Wow! This could actually be the fastest jailbreak ever. Merely two hours after the official launch, @MuscleNerd of Dev-Team has jailbroken the all new 3rd generation Retina iPad on iOS 5.1. Just moments ago, he posted the following tweet with screenshots: jailbroken iPad3: twitpic.com/8x48rt twitpic.com/8x48xg(Just a first step, still lots of work to do!No ETA!) —...
The iPhone Dev Team has released some official A5 jailbreak numbers in detail, as noted in a recent post titled 'Welcome new A5 Jailbreakers!'. Earlier, we noted the numbers mentioned by Chronic Dev Team member @p0sixninja, and these numbers are similar but in more detail: Here’s a quick breakdown of how many A5 owners have...
By now, you must know that the highly anticipated untethered A5 jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is almost ready for public release. The 'dream team' of iOS hackers led by @pod2g has been publishing updates regarding the jailbreak's status from time to time with latest one coming from @MuscleNerd. In a post at...
Pod2g earlier assembled a hacker 'Dream Team' to help him release the untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. He recruited the help of MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev Team, p0sixninja of the Chronic Dev Team, and Canadian hacker Planetbeing. The latest update provided is that a new member has joined--Saurik, the founder...
As indicated by famed hacker Pod2G, his latest blog post shows it takes a village to raise an iPhone 4S jailbreak. It appears a public release of the A5 jailbreak will require some help, rather than Pod2g running solo again. Titled Sandbox difficulties, he goes on to write: @planetbeing, the legendary hacker behind iPhone Linux...
@MuscleNerd of Dev Team has just announced yet another update to their famous jailbreak tool i.e Redsn0w 0.9.9 Beta 9. The latest beta brings native iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak support for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G / 4G and the original iPad. No support for iPhone 4S or iPad 2 yet. Once again, the jailbreak...
Chris Ziegler of the The Verge has pointed out that Apple has re-released iOS 5.0.1 today with a new build — 9A406 instead of the earlier 9A405. Interestingly, the new build is only available for the iPhone 4S. The update is not the larger iOS 5.1 that's currently in the hands of developers. What makes this update interesting is an...
DevTeam's @MuscleNerd has tweeted something very interesting today. We all know that downgrading back to a lower iOS 5.x firmware once your device has been upgraded, is not possible even if the SHSH blobs for your device have been saved offline. This is because with the introduction of iOS 5, Apple has changed the way .IPSW...
Muscle Nerd from the iPhone Dev Team sent out an interesting tweet this morning in regards to the iPhone 4S unlock. Crazy Thanksgiving weekend! Very promising 4S unlock (http://twitpic.com/7kku4t) is in the works (Not i4, just 4S..that's crazy part) He mentions progress is coming along for the iPhone 4S only via ultrasn0w. Only iPhone 4...
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...
Earlier today, Apple pushed iOS 5.0.1 beta to the developers community with numerous fixes include those affecting battery life. Moments ago, @MuscleNerd of Dev-Team has tweeted that the latest beta can be jailbroken using the existing version of Redsn0w. All you need to do is point at iOS 5 IPSW instead of today's release to make...
MuscleNerd from The iPhone Dev Team has just tweeted out an image that proves a preliminary iPhone 4S jailbreak exists. Don't take this picture as proof a public jailbreak is coming anytime soon. He notes there are still 'huge missing pieces' that prevents a release along with 'lots of work left'. We previously questioned the...