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Yesterday, the dev team announced its carrier unlock for the iPhone 3G/3GS for owners with a baseband later than 05.13.04!
Route #1 (redsn0w for OSX + Windows):
- If you have an old-bootrom 3GS and are already unlockable but want to get to 4.2.1, please wait til the dev team releases an “unofficial” bundle for you.
- Use redsn0w for OSX or Windows. Enable the “Install iPad baseband” option and accept the warning.
- When the redsn0w ramdisk is finished, install ultrasn0w via Cydia.
- Enjoy!
Route #2 (PwnageTool for OSX):
- If you have an old-bootrom 3GS and are already unlockable but want to get to 4.2.1, please wait til the dev team releases an “unofficial” bundle for you. Read no further.
- Download this IPSW
- Run PwnageTool to create a custom 4.1 IPSW. Tell it you want to use the iPad baseband you just downloaded. Restore to this custom IPSW.
- Install ultrasn0w through Cydia
- Enjoy!
download PwnageTool
download RedSnow:
- OSX (SHA1 a322ec2c9e91993eca21abaf2e655bb44de3d7d4)
- Windows (SHA1 7250416e17c3aea9838cdfc73712b38b025e2ed0)
DEV TEAM WARNING: If you do flash your baseband via redsn0w, please keep it plugged into USB the whole time. You don’t want your battery to die during the flash process!
ps. (Windows 7 and Vista users, please run redsn0w as Administrator in “XP Compatiblity Mode”)
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Apple has released iOS 4.2.1 and the dev team has snapped up the challenge and presents us with some Turkey Day Gifts!
UltraSn0w Unlockers – Beware!
Please Stay away from the official 4.2.1 firmware and wait for the ability to create custom 4.2.1 IPSW’s that will not update you baseband!
iPhone 3G
Rejoice, you are granted the full, untethered* Jailbreak.
iPhone 3GS
Rejoice, you are granted the full, untethered Jailbreak.
non-MC iPod Touch 2G
Rejoice, you are granted the full, untethered Jailbreak.
The Rest
Unfortunately, all of you’re jailbreaks remain tethered* But have no fear, @comex is working hard on making this jailbreak untethered.
The Dev team reminds you to, “please make sure you have your 4.1 SHSH blobs for all your devices. These will be important even for firmware beyond 4.1 (using both comex’s method and our alternative, depending on how each of them turn out.)”
ultrasn0w unlock: After redsn0w is officially released with the new Cydia and kernel patches, we’ll be able to assess the unlock situation. It’s already looking very promising though, so expect the unlock for the 3G and 3GS to be coming this week. The i4 unlock is taking more effort though, and no further concrete info is available about that yet.
Download
Remember to update to iTunes 10.1 for the best possible results!
Windows 7 users are also asked to run Redsn0w in “XP Compatibility” mode for similar “best results”
Mac
PC
* tethered vs untethered Jailbreak –
a tethered jailbreak requires the jailbreak to be re-configured upon every restart of your device while a untethered jailbreak, as follows logically, does not require this and needs only be jailbroken once.
The Dev Team has announced that redsn0w now incorporates the limera1n exploits plus some additional sweets:
- custom bootrom logos
- a custom DFU button in pwnageTool
But!
For Windows users who have run redsn0w and chosen “Just enter pwned DFU mode right now”, your device is now completely vulnerable. Running iTunes and selecting a custom IPSW from PwnageTool (choose it by pressing Shift+Restore)….you’ve now convinced your device and iTunes to restore to a custom firmware. Congratulations! If you are timid about software and running these programs…please just wait! Don’t jeopardize your carrier unlock for a firmware upgrade. Wait for even easier methods than this latest redsn0w release.
iOS 4.2 is nearing:
What does this mean to you?
- Unlockers, stay where you are; any mistake could lead to permanent bricking.
- IF you only want the jailbreak and are sure you have your personalized 4.1 SHSH hashes, you can experiment but, as the dev team says,
“Honestly unless you love living on the bleeding edge, it’s better to just wait for official updates from Cydia/redsn0w/PwnageTool.
RedSn0w Mac
RedSn0w Windows
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- Jailbreak your iPod Touch – using pwnagetool (only necessary for the last option)
- An App that uses VoiP to make phone calls:
a. Skype – especially helpful for international calls but only helpful if you’re willing to pay a little money monthly
b. Fring – considered the most versatile; works with GTalk, SIP, AIM, MSN, ICQ, Twitter, Facebook. Has video chat over 3G!
c. Line2 – best option; Unlimited calling/texting in US and Canada; Make your own phone number; comes with a caveat: is only free for 30 days and costs $10/month after that.
d. google Voice – My personal favorite at no cost except for international calls.
3. Getting Constant Wifi
Using the iPod at home usually poses little problem (that is, if you have wifi). The problem is, of course, going out of the house. One solution is the Verizon MiFi, Sprint Overdrive. This will only save you money if you were to chose AT&T’s unlimited plan (which is now actually changing).
