Be warned, this is beta stuff and we haven't been able to test it ourselves. However, a number of breathless tipsers and commenters are reporting a successful jailbreak and unlock of their iPhone 3GS. The magic begins with a 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot. See, George is fed up with the Dev-Team's insistence on waiting until Apple releases 3.1. As he puts it: Normally I don't make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting... Read more...
You will need to have a Jailbroken iPhone for this to work.The home page looks pretty cool. And the best thing is that the flipping clock works as well. Pretty interesting theme I must say. My iPhone 3G warranty is expiring in another 4 days, and I am seriously thinking of jailbreaking my iPhone .Check this video in the meanwhile: Via:Gizmodo
The iPhone Dev Team has published a list of instructions about who should use it after updating to iPhone OS 3.1. In total, it breaks down to 8 standards, the first and most important is: GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a 3G iPhone with ultrasn0w and rely on ultrasn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should only upgrade to 3.1 with a PwnageTool created .ipsw. - Stay away from Apple’s direct updates as described here and here please get up to speed on the whole subject by reading... Read more...
Before the release of iPhone OS 3.1, the iPhone Dev-Team legendary had warned all 3GS iPhone 3G users who have unlocked their iPhone jailbreak or to stay away from this firmware update for the iPhone. Now, once again, they have updated their blog and added the best part of the community to escape. Now, the Dev-Team blog says that we are working on PwnageTool jailbreak for iPhone OS 3.1: We are currently working on PwnageTool 3.1 and make sure you know when it's available! Remember,... Read more...
Within few hours we all will get our hands onto the most awaited iPhone OS 3.0. On top of waiting for 3.0, people have been wondering about the state of the iPhone 3G carrier unlock. Dev-Team member MuscleNerd reported via twitter that Dev-Team will put together a Live Demo of the Unlock iPhone OS 3.0 with YellowSn0w on Tuesday night, most likely on Qik and should answer a lot of questions. This demo should show how YellowSn0w can unlock firmware 3.0. I assume this unlock will only work... Read more...
Jailbreak process really has come a refined since it began and PwnageTool is a graphical user interface easier to use. Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod Touch 3.1 opens many features we have discussed the advantages and disadvantages Jailbreaking article so you can see that. Here is how to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch running on firmware 3.1 iPhone and iPod Touch Jailbreak Tutorial 3.1: Requirements : * Make sure you meet the following requirements before you start! * Back up... Read more...
Two researchers have found an iPhone bug that virus could infect phones using SMS. Will reveal that the iPhone is still unpatched bug in the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on Thursday. If you receive a text message with a single square of characters, you are advised to immediately turn off your iPhone, and warn that it means that someone has used the error to take charge of their iPhone. "This is serious. The only thing you can do to stop it turns off the phone,"... Read more...
PwnageTool for Mac has been updated to version 3.1.4 by the DevTeam. This new update basically adds firmware 3.1.2 jailbreak support. It currently supports jailbreaking all the devices except iPod Touch 3G. PwnageTool is currently compatible with Intel Mac only. The reason some would prefer it to blackra1n is that it allows you to ‘hacktivate’ the phone (use it without AT&T’s iPhone data plan) and the unlock is preserved even through firmware updates. However, to... Read more...
Apple had released iPhone firmware 2.2.1 back in Jan which included some minor bugs and improvements. However Dev Team had warned against updating to firmware 2.2.1 without preserving the baseband if iPhone 3G users wanted to unlock their iPhone as it also included a baseband update (02.30.03) which breaks the "injection hole" that they had used in their application yellowsn0w to modify the firmware which had helped to successfully unlock iPhone 3G. There might be some good news for... Read more...
I send and receive a lot of SMS and have always missed the feature of forwarding messages. I was also looking for a cheaper SMS service (cheaper, not free :)). I thought that carriers would not allow any other SMS app that competes against iPhone's native SMS app. Surprisingly though, the App Store does have number of iPhone apps that claim to send free SMS. Unfortunately, none of these apps deliver and have barely managed to get past the single star rating in the App store. ... Read more...
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The iPhone Dev Team has published a list of instructions about who should use it after updating to iPhone OS 3.1. In total, it breaks down to 8 standards, the first and most important is:
