The Dev-Team front man @MuscleNerd has tweeted a screenshot of his iPad Mini showing that he has successfully gained root access to the device, pretty much confirming the device is jailbreakable. As usual, he didn't add any more information to his tweet. Here's what the jailbreak master tweeted: https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/264795310285520896 While he didn't elaborate as to what he...
A few days back, Dev-Team updated RedSn0w jailbreak tool with ability to restore to older firmwares which are no longer being signed by Apple including iOS 5.x, as well as untethered 6.0 jailbreak & hactivation on old-bootrom 3GS and direct restore option for pre-A5 devices to earlier firmware. Today, another update has been released i.e RedSn0w 0.9.15b2 that addresses a few issues with the previous...
The Dev-Team has today pushed a major update to its iOS jailbreak tool RedSn0w, taking it to version 0.9.15b1 that introduces a bunch of new features including the option to restore to older firmwares (including iOS 5.x) which are no longer being signed by Apple. Other new options include untethered 6.0 jailbreak & hactivation on old-bootrom 3GS, hactivation on any...
Following up on untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak developed by @pod2g and @planetbeing, Dev Team has just updated all of its jailbreak and unlock tools for OS X and Windows platforms just ahead of upcoming WWD 2012. Today's updated jailbreak tools include Redsn0w 0.9.12b1 for all factory unlocked devices, PwnageTool 5.1.1 custom firmware creation tool for devices relying on software unlock,...
For those who've been following @pod2g’s blog and twitter streams must know that his team has made substantial progress regarding iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak and are getting pretty close to a final release. Today, Dev-Team's @MuscleNerd has also shed some light on the highly anticipated jailbreak further suggesting that an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 may be released by the end of this week. He...
Popular jailbreak tool from Dev-Team has just received another update today. The latest release i.e Redsn0w 0.9.10b8b, does not introduce any new jailbreak exploits or more devices but rather fixes a few minor compatibility issues with the previous release. You can use Redsn0w 0.9.10b8b to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 untethered on any A4 device i.e iPhone 3GS, iPhone...
Not sure what took them so long but Dev Team has finally updated their RedSn0w tool for Mac OS X and Windows which now supports iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Previously, this was only possible with Chronic Dev Team's Absinthe which supports A5 jailbreak on iOS 5.0 / 5.0.1 fully untethered. Older version of Redsn0w...
Dev-Team has just updated their popular jailbreak tool Redsn0w which supposedly addresses certain issues plaguing the OS X users. The latest release is Redsn0w 0.9.10 b6b which has been pushed out for OS X only and does not add any jailbreak support for iOS 5.1, tethered or untethered for current A5 devices. However, like the previous version,...
Just a couple of days back, @pod2g of Chronic Dev Team gave a heads up warning to all those waiting for an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0 to stay put from iOS 5.0.1 update as Apple is likely to patch Charlie Miller's newly found security exploit in iOS which according to hackers, would lead to creation of a new...
Yesterday we were first to report that i0n1c had handed over his untether to The iPhone Dev Team. We know that MuscleNerd has been working with the exploit via his twitter stream. He has confirmed that the exploit is 'solid' and they are dealing with jailbreak and Cydia issues. MuscleNerd Crushes 'Is there a Spy...
At this time, the way to jailbreak your iOS 4.2 device is by using a tethered jailbreak. This means that whenever your iDevice turns off or battery dies, you have to plug the device into iTunes to reactivate. It's a decent process, but not very convenient. Earlier in December, Comex (Spirit jailbreak, JailbreakMe) indicated that...
The iPhone Dev-Team has done it again. If you're still holding on to an iPhone 3G or 2nd generation iPod Touch running 4.1, your jailbreak tools for Mac are here. It's fairly straight forward as usual with redsn0w, get on the official 4.0 or 4.1 firmware, then use redsn0w to jailbreak. Dev-Team: "IF YOU USE...
