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Shortly after GeoHot released his PurpleRa1n jailbreak, the Dev Team posted a video showing a jailbroken iPhone 3GS running the UltraSn0w unlock.
Our ultrasn0w program uses the at+xlog crash as an injection vector of our unlocking payload — and it does so on the 3GS in exactly the same way as on the 3G! But this injection vector will be lost if you update to 3.1 using the official Apple IPSW, which updates the baseband. So stay away from official 3.1 IPSWs until we release the tools that let you update the firmware without updating the baseband.
The Dev Team is still waiting on the OS 3.1 update to release its jailbreak.
Not even a week after showing solid proofs of a successful iPhone 3GS jailbreak, GeoHot officially released PurpleRa1n, a tool to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS. The Dev Team planned to release their 3GS jailbreak after the OS 3.1 update but GeoHot just couldn’t wait.
Normally I don’t make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting until 3.1? That isn’t how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn’t worth waiting because you might have the “last” hole in the iPhone. What last hole…this isn’t golf. I’ll find a new one next week. Also your purplera1nyday files ensure that you can always get back to a jailbroken state, so if you have it it’s just a matter of tools.
Before going through a short PurpleRa1n tutorial, there are a few things you need to know:
Jump the break to read the full tutorial. (more…)
The Dev Team posted a message yesterday suggesting that iPhone 3GS owners should prepare their device for jailbreak.
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.
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
Jump the break for instructions on how to get the iBEC and iBSS of your iPhone 3GS. (more…)
There is a new simple hack that allows iPhone 2G users to enable MMS on their iPhone. Your iPhone has to be jailbroken to enable MMS. If you don’t know how to jailbreak your iPhone, please read this.
Now go to Cydia and look for the application called ActivateMMS2G from the iSpazio source. Install and reboot your iPhone and bingo!
George Hotz aka GeoHot, the iPhone hacker who was responsible for the first hardware unlock on the first gen iPhone, just posted an interesting image on his blog.
iClarified was the first site to break the news and give us some insight about what all these crazy codes mean:
Details of the exploit are still being gathered; however, it looks like GeoHot was able to insert a custom command to iBoot meaning sigchecks have been bypassed (thanks mav). This should be a start for the iPhone 3GS (N88AP) jailbreak which has been dubbed purplera1n.
That is some very good news for iPhone 3G S owners (me included) who are eagerly waiting for a jailbreak. I guess time will tell. Keep your fingers crossed!
The new iPhone 3.0 came out about a week ago and the Dev Team already managed to jailbreak and unlock it. All the info available about jailbreaking and unlocking might be a little confusing so I wanted to write some sort of summary in order for you to figure out what’s the best solution for you.
iPod Touch & iPod Touch 2G
If you’re an iPod Touch user and want to jailbreak it, then you will have to use RedSn0w. I wrote a tutorial on how to use RedSn0w for the iPhone but the steps are pretty much the same for the iPod Touch. Refer to this tutorial to learn how to jailbreak your iPod Touch or iPod Touch 2G.
iPhone 2G
You have 2 options to jailbreak your iPhone 2G. If you’re on a Mac, the best way to do this is to use PwnageTool. You can read my PwnageTool jailbreak tutorial here. If you’re on a PC, you may want to use RedSn0w, for which I also wrote a guide here.
The tools to unlock the iPhone 2G are the same as the tools to jailbreak it. If you’re using a Mac, read my PwnageTool unlock tutorial here. If you’re on a PC, read my RedSn0w unlock guide here.
Note that RedSn0w works on both PC and Mac, so if you’re on a Mac, you can still use RedSn0w, which I recommend as it is a little more straightforward than PwnageTool.
iPhone 3G
Once again, you have 2 options to jailbreak your iPhone 3G. First option is to use PwnageTool for Mac (see tutorial here). The second option is to use RedSn0w, which works on both PC and Mac (see tutorial here).
Now if you want to unlock your iPhone 3G, you will first have to jailbreak it using one of the methods mentioned above, and then you will have to run UltraSn0w (see tutorial here).
iPhone 3G S
Unfortunately, there is no jailbreak or unlock method for the iPhone 3G S yet. The Dev Team just released the iPhone 3G unlock UltraSn0w and I believe they will now focus on finding a jailbreak and unlock for the 3G S.
Stay tuned for more information coming as these new tools are released.
UltraSn0w, the soft unlock for the iphone 3G 3.0 firmware is now available thanks to the good work of the Dev Team. Don’t wait any minute to install UltraSn0w and unlock your iPhone 3G.
