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Earlier this year Geohot had mentioned about a hardware solution, a kind of dongle for solving the tethered jailbreak issue. Now we have this dongle ready not from geohot but from a geek called Mribreakit!! from http://www.myboyfriendisageek.com
Now for people asking what exactly the issue with tethered jailbreak?? Its a jailbreak which holds good for just [...]
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Jailbreakers !!! Good news for those who had accidentally updated to OS 3.1.3 and lost blacksn0w/ultrasn0w unlock because of baseband update. Sherif_Hashim(twitter name) has find out an exploit on latest baseband 5.12.01, which means baseband is hackable and we can expect a soft-unlock soon.
Sherif_Hashim informed MuscleNerd of Devteam about the exploit that he found. MuscleNerd [...]
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There is good news for iPhone 3G users who accidentally updated to OS 3.1.3 and lost their blacksn0w/ultransn0w unlock. As we already know that OS 3.1.3 updates baseband to version 05.12.01 and at this moment this version of baseband is locked. But iPhone 3G users can downgrade their baseband from 05.12.01 to 4.26.08 with the [...]
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Last week apple released new firmware update 3.1.3 for iPhone, this updates includes only few bugfixes and battery issues with 3GS. Dev-Team relesased their new version of Pwnage tool 3.1.5 for MAC which will let you do so safely, preserving your jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock Yes you heard right only ultrasn0w users should try this.
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Shortly after Apple outed the new firmware version 3.1.3, the dev team has several updates that makes life a little easier for us. While the previous redsn0w v0.9.2 works for iPhone 2G (jailbreak+unlock), iPhone 3G (jailbreak only) & iPod touch 1G (jailbreak); a slightly modified version that is now available for download works for older [...]
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We had the beta before, and here comes the final update to redsn0w that works for all iPhone’s (2G/3G/3GS) and iPod touch (1G/2G/3G). While this update works with the latest firmware version 3.1.2, if you have the latest build you would still be restricted to a tethered solution. Good part: no custom IPSWs are involved
Redsn0w [...]
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Apple iPad comes with inhouse App store and will run all 140,000 iTunes App store apps from day 1. A new SDK will allow developers to customize iPad apps with more power. But thats now what many are looking for. How about Jailbreaking? Killing the netbook market, or rather challenging the netbook market – Apple [...]
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After long time devteam came out with their new version of redsn0w which supports
All iPhones and iPod touches except the iPod touch 3G
Windows and Mac OSX (x86)
Apple firmware 3.0 and 3.1.2
Currently its in beta and once when it’s out of beta, it will support the iPod touch 3G, PPC OSX, and Linux.
If you need a [...]
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Blackra1n is the simplest and the fastest tool to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone. I use it everytime I have to restore my good old Apple iPhone 2G. However recently while unlocking / jailbreaking a friends iPhone 2G I came across a weird issue. When I run Blackrain the iPhone reboots to a blank screen. [...]
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Note: This guide is for iPhone 1st Generation. For iPhone 3G or 3GS running 3.1.2 go here
Here are the steps to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G (EDGE / 1st Gen) running on OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n:
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After Jailbreaking your device with blackra1n you might’ve noticed that YouTube app is throwing a message saying ‘Cannot connect to YouTube‘ and also you will notice issues with Push.
These issues are caused by hackactivation. Well you don’t need worry, there is a fix for it. Just follow these steps:
Launch cydia, Select Manage.
Now tap [...]
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Update: For iPhone 1st generation / 2G running 3.1.2 go here.
Here are the steps to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3G/3GS running on OS 3.1.2 modem firmware v 5.11.07 with blackra1n:
Before starting these steps, make sure you’ve updated to OS 3.1.2 from iTunes
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We’ve created a custom firmware 3.1.2 for iPhone 3GS file on MAC with the help of Pwnage Tool, which will not upgrade your baseband, still you can use ultrasn0w for network unlock.
All you need to download the custom firmware 3.1.2 for iPhone 3GS from here (Please let us know if you face any problem in [...]
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Update: Steps to Jailbreak & unlock iPhone 3G/3GS OS 3.1.2 with blackra1n
Pwnage Tool released by devteam which creates custom firmware (without updating the latest baseband 5.xx) can be build only on a MAC. We’ve created a custom firmware 3.1.2 for iPhone 3G file on MAC with the help of Pwnage Tool, which will not upgrade [...]
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GeoHot released his blackra1n which is not reliable as many people were having issues with that, though the steps that GeoHot’s blackra1n used was quite easy and simple, and now dev team released their reliable jailbreak tool that supports latest firmware 3.1.2 which supports all device, but again this is limited for those who have a [...]
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Blackrain from Geohot that we were waiting for is officially out for windows now at Blackra1n.com and this would jailbreak your iPod touch 3G or iPhone 3GS with ease. A mac version can be expected soon. The biggest cheer here is for the iPod touch 3G users since the 3GS users still have to wait [...]
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If you had your 3GS or iPod touch 2G unlocked / jailbreaked on firmware 3.00 or 3.01, you can happily use the Pwnage tool v3.1.3 (for Mac only) by the dev team to upgrade to firmware 3.1. You need to build a custom .ipsw file using the pwnage tool before you upgrade.
Unfortunately iPhone 3Gs or [...]
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Geohot has updated the Purplesn0w unlock for the iPhone 3GS. Earlier iPhone Dev Team has updated its UltraSn0w tool and took a dig at geohot for consuming 7000 times more ram than UltraSn0w. However this new RC2 of Purplesnow actually occupies 0 ram / baseband once executed.
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Yes the iPhone 3G S (3GS / 3GSpeed / video however you spell it) has been jailbreaked aswell as unlocked. Thanks to 2 great tools, one by GeoHot and the UltraSn0w by the iPhone Dev Team.
Here are the step by step instructions to Jailbreak and Unlock your latest iPhone 3rd generation running firmware v30. and [...]
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While the iPhone Dev team waits for Apple to release firmware v3.1 before they unveil their iPhone 3G S jailbreak+unlock, George Hotz has gone ahead and released a jailbreak tool for the 3GS.
The jailbreak took is available via http://purplera1n.com/ and works on windows with latest version of iTunes (a mac version is expected soon). This [...]
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Jailbreaking can be puzzling and can give your a heart attack if something goes wrong. And more often than not, something does go our of control. One very common error seen while jailbreaking your iPhone / iPod Touch is the Apple Logo where your iPhone gets stuck after you jailbreak using QuickPwn. Though QuikcPwn shows [...]
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QuickPWN jailbreak utility for the iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3 build 7A280f is out. The beta release 3 of OS 3.0 is good and speedy. Anxious iPhone fans can consider upgrading to the same, but our warning still stands!
The unofficial QuickPWN is out and ready to bring your favourite apps at least… Currently you can [...]
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The iNav theme is available on Cydia now and installing it to get that ultimate feel can be a little tricky. Though the shortcut we highlighted earlier is good it wont help with all the different versions of iNav. So here is a simple guide on how to configure and install the iNav themes via [...]
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iPhone 3.0 is yet to be officially released, new iPhones are yet to come – But the Jailbreakers have started to work on it already. Apparently users who have Jailbreaked their iPhone V2.0 would be able to upgrade to the v3.0 (as per the Dev team). However the users who have unlocked their iPhone 3G [...]
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After Nitro and iPhone Dev team here is another Jailbreaking solution for the iPod Touch 2G. This one is FREE and features a GUI aswell. Quick Freedom is the first iPod touch 2nd Generation Untethered GUI program that allows you to quickly Jailbreak your iPod touch.
At the moment this works only with Windows (XP and [...]
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