MuscleNerd (iPhone Dev Team Member) has released a Windows + Mac version of redsn0w. This release includes support for multiple devices running the 3.1.2 software version and allows the user to change boot logos.
I haven’t tested this software, but iPhone dev team jailbreak are always superb. This particular release is beta software though, so be cautious about it. It may not be the most stable version. I personally would wait until a final release comes out instead of using the beta.
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
written by blakei21
A hacker going by the name of iKee, has released what he called the first iPhone virus. The virus will change the users wallpaper to a picture of the 80’s pop star Rick Astley. Text will be displayed on the screen saying ‘ikee will never give you up’.
The worm is attacking iPhones that are jailbroken and have SSH installed with the default password still in place. Ikee only attacks iPhones in Australia, so if you don’t live upside down then don’t worry about getting it : ) I highly recommend that you change the default password. If you wish to do so, follow the steps at the very bottom of this post.
Details:
This worm infects an iPhone, and then scans specific IP address ranges on cell networks. Vulnerable iPhones are detected and infected with the worm. This whole process repeats again and again.
How to change the default password:
1. Install the MobileTerminal package from Cydia.
2. Open the terminal application from the homescreen, and type su. Then press enter.
3. Now type alpine and press enter.
4. Type passwd (yes, it is spelt correctly) and type in the password of your choice. The password will not be displayed.
5. Once the password is entered, press enter. You will be asked to enter the password again. Enter it and press enter again.
Done! Just remember to use this password when you log in to your iPhone with SSH.
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Geohot has just released a teaser of his new unlock for 05.11.07 baseband. This unlock will allow any iPhone 3G/3GS to connect to any network that is not officially supported by Apple. I know a lot of people have been waiting for this because they rely on unlocks to use their iPhone’s. This unlock will also relieve those that accidentally upgraded their iPhone’s to a new firmware and have been stuck without an unlock. Geohot should release this soon, after it is completely usable.
This unlock is not for original iPhone users. The original iPhone has another method of unlocking. This is where the iPhone Dev Team have been a bit slack. They have not released any new unlocks or jailbreak utilities for Windows users.
In the mean time, you can use Ultrasn0w if you are on the 3.0 firmware to unlock your iPhone. I will post here when the unlock has been released.
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Apple has released the iTunes 9.0.2 update. The update apparently stops Palm Pre users from syncing content to their devices, as past updates have. For all you jailbreakers out there, this update is safe to download and install. Musclenerd has tweeter that it will not affect jailbreaks or unlocks. I have also confirmed this. I updated my iTunes version and everything still works. This update is not necessary, because it only includes small bug fixes and things like that so you don’t have to update iTunes if you don’t want.
Blackra1n is still compatable with this update, so if for some reason you have to restore and rejailbreak it will work.
Lastly for the Palm Pre users: If you wish to continue syncing your device with iTunes, do not download or install this new update. Palm will probably find another way to integrate iTunes syncing again, but that time is not now. Palm has already had to fix the iTunes syncing a couple of times, and Apple is completely against it, so treat all new iTunes updates as if they will stop Palm Pre syncing.
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Pwnage Tool 3.1.4 has been released, and adds support for jailbreaking an iPhone or iPod touch running the 3.1.2 firmware. As always, Pwnage Tool is for Mac computers only because the iPhone Dev Team does not code their program for Windows – based computers.
Quote from the iPhone Dev Team Blog:
Here are some details on our latest version of PwnageTool 3.1.4 for Mac OS X which supports the 3.1.2 release of the iPhone software for iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod Touch 1G/2G.
If you’re already jailbroken (by whatever means), you don’t need to mess around with DFU mode at all. Just create (or get from a friend) your custom IPSW and Option-Restore (Shift-Restore on Windows) to it via iTunes. Don’t enter DFU mode at all. Please make sure you are restoring to the custom IPSW, not the stock one from Apple! For best results, use the latest iTunes (9.0.1) — which includes a nice new application organizer.
This release allows your baseband to remain unlocked at 3.1.2, but it does not unlock a new baseband put there by restoring to official 3.1.x. It is super important that people who need the unlock to understand they can keep it only by starting at 3.0 (or earlier) and updating solely to custom IPSWs that don’t update the baseband. For those who have been onboard the “unlock train”, simply install ultrasn0w via Cydia once you’ve restored to your custom IPSW. Don’t forget to turn off the “3G” setting in Settings->General->Network if you use T-Mobile in the U.S.A.
Note for 3GS users not already jailbroken and stuck at 3.1.x: this version of PwnageTool has a side feature to jailbreak your 3GS. It uses a simple implementation of the usb control msg hole found by chronicdev, geohot, and our very own gray. Now that the hole is public and in use, we expect Apple to close it by the next major firmware update. That’s why 3GS users need to get their ECID hashes for 3.1.x now, and need to stay onboard the “jailbreak train” in all future updates.
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.)
Note: If you use internet tethering on a carrier that doesn’t officially support it, you’ll lose it by going to 3.1.x. Stay back at 3.0 until a hack for that is developed.
