Apple has recently released iTunes 9.0.2, which comes along with several new features and refinements. Available as a free download, iTunes 9.0.2 will help iPhone users find improvements in app sorting and media syncing. Besides that, you will also be able to add or delete home screens and arrange apps directly in iTunes.
Experts have revealed that with the help of this recently released iTunes 9.0.2, apps purchased on your computer or iPhone will sync automatically. Moreover, iTunes 9.0.2 will also provide options for syncing individual artists, genres, podcasts or television shows. However, the icing on the cake is the good news meant for all of you who have had jailbreak iphones.
MuscleNerd of the iPhone dev team has confirmed that iTunes 9.0.2 will not interfere with your jailbroken and/or unlocked iPhone. In his twitter message MuscleNerd writes, “Just confirmed that today's iTunes 9.0.2 release is safe :) Won't interfere with jailbreak or unlock.”
Check out the iTunes 9.0.2 Features
- The iTunes Store features a brand new look, with enhanced navigation for quick and easy search.
- A new Column Browser that helps you easily browses through your artists or albums, movies, TV shows, and more.
- Exclusive interviews, videos, photos, etc created by iTunes LP and iTunes Extras are available with select album and movie purchases on the iTunes Store.
- With the help of Home Sharing feature, you can not only manage your iTunes collection between computers at home. Besides that, you can also automatically transfer new purchases and can choose just the items you want.
- Now, iTunes helps you create Genius Mixes for you and also play songs from your library that go great together.
- You can now organize your iPhone and iPod touch home screens directly in iTunes with the help of iPod and iPhone syncing. Moreover, syncing is considered more flexible, thus allowing you to sync individual artists, genres, or TV show and Podcast episodes as well
- You can now organize iTunes into their own section in your iTunes library.
- Apart from that, iTunes 9 also includes many other improvements, such as HE-AAC encoding and playback, more flexibility with Smart Playlists rules, simpler organization of your media files inside an iTunes Media folder, and more.
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Have you been pondering all this while after accidentally updating your iPhone to firmware 3.1.2 in iTunes and updating the baseband to 05.11.07? Well, its time to cheer up as Geohot has more good news for you. News has been doing the rounds that Geohot has started his work on BlackSn0w - unlock for the iPhone 3.1.2 baseband 05.11.07. For your information, baseband 05.11.07 is the latest baseband version of the iPhone OS 3.1.2 which is presently not unlockable.
Geohot’s blog post titled ‘A Heap of Trouble’ recently broke the news, where he writes (you can see that zooming on the image below)
hello there, this is geohotthis is the most complicated injection i have ever done, and it uses a public command… prepare for blacksn0w, although i gotta still figure out this zamboni
Supporting Blacksn0w…..
Reports indicate that one Jody Sanders had proposed to support Geohot’s developmental work on Blacksn0w with $10,000 bounty, which was rejected by Geohot. Searching for further details on this ‘generous’ donor revealed that this person has been making money selling the dev team’s unlocking tools and carrying on iphone unlocking besides jailbreak iphone to people who do not know better. So, Geohot felt taking favors from him would equal to legitimizing his business, which he personally does not approve.
Geohot’s latest Blacksn0w update on Twitter
The latest update heard from Geohot on Twitter which reads “#blacksn0w is still a ways away...thats just PoC. and I'm kind of burnt out from that”goes out to show that BlackSn0w is still ways away from its way to be released overnight.
Intermittently, there has also been news doing the rounds that the dev team is also working on unlocking 05.11.07 for a while without much success until now. Lets waits and watch, who wins this race!
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Have you had problems with your Winterboard after Blackra1n jailbreak? Well, some iPhone users have reported that Winterboard doesn’t work (the iPhone just cannot change theme in Winterboard) after jailbreaking with Blackra1n. As reported earlier, Blackra1n is a 30-second jailbreak tool developed by GeoHot.
