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The iPhone dev team recently reported that, with the help of the chronic dev team, “This means iPhone unlockers can safely restore to a custom 4.2.1 pre-jailbroken IPSW and retain their current baseband and unlock”.
PwnageTool also supports all the other 4.2.1 devices other than iPod touch 2G:
- iPhone3G
- iPhone3GS
- iPhone4
- iPhone4-Verizon
- iPod touch 3G
- iPod touch 4G
- iPad
- AppleTV 2G
Other improvements:iBooks has been fixed to work with books protected by DRM.
- The wifi problem on AppleTV 2G was fixed as well.
Thank you Dev Team!
Official Bittorent Releases:
PwnageTool_4.2.dmg -> PwnageTool_4.2.dmg.6176918.TPB.torrent
SHA1 Sum = af365f5de19d7ee19cbe1c67b2f226996a46b3ac
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Well, going with the “no device left behind (un-jailbroken) advocacy, eighteen-year old James Whelton as well as DarkMalloc have successfully brought about the cracking of the iP od Nano. Apparently, on his flight home from a trip, he decides to play with the device and see if its hackable:
“It was just a product of boredom,” he told Ars. “All the factory-installed stuff was seemingly boring to me, and I had time to kill, so I started playing with it.”
It seems the chip that powers the nano is very similar to the SoC used in the 4th gen iPod Nano and 2G iPod Touch.
Here are the official instructions, it is a bit technical so… be careful:
Well, here are instructions on how to mount the resource partition.
1. Download me please (I’m the 1.0 Nano firmware)
2. Rename: iPod_1.0_36A00403.ipsw to iPod_1.0_36A00403.zip and unzip
3. Download me as well
4. Use terminal to “cd” to the same folder that contains these files and build it using the following command: make -f Makefile
5. Find the file called “Firmware.MSE” in the folder “Pod_1.0_36A00403″ and drag that into the same folder as your built Extract2G file
6. In terminal, while in the same folder go to ./extract2g -A -4 Firmware.MSE
7. Now run this command: “dd if=rsrc.fw of=rsrc.img iseek=2 count=284672
8. This creates a filed called rsrc.img which you can find in finder. Merely click it to mount it.
Have fun!
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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.
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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.
- 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, after an extended vacation, Comex has brought back Jailbreakme 2.0!
This miraculous jailbreak solution is so amazingly simple. Merely go to:
www.jailbreakme.com
or
www.jailbreakme.modmyi.com
on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch to start the process.
Once there the on-screen instructions will baby you through the jailbreak.
* Jailbreakme works on the following devices:
- iPod Touch 1G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPod Touch 1G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPod Touch 2G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPod Touch 2G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPod Touch 2G on iOS 4.0
- iPod Touch 3G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPod Touch 3G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPod Touch 3G on iOS 4.0
- iPad on iOS 3.2
- iPad on iOS 3.2.1
- iPhone 3G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPhone 3G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0
- iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0.1
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 3.1.2
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 3.1.3
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 4.0
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 4.0.1
- iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0
- iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0.1
Check out more jailbreak solutions here on our official jailbreak help page.
have fun!
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The Dev team, upon the release of Snow Leopard, also has some additional good news to announce: Snow Leopard “poses no new wrinkles for the redsn0w jailbreak or ultrsn0w unlock”.
- You can use redsn0w to jailbreak any iPhone or iPod Touch using OS X, Windows, or Linux. For both 3.0 and 3.0.1 firmwares, you should point redsn0w at the 3.0 IPSW. If you see it hang at “waiting for reboot”, just unplug and replug that USB cable.
- You can use ultrasn0w to unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS, or BootNeuter to unlock the iPhone 2G. Both ultrasn0w and BootNeuter are available via Cydia.
- You can use PwnageTool for Mac to create custom IPSWs with pre-installed packages.
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So, in light of the recent lack of Jailbreaking news, I thought I’d advertise the sale of my 32gb iPod Touch 2g! Email me at roosterhelp at gmail dot com if your interested.
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Tell you about Apple’s probable release of a new 8gb model for the iPhone 3gs. It seems like a good idea for Apple to open the market to lower gigabyte users. The price will, of course, also attract a new customer base as well. It is rumored that this new model will cost only $99.00.
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Tell you that I’m currently dual booting Windows 7. To say the least, I am very impressed. Microsoft has made a recovery . . . . just in time for Apple’s release of Snow Leopard haha.
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The Dev Team has, quite quickly, “recycled” redsn0w version .8 to jailbreak the new 3.0.1 OS update.
How to correctly update:
Let iTunes update or restore you to the official 3.0.1
Run RedSn0w
RedSn0w will ask you to identify the IPSW used.
MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THE 3.0 IPSW AND NOT THE 3.0.1.!!
After the JB reinstall ultrasnow .9 for the unlock.
Done,
Good Job Dev Team
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So here is a link for free firmware updates. I would highly recommend you bookmark it for future reference. It is illegal, soooo… don’t use it. Just look at it or something.
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