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Bad news for people planning to jailbreak a new iPhone 3GS. Apple is now shipping a new version of iBoot with the iPhone 3HS now, and it isn’t vulnerable to the 24kpwn exploit. That exploit is the same exploit that is used by Blackra1n. There won’t be any jailbreaks for the new iPhone 3GS’s for a while, or at least until Geohot or the iPhone Dev Team find a new explain. The other thing that will probably not be compatable with the new iPhone 3GS is the Ultrasn0w unlock. Apple’s biggest reason for stopping jailbreaks is the App Piracy. Some App Store application developers are reporting that over half of the users of their applications downloaded the application illegally. App store developers will not be able to continue if people download apps like this. If you really like an application, go and buy it from the App Store and support further development! The authors of Appulo.us, a well known cracked applications site, have stated that the site is meant to be used as a try before you by sort of thing, so that if you like the application you can go and buy it legally from the App Store. For a lot of people out there, this is not the case. People will download the app, use it and never buy it. Cracked applications are also more likely to crash, as they are not original code. But that is still very unlikely.
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Geohot has tweeted that Blackra1n (the new Purplera1n) is compatible with iPhone OS Version 3.1.2. Geohot has yet to release the new jailbreak application, which he claims will be able to jailbreak all of the current iDevices running the 3.1 (or 3.1.2) firmware. This jailbreak is the result of a brand new exploit that geohot had discovered.The exploit has also caused an argument between the Chronic Dev Team and Geohot. The argument was a result of the Chronic Dev Team publishing the same exploit that geohot discovered, and geohot thought they were trying to take credit for the exploit. Donaters to the Chronic Dev Team threatened to remove their donation, because Geohot had threatened to stop work on the new jailbreak application and not release it. This whole incident was a misunderstanding, and the Chronic Dev Team and Geohot have since settled the dispute. The Chronic Dev Team will be releasing their port of Pwnage Tool to Windows in about three days.
Meanwhile iPhone Dev Team have yet to release the tools that will jailbreak the new iPod touch, or a new version of the jailbreak utility Redsn0w (for Windows users). The iPhone Dev Team tend to find an exploit and then wait to use it in a new firmware. This action is disliked by many iPhone/iPod touch users. For example, the iPhone Dev Team refused to release a jailbreak for 3.0 for the iPhone 3GS, and then Geohot released the Purplera1n application. Since the exploit was revealed, there was no point in the iPhone Dev Team holding onto the application and keeping the exploit secret from Apple.
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Geohot has announced on his blog that he is developing a jailbreak for ALL of the current iPod touches and iPhones. The iDevice must be running the 3.1 firmware. This particular jailbreak will not come in the form of a new version of Purplera1n, because Geohot has retired it. Instead, blackra1n has been anounced. Once the jailbreak has been released, you can download it here
Currently, Pwnage Tool 3.1.3 is the only application that is capable of jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS, although this is only for Mac. A windows port of the application is underway from the Chronic Dev Team. The ETA for the release is 12th October. If you wish to download Pwnage Tool, visit the downloads page.
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The iPhone Dev Team has released a new version of Pwnage Tool (Mac Only) which is now capable of jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 2G. The only catch to this jailbreak is that the device that needs to be jailbroken (either of the two stated before, previous devices are not affected) need to already have been jailbroken on the 3.0 firmware for this jailbreak to work. If you have recently bought an iPhone 3GS and it was running 3.1 out of the box, then this jailbreak will not support your device. This version of Pwnage Tool now supports all iDevices, excluding the new iPod touch 3G. If you iPod touch is runnning the 3.1 firmware, but not jailbroken, you can downgrade your device to 3.0, jailbreak, and then jailbreak the new 3.1 firmware. iPhone 3GS users that used saurik’s downgrade service may also downgrade from 3.1 to 3.0. Download the new Pwnage Tool by clicking here.
Quote from the iPhone Dev Team:
The iPhone 3GS is now supported in PwnageTool 3.1.3, assuming the phone was pwned at 3.0 or 3.0.1 – PwnageTool does not support the 3GS out of the box. If your iPhone 3GS has 3.1 preinstalled and is not Pwned then there is no tested jailbreak solution at the moment.
The iPod 2G is now supported in PwnageTool 3.1.3, assuming the iPod 2G was pwned at 3.0 or 3.0.1 – PwnageTool does not support the iPod 2G with 3.1 software out of the box.
DETAILS:
- GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a 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. There are no second chances with this. You need to remember that PwnageTool will provide an upgrade path to newer versions of the iPhone software in the future.
- Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
- Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
- At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the 3.1 capable version of PwnageTool.
- PwnageTool will work for the iPhone 3GS assuming you have already Pwned it at 3.0 or 3.0.1
- PwnageTool will work for the iPod touch 2G assuming you have already Pwned it at 3.0 or 3.0.1
- PwnageTool WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G(S) and the iPod touch (1st Generation and 2nd Generation) but NOT the iPod touch 3rd generation.
- For 3G and 3G(S) users who are Pwned, PwnageTool is your key to updating in the future, just remember to never install an update directly from Apple, always use an .ipsw that has been created with PwnageTool.
- There is no Windows version of PwnageTool it is a Mac OS X tool only, we are not developing a Windows version of PwnageTool.
Happy Jailbreaking!
written by blakei21
So, your iPhone or iPod Touch refuses to turn on, or it is playing up? Follow the below steps to restore it to factory steps, and hopefully fix your problem.
1. Make sure your iPhone/iPod Touch is connected to your computer.
2. Hold down the power and home buttons for 10 seconds.
3. Release the power button without releasing the home button. Continue holding down the home button for 10 seconds.
4. iTunes should recognize the device, so click on restore and done!
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