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  Jailbreaking may now be legal in the United States but that doesn’t mean Apple is happily supporting it. Apple is still against it (rightly so) and have confirmed that jailbreaking any of their device could void the device’s warranty. Cult of Mac got the following statement from the Apple PR. “Apple’s goal has always [...]

  It’s a bit of joy and disappointment for iPhone 4 users seeking jailbreak. Good news is that Geohot has managed to jailbreak the device, which you can see in the photographic evidence above but the bad news is that he probably won’t release it. “As far as a release goes, it probably won’t happen [...]

  The iPhone Dev team seems to be hard at work since the release of iOS 4. They’ve released their PwnageTool for Mac that allows to jailbreak iPhone 3GS. It also supports jailbreaking of iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G but users have the option to jailbreak with redsn0w as well. The jailbreak will allow [...]

  Spirit jailbreak is now available for consumer consumption for various Apple devices. Its an untethered jailbreak and works with iPhone iPod touch and most importantly, iPad running on firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.2 However, there’s a caveat for iPad users. The iPad jailbreak is not fully touched up and some packages in Cydia might [...]

  That didn’t take long. Just a day after the iPad launched, MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev team showcased the iPad jailbreak on video. It’s not a fully baked jailbreak for our consumption but the video testifies that jailbreak meant for iPod touch, iPhone works with iPad too. This jailbreak is ported from Comex’s Spirit [...]

  iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 2G/3G users are bound to get another jailbreak solution. This one’s developed by Comex and brings in the untethered jailbreak goodness for previously tethered-only devices. Just like Geohot’s solution, this jailbreak is also said to work with iPad. Check out the preview below as the release date is still [...]

  George Hotz aka Geohot has released a short video demonstrating an untethered jailbreak solution for devices like iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 2G/3G that currently use tethered jailbreaks. Although a good news for iPod/iPhone users, he says that the solution could also work with iPad which is yet to reach consumers or retail shelves. He [...]

  iPhone Dev team has released the final build of its redsn0w jailbreaking tool. The latest v0.9.2 can jailbreak all iPhones and iPod touches and supports v3.x firmware. The jailbreak however, is with a catch as newer models will still have a tethered jailbreak, which means you’ll have to jailbreak again after you completely restart [...]

  A new iPhone worm has found its way out that have malicious traits as opposed to the Rickroll worm found two weeks ago. The worm identified as “Duh” or “Ikee.B” uses the same modus operandi as the rickroll worm, effectively putting only jailbroken users with default SSH password at risk. The first sign came [...]

  iPhone users in Australia encountered what is said to be the world’s first iPhone worm. The worm took advantage of jailbroken iPhones (and iPod Touch) with SSH installed and using the default user/pass. The worm was created by a hacker known as ikee and replaces the screenlock wallpaper with 1980s popstar Rick Astley with [...]

  Mac users waiting for the jailbreak solution can quickly head to the iPhone Dev blog to download the latest version of PwnageTool. The PwnageTool 3.1.4 for Mac OS X jailbreaks iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod Touch 1G/2G running OS v3.1.2 which can also unlock by installing ultrasn0w via Cydia. iPhone Dev Blog

  Can’t wait for the iPhone Dev team’s jailbreak? Well, here’s blackra1n from Geohot that jailbreaks the latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 giving you the freedom to install 3rd party apps on the new firmware. Its available for Windows right now with Mac version slated to be released soon. One important thing to note here is [...]

  You know why Apple doesn’t promote jailbreaking? Because they consider it as a threat to every other mobile user or worse, can take down a cellphone tower. Jailbreaking alters iPhone’s baseband processor (BBP) that allows a user to connect to cellphone towers and if it happens to be one of those smart users, the [...]

  The iPhone Dev team has updated its jailbreaking and unlocking solutions to v0.8 that integrates iPhone 3GS jailbreaking and unlocking support. Download the redsn0w for Windows, Linux or Mac from the link below and then install Ultrasn0w 0.8 from Cydia. Though we’re not sure, the ultrasn0w unlock should work with purplera1n jailbroken devices since [...]

  UPDATE 2: Now Mac version as well as RC2a version for Windows is available. Go to the link below. UPDATE: GeoHot updated the Purplera1n jailbreak with support of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and 64-bit support. The RC2 version also improves payload injection. We have got the first iPhone 3GS jailbreaking tool dubbed as purplera1n. [...]