Although, many experts working on this subject have suggested the use of PwnageTool 3.1.4 to jailbreak your iPhone again, the unofficial dev team have also made certain notes about Blackra1n issue on the iphone dev team blog, which reads:
For the early adopters who ran blackra1n and are having problems with mobilesubstrate, winterboard, diskaid, or ifunbox, you can install a custom .ipsw from PwnageTool to fix these issues. That’s because all jailbroken devices accept a custom .ipsw created by PwnageTool. (However, if you ran blackra1n on a 3G or 3GS that means you updated to stock 3.1.x, and the carrier unlock is now out of reach. We’ll continue to work on a carrier unlock for the latest basebands, but the timeframe for such an unlock is unknowable.) Is this possibly the fix for Winterboard problem?
There have been a lot of speculations and suggestions regarding the fixing of the Winterboard problem after installing Blackra1n for jailbreak iphone. However, only a few seem promising – one amongst them is not to install Rock/Icy; because it is believed that the problem may be due to Icy. Instead you can install Cydia, as you will not be having any problem.
Fixing DiskAid or iPhone Browser Issue
Blackra1n developed by Geohot is considered the quickest (30 seconds) and the easiest tool for jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2.. However, there have also been reports that DiskAid or iPhone Browser could not identify their jailbroken iPhone after using blackra1n. The reason being your jailbroken iPhone misses a service that the iPhone file browser depends to access the root file system. That service is known as “afc2″. And this has been clarified by Geohot in his Twitter message (as shown in image).
All you need to do to fix the problem is just install a fix called “afc2add” that is available from Cydia. Once the installation is over, reboot your iPhone. You may now again try to connect your iPhone with USB and launch DiskAid or other file browser. But, make sure that the file browser is able to identify your jailbroken iPhone and access the root file system.
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Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is one of the most awaited events for iPhone developers around the world. And the iPhone Tech Talk World Tour – 2009 is back again starting October 29, 2009 in San Jose, CA. Cited to be the most happening event of the year, this developer’s conference will be held in nine cities across the globe over a span of 2 months between October and December, 2009.
The iPhone Tech Talk World Tour – 2009 after its inaugural event at San Jose, will hit up Seattle, New York, Toronto, Paris, London, Hamburg, and Beijing; with the concluding tour event scheduled in Tokyo on December 15.
What to expect
While the WWDC is known to be the international podium offering iPhone developers the opportunity to get tips and tricks directly from Apple Inc; it is also an occasion where you can master certain technologies, such as Open GL ES. And the best part is about this conference is that if you are already a part of Apple's developer program, then all the knowledge you are to acquire from the event will come Free.
The sessions will be hosted by Apple engineers and technology experts in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Here, the Apple representatives from across the world will discuss and offer assistance in code optimization, push notifications, user interface design, game design, Web content integration, Core Data, App purchases, video and audio development. Questions can also be put in about software development on the iPhone and iPod Touch amongst others.
Are you joining in?
The euphoria about iPhone Tech Talk World Tour – 2009 is anticipated considering the overwhelming response the world tour received in 2008. However, this year the number of cities included in the tour are fewer compare to the previous year, which will probably be a disappointment. And going by the latest information (see pic: courtesy Apple.com) as on October 28, 2009, most of the venues are FULL.
A few venues are still open – Toronto (North America); Paris and d Hamburg (Europe). So if you are a registered iPhone Developer (the criteria to attend this conference) and it’s a driving distance from where you stay or you are ready to travel half across the world you can sign up online as well from the Apple website.
George Hotz (aka. Geohot) who made has presence felt in the jailbreak iphone industry with Purplera1n and further reaffirmed his position with Blackrai1n. Geohot has now come up with the latest update on its popular iPhone jailbreak software Blackra1n. Labeled as ‘RC 2′, this new update has added a range of upgrading and additions to the Blackra1n version of iPhone OS 3.1.2.
The new update also comes with the announcement that if you have already applied RC1 successfully, you need to run blackra1n. It has been noted that while the initial release of the blackra1n utility was capable of jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhone 3GS hardware already, it was unsuccessful in jailbreaking newer iPhone 3GS units. Check out the New Updates for blackra1n RC2
The updated blackra1n RC2 however, changes all that. Do you want to know the latest fixes? Apart from an official update from Geohot which announces the availability of both the versions of Blackra1n now for Windows and Mac, the others are
- Fix for 3G signal issues - Fix for issues with package software”Icy“ - Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB iPod touch 8GB and new 3GS’ devices.
What is tethered jailbreak?
