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Friday Night Movie Night: Limera1n Jailbreak for Mac & Windows

Douglas — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:24:03 +0000

Geohot has released jailbreaks for all devices running firmware 4.0, 4.0.2 & 4.1 and the iPad running 3.2.2. Warning: this is not an unlock! Here are some helpful video guides to walk you through the process.

Jailbreak on Mac

Jailbreak on Windows

GeoHot Has Another Jailbreak Ready

Douglas — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:11:00 +0000

GeoHot was recently doing a presentation at a conference and talked all about the iPhone exploits. Be ready, he goes into some great detail about it but here’s the key phrase:

“There is also, I hinted to this a couple times, an unreleased exploit in every iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in the bootrom to get code execution. And you know if I ever do another jailbreak, that’s the exploit I have. If you’ve seen I posted like a picture of 4.0 jailbroken. I posted my iPad jailbroken. All before Spirit was released. And I used like a completely different set of exploits which maybe when iPhone 4 comes out will be out.”

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That’s good news for for everyone! Can’t wait for 4.0 jailbroken on my iPad and iPhone 4!

blacksn0w Unlock Now Available

Brooke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:41:26 +0000

The blacksn0w unlock has been released. blacksn0w is an unlock for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. It is available for both Windows and Mac. You can download blackra1n (which includes the blacksn0w unlock) at blackra1n.com or, you can add the blackra1n source in Cydia and get it via Cydia. The source url is http://blackra1n.com/.

“blacksn0w is the unlock for the latest 05.11.07 baseband, and will also enable official tethering. blackra1n, a jailbreak for 3.1.2, has been updated to RC3, with hacktivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app.”

Tweet:
GeoHot – “to let everyone know, it is safe to restore to stock 3.1.2 using itunes, baseband update and all…thats the point of #blacksn0w”

If you are a loyal blackra1n user who kept the blackra1n.app on your iPhone, run it. You will see Icy replaced by an option “ra1n”. Install this to upgrade your app. After upgrading, run blackra1n.app again. You will see “sn0w”. Install this, and enjoy your unlocked iPhone.

If you are new to the scene, just looking for an unlock, finally ready to upgrade to 3.1.2 and the accompanying baseband, willing to restore for the latest and greatest, or stuck on the “Connect to iTunes” screen, you are in luck. Jailbreaking and unlocking have never been easier. Go to blackra1n.com, click on the logo corresponding to your operating system, run the app, and click “make it ra1n”. When your phone reboots, you’ll see blackra1n.app. Run this, install blacksn0w, and enjoy your unlocked iPhone.

GeoHot Releasing blacksn0w Today

Brooke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:31:39 +0000

GeoHot will be releasing the blacksn0w unlock today (Novemeber 3rd) instead of the projected release date of November 4th. This is due to the fact that the testing of blacksn0w is going “great.” We will keep an eye out for it. Below is a screenshot of the blacksn0w unlock.

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“to clarify, the sn0wday was moved up a day, due to testing going great…not 11/4/09, now 11/3/09″

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GeoHot Does It! – blacksn0w Unlock Demo Video

Brooke — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:07:23 +0000

GeoHot has done it! He has successfully unlocked the 05.11.07 baseband (let’s hope he gets his $10,000!). The unlock is titled blacksn0w.

The unlock works on both the iPhone 3G and 3GS and will unlock to any carrier. It is estimated to be released on November 4th and sounds like it will be installed via the blackra1n jailbreak. Check out the demo video below.

GeoHot Looking into an Unlock for 05.11.07 Baseband

Brooke — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:23:02 +0000

Quite a few people have been asking GeoHot, the developer of the blackra1n jailbreak, if he is going to look into an unlock… his answer is always a resounding, “No.

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However, GeoHot has recently decided to look into an unlock for the 05.11.07 baseband. It seems that Jody Sanders, better known as the guy that sells the Dev-Teams unlocks, has offered GeoHot $10,000 to release the unlock.

If GeoHot does find an exploit for the unlock, it will be released to the community for free however, Sanders will continue to sell support for the the unlock to his customers.

According to GeoHot it should only take him a day or so to find the exploit. He started the search at 10:00pm EST last night.

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So far, he still hasn’t found an exploit and is running out of places to look. We will just have to wait and see if he is able to find one!

blackra1n RC2 Released – New Features, Clean Icy

Brooke — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:06:02 +0000

Last night, GeoHot has released blakra1n RC2. The jailbreak offers a few more features such as a tethered jailbreak for out-of-the box 3.1 firmware as well the new iPhone 3GS that ships with the new bootrom. The new version of blackra1n also includes a working version of Icy… the previous version of the jailbreak included an older version of Icy which was causing issues for a lot of people.

You can download blackra1n RC2 at blackra1n.com.. There is both a Windows and a Mac version of the jailbreak. Below is a complete list of new features for blackra1n RC2.

** Update — RC2 is out **
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

blackra1n Jailbreak Now Available for Mac

Brooke — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:46:12 +0000

For those of you who prefer GeoHot’s blackra1n jailbreak to the Dev-Team’s Pwnage Tool, it is now available for the Mac. Just head over to www.blackra1n.com for the download link.

blackra1n Jailbreak Released

Brooke — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:24:14 +0000

A few days ago we told you about GoeHot and that he had found a jailbreak, which he is calling blackra1n, that would work on all devices. Well, last night, he released the jailbreak.

There are a few things to note.

- The jailbreak is for Windows users only. No Mac version yet.

- blackra1n does not hactivate your iPhone (fake activate it). So, in order to use this jailbreak you will need to have an iPhone on an official carrier.

- 3G and 3GS unlockers “do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your unlock. Baseband cannot be downgraded. Check out the dev team’s offerings.”

- blackra1n does jailbreak the third generation iPod touch however, it is a tether jailbreak. ” In order to boot it, just rerun blackra1n.”

- blackra1n should work on devices using firmware 3.0 and up.

If you fit all those rules, you can get the jailbreak HERE.

Below is what GeoHot had to say on his website.

So, what is blackra1n? blackra1n is a 30 second ALL device 3.1.2 jailbreak. Even the ipt3, but the ipt3 is tethered. In order to boot it, just rerun blackra1n. As far as donations go, they are much appreciated, but not until after blackra1n works for you. I never ask for donations before the tool is released.

Warning 3g and 3gs unlockers, do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your unlock. Baseband cannot be downgraded. Check out the dev team’s offerings. Also blackra1n doesn’t hacktivate.

blackra1n.com got a quarter million unique hits, and that’s without any content. This jailbreak is going to be huge!

GeoHot Jailbreaks all Devices on 3.1

Brooke — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:12:49 +0000

GeoHot, the developer of the purplera1n jailbreak, has just added an entry to his blog and this is what it says;

“And prepare to meet the program that will jailbreak them all. ”

Yep, you got it, he apparently has found a jailbreak that will work with all iPhones and all iPod touches on the 3.1 firmware.

He also says, “no affiliation to greenpois0n. and it’s in some ways the complete opposite of purplera1n. but still 10 seconds. and may work for every version of software *ever*, based on the prettiness of the exploit”

We will keep our eye out for more info.