wnageTool 3.1.5 has been released by the iPhone Dev Team. It is for use with all models of iPhone. It will allow you to install the (essentially worthless) 3.1.3 firmware update and maintain your unlock. I will post tutorials as soon as I can. I'm hosting Pwnage Tool 3.1.5 here. You can also download this from the iPhone Dev Team from their latest blog entry here.

Update: The 2G jailbreak/unlock tutorial is here. It will be at least a day before I get to the other tutorials.

Update 2: The 3G jailbreak/unlock tutorial is here.

Update 3: I have completely revamped the tutorial for 3G S owners that want to restore to firmware that Apple won't "sign" any more. In this case I wipe out my customized 3G S iPhone running 3.1.2 firmware back to 3.1.2 just to show it can be done. Read it here.

Update 4: The 3G S jailbreak/unlock tutorial is here. Hopefully I can take a few months off now while we wait on 4.0, that is if Apple is done with ridiculous firmware updates like 3.1.3 was. Redsn0w might be updated to work with 3.1.3, if so I'd make a tutorial for the 2G and simulated tutorials for the 3G and 3G S.


-- February 7, 2010 15:04 MST







Apple has released iPhone firmware 3.1.3 today. If you value having a jailbroken and unlocked phone, then DO NOT UPDATE! It's as simple as that. iTunes does NOT force updates on the iPhone, so there is NO excuse for mistakenly updating. When the iPhone Dev Team figures out the jailbreak, I'll update the tutorials as usual. As always, my firmware download links, with detailed info on the update are here.




-- February 2, 2010 12:17 MST



edsn0w 0.9 has been released by the iPhone Dev Team earlier today. Since it has been AGES (last July) since redsn0w has been updated, you may have forgotten the purpose of this program.

This program is only for iPhone users who are already on the firmware that they want to have jailbroken. redsn0w will jailbreak your iPhone as it is (and leave all your personalizations, and data intact). Redsn0w does not create a custom ipsw that you can save to your Mac for use later. Because of this fact, your iPhone will already have the correct modem firmware (baseband) for the firmware you are running. What does that mean? It means if you have an iPhone 3G or a 3G S, then you will be using blacksn0w to unlock since you will be forced to have 5.11.07 modem firmware and ultrasn0w can not unlock this version. Remember, blacksn0w seems to cause loss of Wi-Fi issues for people, so use at your own risk. Ultrasn0w only unlocks the iPhone up to 4.26.08 modem firmware. So if you are still running 4.26.08 modem firmware, then use PwnageTool to create a custom ipsw so that you can keep your modem firmware untouched and still have the ability to install the newer 3.1.2 firmware.

If you want to read more about redsn0w, the team posted a new wiki entry on it here. You can download redsn0w from the team here, or from me here.

I will be making a tutorial for how to use redsn0w 0.9 for the 2G iPhone, I however can not make tutorials for the 3G or the 3G S. Why? Because my 3G and my 3G S are both unlocked and on 4.26.08 modem firmware and I'm not going to potentially screw them up by updating to 3.1.2 (and 5.11.07) and then having to trust that blacksn0w will not mess up my Wi-Fi when trying to unlock 5.11.07. I may be able to make simulated tutorials of how the process should work. I'm not a fan of simulated tutorials, but they may be beneficial to some. Check back here or my Twitter feed for when the tutorials are posted.

Update: I can't get this program to work with 2G or 3G firmware. Tested it also on my PPC Mac, which the program says it runs on, but the program does not run on PPC. 3G S firmware seems to be working. The only thing I can do for now is make a simulated 3G S tutorial.

Update 2: The simulated 3G/3G S tutorial is posted here.

Update 3: The team has updated redsn0w to fix the bugs with 2G and 3G firmware not working. I'll post the other tutorial up in the next day or so.

Update 4: The 2G tutorial has been posted here.

Update 5: The team has updated redsn0w 0.9.x THREE TIMES in the last 24 hours (as of February 1st, 2010). I've updated my download links in the tutorials so that you can download the latest STABLE release (there's a beta 0.9.3 that I won't even talk about) which is 0.9.2. I however do not have the time to update my tutorials three times in 24 hours so that all the screen shots match the program interface, and document any other changes. I'll check back in a few weeks, and if the dust has finally settled on this program, then I'll update my two tutorials.


-- January 31, 2010 9:04 MST



eoHot has released an unlock for 5.11.07 modem firmware! He is calling this unlock blacksn0w and it will be part of the blackra1n program, and also released individually on Cydia - for those who are already jailbroken. It will work on the 2G (jailbreak only) 3G and the 3G S. I will have a tutorial up for using blackra1n and blacksn0w together, and one for those who just need the unlock using blacksn0w from Cydia. I will be testing all this on a 3G that is on 3.0.1/4.26.08 and is already unlocked to prove it works. I will also update the PwnageTool guides to include the Cydia version of blacksn0w. These tutorials will be posted as fast as I can make them today.

Update: Here's the 3G and 3G S tutorial for jailbreaking and unlocking on 3.1.2 firmware with 5.11.07 modem firmware: http://www.hackthatphone.com/3x/b_3_1_2_3g.html

Update 2: I have updated the PwnageTool guides for the 3G and 3G S to include blacksn0w unlocking instructions. I have also updated the blackra1n tutorial above to include blacksn0w installation instructions using Cydia.


-- November 3, 2009 10:37 MST



s of the first of November I'll no longer be able to create any tutorials unique to having AT&T service. My employment situation, being what it is, has forced me to cancel my official iPhone plan. I can no longer justify the expense of their service plan anymore. This should only affect a couple tutorials relating to MMS, visual voicemail, and 3G service.


-- October 6, 2009 15:22 MST



ou might want to consider getting your ECID SHSH on file with Cydia as soon as possible. Here is my scenario: iPhone 3G S, jailbroken and unlocked on 3.0.1 firmware. I did not have the opportunity last time to get my ECID SHSH on file with Cydia. Today I launched Cydia and was presented with a new opportunity! I pressed the reconsider button, then the make my life easier button, waited about one minute, and then received the message that my 3.1 ECID SHSH was on file with Cydia. I want to point out that I did NOT edit my hosts file as Saurik has discussed earlier. So get this done now, it's a no brainer. If Apple should release a new firmware on Friday of this week, like some are speculating they will, then you will not be able to get Apple to sign your 3.1 firmware any more.




-- September 22, 2009 12:13 MST







ver the last few days there has been a bit of discussion on several sites about a few companies, some developers, and their ability to track your geographical location through time (and who knows what else), then upload that data. The data would be used by companies like Flurry, Medialets, Mobclix, or Pinch Media. These data mining programs are placed within other programs you download from Apple's App Store to better understand how the customers uses the product. For some, this is invasive, and up until now there hasn't been a way to opt out of this monitoring, save for not using the program. You can read more about this at the iPhone Dev Team's site (which links to other investigative blogs) here.

Pinch Media contacted Saurik (the creator of Cydia) about this issue who was then able to create an opt out program for such tracking programs. It is called PrivaCy and is for jailbroken iPhones only. I guess the ability to create nice little pie charts, like the one from my previous post, will be impacted by these measures.




-- August 21, 2009 11:00 MST



inch Media, who provides detailed information about the emerging mobile application ecosystem, has published statistics regarding jailbroken iPhones. They claim 8.6% of the more than 30 million iPhones now in the world are jailbroken. I'm surprised the percentage isn't larger, but it seems to be growing rapidly from week to week. Read more here. These numbers remind me of the Mac versus PC battle.




-- August 14, 2009 11:00 MST