Wow, a day after the iPhone Dev Team released their updated Redsn0w software, Apple releases an update to iPhone OS. This isn’t a significant update to the iPhone OS. It doesn’t introduce new and exciting features to the current hardware but it does fix a number of issues and bugs.

This update fixes and improves the following:

• Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS
• Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances
• Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard

This update is for all current hardware, iPhone 1G (EDGE), iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and all iPod Touch devices. You can easily get the update via iTunes by connecting your device and clicking “Check for Update”

*Note* It’s been confirmed by the iPhone Dev Team that Redsn0w 0.9.2 works with this new iPhone OS update only with iPhone 1G (EDGE) and iPhone 3G and *ONLY* if you don’t care about unlocking. Just point Redsn0w 0.9.2 to the iPhone OS 3.1.2 firmware IPSW — The iPhone Dev Team urges iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch users who wish to jailbreak to stay away from this update until further notice!

Downloads:
iPhone OS 3.1.3 Downloads will be up shortly!
iPhone 2G EDGE 3.1.3 IPSW Download
iPhone 3G 3.1.3 IPSW Download
iPhone 3GS 3.1.3 IPSW Download

The good ol’ folks from the iPhone Dev Team have updated redsn0w after a long time without any updates.

A cross-platform jailbreaking, unlocking, and customizing tool for iPhones and iPod touches. Customizations include boot logos, recovery logos, and “verbose” boot. It’s a standalone program that doesn’t use iTunes (no custom IPSWs are involved).

iPhone Dev Team’s Redsn0w finally supports iPhone OS 3.1.2 but it’s still tether-only for late models such as the iPod Touch 2G if the serial number starts with “MC”, any iPod Touch 3G and iPhone 3GS.

The new version of Redsn0w also adds new features such as, Verbose boot, addition of custom Boot Logos, and bypassing jailbreak if your device is already jailbroken.

Download:
Redsn0w downloads will be up shortly!
Redsn0w v0.9.2 Download for Mac OS X
Redsn0w v0.9.2 Download for Windows PC

- source: wikee.iphwn.org

GeoHot has released his latest tool to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 on the Mac platform, so for all those Mac users wanting a 30s or less jailbreak can now do so. Along with Blackra1n for Mac OS X, Blackra1n was updated for the Windows platform to fix various bugs on the Windows application.

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.

Warning 3g and 3gs unlockers, do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your unlock. Check out the dev team’s offerings. Also blackra1n doesn’t hacktivate.

Updates to blackra1n:

• Unlock
• Hacktivation
• Keep legit activation if activated before running app
• 15 seconds faster
• Tiger + PPC support

Download:
GeoHot’s blackra1n for Mac Download

GeoHot’s blackra1n RC3 for Windows Download

- source: blackra1n.com

GeoHot beat the iPhone Dev Team on this one, but no worries – It’s all good. You can create your own custom pre-jailbroken IPSW and restore it on your iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 1G, iPod Touch 2G but sadly, no iPod Touch 3G support, you’ll have to use GeoHot’s Blackra1n to jailbreak.

SUMMARY:

• The iPhone 3GS is now supported out of the box in PwnageTool 3.1.4 (or if you have upgraded to 3.1.x in iTunes)
• The iPod 2G is still supported in PwnageTool 3.1.4 but you must already be jailbroken (we’ll update this if there’s a big demand from non-jailbroken ipt2G owners)
• The iPod touch 3G is NOT supported

DETAILS:

• GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a iPhone 3G or iPhone 3G(S) with ultrasn0w and rely on ultrasn0w to obtain cellular service then you should only update your device with an .ipsw that is made with the new PwnageTool. There are no second chances with this. You need to remember that PwnageTool will provide an upgrade path to newer versions of the iPhone software in the future.
• Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
• Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
• PwnageTool will work for the iPhone 3GS
• PwnageTool will work for the iPod touch 2G
• PwnageTool WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G(S) and the iPod touch (1st Generation and 2nd Generation) but NOT the iPod touch 3rd generation.
• For 3G and 3G(S) users who are Pwned, PwnageTool is your key to updating in the future, just remember to never install an update directly from Apple, always use an .ipsw that has been created with PwnageTool.
• There is no Windows version of PwnageTool it is a Mac OS X tool only, we are not developing a Windows version of PwnageTool.

