Archive for the 'iPod Touch' Category
So, the dev team has been making almost daily updates with their work in the 3Gs and 3.1beta jailbreak departments. Here is the newest bit. I will warn you, if you are not at least somewhat savvy, then I would walk away right now.
your 3GS temporary solution 
Remember we warned you to stay away from any updates to 3.1 if you want to be able to jailbreak or unlock your 3GS.
Well this is an additional message to all you 3GS owners that would like to jailbreak your device sometime soon, but this advice comes with a warning! A warning that if you accidentally upgrade to 3.1, you will not be able to use Ultransn0w, so please re-read and double check this warning at the bottom of this post before proceeding.
You may have read or heard about techniques to capture files during the iTunes restore process. These will be required to jailbreak your phone in the near future, most of the methods involve icky USB snoops. Well, there is an even better and more reliable method to get your hands on those lovely files.
During the restore process iTunes nicely keeps these oh-so-top-secret-files in a lovely accessible place for us to copy out and backup, that place? /tmp on Mac OS X or %TEMP% on Windows. Thanks Apple — handy!
The downside to this approach is that you actually need to go through the restore process to get these signed files, which has risks if you are anywhere near 3.1 or 3.1 beta 
If you are ready to proceed and you know the risks we’ll get down to the nitty-gritty -
So during a usual recovery with iTunes, your signed iBEC is written to /tmp and during a DFU mode restore the signed iBSS is written there also. To be sure, restore in both modes one after another to be able to grab them both. You’ll need to keep an eye on the temp directory and copy it before it is deleted again by iTunes. I’m sure some nice folks will create a tutorial about this, we’ll link to the first person who makes a good one.
Should you choose to accept this mission, act fast, this needs to be done quickly! But again, always, always double check here to see if 3.1 has been released, if is has, then don’t do this.
WARNING!! - DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! - NB! - REMEMBER!
Update: iClarified has come up with a good picture-filled guide for doing this on a Mac and also one for Windows. Good luck!
IF YOU CARE ABOUT ULTRASN0W, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS METHOD! Do not attempt this if you have downloaded the 3.1 beta. You do NOT WANT TO accidentally restore your device to 3.1 beta — you’ll lose ultrasn0w if you do! BE WARNED
All I feel comfortable saying is Good Luck
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Apple released the new 3.1 beta for the iPhone OS today. You’ve heard similar warnings before and know to take heed:
Ultrasn0w users must stay away from any firmware updates past 3.0 (including today’s 3.1 beta) until we release the tools that let you update the firmware without updating the baseband. For most phones out there, baseband updates are irreversible and you’ll lose ultrasn0w.
The 3.0 jailbreak was one of those (rare) times where both the jailbreak and the unlock coincided (the only other time was 2.2). It’s important that people realize that *most* firmware releases aren’t like that, and you need to take steps (via the tools) to separate the firmware update from its included baseband update.
This warning does not apply to the iPhone 2G, which uses BootNeuter for the unlock, not ultrasn0w.
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So, after a very brief wait and some impressive work by the iPhone Dev team, the 2G 3.0 Jailbreak has arrived. RedSn0w 0.7 can be used for the iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 2G, and the iPod Touch 1G.
So, just click here for the RedSn0w download!!
(Available for both Mac and PC)
Brief Instructions
(I’m currently in Germany and away from my current computer and iPod and can therefore only provide a cursory tutorial)
- Download the 3.0 ipsw either from iTunes for $9.95 or find a torrent online for free. I would recommend just purchasing the firmware for a secure download.
- Restore your iPod normally without updating. This will allow for a clean install and a safer upgrade.
- Then follow the basic instructions in redsn0w. Depending on how many people have trouble with redn0w will determine if I make a more formal tutorial.
- Good Luck
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So, the iPhone dev team is hard at work jailbreaking the iPhone 3G with the 3.0 software . They expect to release the finished product very very soon. What does this mean for iPod Touch users? Well, its good news for us as well because the sooner they finish working on that, the sooner they will work on the iPod Touch. Here is their formal statement:
SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G
This applies if you bought your iPhone 3G for $$$$$$$. This model of iPhone 3G doesn’t have an Service Provider lock (aka factory unlocked) and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service. Your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates, simply upgrade to 3.0 using iTunes and then use PwnageTool to create an ipsw and then use this to jailbreak your phone.
iPhone 2G (1st Generation)
Use PwnageTool to do the magic and then restore with iTunes using your newly created .ipsw ‘nuff said, you don’t need to worry about anything, the baseband will be unlocked, the phone jailbroken.
iPod Touch 1G (Original iPod Touch)
Use PwnageTool to create a firmware image and restore with that .ipsw using iTunes.
iPod Touch 2G (New iPod Touch)
Sorry, no support at this time within PwnageTool, use Redsn0w for an earlier (pre 3.0) firmware release instead.
