As of now there is no Untethered jailbreak is available for iPhone 3GS with baseband 05.16.05. The only option is to upgrade the baseband for your phone to version 06.15.00 with the help of Rensn0w utility . Please beware that after you install the new baseband you will not be able to downgrade the iPhone to lower baseband and also you will not be able to upgrade your iOS from iTunes.
So here is the video which tells you how to to do Untethered jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3GS with baseband 06.16.05 on iOS 5:
Links to download required files:
1. Download iOS 5.0.1 firmware from here.
2. Download redsn0w 0.9.9b9d for Windows or redsn0w 0.9.9b9d for Mac
Above video shows how to install iPad baseband 06.15.00 , install iOS 5.0 and jailbreak using old version of redsn0w utility. You can use the latest version of that utility instead of the old version which worked perfectly for me.
I hope it will work for you!!
For more detailed see this : How To: Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 On iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS With RedSn0w 0.9.9b9
So here is the video which tells you how to to do Untethered jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3GS with baseband 06.16.05 on iOS 5:
Untethered jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3GS with baseband 06.16.05
1. Download iOS 5.0.1 firmware from here.
2. Download redsn0w 0.9.9b9d for Windows or redsn0w 0.9.9b9d for Mac
Above video shows how to install iPad baseband 06.15.00 , install iOS 5.0 and jailbreak using old version of redsn0w utility. You can use the latest version of that utility instead of the old version which worked perfectly for me.
I hope it will work for you!!
For more detailed see this : How To: Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 On iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS With RedSn0w 0.9.9b9
Excellent!!!! I have been trying to unlock, jailbreak my Iphone 3gs iOS 5.0.1 with 05.16.05 baseband…. After watching your video I was able to do it in just 30 min… Excellent… it work for me… Now my phone is on IOS 5.0.1 with BB 6.15.00 and working on Rogers Carrier….
ReplyDeleteThank you…
does this work for a 3gs on iOS 5.1 too
ReplyDeleteAs of now there is no Untethered jailbreak is available for iPhone 3GS with baseband 05.16.05. The only option is to upgrade the baseband for your phone to version 06.15.00 with the help of Rensn0w utility.
ReplyDeleteWill this work to 05.16.05 with my serial XX137XXX?
ReplyDeleterolysent,
ReplyDeleteYes it will work for 05.16.05
So I have an untethered jailbroken 3GS (with green poison absinthe) on iOS 5.0.1, my current baseband is 05.16.05. Can I just install the new (iPad) baseband and use ultrasnow to unlock?
ReplyDeleteMy iPhone 4 iOS 6.0 baseband 4.12.02 is iphone factory unlock without any problems! Thanks to Jailbreakhome.com for helping me out with my unlock.
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