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Yep, The iPhone Dev Team have done it again! They have successfully unlocked and jailbroken the iPhone 3G S. But, unfortunately, they do not have an announced release date but will most likely be released after iPhone OS 3.1 is released by Apple.

From iPhone Dev Team’s blog:

Our ultrasn0w program uses the at+xlog crash as an injection vector of our unlocking payload — and it does so on the 3GS in exactly the same way as on the 3G! But this injection vector will be lost if you update to 3.1 using the official Apple IPSW, which updates the baseband. So stay away from official 3.1 IPSWs until we release the tools that let you update the firmware without updating the baseband.

The iPhone Dev Team urge you not to update to iPhone OS 3.1 if you want to be able to unlock your iPhone 3G S. You have been warned!

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

Well, I know many of you have been waiting for this news, so here it is: iPhone Dev Team has found out that 24kpwn, the same exploit used to crack open into the iPod Touch 2G, lives in the iPhone 3GS bootrom. That means the iPhone Dev Team can apply the same technique that they use to jailbreak and unlock on their current redsn0w tools. The baseband is also exploitable with ultrasn0w. Awesome news, ey?

From iPhone Dev Team:

Important: Apple has not given up on the cat&mouse game, and in fact there are challenging aspects of the 3GS jailbreak that aren’t in the other devices. It’ll take some time to work these into our tools, but the fundamental weaknesses are there: The bootrom is exploitable via 24Kpwn, and the baseband is exploitable via ultrasn0w. (And just like with the 3G, ultrasn0w for 3GS requires that you not update your baseband when Apple comes out with new firmware.)

If you would like to know the technical notes, from the iPhone Dev Team, on where the 24Kpwn exploit is in the 3GS visit here

Now it’s time to wait for the iPhone Dev Team develop and release the tools for users to use and jailbreak and/or unlock their iPhone 3GS’

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

One of my good buddies has pointed out a potential critical exploit in the way the iPhone 3G S handles voice dialing. While voice dialing is a great feature, the way the iPhone 3G S handles this great feature is, well, not so great. If you have the voice dialing option turned on in the settings, and if for any reason you happen to loose your iPhone, the lucky person to find your iPhone can easily make tons of phone calls even if the iPhone is passcode protected. Might be asking yourself, how’s this possible? Well, we’ll tell you how:

All you have to do, really, is hold down the home button with the iPhone locked to bring up the voice dialing feature and tell it to dial whatever number you would like for it to dial. Now, some might call this a feature, just to make that quick call without unlocking the iPhone and bring up the voice dialing or phone application. Others, might consider this a bug, as a thief can bring up the voice dialing and try a bunch of guesses till he/she hits the jackpot.

If this issue bothers you, Apple has thankfully given you the option to turn off voice dialing in the settings. Unfortunately, the voice iPod control feature cannot be turned off with a flip of a switch and is always enabled, this means that a thief or anyone can pick up your locked iPhone and start playing songs and wear down your battery.

Thanks Ecko for the tip!

With the release of Redsn0w some days ago, people might be new to redsn0w and might not know how to work it. On this post, we’ll show you how to jailbreak your iPhone/iPod Touch with redsn0w version 0.7.2 - This should be the same as windows on both iPhone and iPod Touch. In this case, we’re using Mac OS X. Please. we can not stress this enough, read through this post carefully before attempting anything with redsn0w.

Note: We are not responsible if your device blows up in the middle of the jailbreak process (not that it will) or if your device doesn’t turn on after using this. Use, strictly, at your own risk!

1. First is first, download redsn0w here (for Windows) or here (for Mac OS X)
2. Second, Download iPhone OS 3.0 or whatever firmware you’ll be using to jailbreak - here

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Update: The iPhone Dev Team have updated Redsn0w to 0.7.2 - Download the newest version from our iPhone Downloads section:
redsn0w 0.7.2 for Mac OS X download
redsn0w 0.7.2 for Windows download

iPhone Dev Team has released an application that works similar to quickpwn and provides similar functionality. Redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking (iPhone 2G only) tool for the iPhone 2G (original iPhone), the iPhone 3G (but not the 3GS) and also the iPod touch (first and second generation). Luckily for Windows users, who couldn’t use PwnageTool, Redsn0w is available for both Windows and Mac OS X users. However, iPhone Dev Team notes that there are some issues using redsn0w with OS X PPC and they suggest you use an Intel Mac till these issues are resolved.

1. GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a 3G iPhone with yellowsn0w and rely on yellowsn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should NOT use redsn0w right now. Ultrasn0w (the 3G carrier unlock) is not included with this release and therefore your baseband will be locked and unable to use an operator other than the official one it was bought for. UltraSn0w will be released via APT (cydia and icy) soon. If you have an original iPhone (1st generation) then 3.0 carrier unlock works with this redsn0w release.
2. Yellowsn0w in its current form will NOT work with the baseband version that is present in the 3.0 update, you will need Ultrasn0w, which will be released sometime soon, Ultrasn0w will work with all iPhone 3G models (but not 3GS), even ones that were previously unlockable, Ultrasn0w (when available) will be released via APT (this means you will be able to get it via Cydia or Icy).
3. Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
4. Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
5. This app is suitable for the recent 3.0 release
6. redsn0w will NOT work for the iPhone 3GS.
7. redsn0w WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), Original iPod touch, iPod touch 2G and the iPhone 3G (not the iPhone 3GS).

Redsn0w is easy to use, simply upgrade the device in iTunes to firmware version 3.0 and run redsn0w to activate and jailbreak the device (and if you are using an original iPhone 2G, it will unlock it too!)

Redsn0w download:
redsn0w for windows download
redsn0w for Mac OS X download

*Note*: there are some issues using redsn0w with OS X PPC, please use an Intel Mac while the iPhone Dev Team fixes these issues

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

A MacTalk.com.au forum thread has revealed an icon in the iPhone OS 3.0 SDK of the, previously referenced, unreleased iPhone 2,1 model. The icon appears to be exactly the same as the iPhone 1,2 model which is, of course, the iPhone 3G.

Of course, with the icon being so small it’s hard to say whether or not there are any physical changes, however, the iPhone1,1 (1st Generation iPhone 2G) icon does appear distinct and physically accurate in the images. Keep in mind that iPhone 3G (iPhone1,2) icons were also spotted before it’s release with only slight differences.

This is not a groundbreaking finding, but it is consistent with circulating rumors that next generation iPhone will keep a similar form factor to the current model.

- source: forums.mactalk.com.au

‘Bout time, right? RipDev have released InstallerApp for Windows. It took longer than they expected but the only thing that matters is that it’s finally out. If you don’t know what InstallerApp is, it’s a desktop application to install Apple Unapproved 3rd Party applications onto your jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch via USB. Both Cydia repositories and Installer repositories are supported, so that’s a plus.

InstallerApp works on anything from XP to Windows 7, so which ever version of Windows you’re using you should be good! InstallerApp requires iTunes so make sure you have that installed before hand.

InstallerApp license costs $7USD and the license ties to the devices so it works regardless on which platform you use it on.

Download InstallerApp v1.0 for Windows

Wow, just wow. 1 billion (thats no typo, billion is correct) apps downloaded from the AppStore in 9 months! That’s just crazy awesome. Apple had put a contest, where whoever was the one to download the billionth app would win a ton of sweeet stuff. The winner would receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.

Lucky winner, Connor Mulcahey, 13 year old from Weston, CT won the contest when he downloaded the billionth app - Bump. As a winner he received all that awesome stuff.

The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest, Connor will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.

Congratulations, Connor Mulcahey.

- source: apple.com

This is perhaps my new favorite and most used iPhone app in my iPhone App inventory. Rowmote, it’s a remote control for your mac. It’s just like the remote control Apple ships with all macs with an IR receiver but what if your mac doesn’t have an IR receiver? Well, for rowmote you don’t need an IR receiver since it uses your local network. Pretty damn sweet application. Works freaking awesome with my Hack Pro - Mac Pro Intel Core i7 clone, not to brag ;).

With rowmote, you can control almost everything you can with the standard Apple remote - Stuff such as, Frontrow, iTunes, iPhoto, QuickTime, DVD Player and a bunch of other cool Mac OS X applications. Just sporting 6 buttons, (Next, Previous, Volume up and down, pause/play, and menu) Rowmote has an extremely simple and beautifully designed interface that is such an ease to operate. Hell, you can even operate it like a real remote! Holding down the next button, for example, will fast forward the song you’re listening to! Now, how cool is that?!

From rowmote’s website:

On one side, Rowmote is just like your Mac’s remote control but over the wireless network. On the flip side, by tapping the Apps button, you get bonus abilities, switching between most controlled programs and toggling the iTunes Visualizer. Rowmote controls Front Row, Airfoil Video, Boxee, iPhoto, iTunes, Quicktime, DVD Player, Keynote ’08 and ‘09, PandoraJam, Plex, Powerpoint 2008, Skim, Spotify, and VLC. Rowmote 1.3+ also has preliminary eyeTV support (channel changing and volume control). Rowmote can even sleep and wake your computer!

Rowmote has definitely made my list of best iPhone app ever created! I personally tip my hat to the developer!

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later (Sorry Windows folks)
• The free Rowmote Helper program must be running on the Mac to be controlled.

Downloads:
You can download the Remote Helper app from either us on our iPhone Downloads section (Link below) or from the Rowmote’s website at the source link.
Download Rowmote Helper from iPhone-Hacks

Rowmote (iTunes Link) is a steal at $0.99USD and should be on every Mac user’s iPhone!

- source: rowmote.com