I believe it meets the requirements for a good video.
The jailbreak is all software based, and is as simple to use as blackra1n. It is completely untethered, works on all current tethered models(ipt2, 3gs, ipt3), and will probably work on iPad too.
Don’t ask about a release date. You won’t make it happen any sooner.
[Via iphonejtag.blogspot.com]
The iDongle has been in the making since early January, an electronic engineer graduate named Renaud got frustrated when his iphone 3GS went dead while he was out and his iPhone got stuck on the apple restore screen. Renaud being frustrated with his tethered jailbreak and always having to worry about his iPhone going dead, thought of the iDongle. The iDongle is a hardware gadget running off of your traditional 9v battery that is able to boot your tethered jailbroken iphone/ipod if it were to go dead while you are on the run. Did I mention it also has the ability to jailbreak your un-jailbroken iPhone/iPod that is on firmware 3.1.2 or lower. This is a must have if you have an iPhone or iPod and have to deal with the tethered jailbreak we all dread. Read more…
The iPhone Dev-Team has released PwnageTool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X which lets some iPhones upgrade safely to the 3.1.3 firmware.
Using PwnageTool to upgrade will preserve your jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock. If you are using the blacksn0w unlock at baseband 05.11.07 you will need to stay at 3.1.2.
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iPhone 3GS users (regardless of unlock) should stay away from this and all 3.1.3 jailbreak tools unless you know you have your “SHSH hashes” backed up via Cydia. That’s because if you make a mistake you may find yourself stuck at official 3.1.3 with no way to jailbreak or come back down to 3.1.2 to jailbreak. Read more…
Geohot has tweeted saying that the jailbreak is easy but only helps those dumb enough to upgrade.
I hear rumors going around that the 3.1.3 jailbreak is hard. It isn’t. But the only people it helps are those dumb enough to upgrade. Sorry.
These comments indicate that it’s unlikely the BlackRa1n jailbreak will be upgraded to support the new firmware.
iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3G users – please be very careful you do not upgrade. Most other users can still jailbreak using RedSn0w. See here for more information.
[Via iclarified.com]
Alright guys it looks like our time to shine is here and it is the jailbreak comunity’s time to help GeoHot. George Hotz the creator of blacksn0w/blackra1n is asking for our help, I don’t know what he needs help for but he has given so much to us that this is a must. As you can see above he is saying he will give us an untethered jailbreak and also if i read it correct $1000.oo if we help trend and do something today at 9 A.M Est time so set your clocks to wake up and be ready.
Geohot has posted the first screenshot of his blacksn0w unlock for the iPhone 3G and 3GS.
The unlock which will be run after completing a jailbreak with the blackra1n jailbreak is expected to be released on November 4th.
Blacksn0w does support the latest 05.11.07 baseband so for those who accidentally upgraded, you will be able to get your unlock back!
via iclarified.com
Geohot has released RC2 of his Blackra1n jailbreak for the iPhone and iPod touch. This version provides a tethering jailbreak for the new iPhone 3GS with the updated Bootrom.
What’s New:
- Fixed 3G issues
- Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB ipt 8GB and new 3GSes
- Fixed Icy issues
- Both Windows and Mac
- If you used RC1 with success, no need to rerun
Via iclarified.com
GeoHot tweeted earlier that he is going to be releasing an update to his wonderful 30 sec jailbreak. Blackra1n RC2 is going to contain some small fixes that people are having problems with when using RC1.
Just a warning about blackra1n. Geohot released blackra1n a couple weeks ago, and it was pretty good. Unfortunately, Geohot has included a very buggy version of Icy which, when installed, will pretty much screw up your whole jailbreak causing you to have to restore.
Shame on Geohot for not fixing this. We have told him numerous times there are issues. Users have messaged him, he has been notified, he just doesnt care. Anyways:
The icy bundle is broken and does not have permissions to install software, but that’s not the worst part. Blackra1n install of Icy breaks cydia and rock your phone since it has a very old version of dpkg. This is the core to all these installers. Since icy is usually installed last, it overwrites dpkg with its own. This causes things like winterboard not working, sbsettings not working. What is really happening is mobile substrate cannot be installed (among other things).
I get about 20 emails a day on various issues that all stem from this one issue. So please spread the word. Do not install Icy in blackra1n.
Note: Icy is not to blame here, but the installation of Icy on blackra1n. Icy bundle in pwnagetool is fine. The problem is Geohot found a very old Icy and did not get it from rip-dev guys.
Via thebigboss.org
Thanks to geohot for all of his effort. He has just released his mac version of the blackra1n jailbreak he says can jailbreak them all. Blackra1n has been out for three days but has been only available to windows users, until now. Download link below: