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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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We just got a little tip from a reader leaving us a comment that Airtel India is actually unlocking the iPhone 3G after the 12month contract ends (just as we heard before). We also have a little screenshot of the unlock screen here. So while we wait for number portability and the iPhone 3GS to [...]
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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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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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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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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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Users of iPhone 2G (1st gen) / iPhone 3G (2nd Gen) / iPod Touch 1st gen and iPod Touch 2nd gen can now Jailbreak their iPhone’s on firmware version 3.0. Dev Team’s redsn0w (redsnow) does the same within minutes without any complications. A simple 10MB download followed by the on screen instructions and you can [...]
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You can now downgrade your iPhone 3G baseband from 02.30.03 back to 02.28.00. Users who upgraded to firmware version 2.2.1 accidentally without following the dev team instructions were left out of the yellowsn0w tool.
For those who have wanted to unlock their iPhone 3G but have updated to the 2.30 baseband, hope is now here. Thanks [...]
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Accidentally upgraded to frimware v2.2.1?
Want to Jailbreak or Unlock your iPhone v2.2.1?
Much to your delight its possible to Downgrade to V2.2 … !! read on
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The first software unlock for the iPhone 3G was released last week and it has now been updated to v0.9.5 fixing many issues and bugs. Thus making the unlock more reliable.
Another fact I came across today is: almost 18% iPhone users jailbreak/unlock their devices! Thats a huge number.
Read more on the iPhone 3G unlock
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iPhone Development Team have released the software unlock for the iPhone 3G via Cydia and Installer. The same currently works with iPhone running firmware version 2.2 (yes the latest). Incidentally the iPhone Dev-Team had earlier warned against updating to V2.2, but somehow they managed to release the yellowsn0w tool for baseband version 02.28.00, the one [...]
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iPhone dev team has confirmed that the software unlock for the iPhone 3G (with a baseband of 2.11.07) is ready. And they are all set to release it via Cydia soon (yes that means you need to jailbreak first).
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iPhone Dev Team is out with the Jailbreak for iPhone 2.2 and also unlock for 1st Gen iPhone running firmware 2.2. So Cydia and Installer makes it to iPhone 2.2! But read the iPhone Dev team warnings to be on the safer side, if you plan to unlock the iPhone 3G anytime soon!
V 2.2 FAQs:
Will [...]
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Even before the iPhone update version 2.2 is out, the iPhone Dev Team has a word of caution for iPhone 3G users. Apparently a unlock to the iPhone 3G is near, but the firmware version 2.2 might change things drastically. For 1st Gen users, nothing can spoil the party.
Jailbreaking the 2.2 seems to be achieved [...]
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A software unlock for the iPhone 3G might be out soon. So far fiercely protected and Locked iPhone 3G is now Apples Bestseller. Apparently the iPhone Dev team has managed to mod the iPhone 3G baseband to an extent. However unsure as to how close they are to an unlock, we feel a soln shall [...]
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