Jailbreaking Your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad [iOS 4.3.3]

Jailbreaking is a process that changes little by little with each iOS upgrade. Rather than always publishing new guides, we're simply going to keep this one up to date. If you want to jailbreak your iOS device, you've come to the right page.

Current Untethered Version: iOS 4.3.3
For additional jailbreak options for other versions of iOS, as well as an alternate method for iOS 4.3.3, please see the list at the bottom of this page. As this guide is updated, previous versions of the guide will be archived there as well.

Current Tethered Version: iOS 5.0.0
We do not recommend tethered jailbreaking, as it requires you to plug in your phone to boot it every time. This is especially bad with new operating system releases, as they tend to freeze up a bit more. You probably don't want your phone freezing up and becoming unusable while you're out and about, so you really should wait until an untethered jailbreak is available for iOS 5. That said, if you're jailbreaking for development purposes or carry a laptop with you everywhere, this post will show you can do it.

Not sure if you should jailbreak?
We love jailbreaking our iDevices, but it's not for everybody. If you're not sure, you should read both our reasons not to jailbreak and why jailbreaking is awesome.

The video above will show you how the whole process works, both on your computer and your iOS device. The video depicts the jailbreak process for iOS 4.3.1 but it is identical to the process for iOS 4.3.3 (and 4.3.2, for that matter). Here are the individual steps:

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Make sure your device and version of iOS is compatible, then visit JailbreakMe.com.

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Tap the "Free" button, then the "Install" button that it turns into.

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Tap the "Jailbreak" button and wait for Cydia to install.

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And you're done! Launch it and you're ready to go. Not sure what to do next? Check out our jailbreaking tag page for some ideas.

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Jailbreaking Options for Older iOS Devices

• Jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3 (the faster, easier, JailbreakMe Method)
• Jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3 (the old-fashioned, redsn0w method)
• Jailbreak for iOS 4.3.2
• Jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1
• Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1
• Jailbreak for Apple TV 2G
• Jailbreak for iOS 4.1
• Jailbreak for iOS 4.0 and 4.0.1
• Jailbreak for iOS 3.1.3 and 3.1.5
• Jailbreak for iOS 3.1.2
• Jailbreak for iOS 2.2.1
• Jailbreak for iOS 1.1.4