Here is a cool graph describing how the financials will work out.
The battery Issue: the iPod will of course be fine all day, but the Mifi will not. The solution to this is the car charger for the hotspot Mifi.
4. If you jailbroke your iPod Touch, you can use Siphone SIP/VoiP, installed via Cydia. This is the best and most customizable route.
Ultimate pros/cons:
Pros
- You save a ton of money over paying for an iPhone (or any newer smartphone, really), whether you get a 3G data plan or not.
- Dropped calls are about as frequent as they are on an iPhone.
- Headset features work exactly the same as they do on the iPhone, so the experience feels very similar.
- The high-end iPod touch offers twice the storage as the high-end iPhone (64GB vs. 32GB).
- The iPod touch, bereft of a 3G radio, gets better battery life.
- If you get a cellular data hotspot (like the Verizon MiFi), you can keep your iPod touch in your pocket while placing the MiFi elsewhere for a better signal.
- A lack of cellular reception in your home is completely irrelevant since you can place your calls over Wi-Fi.
Cons
- Despite being pretty close, phone features are not quite as seamless on the iPod touch as they are on the iPhone.
- Dropped calls are not as obvious as they are on an iPhone, so it’s not very easy to tell when you’ve lost someone without looking at the screen (bad for the car).
- The iPod touch isn’t built with the intention you’ll use it as a phone, so you need to purchase a headset for it to really shine.
- The iPod touch doesn’t provide a GPS, so you will need to purchase an external GPS unit at an addition cost if you want to use it as a navigation device in your car (although you could try relying on Wi-Fi signal triangulation).
- The iPod touch’s camera isn’t nearly as good as the iPhone 4′s.
- If you want to make calls using a cellular data hotspot (like the Verizon MiFi), you have to carry around two devices.
- If you use a cellular data hotspot, its battery life is pretty poor (only up to four hours). While you can get an extended battery for your hotspot that’ll last the day, it’ll cost you around $100.
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The Dev Team just released PwnageTool 4.1.2 for Mac OS X!
But…
ULTRASN0W UNLOCKERS BEWARE!! ULTRASN0W UNLOCKERS BEWARE!! The biggest mistake you can make (and it is a big one!) is lettings iTunes restore to the official IPSW — you’ll lose the unlock and won’t be able to go back! You must use Option-Restore, not just the Restore button by itself. Then navigate to your custom IPSW — not to the stock one! If you accidentally started a restore to the official IPSW, unplug your iPhone immediately before the restore gets to the “Updating Firmware” step!
This exploit works untethered on these devices at firmware 4.1:
- AppleTV 2G
- iPad (firmware 3.2.2)
- iPod touch 4G
- iPod touch 3G
- iPhone4
- iPhone 3GS
- iPhone 3G
So, what does PwnageTool do:
IT allows you to restore a custom made IPSW file. Ex) you can restore to a pre-jailbroken firmware while still keeping your current baseband. For iPhone 3G users, one can also get their own boot and recovery logos as well as multitasking and battery charge percentage.
PwnageTool’s main advantage to ramdisk-based methods (limera1n, greenpois0n, redsn0w) is for unlockers — those that need to keep their current baseband and preserve their ultrasn0w unlock. But in this new age of both bootrom- and userland-based exploits, it’s an excellent platform for continuing the jailbreak through all future firmwares.
Here is the official Torrent:
PwnageTool 4.1.2 Torrent - PwnageTool_4.1.2.dmg.5904259.TPB.torrent
SHA1 Sum = 1c0d5ea45464e336fcb38c644dc125c3a16b5493
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Well, geohot has done it again, and with class. . . it was a surprise.
Almost randomly and certainly with great surprise, geohot has released limera1n, the newest jailbreak tool. This is a bootrom-level jailbreak that works on a great amount of devices:
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPod Touch 3G
iPod 4G
iPad
AppleTV 2G
DO NOT USE LIMERA1N IF YOU USE THE ULTRASN0W CARRIER UNLOCK — wait for PwnageTool to incorporate the limera1n exploit. This is so that you can avoid updating your baseband and losing the unlock (possibly forever).
TO DO BEFORE YOU JAILBREAK:
Backup your SHSH hashes for 4.1.
- This can be accomplished by either using Cyida – which is probably the easiest
- Or using Tiny Umbrella – which allows you to always come back to an untethered, jailbreakable 4.1 on your device.
and finally, here is the limrain!
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“SHAtter” developed by @pod2G, is well on its way toward finding a jailbreak for the iPod Touch 4th Generation.
This early in the game, I’m quite pleased they have already found some holes in Apple’s code.
The dev team comments that this jailbreak solution is far faster than the one set up by pwnagetool (which is reserved more toward iPhone 4 users)
Here is a video of SHAtter!
I will update you as soon as this becomes a user friendly reality.
