For my first post, I thought I’d run you through a step by step guide to updating your iPhone 4 to firmware 4.3.1

A few words of caution first, this guide will only work IF you have a factory unlocked iphone or if your baseband is still 1.59.00. If you do not fall in either of these two categories then stop reading as this article will not benefit you.

If, on the other hand, you do fit into one follow these steps:

Factory Unlocked Phones:

Step 1: Make sure you are running the latest version of iTunes.

Step 2:Backup your information (contacts, messages, camera roll, etc…) in iTunes by plugging in your iphone and right clicking on the iphone icon in itunes and clicking backup.

Step 3: Update your firmware to 4.3.1 by downloading this file

Step 4: Restore your information by selecting the backup you saved in step 1.

Step 5: Download redsn0w 0.9.6rc11 for mac here or for windows here

Step 6: Open redsn0w. Click on browse and find the file you downloaded in step 1. Once redsn0w has finished preparing your jailbreak files, click next.

Step 7: Follow the on-screen steps. Once you have done that, you’re iphone will reboot (it is normal for this to take about 5 min). After your iphone has rebooted, you will find the cydia icon on your springboard.

Locked iphone 4 on baseband 1.59.00:

Step 1: Make sure you are running the latest version of iTunes.

Step 2: Download pwnage tool 4.3 (if you use mac) or sn0wbreeze 2.5.1 (if you use windows)

Step 3: Download this file (This is your firmware file)

Step 4: open either pwnage tool or sn0wbreeze and follow the on-screen instructions to create your custom 4.3.1 firmware file. (you need to do this in order to preserve your baseband, if you update through itunes or directly through the file you downloaded in step 3, your baseband will have updated and you will not be able to use your iphone as a phone. It would just be a very expensive ipod so BE VERY CAREFUL).

Step 5: Using iTunes, restore your iphone to the custom firmware you just created (in mac, open itunes and press option+restore to choose the fiel you want to update your iphone with, in windows press shift+restore).

Step 6: After your iphone hase been updated, jailbreak your iphone using steps 4 to 7 from the above guide.

Step 7: once jailbroken, open cydia and add these two sources by clicking manage -> sources -> edit -> add. The two sources are http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com/ and http://djayb6.com/ (Add each source alone)

Step 8: install ultrasn0w 1.2

Step 9: click on the http://djayb6.com/ source you just added, and install the file that says iphone 4 ultrasn0w fixer

Congratualtions! you just updated your iphone 4 to 4.3.1