Before installing UltraSn0w, your iPhone 3G has to be jailbroken and running the latest 3.0 firmware. You can either jailbreak your iPhone 3G using RedSn0w (see tutorial here) or by using PwnageTool (see tutorial here).
After jailbreaking your iPhone 3G, follow these simple steps:
Note that T-Mobile users should disable 3G before using UltraSn0w.
Unfortunately, the new iPhone 3G S still can’t be unlocked because there is no jailbreak for it yet.
A new MobileInstallation patch is required for iPhone users who updated to 3.0. While some people report that you can use the MobileInstallation patch for 3.0 beta, there is also another solution.
Simply go to Cydia and add the following source: http://cydia.hackulo.us.
Then install the application called AppSync. This will patch your MobileInstallation file.
You can find all MobileInstallation patch files for all firmwares here.
This RedSn0w guide & tutorial will show you how to unlock your iPhone 2G using RedSn0w. This guide is to unlock the iPhone 2G only. If you want to unlock the iPhone 3G, you will have to jailbreak your iPhone first using this guide, but you will have to wait for the Dev Team to release UltraSn0w, the unlocking tool for iPhone 3G. There is no way to jailbreak or unlock the new iPhone 3G S so far but I am confident the Dev Team is working on something.
Note that this RedSn0w tutorial is for Windows users but I assume the steps are similar on a Mac.
1. Before doing anything, make sure you have the latest version of iTunes and the latest firmware 3.0 installed on your iPhone 2G.
2. Create a new folder on your desktop. In this folder, download RedSn0w as well as the latest 3.0 firmware for your iPhone 2G from our iPhone downloads page (make sure you pick the right firmware). Also download the following bootloader files: BL 3.9 and BL 4.6
3. Unzip and launch RedSn0w.
4. Click “browse” and select the 3.0 firmware you downloaded in a folder in step 2.
5. Once the firmware has been successfully identified, click “next”.
6. Select “install Cydia” and “ulock”, then click “next”.
7. Browse for the bootloader files you downloaded in step 2, and click “next”.
8. Make sure your iPhone is plugged into the computer and that it is off. Click “next”.
9. RedSn0w will then guide you to put your iPhone into DFU mode. Hold down the power button for 2 seconds. Without releasing the power button, also hold down the home button for 10 seconds. Without releasing the home button, release the power button but keep holding the home button for 30 seconds.
10. If done correctly, your iPhone should reboot and the jailbreak process should start. This step may take up to 15-20 minutes so be patient.
11. Once this process is over, you will get a message saying that it is “done!”
12. Click the “finish” button and reboot your iPhone. The reboot may take up to 10 minutes so again, be patient.
13. Congratulations, you just jailbroke and unlocked your iPhone 3.0 with RedSn0w.
This RedSn0w guide & tutorial will show you how to use RedSn0w to jailbreak your iPhone 2G or iPhone 3G. Note that this step is required to unlock your iPhone 3G using UltraSn0w later on. Also note there is no way to jailbreak or unlock the iPhone 3G S so far.
This guide is for PC users but I assume the steps are very similar on Mac. If you want to build custom firmware files with more flexibility it is suggested that you use PwnageTool on Mac OS X (PwnageTool jailbreak tutorial - PwnageTool unlock guide).
1. Before doing anything, make sure you have the latest version of iTunes and the latest firmware 3.0 installed on your iPhone.
2. Create a new folder on your desktop. In this folder, download RedSn0w as well as the latest 3.0 firmware for your iPhone from our iPhone downloads page (make sure you pick the right firmware).
3. Unzip and launch RedSn0w.
4. Click “browse” and select the 3.0 firmware you downloaded in a folder in step 2.
5. Once the firmware has been successfully identified, click “next”.
6. Select “install Cydia” and click “next”.
7. Make sure your iPhone is plugged into the computer and that it is off. Click “next”.
8. RedSn0w will then guide you to put your iPhone into DFU mode. Hold down the power button for 2 seconds. Without releasing the power button, also hold down the home button for 10 seconds. Without releasing the home button, release the power button but keep holding the home button for 30 seconds.
9. If done correctly, your iPhone should reboot and the jailbreak process should start. This step may take up to 15-20 minutes so be patient.
10. Once this process is over, you will get a message saying that it is “done!”
11. Click the “finish” button and reboot your iPhone. The reboot may take up to 10 minutes so again, be patient.
12. Congratulations, you just jailbroke your iPhone 3.0 with RedSn0w. Cydia should now be on your springboard
