Hack the iPhone

I've deprecated the entire 1.1.3 section including this information page. Come over to the new page in the 1.1.4 section by clicking here. Don't forget to update your bookmarks!

-- February 27, 18:16 MST



he new version of iNdependence is out which will activate and jailbreak 1.1.4. It will NOT unlock it. http://code.google.com/p/independence/ This is for Mac users only as is this method here I just tried: http://george.zjlotto.com/index.php/2008/02/27/quickly-upgrade-to-114/ This is run from the Terminal and does what iNdependence does, plus it puts the Installer on for you. Both methods are 30 second processes.

I'll whip up a couple SIMPLE tutorials on activating and jailbreaking for Mac users. Apparently there is an Apple special event on March 6th. This could be about the SDK and we may see a new firmware released again at that time. I see my 1.1.4 tutorial section being a lot like my 1.1.3 section with only a couple key tutorials in it.

Update: for those of you who did the GeoHot IPSF style unlock on your 3.9 only iPhone. According to George Z at this link http://george.zjlotto.com/index.php/2008/02/27/quickly-upgrade-to-114/ this style unlock will survive and update to 1.1.4. Anyone else care to try? I think I might soon. This is what you would do: connect to iTunes, update to 1.1.4, then use iNdependence or George Z's program (below) to activate and jailbreak your iPhone. You'd then need to install SSH and get Signal.app on the phone. Run Signal.app and test. This SHOULD work.

-- February 27, 17:10 MST



es 1.1.4 is out as of right now.

I'll also be deprecating 1.1.3 and 1.1.2 now that we seem to be moving forward in firmwares somewhat slowly. Deprecating means a couple things. First, when you see that text in red at the top of a tutorial it means you are at a page that is no longer maintained, and will not be updated despite any changes in procedure. I simply don't have the time or inclination to wade through the hundreds of tutorials I have and tweak them all to current standards. This tag also lets you know that you are in an older section of my site and trying to use outdated firmware. That's all it means. Yes you can still use these tutorials on that specific firmware. But maybe you might want to consider using more current firmware?

From what I've heard so far, 1.1.4 isn't much of an update. It consists of under the hood bug fixes only. Since my 1.1.3 section was never fully fleshed out with tutorials because we knew 1.1.4 was just around the corner, 1.1.3 will be deprecated once methods are available to use 1.1.4 on unlocked iPhones. We may still be waiting for the next firmware release (1.1.5?) to bring the long awaited SDK. It's at that point, that I will go through my 1.1.2 section of tutorials and figure out which of them work on the newest firmware. For the most part, everything should work though. Don't be afraid to try a deprecated tutorial on current firmware, it probably works.

Also, while this site is about hacking the iPhone, my priority is helping those who do not use AT&T as their carrier. I only become interested in new firmware releases once we have a method for bypassing activation first. I do not use a contracted iPhone, therefore I have no means of testing anything unless it is for an unlocked iPhone. People with contracts obviously have the luxury of testing any jailbreak without having to worry about activation. I do not have this advantage.

I told one of the iPhone Dev Team members I'd repost one of their latest creations here. Most of you may not realize what this video is even showing. Let's just say it's a good thing... Hint: sign your own firmware.



-- February 26, 22:39 MST



alling all translators! The tutorial I'm calling "Method A" in the 1.1.3 section should get the widest possible dissemination. It's a Mac only tutorial and it is two pages long. Please don't forget to translate the second page as it is critical.

I'm getting a lot of duplicate translations being sent in. Please check the language section you wish to translate for and make sure that the tutorial you want to translate, hasn't already been translated. There is no way I can possibly coordinate everyone's efforts on this. First submitted, first posted. Thank you all!

-- February 23, 22:12 MST



ots of little things to mention and in no particular order. I'm not covering two apparently popular methods of activating/jailbreaking/unlocking the iPhone for many reasons, but most importantly because they have IMEI changers built into them and this BREAKS FEDERAL LAW! So yes, I know about them, and NO I'm not going to cover their use. I updated the how to rip DVDs for Mac users tutorial as HandBrake has had a recent version upgrade. It now includes an iPhone/iPod Touch preset.

Also, times are tough around here and because of this the advertising is going to be stepped up several notches to hopefully help compensate. There are two methods of supporting this site, and the great majority of readers don't seem to want to do either. Something is going to change one way or another... It is going to get a bit graphically unappealing around here. On a related note from now on I am going to start HEAVILY watermarking my images. I'm tired of seeing other sites taking my work.

