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iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak Now Available for Download

By Christopher Price on December 27, 2011

Prolific iOS hacker pod2G has released to jail breakers a new exploit, which for the first time brings a homogenous and simple jailbreak for iOS 5 devices. The jailbreak has been incorporated into redsn0w, the most popular jailbreak tool, and supports all devices with the exception of Apple A5-toting iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. This […]

Posted in Apple | Tagged Apple, ios, iphone dev team, jailbreak, pod2g, redsn0w | 1 Response

New Version of redSn0w Unlock Tool Available

New Version of redSn0w Unlock Tool Available

By Humberto Saabedra on December 23, 2011

A new version of the redSn0w iPhone unlock tool has been released on the Cydia repository with increased compatibility with iOS 5.0.1. The new unlock tool is compatible with the iPhone 3GS as long as the baseband version is set at 04.26.08 – 05.11.07 – 05.12.01 – 05.13.04 – 06.15.00 with the iPhone 4 now compatible […]

Posted in Apple, Nerds | Tagged ios, iphone, IPhone 3GS, iphone 4, iphone dev team, redsn0w | 3 Responses

Apple Releases PDF Exploit Patch, Tethered Jailbreak Now Available

Apple Releases PDF Exploit Patch, Tethered Jailbreak Now Available

By Humberto Saabedra on July 16, 2011

Apple has released the long expected iOS update that is meant to patch a long-standing PDF exploit vulnerability that was recently used to provide a web-based jailbreak for every iOS powered device, including the iPad 2. The updates bump the GSM line to 4.3.4 while the CDMA version is pushed up to 4.2.9. Continue reading […]

Posted in Apple, Nerds | Tagged Apple, iOS 4.3, pwnagetool, redsn0w

New Spirit Jailbreak for iPhone 4 Being Released Soon

New Spirit Jailbreak for iPhone 4 Being Released Soon

By Humberto Saabedra on June 27, 2010

A new version of the Spirit jailbreak has been successfully tested on the iPhone 4 mere days after being officially launched, as it takes advantage of the same userland exploit found in the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3.1.3 that has yet to be properly patched by Apple. The new jailbreak was expected to be released […]

Posted in Apple, Nerds | Tagged Apple, iOS4, jailbreak, redsn0w, Spirit | 61 Responses

RedSn0w/Ultrasnow Still Work on iPhone after SMS Fix

By Humberto Saabedra on August 2, 2009

The iPhone Dev-Team has posted simple instructions on how to unlock/jailbreak iPhone after Friday’s 3.0.1 update: “You can re-use redsn0w v0.8 we released a few weeks ago to jailbreak today’s 3.0.1 update. Just let iTunes update or restore you to official 3.0.1 then run redsn0w. The only trick is that when redsn0w asks you to […]

Posted in Apple | Tagged Apple, iphone, redsn0w

RedSn0w for iPhone 3GS Now Available

By Humberto Saabedra on July 7, 2009

The iPhone Dev Team has updated the redsn0w jailbreak tool to version 0.8, which now allows for full jailbreaking and stable SIM unlocking on the recently released iPhone 3GS. The competitor purplera1n jailbreak/unlock method is still too unstable and unwieldy for general use as tested and reported by many users, which is why most waited […]

Posted in Apple | Tagged 3GS, iphone, redsn0w

iPhone Dev Team Releases redsn0w for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch

By Humberto Saabedra on June 20, 2009

As expected, the iPhone Dev Team has released the redsn0w jailbreak tool for the first generation iPhone and iPhone 3G/iPod Touch via PwnageTool 3.0 for Mac OS X. Now for the caveats: 1. redsn0w will only jailbreak and unlock the first-generation iPhone, with the ultrasn0w 3G unlock tool for iPhone 3G not being included in […]

Posted in Apple | Tagged iphone, jailbreak, redsn0w | 10 Responses

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