Many a times questions are put in as to 'What is tethered jailbreak?' Well, as you see since 'tethered jailbreak' is one of the important components related to Blackra1n RC2, lets put it in simple words. Tethered jailbreak is one of the inconvenient jailbreak iphone methods that insist the user to keep their iPhone 3GS connected to their computer during the jailbreak process. And if you want any subsequent reboots (either as a result of power loss or a manual reboot), you will require a computer to boot effectively.
So you see that the jailbreak using blackra1n RC2 is possible but it’s more of a hassle. However, the question remains, how many times do you reboot your iPhone? So, all of you who have already jailbroken your iPhone 3GS using blackra1n RC1, you know by now that there is no need to run RC2. Besides that, it’ll be great if you would rather wait for the iPhone dev team to build the tethered jailbreak iphone option into pwnagetool. News is rife that the dev team is working on it.
As for now, get ready for jailbreaking with Blackra1n RC2. And all of you who haven’t yet unlocked your iPhone log in to easyiphoneunlocking.com for hassle-free service on iphone unlocking.
While the whole iPhone fraternity kept guessing about AT&T’s future with Apple iPhone, the carrier proved to the world that what they mean is business and ‘Financial results indeed speaks greater than mere speculations’. The telecom giant last Thursday has announced its better-than-ever Q3 results with the largest total quarterly activation till date - 3.2 million iPhone activations.
And to add to the celebration comes the news that nearly 40 percent were customers of the3.2 million iPhone activations were new to AT&T. The AT&T Q3 report further reveals that the carrier network has also added 4.3 million postpaid 3G devices and also has a 2 million increase in total number of wireless subscribers, which was the highest third-quarter gain in company history.
Can AT&T retain its exclusivity with Apple iPhone post 2010?
Will that work in its favor when Apple decides its exclusivity partner post the expiring of the 2010 contract with AT&T? Well, the mood in the AT&T camp is upbeat with the new fiscal report. The AT&T CEO has admitted that the Apple-AT&T exclusivity contract may not run forever; however, their legacy of having a superb portfolio will continue to enthrall customers even after its association with the iPhone connection is gone.
Technically, AT&T even if it loses exclusivity, it will be the only carrier with HSPA 7.2 and (new devices) will work on their network faster. Coming to the speculation being rife about Apple carrying out talks with Verizon, its recent association with Google Android has put all speculations to rest.
So, what is Apple Inc. thinking; well, you just need to wait and watch. And we promise to keep you updated with the latest buzz as it reaches us.
News has been rife about Apple’s reported shipment of iPhone 3GS units with a new bootrom, which might help combat hacks enabling installation of unauthorized software putting an end to the jailbreak iphone trend sweeping the iPhone world.
However, the pioneers of the jailbreak iphone movement, the unofficial iPhone dev team are highly optimistic that this is just a temporary inconvenience for jailbroken devices by Apple’s new firmware, reaffirming that the iPhone device is still be hacked.
In a recent interview, Eric McDonald, a member of the iPhone Dev-Team has stated that Apple’s attempt to nullify the ‘24kpwnage exploit’ effect will not last as according to him, it will not be impossible to jailbreak iphone even if the said exploit is not there. Also, adding that current tools will still continue to work with the most recent set of iPhone 3GS units (even though the 24kpwn exploit used to facilitate jailbreak the earlier versions of iPhones and iPod Touch devices only made it simpler to boot up the hacked devices). What makes the dev team confident?
The dev team is confident that the iPhone 3GS’s bootrom which has be recently shipped by Apple (as evident from various sources) will interfere with 24kpwn and make the iPhone device difficult to start up after it shuts down, unless “tethered” to a computer. It is just the extra hassle or else, once your jailbroken iPhone 3GS shuts down, you can turn it back on only by plugging it into a computer. So, all the dev team will work on is to just find a new exploit to enable untethered booting once more. Does that mean that Apple’s ‘new’ jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS is unconfirmed?
Well, it cannot be ruled out that all these are mind games which Apple and the dev team are playing to their best ability. And, all you can do here is watch the cat and mouse game and keep your support high for the one whom you’d like to win. If you ask me who I’d support and like to win; well no guesses, like you even I want the game should go on and perhaps that’s the only way to keep the innovation alive.