-- February 21, 23:10 MST



updated the index page for the 1.1.3 section. I've done my best to explain all the various methods for activating, jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone both under the 3.9 and 4.6 bootloaders. I'm currently working on yet another guide. This will be for Mac users and will tell you how to take an iPhone that is currently unlocked on 1.1.2 firmware and how to get it not only onto 1.1.3 firmware, but with 1.1.3 baseband and unlocked. This will be a very tedious procedure, it took me about 2 hours, but it works. So does the locate me feature in Maps which is nice.

Update: the tutorial (Mac only) has been posted here.

-- February 20, 17:52 MST



If you paid for a subscription at a website called iphonegeek.com then you were RIPPED OFF! This unscrupulous site charges people $40 or so to join their site. They advertise unlocking tutorials (among other things). When you click on their how to unlock your iPhone link, guess what happens? You get redirected to my site (most likely in a frame set). So if you don't like the tutorials you find here fine, but stop asking me to cancel your subscription as I have NOTHING to do with this. You need to get your money back from the company that billed you. MY SITE IS FREE!

-- February 17, 14:14 MST



es I know this site was down for the last 12 hours or so. Please do not email me about this in the future. I know when my site is down, and guess what? I don't get your email telling me it's down until it's back up again.

If you sent me a legitimate email, I probably didn't get it. My host at the time had some kind of "electrical" problem. I have since moved my site to another host, I've grown tired of the down time I experienced at my old host considering I was using a VPS. It'll be a day or so until everything is back to normal here I am sure.

-- February 16, 23:49 MST



have had a chance to use iNdependence on a 3.9 bootloader phone that was not unlocked. I updated normally via iTunes to 1.1.3, then used iNdependence to activate it and jailbreak it (which was about 2 minutes), then I used iNdependence to unlock it which took about 4 minutes). Fantastic program! Thank you 0perator. I'll put up a guide (not that you should need one, this program is really simple) later today. I've also tested this on a 4.6 bootloader phone. I'm not sure when I will make a Windows based guide on this.

Update: I will be adding more material on 1.1.3 as far as installing the Installer and SSH and how to make Installer play nice with the new firmware by chmodding it.

-- February 15, 13:05 MST



here's a new version of iNdependence out. It activates and jailbreaks 1.1.3 firmware in seconds. It also has an unlocking feature built in. I'll test it as soon as I get a chance.

If you haven't already noticed the banner I put on most every page, yes I do offer repair services. To see how this service works (and find out how many phones and with what problems I've fixed) check out this page. I can accommodate overnight shipping. I've recieved phones from as far away as The Green Zone, and Afghanistan.

-- February 13, 19:00 MST



orry it took me so long to finally make this tutorial, but here it is: how to unlock a brand new 1.1.3 firmware 4.6 bootloader (like you would find in any store right now) iPhone. This is an OS X tutorial. Read it here.

I have an extra 16GB iPhone that's set up right now if someone is looking...

Update: The Windows guide is up now. Read it here.

-- February 12, 00:52 MST



et me try to make some sense out of today. There's a ton of confusion out there (so what else is new). This is what is possible and what is not.

GeoHot has created a software based unlock for 1.1.2 iPhones with the 4.6 bootloader. You can read his comments here. Thank you again GeoHot! Please consider sending him a donation through his site if you use this unlock. He certainly deserves support for his efforts. This is a truly remarkable piece of programming.

GeoHot's unlock today is for 4.6 bootloaders only. It will unlock 1.1.2 iPhones out of the box (by downgrading to 1.1.1, et cetera), you could then use the Installer based 1.1.3 firmware update to get to 1.1.3 firmware, but you will still be on 04.02.13_G baseband. Follow? This unlock is not a true unlock for 1.1.3 out of the box iPhones. It will downgrade the baseband on the 1.1.3 from 04.03.13_G to 04.02.13_G and you can unlock that. So you'll always have a mismatch here with this method: you can run 1.1.3 firmware, but you are running unlocked 1.1.2 baseband to get a phone signal. Until 1.1.4 comes out there is no secpack to crack to unlock 1.1.3 yet. So go raid your local Apple or AT&T store before Apple updates all the phones in the stores. They are literally hemorrhaging unlockable phones right now.

