How to install Cydia on the iPhone 3GS

[Michael]

Can anybody give me a tutorial, Google hasn't helped me.

 

[Pichu]

You can go to www.jailbreakme.com on safari on your iphone

or use redsnow?ill link u my guide

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My iOS device is...
Running iOS 5.0, 4.2.9-10, or 4.3.4-5.
Not right now. Follow @iphone_dev for updates.
(There is a beta, tethered jailbreak for non-iPad 2 and non-iPhone 4S devices here.)
Running iOS 4.2.6 through 4.2.8, or iOS 4.3 through 4.3.3.
Open JailbreakMe on your device itself.
On iOS 4.1 through 4.2.1.
Use redsn0w and the IPSW for your firmware.

 

[Michael]

I'm on 5.01 trying to downgrade to 4.3.5 and Redsnow didn't work for me.

 

[Techno]

Have you tried Jailbreak.me
Just visit it on your iPhone, it's how I Jailbroke my iPod.

 

[ABC_mybb_import19773]

Im on ios 5.0.1 atm too. Jailbreak with redsn0w first. Then go into cydia and download semi-tether.

 

[Maxie]

I have a iPhone 3GS iOS 5.0.1 also. Download the IPSW 5.0, download the newest version of redsn0w. Do "Select IPSW" and select the 5.0. This will do a tethered jailbreak on your iOS 5.0.1 iPhone. When that is done, do as the post above me says, go into cydia and download "SemiTether".

Note: Add http://thebigboss.org/semitether/ to your sources if "SemiTether" isn't there.

 

[Tyler-]

Im on ios 5.0.1 atm too. Jailbreak with redsn0w first. Then go into cydia and download semi-tether.

how do you do redsn0w? and what is it?

 

[begginer]

how do you do redsn0w? and what is it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redsn0w

 

[Tyler-]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redsn0w

Can you tl;dr?