Apple TV and SHAtter:
It’s looking like SHAtter is going to be the gift that keeps on giving. Even though the new AppleTV isn’t yet in people’s homes, the firmware is available on Apple’s normal public distribution servers and SHAtter has been used to decrypt its keys! The main filesystem (“Mojave8M89.K66OS”) key for 018-8609-066.dmg is:
31c700a852f1877c88efc05bc5c63e8c7f081c4cb28d024ed7f9b0dbc98c7e1406e499c6
If you’re familiar with vfdecrypt, you can use that key to decrypt the image and mount it.
pretty cool thing this SHAtter.
If you want to follow their twitter updates directly click here!
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Good News!
The dev team has released a new, beta version of RedSn0w for the:
iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G at:
Firmware 4.1 and 4.0.
Considering the specificity of these hacks, I give big time props to the dev team.
Their hack uses similar exploits and reveals nothing new to Apple.
A urgent message:
IF YOU USE THE ULTRASN0W UNLOCK, PLEASE WAIT FOR PWNAGETOOL TO SUPPORT 4.1. DO NOT USE REDSN0W.
To use 4.1, you NEED to already have updated to 4.1 officially (through Apple); if you do that, you can potentially lose the ultraSn0w unlock forever.
Currently, THIS IS ONLY FOR MAC OS X, windows coming soon!
Caveats:
iPod Touch 2G “MC” versions will, unfortunately be tethered.
===== How do I use it? ====
If you’ve already updated your device to 4.1 or 4.0, the next steps are:
- Launch the beta redsn0w 0.9.6b1
- Select your stock 4.1 or 4.0 ipsw (you’ve already used this to update your device to 4.1 or 4.0)
- Select “Install Cydia” and any of the other options shown above, then click “Next”. Use DFU mode to install the jailbreak.
Note: If you choose to “Enable battery percentage”, you actually toggle that off and on via Settings->General->Usage.
===== Download links =====
Mac OSX x86
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So, as the dev team comments, all those new iPhone users are quite unsure if accepting the new iOS updates will erase their jailbreak and/or unlock.
Jailbreakers are safe: Those of you who have TinyUmbrella or Cydia can make backups of your FW hashes and will be able to save your ability to re-jailbreak your device.
BUT…
Unlockers will not retain this ability. And as the Dev team says:
There’s currently no known way to revert your baseband — if you update your baseband you’ll lose the ultrasn0w unlock, possible forever.
So, please stay away from the 4.1 release until a safe jailbreak procedure (aka. one that also preserves ultrasn0w) is found.
* As for those of you who enjoy the miracle of Jailbreakme.com v.20. . . I am sorry to announce that any new devices from Apple, that have been pre-loaded with any firmware above:
4.0.2/3.2.2.
will not be enjoying its miracles. Apple has closed the hole that allowed JBM to arise from the dead. . . again. Luckily:
Those of you who had Cydia capture your SHSH blobs, or those of you who captured them locally, will always be able to benefit from the jailbreakme.com v2.0 release. Congratulations!
Of course, there will be those that seek to for a jailbreak for devices that come installed with 4.0.2/3.2.2 devices?
The answer is, justifiably, no.
Dev’s reasoning:
FW 4.0.2/3.2.2 was *only* released to fix the jailbreakme hole. With FW 4.1 still in its beta stages, it makes no sense to escalate the “cat & mouse” with Apple for FW updates that only fix the jailbreak holes. To quote WOPR, “the only winning move is not to play”If the cat & mouse game escalates too quickly, especially during beta FW periods, nobody but Apple benefits. For this reason, there won’t be a 4.0.2/3.2.2 jailbreak specifically during the period where 4.0.2/3.2.2 is the latest public release. At best, some future 4.1x FW jailbreak *may* be compatible with 4.0.2/3.2.2 (but don’t count on that).
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Although a verizon iPhone has been rumored for years. . . I’m still hopeful and will grasp on to any rumor I can. The following rumor supports a CDMA based iPhone which could cater to both Sprint and/or Verizon:
I don’t know anything about negotiations with Verizon, and I doubt anyone does other than the highest-level executives at both companies. But I do know that engineering-wise, the wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4. It’s certainly not in production yet, and hasn’t reached DVT status (device verification test – like Gray Powell’s infamous stolen unit), but it is, a few little birdies claim, at EVT (engineering verification test). That’s one step below DVT, which is one step below production. So it’s right about where you’d think it would be if it were scheduled to go on sale in January. The CDMA iPhone is no longer a cold storage, keep-it-alive-just-in-case-we-need-it project.
To the best of my knowledge Apple has never gotten this far along producing a probable solution to AT&T’s terrible reception problem. The source, Gruber, claims that it is still not a “sure” thing but that we should definitely keep our eyes peeled.
Supposedly, according to Petragon, the CDMA iPhones are due for production in December and release in January.
I’ll keep my eyes peeled.
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