Geohot has just released his eagerly awaited jailbreaking tool blackra1n, which can be used to jailbreak any iPhone or iPod Touch running iPhons OS 3.1.2 just as he had promised few days back.
blackra1n is currently available only for Windows users.
Geohot has provided the following details about his new jailbreaking tool:
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.
He has issued the following warning for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users who want to unlock their iPhone:
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.
So if you want to unlock your iPhone then you will have to wait for iPhone Dev Team to release a new version of their PwnageTool, which allows you to upgrade to jailbroken iPhone OS 3.1.2 and also preserve the baseband. Dev Team has confirmed that they are working on PwnageTool for iPhone OS 3.1.2.
If you want to only jailbreak your iPhone and don’t care about unlocking it, then you can try blackra1n by downloading it from this link.
Please remember hacking your iPhone could void its warranty. So please proceed with caution. It is always a good idea to take a backup of your iPhone before you hack it, refer to this post for more details.
If the solutions works for you, don’t forget to drop over at the blackra1n’s website to give Geohot a donation for all his hard work.
As always, if you give it a shot let us know how it goes.
Thanks tigger and Pooh for the tip!
[via Geohot’s blog]
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if you guys have any problems..deft do this step by step, if you can't find ipodservices.exe dont worry, just end process tree on itunes.exe. Thanks steve
Superb fast and pretty simple to jailbreak my 3gs OS 3.1.Thanks Geohot.Yo da man.
is anyone else going all the way threw and it says waitn for reboot and nothing happens
itried again it didn't work stuck on tha itunes logo..
need help on installing blackra1n to jailbreak my iphone………
status notifier is working but not loading up the settings, any clues to fix this?
need help… Can not JB my iphone with BlackRa1n… need steps to JB successfully
Help my phone is stuck on the itunes with the usb cord on it. Itunes wont even read my phone help
I ran as described in the OP and worked great, until I installed Cydia AND Icy….. Opened up Cydia to reload some sources and it tells me that cause I have Icy installed I can't use most of Cydia and the best way around it is to re jailbreak… so I ran BlackRa1n again and didn't change anything (didn't think it would) I then restored to my backup I made before I started and now I cannot use BlackRa1n! I did it the exact same way as I defore half hour before and all I get now is BlackRa1n saying and my iphone with the itunes logo and cable screen, if I crash out of it (hold power and menu button) it reboots into the non-jailbroken state! What should I do? I have tried resetting to factory default (through iTunes) and restoring my backup (may be the fault) and the only thing left is a compelte Reset All Settings!
Any one have some suggestions?
Cheers
Todd
HELP PLEASE..CAN NOT JB MY IPHONE 3G running on 3.1.2
Also blackra1n just says Running
ok jb with blackra1n but now i have no cell service all it says is searching and sometimes no service. I am on AT&T so didnt need to be unlocked can anyone help me
Have left it running for 30 min and same thing! NO!!! LOL
This guy is a genius… Thanks for making this available! Will this jb work with any future updates to the firmware?
Hey, friends! I made a mistake and updated my i-phone to 3.1.2 version. Yesterday i downloaded your blackra1n to my windows vista and i did a jailbreak. It was fast – no doubts, BUT it still doesn't show me the menu but tells me that i can make only an emergency calls. Beside that it sees my sim card (not the at&t operator) and recieve the sms, my calendar still making noises when it should make it… What's happening? What should i do next? Could you help me please?
ive got a new Iphone 3GS with OS 3.12
If i Blackra1n it,I am aware that it does not unlock phone still. Should i wait for DEVteam's PwnageTool or can I go ahead Blackra1n and later unlock when new PwnageTool is out? I am new to iphone thing. PLEASE ADVICE!
Thank you for your post Krish.This was very helpful form me.
Hmmmmm I have no visual voicemail and no texting now. Maybe it was too good to be true.
Tried all of the variants, including this, altogether at least twenty times.
I read the log, and it was almost exactly like the one posted before.
Every time got stuck one way or another. Finally, it just went through in seconds like all of you were telling. Thought you were on drugs though…
GEO is really hot. I installed , ten seconds and is finished, wait till reboot. Cool…u will see your iphone being possessed by Geo's face on that ten seconds.
