to reboot device of course lost everything and it automatically gave me the new version. My question is can i revert back to the older version so that I can jailbreak my iphone again? please email me on wendph1@aol.com with any advice, THANK YOU!!

  77. Mr. williams Says:

    When i was on 3.1.2 i could charge on any charger now i can only charge on an Apple licenced charger?!?!? I have a radio dock and it wont let me use it as a charger anymore :0

  78. Jnichols Says:

    hello

    i am still wondering if someone can help me go back to the 3.1.2. update.

    my phone updated to the new version and i have been told that someoen on here knows how to go back wards could someone please contact me at

    Jeffreypnichols@Hotmail.com

    any help will be great

  79. iPwn Says:

    i know im way late on this, but i searched around just to find this. mike said that the verizon iphone didnt exist

    it does now!
    maybe he knew the future!?!?!?

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