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Tethered Jailbreak for iOS 5 on iPhone 4, 3gs, iPad and iTouch with RedSn0w

Published on November 5, 2011 in apple, iphone and jailbreak. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , .

Those amazing iOS hackers have done it again!  iOS 5 has only been out a few weeks, but there is already a tethered jailbreak for all but the very latest hardware supported by iOS 5.  That’s right, your iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4, iPad, and recent models of the iPod Touch can run a jailbroken iOS 5.  I expect soon we’ll see the iPhone 4s supported too.  What’s more, there are already a jailbreak for the still-in-beta iOS 5.0.1.

If you are ready to dive in yourself, it’s best to go to the source and download the Windows or Mac versions of redsn0w 0.9.9b7.

If you’d like an overview of the process, check out these articles:

Redsn0w succumbs to Greenp0ison: Untethered Jailbreak for all iOS 4.2.1

Published on February 6, 2011 in jailbreak and unlock. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

iOS 4.3 is due any day now, but the bigger news is that there is an untethered jailbreak available for recent devices running iOS 4.2.1.  The original jailbreak was redsn0w from the iPhone dev team. It was joined by Greenp0ison, but both had the same limitation, when jailbreaking recent devices, you had to hook it up to a computer every time your device was restarted.  Only iPhone 3gs and iPhone 3 users got the benefit of an untethered jailbreak. That changed last week.

An update to Greenp0ison is available that allows untethered jailbreaking of all current devices (which doesn’t yet include the verizon iPhone) from a Windows, Mac system.  No Linux yet, but hopefully it is coming soon.

iPhone 3.1 Out, Don’t Let it Re-Lock your Unlocked iPhone

Published on September 9, 2009 in apple, iphone, jailbreak and unlock. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

Apple released an update to the iPhone OS today.  The 3.1 iPhone update brings lots of little improvements.  Don’t let iTunes tempt you with them if you have an unlocked iPhone.  The new firmware will upgrade your baseband firmware, relocking your iPhone and, potentially, making it impossible to unlock again.

The good news is that your iPhone can still have that 3.1 iPhonee goodness and your unlocked iPhone.  You just need to trust in the iPhone Dev team, because their tools provide a way to install the update without updating the baseband and breaking the unlock.

If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will lose your ultrasn0w unlock.  In fact you may lose it permanently, because for most people the baseband firmware cannot be reverted to a previous version (unlike the main application CPU firmware).

But don’t worry…our PwnageTool program lets you update your main firmware without touching your baseband firmware, so you can still have the best of both worlds.  But you must be diligent about saying “no” to your iTunes request this week to update your firmware.

As always, eliminate the middle-men and get the PwnageTool and all your iPhone accessories direct from the source.

Almost New News: iPhone 3GS Jailbreak AND Unlock

Published on July 13, 2009 in apple, iphone, jailbreak and unlock. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Yes, the iPhone Dev Team is just that awesome.  They’ve released updates to RedSnow, their easy jailbreaking tool, and UltraSn0w, their iPhone 3G and now 3GS unlocking tool.

With this combo, you can jailbreak your iPhone to run unofficial 3rd party applications with RedSn0w (thats RedSn0w, with a zero).  Then you can use one of those unofficial 3rd party applications called UltraSn0w (again, with a zero) to unlock your phone so you can use it with a 3rd party GSM carrier.

Note:  Don’t go rushing to install the 3.1 firmware that is in beta now.  Baseband upgrades can break your unlock and may make it impossible to ever unlock again.

Not Quite So Old News: UltraSn0w Unlocks iPhone 3G With 3.0 Firmware

Published on July 12, 2009 in apple, iphone and unlock. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , .

If you have an unlocked iPhone 3G you can now take advantage of the new 3.0 firmware!  First, use RedSn0w (that’s a zero in there, not an ‘o’, to jailbreak your phone, then use UltraSn0w to unlock it!  For more info on UltraSn0w, go to the source.  This apparently supersedes the original YellowSn0w unlock for the 3G.

Note, this doesn’t work with the 3.1 firmware betas that are being circulated, at least not yet.