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Good or Bad, that you have to decide – but here comes the news that Apple Inc. has introduced an in-app purchase feature for free iPhone apps. This feature will let you to perform transactions within the iPhone applications themselves that means Apple App Store will no longer be a requisite.
However, this feature is not new to iPhone users; it was previously available for paid applications. So, if you are thinking who’ll benefit from them; well, it is anticipated that with the enabling of in-application transactions, Apple will make life easier for developers. This anticipation is in tune to the present system where developers have to make teaser/trial versions of the app along with the full versions; while it is only for the full version which the iPhone user will pay the money for. What’s the catch….how it works
The catch here is that, now with this new introduction of ‘in-app purchase feature for free iPhone apps’, you can opt for a free version of an app; and later may upgrade to the full paid version if you really liked the teaser. And all this can be done sans the App Store, as you will have the option to upgrade within the application itself.
This new announcement comes closely at the backdrop of Apple Inc. finally conceding on the impasse in the developer agreement, and allowing in-app purchases for free applications. Accordingly, from now on developers can give out a free trial version of their applications, unlocking features from directly within the app as request by iPhone users (and also pay for them).
Until now….
Well, for all of you who have been wondering how it has been working until now, there are of course a few strategic differences. Until now, iPhone developers were required to deliver two applications with two unique identities. Apart from that, there was no easy way to share data from the trial to the full version.
So, with the new development from Apple regarding the free apps, the iPhone developers can amalgamate into a single application - one project to maintain and support; one place to consolidate reviews and one application sandbox for a single set of application data. Isn’t that going to be less complex?
Why Apple took the U-turn from its completely ‘free’ app policy
Many think, it was quite an unexpected move (to allow in-app purchases) from Apple to sway away from its company policy on this issue that free apps should remain free. It was clear that users will not need to pay for anything from within a free application; while the facility of backend billing and taking a fraction out of the sale price of the in-app purchase will still be provided by Apple inc. for the paid apps.
Apple is optimistic that in-app purchases from within free applications will possibly have a widely beneficial effect in the iPhone App store economy. Just take into account the in-app purchases from within free applications and the potential of iPhone games app developers. Now, they will be able to offer for free a limited-functionality version of their game, besides charging users for further gameplay levels. Apart from that, the App Store will also feel relieved from the thousands of 'lite' apps and could get rid of customer confusion as well.
Jailbreaking is fast evolving into a craze with iPhone users all over the world. Thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of serious developers like the iPhone dev team and Geohot, who have made jailbreaking and iphone unlocking household names.The number of comments against each post on the iPhone dev team blog in itself is an indication about the involvement of people's interest and participation in jailbreak iphones.
But, have you ever given a thought about what actually must be the overall jailbreaking statistics worldwide. According to the analytic firm Pinch Media, of the estimated 4 million jailbreak iphones detected, approximately 38% of them have used a pirated application at least once.
The Inside story….
The piracy connection to the jailbreak iphones statistics picked up a storm when Pinch Media’s analytics software detected a notable difference in the in user numbers for apps on their network in comparison to the iTunes download numbers. Soon the piracy angle surfaced and a detailed analysis spilled the beans and revealed many interesting facts.
For instance, the ratio of piracy to total installations of the app is at just 5% in the US, but nearing 40% in China; demarcating a strong negative correlation with GDP in that region. Some other significant facts that came under the scanner are that most probably, the pirated apps crash more often than legally purchased ones. Apart from that, the usage intensity is also lower, which indicates that perhaps the users who are using pirated apps for jailbreak iphones may not be regular users and lose interest quickly.
Jailbreak iPhones, but say 'no' to Piracy
As iPhone users, it is also your moral responsibility to say no to Piracy and promote and support the developers who work tirelessly for developing an application. As per reports obtained from Pinch Media, of the data received by the analytic firm from some 4 million jailbroken devices (i.e. eight percent of the estimated 50 million iPhone devices perceived to be in circulation) 38 percent have run a pirated iPhone OS application, which is almost 3 percent of the total.
Pinch Media further adds that an estimated around a million and a half of those, have used a pirated application, which is presumably low due to the anti-detection methods used by some pirates. The nationwide trends also showed that while China, Russia, and Brazil were leading the piracy charts, the United States, UK, and Japan were in the bottom three when it comes to pirating applications.