Download:
PwnageTool 3.1.4 Download for Mac OS X

IPSW Downloads:
iPhone 3GS 3.1.2 ipsw Download
iPhone 2G EDGE 3.1.2 ipsw Download
iPhone 3G 3.1.2 ipsw Download

- source: blog.iphone-dev.org

Some days ago we reported about GeoHot’s Blackra1n application. Well, GeoHot finally released blackra1n. I mentioned that I wasn’t sure if it would work strictly on the iPod Touch or if it will work on all devices and now that the program is released I can safely say it’ll work with all devices. Blackra1n also jailbreaks Apple’s latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 – So you can jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 with Blackra1n

Currently, blackra1n is for Windows only. Windows users have always been left out with PwnageTool being Mac only now us Mac users can suffer for a little while.

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. As far as donations go, they are much appreciated, but not until after blackra1n works for you. I never ask for donations before the tool is released.

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.

Apparently it’s a 30 second jailbreak for all devices running iPhone OS 3.1.2.

Download:
GeoHot’s Blackra1n Download – Windows

- source: blackra1n.com

Apple released iPhone OS 3.0.1 to fix a serious SMS vulnerability in the iPhone OS where your iPhone can be completely taken over by receiving a maliciously crafted SMS message.

In this tutorial, I will show you how to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.0.1 in the same way you would jailbreak iPhone OS 3.0 with redsn0w.

Please follow these instructions clearly and you’ll be a-o-k. Now, before we begin you may notice that we use the iPhone OS 3.0 IPSW to jailbreak our iPhone OS 3.0.1 device, this is no mistake. When you get asked to select the iPhone firmware you have installed then choose the iPhone OS 3.0 IPSW. Please make sure you have updated your device to 3.0.1 by either updating officially via iTunes or restoring via iTunes. Keep in mind that restoring your iPhone will erase your iPhone’s content. Also, please don’t mind the screenshots saying redsn0w version 0.72 – Use the latest redsn0w version, it’ll be the same as the screenshots below.

Note: We are not responsible if your device blows up in the middle of the jailbreak process (it wont) 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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Yeah! iPhone Dev Team to the rescue, yet once again with the release of redsn0w version 0.8! This new version of redsn0w now works with the iPhone 3G S. Yep, so if you didn’t want to use purplera1n for whatever reason, then you can now use iPhone Dev Team’s Redsn0w!

From the Dev Team:

ultrasn0w unlockers — You all must remain particularly vigilant against upgrading your basebands, since doing so will kill the unlock (for most phones, there’s no going backwards in baseband version). Apple has gotten very serious with the latest baseband — they’ve removed 180 (!) commands in an effort to cut down their exposure to holes. So please always stay away from stock Apple IPSWs and instead use our tools as we release them. These tools let you update your firmware without updating your baseband.

If you’re a Linux user and had to use a Windows machine or a Mac machine to jailbreak your iPhone, then you may be very pleased to know that redsn0w is finally available for Linux!

Since Redsn0w version 0.8 has the same user interface as it’s previous version, the tutorial we posted a few days ago will be exactly the same for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS aswell as iPod Touch’s.

And if you want to unlock using ultrasn0w, then read this tutorial

Download Redsn0w 0.8 from our iPhone Downloads section:
Redsn0w 0.8 for Windows
Redsn0w 0.8 for Mac OS X
Redsn0w 0.8 for Linux

Can’t wait for the iPhone Dev Team to update their tools for the iPhone 3GS? Well, George Hotz (aka Geohot) has released a very simple application called purplera1n to jailbreak your iPhone 3G S! Both Mac OS X and the Windows application have very similar interfaces so this tutorial will work for both operating systems (Windows is being used in this tutorial). Before we begin, some important notes worth mentioning:

• This one is only for iPhone 3GS users. iPhone and iPhone 3G users use this tutorial
• Make sure you’re running firmware 3.0 (If you’re not sure then you most likely do have iPhone OS 3.0)
• Jailbreak apps like WinterBoard, VOiPOver3G etc don’t seem to be working on iPhone 3GS, so you might have to wait for the developers to release updated version of the jailbreak apps
• Use at your own risk. Please pre-read before attempting anything so you know what you’re getting yourself into ahead of time.

Lets begin:
1. Download purplera1n HERE – for Mac OS X or HERE – for Windows
2. Once you have it downloaded, double click the .exe that you downloaded (if on Windows). If on Mac OS X double click the .zip and it should unzip and then double click the purplera1n.app icon to launch the application.

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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

Update: iPhone Dev Team have updated redsn0w to work with the iPhone 3G S – This tutorial will for the same for all iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s. If you would like to unlock your iPhone then read this tutorial

Download redsn0w v0.8:
Redsn0w 0.8 for Windows
Redsn0w 0.8 for Mac OS X
Redsn0w 0.8 for Linux

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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