I have since posted my tutorial for taking a jailbroken 1.1.2 iPhone with the 4.6 bootloader and unlocking it. Both OS X and Windows users can use the same guide since it is all Installer based. I have a link for how to jailbreak 1.1.2 if you don't know how, it's a different tutorial. I'm also going to expand this unlocking guide by showing you how to continue up to 1.1.3 firmware so you can have your wiggly icons.

-- February 9, 01:49 MST



es I've seen GeoHot's method for the IPSF style unlock he has developed. I think it's great if it is resistant to updates. This method would permanently unlock a 3.9 bootloader based iPhone only.

-- February 5, 22:23 MST



Update: Freeit4Less.com which is an IPSF reseller has generously helped out Ste by offering free hosting for the bulk of Ste's downloads on the Installer repository. Thank you guys! Ste still needs another fully dedicated server.

How the community needs your help. Most of the movers and shakers in the iPhone community offer their services (jailbreaks, free unlocks, Installer repositories and programming to make all this happen) for FREE. Occassionally these limits get tested by the hosts we use. We pay out of our own pockets to cover these expenses ourselves because we love what we are doing. This is a fun hobby. In the case of a couple of us, we are unemployed. So the burden of paying for servers becomes more burdensome when we have to continually move to ever increasingly expensive hosting packages to keep up as the community grows, and as more and more people download from us to hack their iPhones.

The Installer has a few key trusted sources. One of those is psmxy.org run by "Ste". Another new trusted source is "Big Boss". Ste recently posted that most of his packages that are being downloaded by iPhone users are failing for one simple reason: there are too many iPhones per second hitting his site and downloading. He has had to throttle connections to keep from losing his hosting. You can read more about that here.

There are a couple simple ways you the reader can help support all of us. One should be very obvious and it isn't something I'm even allowed to encourage. The other is by clicking the PayPal donate buttons you see on these various sites. Another would be to offer an uncapped, and completely dedicated server. Shared hosting accounts don't work for us, we have too much daily traffic. Even shared servers aren't good enough as you are sharing a CPU with other accounts. A dedicated server, serving just one domain name is the only solution. This server must not have any limits on throughput (concurrent connections, or CPU cycles) and bandwidth must be uncapped and expected to run in the terrabytes per day. So if you are able to help out (probably because you own a hosting company) get in touch with me or Ste or BigBoss. They (moreso than myself) need your help, and so does the community.

If you are one of the many confused iPhone owners out there who want to know the differences between the Nate True jailbreak for 1.1.3 (which I've removed the tutorial for) and the official iPhone Dev Team jailbreak for 1.1.3 then read this posting.

Happy hacking!

-- February 5, 11:19 MST



The Official 1.1.3 Upgrader has been silently updated to version 1.1.3-3. It is in the Installer in the System folder which can only be seen if you update your community sources. I have finalized my Step 1 guide for jailbreaking 1.1.3 firmware.

I've decided to take the stance of not verifying which guides in my 1.1.2 section will work on an iPhone with 1.1.3 firmware. Normally I always verify that tutorials that worked on a previous firmware work on the new firmware. I do this once a jailbreak is established on new firmware. I am not doing that this time. 1.1.3 firmware really doesn't offer very much to the typical end user (especially considering since we aren't benefitting from the new baseband). Because of this, I don't see a point in upgrading. In fact, if you read the Featured page on the Installer it states "It is recommended that only developers upgrade their iPhone/iPod Touch to 1.1.3 at this time." There are lots of issues, and many things don't work in 1.1.3. With the Apple SDK coming in February (and a new firmware release most likely) it's my position that it's best to wait.

-- February 1, 18:05 MST



es the jailbreak for 1.1.3 seen on the iPod Touch is real. Yes it will work on the iPhone as well. Yes this was done by the iPhone Dev Teams and no, it won't be released until after the Apple SDK (and most likely 1.1.4 firmware) is released. Why aren't they releasing it now? Simple, they would hate to start all over again with a new angle of attack. There's no point in them letting Apple know the exploit they used just so it can get patched up again in a couple weeks. That could mean a very quick jailbreak for 1.1.4. By the way, here's that YouTube video showing the jailbreak for 1.1.3 on the iPod Touch, and showing the wiggling icons and the Installer launching.



