Mac users: iJailBreak - Another GUI-based tool to Jailbreak iPhone and Install Installer app
We have another GUI-based tool which will not only Jailbreak the iPhone OS v1.1.1 appropriately named "iJailBreak for iPhone" and will also install the Installer.app which opens the door for you to install the unauthorized third-party iPhone applications fairly easily, to make the iPhone yours.
iJailBreak for the iPhone released by iPhone hacker, Brian, is based on AriX's, iJailbreak, a GUI based tool that was released for iPod Touch.
Mac users seem to be the pampered lot by the iPhone hacking community, we have already seen iNdependece v1.2.4, a GUI-based tool to jailbreak iPhone OS v1.1.1 with an easy-to-use interface.
We have another GUI-based tool appropriately named "iJailBreak for iPhone" which will not only Jailbreak the iPhone OS v1.1.1 but will also install the Installer.app which opens the door to install unauthorized third-party iPhone applications fairly easily.
Brian gives credit to Arix, a 13-year-old developer, for the iPhone version of iJailBreak. The 13-year old old developer had released iJailBreak for iPod touch but had been kind enough to also release the source code of his tool, which seems to have been used by Brian for the iPhone version.
However, unlike the iJailbreak for iPod Touch which is a Universal binary i.e. works on both PowerPC and Intel Macs, iJailBreak for iPhone only works with Intel-based Macs.
But before you get all excited, after going through the information available it appears that just like TouchFree, iJailBreak too internally makes use of the TIFF vulnerability found in the iPhone OS v1.1.1 firmware's mobile Safari which is essentially a security flaw and hence not the recommended method of jailbreaking the iPhone. So do remember as always if you try this out like all other hacks its at your own risk.
The instructions to jailbreak your iPhone OS v1.1.1 as can be seen below seem fairly straightforward:
1. Download the file.
2. Unzip it to your desktop.
3. copy or move the folder to your applications folder.
4. Have your iPhone plugged in to the computer and iTunes closed.
5. Double click the iJailbreak for iPhone application in the iJailbreak folder in your applications folder.
6. Total time can be around 10 minutes, be patient.
Here are certain things you need to remember before trying this out:
1. You have an unmoddified iPhone v1.1.1.
2. You do not have iTunes open.
3. You have the iJailbreak FOLDER installed in your Applications folder (and it has a "resources" folder inside it.
4. You run the Safari crash without unplugging and plugging in the iPhone (leave it plugged in the whole time).
5. You do not do anything else with the phone after it crashes.
6. And maybe as an extra step, you restart the phone before you start all of this.
So like other jailbreaking methods this works only on a virgin iPhone i.e. currently only applicable for all those who had bought their new iPhones recently with OS v1.1.1 running on it or iPhones that were upgraded from 1.0.2 to 1.1.1 but had NEVER unlocked their iPhone.
In case you are not aware, all those you had unlocked their iPhone running on OS v1.0.2 will need to wait for a bit longer as the iPhone Dev Team is currently working on a “re-virginizer” which is essentially a tool to revert your iPhone back to factory settings i.e. locked state after which I guess you should be able to use anySIM v1.1 to unlock the iPhone. I am hearing that the release of the tool is imminent (read here at iPhone Hacks, Instructions to Re-Virginize iPhone OS v1.0.2 shows up but Not an Official iPhone Dev Team Release).
Click here to visit the hackers website to download iJailBreak for iPhone v1.1.1 and also for the contact details to help you in case you hit any issues.
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