iPhone Hacks

Apple Releases iPhone OS 3.1 Beta; Dev Team Warns UltraSn0w users to Avoid it

Apple has seeded developers of their iPhone Developer Program with beta version of iPhone OS 3.1 (build number is 7C97D) and iPhone SDK.

Apple hasn't provided much details about the improvements expected in iPhone OS 3.1 but  developers have already stumbled upon some interesting changes in the latest iPhone OS.

Jaibreak and Unlock iPhone 3GS Status Report

iPhone Dev team had announced last week that they might be able to jailbreak and unlock Apple's new iPhone 3GS as they were able to verify that the 24Kpwn exploit that the hybrid team used on the iPod Touch 2G, is still applicable to the bootrom of iPhone 3GS.

However, they have now announced that they are delaying their iPhone 3GS jailbreak in the interest of those who are planning to purchase an iPhone 3GS in the near future as they expect Apple to release iPhone OS 3.0.1 in which they might try to fix the exploit.

Step-By-Step Guide to Jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using PwnageTool (Mac)

As you might already know, the iPhone Dev Team released updated version of PwnageTool for Mac users and Redsn0w for both Mac and Windows users to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.

PwnageTool offers more customization options to the users compared to the RedSn0w. However, it is available only for Mac users.

Here is our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using PwnageTool for Mac.

Step-By-Step Guide to Jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w (Mac)

The iPhone Dev Team released updated version of PwnageTool for Mac users and Redsn0w for both Mac and Windows users to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.

Here is our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w for Mac users.

Windows users can check this step-by-step guide which we had posted earler.

Step-By-Step Guide to Jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w (Windows)

The iPhone Dev Team released updated version of PwnageTool for Mac users and Redsn0w for both Mac and Windows users to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.

Here is our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 using Redsn0w for Windows users. We will publish one for Mac users shortly.

iPhone OS 3.0: Hidden Features

It has been more than a week since Apple released the much awaited iPhone OS 3.0 which included 100 new features such as Copy and Paste, Spotlight, Bluetooth, Push Notification, MMS, Tethering (last 2 not yet available in US) and more.

But the fun part is to discover the features that Apple didn't mention. So in case you haven't stumbled upon them already, checkout some of the hidden features in iPhone OS 3.0 after the jump so that you can start using them.

Tools to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3GS could be Released Soon

We have good news for iPhone 3GS users who want to jailbreak and unlock their iPhone as the Dev Team have announced that they were able to verify that the 24Kpwn exploit that the hybrid team used on the iPod Touch 2G and it is still applicable to the bootrom of the iPhone 3GS.

So it means that they will be able to release redsn0w tool to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3GS.

iPhone 3GS Costs $172.46 to Make

Apple's iPhone 3GS gets torn down again but this time for a completely different reason.

Folks at iSuppli, a market research firm,  carried out this dissection in order to find out the cost of the components used in iPhone 3GS and have come up with some interesting findings.

iPhone 3GS Performance Comparison: iPhone 3GS beats Palm Pre, G1 and iPhone 3G

The disassembled iPhone 3GS showed us all the components and substantiated Apple's claim of Speed with iPhone 3GS.

Now we also have comparison results coming in, which almost cements the fact that iPhone 3GS is faster than some of the best smartphones in the market (in most areas).

UltraSn0w: Software method to Unlock iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0 Released

The iPhone Dev Team has released their much awaited software method called Ultrasn0w to unlock iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.

It's also makes it the world's first software solution to unlock iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.