So earlier today there was a little rumble in the unlock world,via Twitter, as a new exploit was rumored to be found for the new iPhone 3.1.3 firmware’s baseband 5.12. Sherif Hashim managed to crash the baseband, which in turn could possibly be used for an unlock.

A little while later MuscleNerd of the iPhone DevTeam, confirmed that it was a legit find. Read more…

Last week I downloaded (but did not install) the iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware for my 3GS. I wanted to have a copy of the firmware on hand, but didn’t want to upgrade right away. I checked “Do not ask me again” and clicked Download Only. I thought that was the end of the matter.

Unfortunately, this Sunday, I plugged in my iPhone and left the room to grab some tea. When I returned, the iPhone was 50% of the way through the 3.1.3 firmware upgrade procedure. It did something I had no idea that it would do: it upgraded me without asking. Read more…

The Apple iPhone Firmware version 3.1.3 is now out. Please do not upgrade until further notice by the iPhone Dev Team.

This update for iPhone and iPod touch contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS
• Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances
• Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard

[Via iClarified.com]

There is a problem with a particular source this morning. Signs point to it being Zodttd’s repo sending data that Cydia has a problem with. This causes Cydia to go into a crashing loop.

You should NOT need to restore your firmware to fix this problem. Please have patience, a fix is being worked on. If the coming solutions do not help there is still the possibility that a restore may be needed.
Update #1: Some good advice and instructions in the comments below. You can also try the FIXES AND SUGGESTIONS HERE, as the problem is the same as it was then. You must remove the zodttd source list that is causing the problem.

Update #2: A quick fix for some (works only if you have apt7 installed)

• Log-in as root using MobileTerminal or SSH and run this command:
• apt-get update
• This will update your lists and then Cydia should work.

Via thebigboss.org

R.I.P Ripdev it was fun at the beginning. You new jailbreakers probably haven’t heard much of this team but just so you kow they certainly where the big dogs back in the 1.x jailbroken firmware days. When one of the first jailbreaks came out which was the TIFF exploit for 1.x you would have installer.app automatically installed. The best thing about installing and jailbreaking your iphone back then was that all you had to do is go to jailbreakme.com on through your iphone’s web browser, install a package and viola you were done installer.app was installed so you could start installing all of these great 3rd party goodies. Read more…

iH8sn0w issued new Bundles for PwnageTool. There are some files within the application that you can add the to the DevTeam’s pwnagetool for Mac, that will enable support for custom firmware 3.1.2 Creation.

There are currently only been issued Bundles for the iPhone and EDGE the iPhone 3G, support for the iphone 3GS is coming soon. So you guys know the bundles that are in this release are not official because they were not issued by the DevTeam. For those of you who don’t mind this isn’t an official Dev Team release dive right in here are the instructions: Read more…

Geohot has released blackra1n his tool that jailbreaks them all…. What are you waiting for, go go go now and download the 30 sec jailbreak for all idevices now.

http://blackra1n.com/

Warning:

If you are using the iphone dev teams ultrasn0w unlock do not upgrade with an official Apple firmware from itunes. Blackra1n requires you to upgrade your firmware officially and then run the easy jailbreak. You have been warned DO NOT USE THIS JAILBREAK METHOD IF USING DEV TEAM ULTRASN0W UNLOCK

Again GeoHot gives us good news. His program Blackra1n works perfectly well on the 3.1.2 firmware that Apple has just released!

http://blackra1n.com/

George Hotz has been hard at work using a new exploit that will “jailbreak them all” as he says. This goes for every version of the iphone and ipod touch. He has tweeted many messages stating trial and error to show everyone that he is working diligently, follow his twitter here. The release of BlackRa1n as he calls his program may come tonight Read more…