

If you’re unclear how to enter BIOS on your machine, refer to this guide that breaks down the keys by manufacturer.

It’s usually the delete key or a function key. This key varies based on your motherboard manufacturer. Reboot it into your system BIOS to do this, you’ll have to rapidly push a button on your keyboard during the boot process. After that, you can proceed by clicking “OK” to begin the process of wring the ISO to the flash drive. Note: If after clicking “START” during this step, you receive a message about needing to download two files from the internet for Syslinux, please do so by clicking “Yes”. Leave all settings at default and click “START”, followed by “OK” to the following two pop-ups. Do the same for the bootra1n ISO by clicking the “SELECT” button and pointing the window at bootra1n. If it’s not, click the drop down and point Rufus at it. Step 2: Launch Rufus and ensure your flash drive is selected. Click “ok” to the ensuing pop-up warning to begin formatting. In the pop-up window leave all settings as default, ensure the proper format is selected (FAT32 for flash drives 8GB in size and under or NTFS for larger), and click start. Next, under “Devices and Drives”, right click your USB flash drive and select Format. Simply open File Explorer and click “This PC” on the left. Step 1: Connect your flash drive to your computer and format it. Downloads can be found below and follow the below steps to get things rolling. Now comes the fun part, installing bootra1n on our USB drive. A USB flash drive (we’ve already gone over this).It’s both linked above (click the picture) and right here (click).īeyond that, you simply need the following: However, I’ve found a relatively inexpensive USB 2.0 flash drive that would be perfect for this project. Due to the current world affairs, that may be easier said than done. All we need are two things: a custom linux distribution and a flash drive larger than 2GB! Requirements to Jailbreak on WindowsĪs mentioned above, you’ll need a flash drive of some sort. But secondly, and almost more importantly, it enables us to easily jailbreak on Windows. Firstly, it allows a larger non-Windows user-base to jailbreak via the utility. However, since then, the developers have added Linux support. Initially, checkra1n was released exclusively for macOS. Checkra1n is a fantastic jailbreak utility! It’s capable of jailbreaking the iPhone X and older FOR LIFE! There’s only one problem: no official Windows support.