So, we are stuck waiting until the end of February for the SDK. On the bright side, those of you born on the 29th can at least celebrate your birthdays again. There is talk of backporting 1.1.3 features so that those on 1.1.2 can use them. Also in the news, people are having issues with 1.1.3 anyway.

I've posted a tutorial on the hardware unlock for 1.1.2 4.6 iPhones here.   I only have one iPhone with 1.1.2 and a 4.6 bootloader and my concern is if I do the hardware unlock that a possibility exists that 1.1.3 may refuse to install on the older bootloader or otherwise not run once installed. Couple this with the fact that the majority of my readers wouldn't be willing to do a hardware unlock anyway... my plans are to dust off my original hardware unlock guide and update it with the new procedure (which is actually a lot easier than the original unlock). This might be posted tonight.

GeoHot has posted his opinion of a software unlocking ever happening for the 1.1.2 4.6 iPhones and it doesn't look very hopeful if true. Read it here.

-- January 19, 19:46 MST



he hardware unlock for 1.1.2 out of the box (4.6 bootloader) iPhones is here. Read GeoHot's blog update on how he did it. Much of the information GeoHot refers to comes from the original hardware unlock for 1.0.2 firmware. You can get this information and a step by step and picture by picture guide of everything we had to do back then at my tutorial here. I do have an iPhone I may subject to this horrific process (especially since there may never be a software unlock for the 1.1.2 4.6 iPhones), just so I can say I did it and show you how.

-- January 18, 02:44 MST



wo sites are reporting success with bringing dead iPhones back to life by updating to 1.1.3 firmware. Keep in mind, that this is only useful (even if it works for you) if you intend to sign up with AT&T for service. Since there is no jailbreak or unlock yet, you will have a stock out of the box iPhone again.

Check it out:   article at Gizmodo, article at TUAW.

If this works for you, please let me know, and tell me your scenario that it worked with. I'll tabulate readers' results. I have a bad IMEI iPhone lying around that I've been unable to fix. I may bite the bullet and test this.

I am proud to offer tutorials in Persian starting today, with hopefully more on the way soon. This makes 18 languages that I offer information in. Thank you to all the translators who have volunteered their time for this.

-- January 18, 02:21 MST







have received several emails about a particular situation that affects everyone trying to jailbreak 1.1.2 and unable to figure this out. With 1.1.3 firmware now available, the obvious option to update to 1.1.2 no longer exists. So how do you update to 1.1.2? Simple. Download the 1.1.2 firmware restore file, then either press Shift or Option and click the Update button in iTunes. A file browser window will now open. Now point iTunes to the 1.1.2 firmware restore file and it will update the iPhone and not restore it. Should you get an error 6 message, just restore to 1.1.1, OktoPrep and try again. Everything else in my tutorials for this (which I am revising today) works as before. Still stuck? Mail your iPhone to me, I offer a paid repair service.

Had a chance to test a new Stealth SIM today on a U.K. (I'm in the U.S.) 4.6 bootloader iPhone running 1.1.2 it worked as soon as I installed it. It even displays a serial number and prompts you for displaying the product name right under the clock. You can say no to this of course. My guide for this SIM is here.

I've posted a web clip icon for the site. I'll tweak it once I have a jailbroken 1.1.3 to look at it.

-- January 16, 22:36 MST



teve Jobs just announced at MacWorld that the new firmware for the iPhone comes out today. It appears consistent with the leaked firmware that came out a couple weeks ago. Remember, if you are unlocked, you might not want to update. You better wait awhile or you could have a useless iPhone!

Here is the download link for the new firmware which is 1.1.3 by the way. Yes the baseband is updated it is version 04.03.13_G. If you are foolish enough to update you'll soon find out that the *#307# trick doesn't work anymore. Don't forget the new baseband isn't downgradable. If you screw up and update you can downgrade to 1.1.1 and use all but the phone functions.

I am working on a Windows guide for decrypting firmware. I haven't got the whole process nailed down yet, but all the programs involved will be free.

The fine folks from iAmiPhone.ca are hooking me up with a Stealth SIM, so you'll be seeing my notes on that coming soon. This will help all of you 1.1.2 out of the box types who don't mind spending a little money to use your iPhone on whatever carrier you'd like.

iNdependence does not work with iTunes 7.6. DFU mode downgrading does work with iTunes 7.6.

