Jailbreak tools [ Newbie Must Read ]

Jailbreak tools

iPad

Jailbreak Tool	Works with firmware...
	3.2?	3.2.1?	3.2.2?
Spirit	Yes	No	No
Star	Yes	Yes	No
Limera1n	No	No	Yes

iPhone 3GS

Jailbreak Tool	Works with firmware...
	3.0?	3.0.1?	3.1?	3.1.2?	3.1.3?	4.0?	4.0.1?	4.0.2?	4.1?
purplera1n	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
redsn0w	0.8	0.8	0.9.21 or 0.9.31	0.9.21 or 0.9.31	No	No	No	No	No
PwnageTool	No	No	Restore from a custom firmware2	3.1.4	Restore from a custom firmware2		No	No	No
blackra1n	No	No	Yes1	Yes1	No	No	No	No	No
Spirit	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Star	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Limera1n	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
sn0wbreeze	No	No	No	1.42 or 2.0.21 2	1.5.12 or 2.0.21 2	1.71 2 or 2.0.21 2	2.0.21 2

¹ Tethered jailbreak on devices with the new bootrom. Requires usage of the usb_control_msg(0x21, 2) Exploit.
² Only applicable for devices with the old bootrom. Requires the device to have signature checks disabled (pwned).

iPhone 4

Jailbreak Tool	Works with firmware...
	4.0?	4.0.1?	4.0.2?	4.1?
Star	Yes	Yes	No	No
Limera1n	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

iPod touch 3G

Jailbreak Tool	Works with firmware...
	3.1.1?	3.1.2?	3.1.3?	4.0?	4.0.2?	4.1?
blackra1n	Yes1	Yes1	No	No	No	No
redsn0w	0.9.21 or 0.9.31	0.9.21 or 0.9.31	No	No	No	No
Spirit	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Star	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Limera1n	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
sn0wbreeze	No	1.41 or 2.0.21	1.5.11 or 2.0.21	1.71 or 2.0.21	2.0.21

iPod touch 4G

Jailbreak Tool	Works with firmware...
	4.1?
Limera1n	Yes