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Navigation-based applications are not new to the iTunes App Store; however, the new time-based app Glympse makes it easy to ‘share your where’ location with anyone. The best part about Glympse is that this ardently developed app - that shares your location via e-mail, text message, etc. for a specific set duration has managed to attract many eyeballs at the very onset.
The latest version of Glympse app is presently available in the iTunes App Store for 3G and 3GS iPhones, integrating the maps included in the 3.0 OS and a new Twitter feed sharing option. This can be considered an intelligent attempt by Glympse to utilize the iPhone user’s reliability on their devices for staying connected. As such the app offers an innovative and engaging way for users to share their current location and connect with anyone of their choice. Specification for Glympse app
The basic requirement for using Glympse app is a Web-enabled phone or computer. All you need to view a Glympse is just simply click on the unique URL embedded in the message. On doing this, a dynamic map that pinpoints the sender's movements in real-time is launched, which shared information about the speed of travel, if a destination has been designated and the estimated arrival time.
Glympse requires no software and can be viewed having the app installed for a more interactive and rich viewing experience.
How Glympse app works
First of all, it is important for you to know that you do not need to install any software, or sign up for using Glympse. It is a free app and you can start using it by just clicking a link. Glympse works by zeroing in on your current location instantly with the help of Google Maps tapping. The app then offers the users the preference of sending it to one or more e-mail addresses and/or phone numbers. Apart from that, you may also choose to link your Twitter account or just type in "Twitter" in the To field.
Being a time-based application Glympse gives you the opportunity to choose duration: anywhere from 0 minutes to 4 hours. The highlight of the app is that for anything higher than zero, the recipient can track your movement for the designated period in Google Maps in real-time.
Glympse Features
- iPhone users with Glympse can choose exactly how long they want to share their location with their friends.
- The app also offers the flexibility to pause or delete a Glympse at any time or even choose to extend it before it expires.
- You may also use Glympse for sending brief message or choosing from a couple dozen canned messages like "I'm stuck”, "Almost there,” etc.
- The app even lets you include a destination so the recipient knows where you're headed, which may be a contact's address, a location on a map – even a restaurant or pub.
- The app also allows you to save these destinations for later use; moreover, there is a Favorites section for easily retrieving Glympses sent on a regular basis (as to home or to office).
Limitation
The most notable limitation of Glympse is that if you exit the app before the Glympse expires or even if your iPhone shuts off; the app will stop broadcasting your location.
Applications are churning out quite fast lately from Geohot – first Purplera1n, then Blackra1n for Windows and now Blackra1n for Mac. While Blackra1n for Windows offered iPhone users the alternative to the dev team’s jailbreaking tool pwnagetool for Mac, George Hotz (aka Geohot) has now come up knocking at dev team’s door with the latest release of the Mac version of Blackra1n.
In this latest release of Blackra1n, which is similar to the Windows version; Geohot has claimed that this Blackra1n for Mac will work for all iPhones and every iPod touch (except for the 3rd generation touch) on firmware 3.1.2. All you need to do is update your iPhone device using the official update path (iTunes) and then run blackra1n. In short the jailbreak is quick, simple and hassle-free. What to expect….
Just as in Blackra1n for Windows, even in the Mac version, it can only be used for jailbreaking and not for iphone unlocking. So, if you want to unlock, you have to use the pwnagetool developed by the dev team. For your information, you can check out easyiphoneunlocking.com for attractive offers and solutions for iphone unlocking.
Geohot has been successfully keeping his fans engaged and on their toes tweeting updates on his new ventures. Reports are rife that George Hotz are initially apprehensive about Blackra1n for Windows working; and just before Geohot fans could recover from the success of Blackra1n for Windows, arrived the tweets from Geohot “#blackra1n for mac is live!!!!!!!!!
In short, the Blackra1n for Mac is a 30 seconds all-in-one device jailbreaking tool, which has now been released for Mac OS X. In fact the jailbreaking instructions for blackra1n on OS X are precisely similar to the one on Windows. All you need to do now is just download blackra1n for Mac OS X and follow the step-by-step guidelines.