Some of us (from the days when GeoHot created his unlocking channel on IRC) have started a new unlocking channel on FreeNode.net on IRC. Come to the channel #iphone-unlock for unlocking discussion. We do discuss other methods besides anySIM, so you won't be frowned on for buying someone's expensive SIM solution out there. Please do not email me to ask what is IRC and how to join it, Google is your friend.

I got so bored I wrote a tutorial for those with the new bootloader (both U.S. and non-U.S. residents) demonstrating how to downgrade, jailbreak and activate the iPhone. I will update it when a free unlock becomes available.

Here's a nice article by Wired which talks about the history of the development of the iPhone.

-- January 15, 16:22 MST






have had a chance to play with one of those "unlocking" SIMs on an iPhone with the 4.6 bootloader. This spoofing SIM worked like a charm. I've posted some notes and a couple pictures here. It worked by merely cutting a corner of my SIM away to make room for a chip. It required no programming at all. But this particular one worked only on a U.S. purchased iPhone. I also have a European 4.6 iPhone to test with and it failed to function on that one. I have no idea which SIM I used, the buyer didn't know. I've showed my picture to some people who refer to it as a PSS or 3GPP SIM. Please use Google and don't email me asking where to get them. I'm not a reseller and I certainly don't benefit from the massive profits these companies make so I'm not going to tell you where to get them.

-- January 9, 16:29 MST







elcome to the new site! I decided to get this new domain name to avoid any potential issues with you know who. All the same content is here. All that has changed is the name and some graphics here and there. Thanks to Cody B. for the main page graphic. I like it a lot!

Yes I've seen Nate's video for the alleged 1.1.3 firmware update. No need to email me about this. I don't like to speculate or guess about anything, so I have nothing more to say about 1.1.3. When it comes out, it comes out. We'll deal with it then.

December was a great month for growth here: 316,000 visitors, 21,066 per day. 69.5% of all visitors use Windows and 28.3% used a Mac to visit this site.

-- January 1, 21:41 MST



have updated the running out of space tutorials. Eugene Ciurana stepped up to the plate and wrote a program which is now on my repository that will automate this process so you won't have to muck around in the Terminal to do it. However, if you want to reverse this process (and I can't imagine why anyone would want to) you'll have to use the Terminal.

-- December 24, 18:31 MST



alling all translators

The Step 1 tutorial (easy method) and guides under the Hacking menu are ready to be translated. Many have written offering to do this. If you are interested please go ahead. Try to understand, that 9 out of 10 people who offer to do this for me never come through. Because of this I'd rather you didn't email me to ask if you can/should translate something. I don't want to dissuade anyone, nor do I have the time or capacity to manage all those who volunteer. First received, first posted on this site with an author credit will go to you.

I have recieved the following 1.1.2 translations:
Czech translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac and Windows users.
Danish translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users.
French translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users.
German translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users.
German translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Windows users.
Hungarian translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users.
Icelandic translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users.
Indonesian translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users. POSTING LATER
Italian translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users.
Portuguese translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Windows users.
Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Windows users.
Spanish translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users and Windows users.
Spanish translation for Step 2 for Windows users.
Swedish translation for Step 1 (easy method) for Mac users.

-- December 24, 18:31 MST



will need to make some chages soon based on the numbers at this site. I watch my various logs like a hawk, so allow me to share some of the findings with you, the readers.

Last month was a record month in every regard. I'd like to start out by thanking those of you that actively support this site! This site continues based primarily on my enthusiasm for the iPhone, but just as importantly, it needs support from the reader base to continue to exist.

November saw over 289,000 unique visitors to this site. I average some 20,400 per day. Over 158 nations visit regularly (from smaller nations like Vatican City, to Tunisia, the Faroe Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, and on to nations you would expect to see heading a top 10 list). Traffic topped out at 604 gigabytes of bandwidth in November! Windows users account for 66% of all my traffic. Over 30,000 people spent over an hour (or fell asleep at their computer) while at this site. For those of you not in the know, you have to host a site with these kind of numbers on a virtual or dedicated server only. Those more affordable shared hosting accounts can't handle the traffic this site generates.

While all that sounds great, I'm lucky if 4% of monthly traffic actively supports the site. At some point this will impact the amount of new tutorials that I create. Making guides for both OS X and Windows, coupled with Apple's relentless 30 day firmware release cycle makes this an exhausting job. My free time is pretty non-existant, and I work a 7 day week. I'm a Mac person that has spoken Windows since 1.0 back in 1985. However, as far as Windows specific guides are concerned, I may only create the initial guide for jailbreaking, activating, and unlocking in the future. Something has to give based on only 4% of support. I see certain elements coming more to the foreground than they have been in the past. I see more guides being broken down into multiple pages, et cetera. Perhaps this alone can help.

