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PwnageTool 4.2 Download Now Available; Fixes iBooks Issue

The iPhone Dev Team has just released PwnageTool 4.2, which will allow for iPhone unlockers to restore with a custom firmware to retain their existing baseband and unlock. They used the "feedface" untether from Greenpois0n, with permission from the Chronic Dev Team. So if you own an iPhone 4, and want to retain your baseband...

New iPhone Unlock Coming After iOS 4.3 Release

Some key players in the jailbreak community are feuding again. Members of The iPhone Dev Team and The Chronic Dev Team have been bickering back and forth about who has the best jailbreak and/or unlock for current iDevices. If you follow these folks on Twitter, you know what I'm talking about. In my opinion, this...

[Updated] redsn0w for Windows Download Now Available

Update 1 (23:43 PST): Looks like links for redsn0w for Mac and redsn0w for Windows has been released. MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev Team has announced on twitter that an update to redsn0w is coming soon. This updated version (the current version is for the iPod touch 2G/iPhone 3G only) will allow Windows users to...

PwnageTool iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Download Coming Soon

The iPhone Dev Team announced that an updated PwnageTool to jailbreak iOS 4.1 would be released Sunday, but it has been delayed. In related news, MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team tweeted that they have figured out a way to extend PwnageTool to jailbreak all future A4 firmwares. Using a combination of the exploit from...

PwnageTool Jailbreak Tool for iOS 4.1 Coming Sunday

It's been a great week for the iOS jailbreaking community. Geohot came out of nowhere and released his limera1n jailbreak, which incorporated a different exploit from the Chronic Dev Team's greenpois0n jailbreak. The CDT finally released their revised greenpois0n jailbreak today, which used Geohot's exploit instead of SHAtter. Now, both limera1n and greenpois0n are Windows...

Apple TV Jailbroken Using SHAtter: Video

Apple TV units have started to arrive this week. You saw our latest Apple TV unboxing post. There was word before that Apple TV runs iOS and that the latest SHAtter exploit could indeed jailbreak the device. Well, history has been made as iPhone Dev Team member, Musclenerd has successfully jailbroken the new Apple TV....

[Updated] iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Tool Coming Soon, Exploit Found

With today's release of iOS 4.1, jailbreakers have been warned repeatedly (to the point where if you update, it's your own fault!) to NOT update via iTunes. This game of 'cat and mouse' has been ongoing since the iPhone was first released. Let the games continue, right? For those who have invested in SBSettings, MyWi,...

iPhone OS 3.1.3/4.0 Carrier Unlocks Coming Says MuscleNerd

With Apple's 2010 WWDC coming in less than 12 hours, everyone expects a new iPhone coming our way. What about the status of the iPhone carrier unlock? Well, according to the iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd, it's on the way. MuscleNerd had the following to say on twitter: People still ask, but sure, with both...

iPhone OS 4.0 Already Jailbroken!

Once again, I find myself saying, "Well, that didn't take long!". Every time we get a new firmware from Apple, I'm always expecting them to finally close all the holes and exploits, so that we may never be able to jailbreak again. Then, inevitably, we get some kind of screenshot or video, showing that the...

Wall Street Journal Lifts iPhone Hacker Veils

Ever since I laid my hands on the original first gen iPhone, I had to use various tools to activate/jailbreak/unlock my phone. It definitely requires some skills to reverse engineer and figure out ways to bypass Apple's lockdown on the iPhone. However this isn't that difficult if you're part of an elite team of "iPhone...