by Simon Ng on October 18, 2009
With the release of PwnageTool 3.1.4, the good news is you can upgrade to iPhone OS 3.1.2 and jailbreak it. The bad news is it’s just for Mac users. I’ve got tons of emails asking about how to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 on Windows.
Other than waiting for the release of redsn0w or sn0wbreeze (the Windows [...]
by Simon Ng on October 11, 2009
GeoHot has just released Blackra1n for Windows to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1, as well as, 3.1.2. For those who do not heard of blackra1n, it’s another jailbreak tool, similar to redsn0w, but developed by another brilliant iPhone hacker, GeoHot. He’s well-known among the jailbreak community for offering the first unlock solution for the original iPhone [...]
by Simon Ng on September 23, 2009
I’ve heard from a number of readers that they experienced problem with Redsn0w while jailbreaking. One particular problem is redsn0w hangs after you followed the instructions to put the iPhone into DFU mode and it keeps showing “Waiting for Reboot” message.
This is not an isolated problem and you may also experience the same problem [...]
by Simon Ng on August 2, 2009
Previously, I have covered the release of iPhone OS 3.0.1, which is a security fix for SMS vulnerability. For iPhone jailbreaker, you probably want to upgrade to iPhone 3.0.1 for the sake of SMS bug fix. However, your top concerns are:
Is iPhone OS 3.0.1 jailbreakable?
Does ultrasn0w work on iPhone OS 3.0.1?
And… the answer is absolutely [...]
by Simon Ng on July 26, 2009
If you’re new to iPhone jailbreak, you may be confused by all the terms such as QuickPwn, Yellowsn0w, Ultrasn0w, etc. That was one of the popular questions I received for iPhone new comers. So, instead of answering the question one by one, the best is to put up a post to address this common question.
But [...]
by Simon Ng on July 8, 2009
Finally, iPhone Dev team changed their mind and released redsn0w 0.8 to jailbreak iPhone 3GS. Redsn0w 0.8 is a light-weight and easy-to-use jailbreak tool to jailbreak iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS, as well as, iPod Touch 3.0. It supports Windows, Mac OS and Linux platform.
Redsn0w should not be new to you, if you have already [...]
by Simon Ng on February 2, 2009
As mentioned in earlier post, iPhone Dev Team has come up with a solution (codenamed redsn0w) to jailbreak iPod Touch 2G. But the jailbreak procedures is quite complex and involves lots of manual procedures.
While iPhone Dev Team is on the way to release an intuitive jailbreak tool (similar to QuickPwn) for iPod Touch 2G, [...]