I DONATE AT LEAST A DOLLAR, TO KEEP THIS GUYS WORKING FOR US, LETS SUPPORT ALL OUR IPHONE DEV TEAM.
Hey guys, I've an iPhone 3GS running on 3.0.1. I'm wondering if I were to fail in jailbreaking my phone, if I restore to original settings, would I be able to use my phone as before?
The phone I have is originally unlocked hence I'm not worried of the upgrading to 3.1.2 causing the phone to be locked issue. My only concern is the possibility of failing to jb my phone.
Thanks in advance!
I have never really had the need to jailbreak my phone but I did use the Thethering hack. My question is can you get thethering with the jailbreak? Also what else can you do with jailbreak? Why would it be any better than what I have now?
I ran blackra1n and got stuck on picture forever so I turned off phone now it wont turn back on, its like there is no battery and it was fully charged, any suggestions?
When i jailbreak using blackra1n its has 3 option cydia , rock , and icy can i install all three do anybody know
I did all you said, but when my Iphone goes to Recovery mode and Itunes started, I see no BlackRa1n logo, Itunes does not see Iphone and nothing happends. Erased/Restored 3 times already. Any Ideas?
black rain did not work! all it did was put my phone in dfu mode, whats going on
u need to have the sim inside
Update
Got it working
Had to completely reset my iphone
Setting – General – Reset and select option 2
Delete ALL DATA and SETTINGS
Once done I reset my iphone from scratch – in iTunes I didnt restore from a back, I said it was a new iPhone. Then I ran blackra1n and still it froze on the usb/itunes screen, so I crashed out of blackra1n (closed it), turned my iPhone off (Hold power and menu button for about 20 secs or till screen goes black) restarted blackra1n, click make it rain, then I pressed the power button on my iphone for 3 seconds, then released it and held the menu button until the blackra1n screen appeared, waited a min or 2 and all done!
If your havings troubles just try different combonations of restating your phone with blackra1n running, putting your phone into DFU mode (google it) and restore mode (google it) and you should get by, if not, just wait for the new pwnage tool (the mac version was released today, check main page)
im a 8gb iphone user and my solution is ITUNES must be open for it to work and no processes eliminated.open itunes wih ya phone plugged in already and finally run blackrain-o should see geo gazing at o a iphone!!let me know if this process worked for u
and only install cydia as it will cause conflicts if u try to install both
i had my itunes open as well
if your iphone model starts with mb it will go threw smooth if it starts with mc you will have troubles check em out guys see if i am right
hey sbsetting is not working for me
iphone 3gs 3.1.2
Where do you actually download blackra1n.exe. file?
i have a 3gs updated to 3.1.2 firmware on itunes. i want to jailbreak, but would jailbreaking it now prevent me to unlock it in the future?
i have done a full update, the baseband and all will blackrain still work?
Does anyone know of a way to jailbreak 3GS 3.0.1, without upgrading the baseband (still want to unlock)?
Anyone knows of a method to jailbreak a 3GS 3.0.1 without upgrading the baseband (I still want the change to unlock)?
Does anyone know of a method to jailbreak a 3GS 3.0.1 without upgrading the baseband? As I still want to unlock the phone.
you can install Cydia and others true blackra1n icon in your iPhone
Is 3G Unrestrictor working for Skype? Because not for me…..
you're talking about the iTouch, not the iPhone
Can you still tether if you upgrade and jailbreak with Blackra1n? That's the only thing that's kept me from upgrading. I'd miss my tether. LOL
just got an iphone 3gs version 3.1. Can i jailbreak it using this software and how do it do it? by the way, what does it mean by unlocking the phone?
Hello
I have a 3G 8gb with 3.1.2. All I have to do it run blackra1n and my iPhone will be jailbroken?
cant get phone to work have tried hoding power and middle button.. was i suppossed to update to 3.12 before running blackrain… i was updating my 3.0 jailbroken iphone
If you don't care about unlocking your iPhone then you can restore your iPhone from iTunes, which will update it to iPhone OS 3.1.2 (but will also update its baseband so if you care about unlocking then don't restore it) and try using blackra1n again to jailbreak it.
hey guys i just got my 3G and all i want is to use the 3G network on my phone to surf the internet on my laptop! Whats the best way to do that? I understand that i have to jailbreak it before, but what happens next? do i need any apps??
thanks a lot
how the heck do you do this? T__T