This is a step-by-step tutorial. If you have iPhone 3G this guide will help you jailbreak and activate the device. For iPhone 2G it will also perform the unlock.
I recommend using 2.2 firmware, because iPhone 3G unlock is avaliable now. But you can use it with old v2.1, v2.0.1 and v2.0.2.
1. If you’re using old firmware and want to upgrade, please, do it via iTunes.
2. Go ahead and download QuickPwn 2.2 (download links).
3. Download firmware (download links).
4. Close iTunes (if opened) and start QuickPwn. You will see the following:
5. Connect you iPhone or iPhone 3G and push next button.
6. Your deveice is detected. Click browse to select firmware image.
7. Select the image that you downloaded in step 3. Make sure this is the same version that you currently have on your iPhone. If you want to upgrade go to step 1.
8. The application will verify that you choose the right version of firmware image. Click next.
9. You will be frequently using Cyda, so make sure to check it. Installer is in beta, but it will be updated in the future, so check this one too. Click next.
10. Check if your device is connected and hit next.
11. This is probably the hardest part. You will need to press Home and Power buttons on your iPhone in the special order. So make sure you read instructions carefully and follow them. If not, not big deal, you’ll be able to start from step 4.
There are 3 steps here: hold down Home button for 5 sec, than hold Home and Power button for 10 sec, than hold Home butting for 30 sec.
12. Than you’ll have to wait whilce QuickPwn will do the work.
13. Congratulations! You did it. Now you can run Cydia Installer and install usefull and free applications.
Here are download links for the latest versions of software for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad jailbreaking, activating and unlocking:
evasi0n | RedSn0w | Sn0wBreeze | PwnageTool | Absinthe |GreenPois0n | iReb | iBooty | iFaith | UltraSn0w | LimeRa1n | Spirit | BlackRa1n | BlackSn0w | PurpleRa1n
For iOS 4.0, iOS 4.0.1 and
iFaith 1.4.2 (Windows tool that will save SHSH keys for your current installed iOS)
Current version is ultrasn0w 1.2.3, download in Cydia (unlock for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, firmwares 3.0-4.3.3; it supports basebands 01.59.00, 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, 06.15.00)
You can download older software versions
PdaNet updated to version 1.33. This tool allows you to connect any desktop or notebook to internet through iPhone 3G. Here is a changelog:
This application is avaliable via Cydia Installer for jailbreaked iPhones.
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Apple released firmware version 2.2 beta 1 a bit more than a week ago. Couple more features were hiden there.
First of all Apple has addressed one
The other feature is for Japanese market – Japanese emoji icons. The lack of emoji support has been blamed as part of the reason for slow iPhone adoption in Japan.
The third new feature is Street View. It allows users to view panoramic street level photographs in select cities within the Google Maps application.
Hopefully we will see more new features in this and next beta’s of 2.2 firmware.
via macrumors
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Today the 400th package was added to Cydia 2.0 repository today. This number includes all kind of applications, modding themes, sound packages, winterboard themes, etc. Most of this stuff is free. All you need to use this is to jailbreak your iPhone.
Many iPhone 3G users would like to use internet on a desktop or notebook through their phone. There were several solutions: iPhoneModem, NetShare, 3Proxy.. they all used SSH and SOCKS proxy. One of the working ones was described here get internet on a desktop or notebook through IPhone 3G.
Couple days ago PdaNet (fullname is PdaNet WiFi Router) was ported to iPhone. Now our life is much much easier.
What you need is a jailbreaked iPhone with Cydia installer. Then install PdaNet.
All you need to do is simply to create an ad-hoc WiFi network on the computer and connect your iPhone to it (
Some nice features:
One last note: over-usage of PdaNet’s tethering is likely to draw the eye and the ire of AT&T (if you use this provider), so use with care!
Firmware 2.2 beta 1 appeared just a day ago. It seems that DevTeam never sleeps They published a screenshot of jailbreaked iPhone 2G with this new firmware:
It runs Terminal.app (non-apple application) running on 2.2b1 firmware. Thay say that version 2.2 is still vulnerable to pwnage and quickpwn on everything but iPod Touch 2G.
No news about software unlock for iPhone 3G or jailbreak for iPod Touch 2G.
Congratulations, Windows users. The support for new firmware 2.1 is added. So here is what you can do:
Changes from QuickPwn RC3
Sorry, no jailbreak for new iPod Touch and no unlock for iPhone 3G.
Here are download links:
Firmwares v2.1:
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