iPhone Hacks

How to Jailbreak And Unlock your iPhone With Blackra1n And Blacksn0w On Mac

If you are looking to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone, here is a tutorial on how you can do it with Geohot's blackra1n software. 

This tutorial is for Mac users only. If you are a Windows user, you may read the corresponding jailbreaking guide here. 

How to Jailbreak And Unlock Your iPhone With Blackra1n And BlackSn0w on Windows

We had recently written about the release of Geohot's iPhone jailbreaking tool Blackra1n. 

Here is a short tutorial that you might find useful in using these tools to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS on your Windows PC.

Jailbroken iPhones Hit With 'RickRoll' Worm

If you are one of those users who had jailbroken their iPhones but did not care to change the default password after installing SSH, you might want to do it now. 

A new worm has been infecting those jailbroken iPhones that still carry the same default 'alpine' password. 

Geohot Releases BlackSn0w: Free Solution to Unlock iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.1.2 and Baseband 05.11.07

Geohot has released blacksn0w to unlock iPhone running iPhone OS 3.1.2 and baseband 05.11.07.

Along with blacksn0w, Geohot is also releasing sa new version of his popular and extremely simple iPhone jailbreaking tool blackra1n RC3, with hactivation support, 15 second speed improvement, Tiger+PPC support, and installation of the latest blackra1n.app.

Geohot to Release Blacksn0w for Baseband Unlocking On November 4

Earlier last week, we had written about a new update released by Geohot to his Blackra1n iPhone jailbreaking tool that shall help users on iPhone OS 3.1.X to jailbreak their iPhones. 

Back then however, Geohot had posted the following disclaimer:

Dev Team Issues Warning to iPhone Jailbreakers or Unlockers to Avoid Upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1.2

Apple has just released iPhone OS 3.1.2 (7D11) for iPhone and iPod Touch users, which includes number of fixes and improvements.

iPhone Dev Team has just issued a warning to users who have jailbroken or unlocked their iPhone to avoid updating your device with the latest iPhone OS.

Dev Team Release PwnageTool 3.1 to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1

The dependable iPhone Dev team have released updated version of their PwnageTool to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.

PwnageTool 3.1 supports iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 1G, it does not support iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 2G or iPod Touch 3G.

Dev Team Working on PwnageTool to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1

The iPhone Dev Team had warned iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users who had jailbroken and/or unlocked their iPhone to avoid upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1 a day before it was released.

The iPhone Dev Team has just updated their blog to inform iPhone users who have been anxiously waiting for some news on jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.1 that they are working on PwnageTool for iPhone OS 3.1.

Update:

Dev Team has Released PwnageTool 3.1 to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1

Dev Team: iTunes 9 is Safe But iPhone Unlockers Should Avoid iPhone OS 3.1

Whenever Apple releases a new version of iPhone OS or iTunes, one of the most frequently asked questions by users who have jailbroken and/or unlocked their iPhone is whether it is safe to download and install them.

MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev Team has answered this question for us about iPhone OS 3.1 and iTunes 9 that were released by Apple at the special event today.

Update:

Dev Team has Released PwnageTool 3.1 to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1

iPhone OS 3.1 Released: iTunes 9 App Management, Genius Recommendations for Apps, Better Syncing & More

iPhone OS 3.1 is now available just as Apple had announced at today’s special event.

iPhone OS 3.1 includes number of fixes and improvements as per the release notes such as iTunes 9 support, Genius Recommendations and lots more.

You can download and install the latest version of iPhone OS via iTunes.