The iPhone dev team is at it again with what they are best at – coming up with updated jailbreak iphone tools; and in the process giving Apple sleepless nights. This time around they have come up with an updated version of pwnage tool, which is the version 3.1.4. Currently available for Mac OS X, this updated version will be able to offer a jailbreak for iPhone OS 3.1.2. For your information, it already supports the original iPhone, iPhone 3G and 3GS as well as the 1st and 2nd generation iPod touch.
Get started if you have a jailbreak iphone…..
TIf you have a jailbroken iPhone, just create or import from a friend your custom IPSW and Option-Restore (Shift-Restore on Windows) to it via iTunes. Make sure not to enter DFU mode and also ensure that you are restoring to the custom IPSW and not the reserve one from Apple. You may however, try using the latest iTunes (9.0.1), which seems to be a good and innovative application organizer.
The special feature of this updated pwnagetool release from the dev team is that it allows your baseband to remain unlocked at 3.1.2; however it does not unlock a new baseband put there by restoring to official 3.1.x. Therefore, it is important for all of you (who wants to unlock) to realize that they can keep it only by starting at 3.0 (or earlier) and updating solely to custom IPSWs that don’t update the baseband.
On the other hand, those who have already unlocked your iPhone; all you need to do is simply install ultrasn0w via Cydia, as soon as you’ve restored to your custom IPSW. The dev team blog also carries a note to the 3GS users who have not already jailbroken and stuck at 3.1.x - Pwnage Tool 3.1.4 version of pwnagetool has a side feature to jailbreak your 3GS.
Note this latest update: Ensure that iTunes and iTunesHelper are not running when PwnageTool seeks information from you if your 3GS is already jailbroken or pwned or not.
Highlights: Pwnage Tool 3.1.4
- The iPhone 3GS is now supported out of the box in PwnageTool 3.1.4
- The iPod 2G is still supported in PwnageTool 3.1.4; however it must already be jailbroken
- PwnageTool 3.1.4 does not support the iPod touch 3G.
- If you are using an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3G(S) with ultrasn0w and rely on ultrasn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should only update your device with an .ipsw that is made with the new PwnageTool.
- PwnageTool will work for the iPhone 3GS and the iPod touch 2G
- However pwnage tool will only work for 1st generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G(S) and the 1st and 2nd generation iPod Touch but it will not work for the 3rd generation iPod Touch.
- For all 3G and 3G(S) users who are Pwned, pwnage tool is your key to updating in the future. All you need to remember is to never install an update directly from Apple; instead always use an .ipsw that has been created with pwnage tool.
- The dev team further reiterates that PwnageTool is a Mac OS X tool only. They do not have a Windows version of it nor are they developing a Windows version of the pwnage tool.
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As the iphone jailbreak community is celebrating and basking in the glory of Geohot’s jailbreaking tool Blackrai1n, comes the news of Apple shipping the new iPhone 3GS which may be immune to jailbreaking. Reports suggest that this new 3G S device comes with a new Bootrom, iBoot-359.3.2 that is not susceptible to the 24kpwn exploit currently used to jailbreak iphone and iPod Touch. This can be considered as a deliberate attempt to stop the jailbreak in its tracks by shipping new iPhones with an updated bootrom.
Apple challenges iPhone dev team ……..
Is this an open challenge from Apple Inc. to the unofficial iPhone dev team who had been giving the smartphone giant sleepless nights? It is heard that MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev-Team has acknowledged that the loss of the 24kpwn exploit indicates that a normal jailbreak would not be possible for the time being. Instead, he has suggested finding old stock or restored units till another exploit for the new bootrom is developed.
Although, this is indeed bad news for some of you living in countries beyond Apple support and have recently purchased a spanking new iPhone 3GS. You must have surely relied on the dev team’s recently released PwnageTool 3.1.4, which is the latest Mac hacking utility for iPhones and iPods.
The iPhone dev team has suggested in a recent report asking 3GS users to save their ECID hashes for iPhone OS 3.1.2. One believes this could be an important factor of future jailbreaking efforts. As such, you must be fully aware of the functions and consequences of iphone unlocking or jailbreaking. Or else, if you are just doing it because others are doing, you could end up bricking or rendering your iPhone totally useless.