I’m hoping my readers can continue to help this site grow. It's not my intention to do the PBS thing, or shake a tree to see what falls out. If this site helps you, then why not help me to continue providing this FREE resource?

-- December 6, 16:18 MST



program by the name of iWorld has been released by the iPhone/iPod Touch Dev Team. This is supposed to help those of you in "non-supported" countries who use the iPhone with 1.1.2. What happens when you are in a non-supported country? Well when you go to dial a phone number the keypad crashes. The application that fixes this problem can be found on the Installer in the folder called Tweaks (1.1.2). Please let me know if this works for you. I want to try to help out my non USA readers here, but it's hard for me to do when my keypad doesn't crash. I am willing to host any and all files that you may have edited with your particular country's code and carrier code.

-- November 19, 23:29 MST



uccess. I'm on 1.1.2 with T-Mobile and the new 04.02.13_G modem firmware. Multiple SIMs work, YouTube, iTMS. I've been working on this since 9 p.m. last night. It's 6:04 a.m. now and I'll collapse shortly. I'll put up a guide at some point here...

I have to give thanks to roxfan, dinopio, drudge, and the rest of the iPhone Dev Team for putting out the new 1.1.2 jailbreak program. These are the people making this happen and keeping the community going forward. How about showing them the support they deserve? You know what I mean. I also want to thank KiDFuZioN for posting his notes that I used. They were for Windows but were easy to adapt. This hack went kicking and screaming every step of the way. I learned some lessons that I'll obviously pass along. It didn't help that BSD Subsystem took 2.5 hours to download because of what I'm sure was a server issue out there in the ether. Thanks go out to the iPhone Elite Team for cooking up the anySIM 1.2.1u unlocking program.

This is only for people that have the 3.9 bootloader! If you just bought an iPhone since the 9th and it has 1.1.2 on it then you are out of luck for now. To determine which bootloader you have use the bbupdater -v command to verify. Please no email on how to bbupdater -v. Google is your friend right now.




-- November 16, 2007 06:04 MST







get a ton of email, that I have no hope of answering, every day asking the same things over and over. I thought I'd say something here to help quell this. I apologize in advance for how simplistic and how much like a rant the below comments are, but they need to be posted because of my current situation.

• I have a navigation bar on my site. It consists of 6 giant gray buttons. Hovering these buttons will reveal categorized pages. Reading these pages will provide you information on how to hack your iPhone. I'm shocked how many people out there don't realize this. My splash page only has links to a few pages on this site that are of the greatest interest. The splash page is not an all inclusive list! Also, if you do not see a particular guide, check out the deprecated section. Most of those guides can easily be adapted to the new firmware. I find it difficult every time a new firmware comes along to rewrite 60 some guides to work with it. You'll have to be patient. This is a one man operation here other than the wonderful volunteers that translate the foreign guides.
• I don't sell anything on eBay! You have been ripped off paying for something that you could have got here free. Need support with that PDF you bought? Contact the person who sold it to you.
• I am NOT an IPSF reseller. So when you lay down your $50-$100 for your unlock and they refer you to my site, don't expect support from me. I get nothing from those sales. NOTHING. I am not here to support those resellers (who don't even know how to use product). You won't ever see a guide here for how to use IPSF on your iPhone. I'm sorry you were ripped off and they won't support you, but why should I? Isn't it enough I have all these guides here already?
• I do not troubleshoot problems via email. I do offer a repair service which might just save your messed up iPhone. Email me for assistance. There is a charge for this.
• If you send me an email, don't expect a response. If you get a response, consider yourself fortunate and don't take that as encouragement to email me 10 more times that day. My efforts are best spent creating tutorials to help the masses, not answering highly individualized "Why is there air?" like questions.

-- October 31, 05:45 MST







ere's a nice article by Laptop Magazine.com where they interviewed Steve Wozniak, who is the co-founder of Apple. This specific quote is about his standpoint on this whole hacking the iPhone craze.

Laptop Magaine: "So you're in favor of the unlocking and jailbreaking for third-party applications?"

