Reboot your tethered iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Easy Peazy

Is your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 stuck on the Apple logo with the spinning wheel? Does it just keep rebooting?  Well let me tell you something...  DO NOT UPDATE IT IN iTUNES! If you plug your iPhone into iTunes and update your device you may loose your jailbreak and unlock abilities PERMANENTLY (and possibly brick your phone) Follow this simple steps and you can have your iPhone (and your data) all back to normal.   

Maybe you were playing around in Cydia alittle too much...

Maybe your battery died after a long road trip...

Maybe you flat out forgot and just turned the dang thing off...

Regardless, if you are here right now we are assuming that you need some help getting your phone turned back on.  This particular tutorial will cover instructions on how to reboot your iDevice on a Windows Computer.  Dont worry your data is still safe (as long as you haven't tried to do any restoring in iTunes) all we need to do is download ONE program and ONE file.  The program is called RedSn0w and the  file you need is known as an IPSW and it is basically the entire operating system for your device.  Currently these files are alittle over half a gig in size.  Links provided below.

RedSnow 0.9.8b3

iOS Device IPSW's (download iOS 4.3.4 even if you are on 4.3.5)

Extract RedSn0w into a file on your desktop named "iPhone Tether Fix" and make sure that the IPSW file that you download has a file extension of .ipsw NOT .zip.  If you continue to get a .zip file while trying to download the IPSW or you do not see the Apple Building Block insignia try switching browsers

(firefox works well)

Make sure iTunes, Winamp, iFunbox, Media Monkey or any other program you may have running in the background is closed and open your "iPhone Tether Fix" folder. 

Run Redsn0w.exe by double clicking on it

Select the iOS 4.3.4 IPSW that corresponds to your device (even if you are on 4.3.5)

Select "Just Boot Tethered" and nothing else

Follow the on screen DFU instructions 

*its really easy, just plug in your device and hold down on the home button and the power button for 10 seconds then release the power button (the top one) while still holding down the home button for another 30 seconds.

Once Redsn0w picks up the device your computer will do the rest of the work

Sit back and wait for your phone to come back to life

Hope this helps! Check out our other essential iPhone tips and tricks on our website

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