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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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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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redsn0w 0.9 beta3 for OS 3.1.2 is out now

by Abhishek on January 22, 2010

in Downloads, News

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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iPhone worm maker gets a Job

by Ankur on November 30, 2009

in All, News

Ashley Towns the first one to exploit the SSH loophole on Jailbroken iPhone has secured a job with iPhone app developers Mogeneration. The iKee maker gave a rude wakeup call to the iPhone community demonstrating how easily jailbroken iPhone’s can be hacked. Though his worm wasn’t a harmful one, but it did case ripples. After [...]

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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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It seems GeoHot has done it again !!!, According to his blog  and his twitter update, we can soon expect a unlock which will jailbreak and unlock all the iDevices (iPhone’s and iPod’s) no-matter from what generation they are, if they are on 3.1, it will jailbreak them, Currently he is developing a program, definitely [...]

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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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Note that this release is for iPhone 3G, 2G and iPod touch 1st Gen. This wont work on iPhone 3GS or iPod touch 2G and 3G.
The iPhone Dev team now has a solution for you to upgrade to the latest firmware version 3.1. To use the iTunes 9 fully with Genius for apps, App management [...]

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As expected Apple updated the iPhone / iPod touch firmware at its annual music event. This saw some cool new features like genius for apps going live. Interestingly Apple has released firmware version 3.1.1 for iPod touch and 3.1 for iPhones. However with MMS service going live for the 3G and 3GS by AT&T in [...]

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Apple has been trying hard to convince the US authorities to deem unlocking and jailbreaking the iPhone as illegal. While such a move would give a big boost to the iTunes App Store and AT&T’s business with the iPhone, it would mean that consumers who are until now free to

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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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iPhone 3.0 is doing great and the 3G S is tests the mobile internet limits. But Apple isn’t happy about Unlocked / Jailbroken iPhones enjoying one of the most popular services on iPhon 3.0 … Push Notifications! Apparently many iPhone users are complaining that Push Notifications have been blocked for them.
NotifyMe app developer PoweryBase says [...]

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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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The iPhone Dev Team confirms that the iPhone 3G S won’t be spared. Redsn0w & Ultrasn0w’s updated version will crack the 3GS easily – using the same exploit that jailbreaked the iPod Touch 2G.
Apparently Apple has left out a loophole in iPod Touch 2 (which is now repeated in iPhone 3GS) that lets the Dev [...]

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iPhone 3G users who rely on Yellowsn0w to unlock and use their iPhones can now enjoy the iPhone OS 3.x using Ultrasn0w. While we have already used redsn0w for Jailbreak, to get Ultrasn0w you just need to:

add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to cydia or icy
Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install it
Reboot your [...]

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Now thats what Jailbreaking can do at times, my iPhone recently showed my -2 messages in my inbox

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Quickpwn’s unofficial version has been released for iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4 build 7A300g. So jailbreaking the latest 3.0 beta is now possible for the eager ones who have upgraded their devices.
Download QuickPWN here.
Works for Phone 2G, iPhone 3G & iPod Touch 1G.
Warning: We do not recommend using the iPhone 3.0 Beta OS.

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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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Being an iPhone developer is like sitting on a gold mine today. If you manage to get the right apps out on the AppStore you could end up with a mini  fortune in no time. But the iPhone SDK released to developers for building apps is the source of raw material for Jailbreakers and hackers.
Apple [...]

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Yes an unofficial QuickPwn tool is now out to jailbreak your iPhone 3.0. If you are one of those who downloaded the iPhone 3 beta OS here you go with all the jailbroken apps. According to the developer it works with all iPhone and iPod touch models running the Beta OS2 of iPhone 3.0. For [...]

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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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Catching up on NitroKey Slipstream that costed $15 for jailbreaking the iPod Touch 2nd Gen within a day the iPhone Dev Team have released their free utility for the same purpose. NitroKey Slipstream uses the same loophole in Apple Firmware that the Dev team has. Apparently the Dev Team had held back the release of [...]

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