Steve Wozniak: "From a business point of view, Apple owns what they have done. They have a right to lock it. But I am really for the unlockers, the rebels trying to make it free. I'd really like it to be open to new applications. I'd like to install some nice games. Why in the world can I not install a ringtone that I've made? How would that hurt AT&T's network? Here is Steve Jobs sending letters to the record companies saying [they] should provide music that's unprotected, but here he is taking the opposite approach with the iPhone. I don't know to what extent AT&T is involved in the thinking and direction."

It's too bad Steve isn't still with the company, maybe things would have been different. It's about the people. The tail doesn't wag the dog. We are the ones who choose what to spend the money on...

-- October 29, 17:27 MST



am thinking of offering a limited iPhone repair service. If you aren't already aware: if you purchased an iPhone and it is not under contract with AT&T as your service provider, and you have a problem with your iPhone, Apple won't help you. You have no warranty in their eyes. So for all you fellow hackers out there, you are on your own to fix your iPhone. It's a real mixed bag of results should you approach Apple with your problem. By all means try to resolve your problem with them first.

I get A LOT of email every day from people who have reprogrammed their iPhones and are stuck, can't figure out what to do, and have nowhere to turn, and they feel their iPhone is dead. So, I'm willing to offer a service that will reprogram your iPhone in an attempt to restore functionality. I will only repair an iPhone from a software standpoint. I will not disassemble an iPhone to repair the hardware. If you are interested in this, send me an email and I'll send you a form letter response spelling out the conditions of this service.

-- October 26, 17:502 MST



have played around with a new program called iDemocracy in a quest to find a GUI program that would make jailbreaking on Windows with 1.1.1 firmware an easier process than my current guide, but unfortunately the program did nothing for me. Maybe you will have better luck though (I swear these iPhones have their own personalities.). You can check out iDemocracy here.

I also tried out CARNAVAL which is the successor to PACAY. This is another Windows jailbreaking multi purpose program for 1.1.1. I went through the process twice, it did nothing for me either. Maybe you will have better luck though. The program is discussed here and provided for download as well.

I'm anxious to write a guide for those like me who still have a 1.0.2 unlocked iPhone so that we can clean up the baseband and move on to 1.1.1 (although personally I hate 1.1.1). When I feel I've found a reputable method I'll give it a try. I only have one iPhone that would work with this method, so I want to make sure the method is completely SOUND before I spend one second of my time on it.

-- October 24, 05:59 MST






ow about a Linux OS on the iPhone? A project has been formed by some of the leading developers in the iPhone hacking community. Read about it here at the project page, and here at the iPhone Dev Wiki, where there are some more notes.

-- October 15, 19:51 PST



just received an iPhone with 1.1.1 on it fresh from the factory from a very generous reader in Canada. I want to publicly thank Mark over at iamiPhone.ca who hooked me up big time! Not having an iPhone with 1.1.1 on it prevented me from creating new tutorials. It’s too expensive for me to go out and purchase a new iPhone every time a new firmware comes out, if the tools aren’t quickly available to upgrade iPhones with older firmware. In my case I had 1.0.2 iPhones that I had used anySIM on, and obviously upgrading them to 1.1.1 was not possible. At this point I anticipate testing out the latest version of iNdependence and getting some new tutorials up. Thanks again Mark!




-- October 15, 14:30 PST



any have asked if I have an RSS feed. I do, thanks to a kind reader in Germany. Check it out here.

-- October 12, 13:47 PST



here are many people on eBay who are copying the content of this website and selling it, claiming it as their own guide. eBay is polluted with these auctions (which always seem to offer digital delivery).

I want to make it clear that I do not sell any guides on eBay. I do not see a definitive solution to this situation.

If you have purchased a guide on eBay and you want to write me about problems you are having, you need to recognize the fact that you were ripped off by whomever you bought the guide from. You need to ask the eBay seller to answer all your questions, and not me. Some that email me actually tell me they won "my auction for my guide" on eBay and have questions. Now what possible incentive could I have to support someone's illegal profiting off my website? Who knows how many people I've unwittingly helped already who think that they've already paid for my "tech support" by purchasing "my guide on eBay"?

This site is driven by my interest and love for the iPhone. I'm unhappy at the amount of sales on eBay, and I don't have the time to go and stomp out every auction on their site. Maybe I'll take a couple days off and make the time...

-- September 19, 07:03 PST