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Blackra1n is finally live and kicking! Geohot’s latest jailbreaking tool, which generated so much hype, was released quietly on a rather unusual timing in the early hours of Sunday.
In a Twitter note, GeoHot has confirmed that BlackRa1n still works on the new 3.1.2 firmware as he successfully jailbroke his iPhone 3GS running the latest OS 3.1.2.This tool claims to jailbreak all OS 3.1.2 devices within 30 seconds is the latest addition to the iphone jailbreak tools from George Holtz, aka Geohot who acclaimed much fame with Purplera1n.
Blackra1n, which is a ‘Windows-only’ iphone jailbreak breaks through the iPhone 3.1.2 OS and covers both the iPhone and iPod Touch multimedia. Released just a week later to Apple new iPhone OS 3.1.2, Blackra1n however indicates that a certain level of knowledge is required to benefit from it. Although, Blackra1n is currently for Windows only; a Mac version is expected soon in the near future. What is Blackra1n?
Blackra1n is a 30 second 3.1.2 iphone jailbreak that works for all devices and that works on all iPhone devices and where even the ipt3, however the ipt3 is tethered. In order to boot it, just rerun blackra1n. As usual, do not update your iPhone firmware via iTunes if you jailbreak your iPhone / iPod or else all you may lose all your data.
iphone jailbreak demystified
It is surprising that while ‘jailbreaking’ is very much the talks of the iPhone world, some of you still feel intimidated to jailbreak your iPhone device. You’re not to blame for this; perhaps your unclear conception about iphone jailbreak makes you feel so. Jailbreaking is a tool used by iPhone or iPod Touch users to download applications outside of Apple's App Store.
Once you jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch, you can download (unauthorized Apple) applications from sites such as Cydia and Icy, which become visible on the device after the completion of jailbreak. In short, Cydia is like the App Store on your iPhone (installed by default when you jailbreak) and is meant for jailbreak applications. With the release of Blackra1n now, a third option for applications called "Rock" also is visible.
Blackra1n warning from Geohot
Geohot has warned all iPhone 3G and 3GS users who have unlocked their device not to upgrade to OS 3.1.2 using iTunes if they wish to continue keeping their devices unlocked. Even the video published in YouTube has issued a number of warnings, apart from Geohot's 3G and 3GS note; one of which is because of tethering. Geohot has announced that iPod Touch 3G users will have to reinstall Blackra1n every time they turn off their devices and turn them on again.
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When the iPhone dev team came up with the jailbreak iphone 3.1 with Pwnage Tool 3.1 (for Mac only), many Windows users questioned ‘why only Mac?’ Thereafter, came out reports about Windows users creating confusion around with OSX emulation. Some were even found searching around for friends with Macs to build custom firmware. However, its good news for iPhone Windows users; your wait is finally over.
A team of iPhone developers - iH8sn0w, the developer of iReb (a Windows tool for overcoming 16** errors when downgrading or installing custom firmwares); and DarkMalloc are porting the Dev Team’s pwnagetool to jailbreak iphone OS 3.1 for Windows. They have codenamed the project as ’sn0wbreeze’ and is considered to be a welcome addition to the clan of 3.1 jailbreak tools when released. More so, the developers have also set the date, October 12, 2009 for its release.
Get ready for sn0wbreeze
In their recent tweet, iH8sn0w the developers behind porting sn0wbreeze have revealed interesting information on the new tool for Windows users. According to them, sn0wbreeze will work with iPod touch 2G, iPhone 3GS with 3.0. Briefly speaking, it is expected that you can create your own custom firmware on Windows (just as we do on Mac OS) with sn0wbreeze.
Moreover, sn0wbreeze besides being a Windows tool is at heart a pwnagetool. The only difference is that this time it is not coming from the dev team. The developer team porting pwnagetool from the dev team to Windows has divulged that they will allow iPhone 2G/iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.1 to jailbreak iphone. However, in case of iPhone 3GS, it will work only if you’ve jailbroken your iPhone 3GS. Get ready for the excitement with your unlocked iPhone. If you haven’t unlocked your iPhone yet, you can easily get started at easyiphoneunlocking.com. Watch this space for the latest update for sn0wbreeze. Stay connected!
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