Hopefully we’ll get an update soon.
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I visited the Apple store the other day and talked to a genius for a while about the new macbook pro. I’m considering buying one and then upgrading some of the specs. Instead of paying the extra $1000 to update to 8gb of RAM, I was planning on going to OWC.com and purchasing the same two sticks for $600. But I learned something very interesting, and slightly disappointing. For some odd reason the genius told me that updating will not help me because the RAM will not be interweaving making it less efficient, and ultimately, equal to just having the regular interweaving 4gb of RAM.
Just thought that was kind of informative for anyone planning on updating the specs on their mac.
* He also mentioned that there will most likely be a new iPod hitting the market in September, around the same time Snow Leopard and the iPhone 3.0 software will be released.
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Here are the exact words from The Dev Team Concerning iTunes 8.2 and other informative updates:
Yesterday, Apple started pushing out their official iTunes 8.2, which supports mobile devices at firmware 3.0. Here’s why you jailbreakers and yellowsn0w-users shouldn’t really accept that “Update now?” question:
•Most people aren’t at 3.0. In fact 3.0 is still in beta and has lots of bugs (especially related to push updates).
•It breaks your ability to use QuickPwn, PwnageTool, and iPhone Tunneling Suite (ssh over usb). We don’t think this is a deliberate breakage of these tools. It’s just that Apple has updated a low-level USB protocol that normally only Apple cares about (but jailbreakers care about).
•So far, the only appreciable change to iTunes 8.2 is the Genius function working on videos.
•It may actually break Palm Pre’s connection to the device (please give us feedback on this).
This update is one of those that incidentally breaks QuickPwn and PwnageTool. It doesn’t seem like an anti-jailbreak. But nonetheless, it will break your ability to re-run QuickPwn or PwnageTool’s dfu-entry.
Because this update isn’t a deliberate anti-jailbreak measure, it’s easily fixed in our tools. But we really don’t want to update our tools until 3.0 is out, so please don’t update to 8.2 if you think you’ll need to rejailbreak your device. 
YellowSn0w on 2.2.1 and beyond
We see many questions about whether yellowsn0w can ever be made to work on firmware versions past 2.2 (or equivalently, basebands past 02.28). This is probably a good place to address those questions:
If there is a yellowsn0w update for firmware after 2.2 (or basebands after 02.28), there is no way it would ever be released before 3.0 is official. It just wouldn’t make any sense to release an exploit for something that only those who have beta 3.0’s (NDA signers) could use. Most people in the world aren’t NDA signers. Any yellowsn0w update for 3.0 would need to happen *after* 3.0 is officially available
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Microsoft just announced their imminent release of their new Zune HD. And it look pretty good for a microsoft release I must say. Their last attempt at a worthy mp3 player was back in 2005 and yielded mixed results. Their newest Zune harbors HD viewing, a wider screen, more capacity, and a Solid State Media Player.
Punching in a a 272×480 screen resolution its just short of the iPhone’s 320×480. It does have something the iPhone doesn’t however, OLED pixels.
I guess we’ll see how it does pretty soon.
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Due to the high number of questions concerning the new 2G Jailbreak I have decided to make a new page concerning this very subject. Please realize that it is a growing process that relies on your continued support and patience.
You can access the Frequently Asked Questions Page by clicking here or at the top of the web page.
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So I stumbled across a really interesting website today:Daringfireball.com. Apparently it belongs to John Gruber, a highly informed Apple follower. He hypothesizes the following about the upcoming apple developers conference:
- 32GB and 16GB instead of the 8gb and 16gb capacities
- $199 and $299 price-points to be maintained
- 3.2 Megapixel camera
- Video recording & editing capabilities
- Ability to send a picture & video via MMS
- Discontinuation of the metal band surrounding the edge of the device
- OLED screen
- 1.5X The battery life
- Double the RAM and processing power
- Built-in FM transmitter
- Apple logo on the back to light up
- Rubber-tread backing
- Built-in compass
- Revolutionary combination of the camera, GPS, compass, and Google maps to identify photo and inform about photo locations.
- Turn by turn directions
- July 17th, 2009 release date
- It is unlikely that the iTablet and iPhone mini will make their entrance
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Cydia, a popular installer has been the best way to jailbreak your iPod Touch. There is a new package handler that has recently been released Kryptes.
Kryptes has created a new option for jailbreakers that want to download third party software. The team behind it was at sleepers.net
According to their site, their source would not be accepted as a default repo for Cydia and Installer. They therefore decided to branch off and create a new way to download. To download Kryptes, open Cydia and add the source (without parentheses) “http://www.kryptes.net/kryptes”.
This hack is not ready for the primetime but if you are thinking about trying something else for your iPod Touch then give this a try.
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