The iPhone Dev team has just released the second beta of their untethered RedSn0w jailbreak (the first beta has been released few hours ago and has more bugs).
New jailbreak is called “Jailbreak Monte”, as it uses new “backup method”. The iPhone Dev Team warns that their beta-version is not a general release and you should back up all your media before using it. There are also other limitations and bugs:
The beta is limited to iPod touch 4G, iPad and iPhone4;
The team asks not to participate in testing if you rely on the ultrasn0w carrier unlock;
The bluetooth functionality is disabled due to sandbox problem;
iPod player works only on iPod touch 4G;
To use this version of jailbreak Cydia should have your 4.2b3 SHSH blobs saved on file and following:
“You must already have the usbmuxd software installed and running on your Mac (this requirement will eventually go away too). The correct invocation of the relay is just as that page says: “./tcprelay.py -t 22:2222”. If the relay isn’t installed or running correctly by the time the redsn0w ramdisk has started, you’ll need to restore to stock FW again to try it again. Please test it beforehand to save yourself some time!”
Now, if you’re ready to apply this version of jailbreak, upi can download redsn0w 0.9.7 beta here.
After downloading and applying just select “Jailbreak Monte” to try out the untether.
The iPhone Dev team asks to test it after a fresh restore in order to keep track of the variables involved. Be careful!
By the way, iPodUplink has posted a video where you can see how to jailbreak your device with the latest version of redsn0w:
MobileTerminal is a terminal emulator application for the iPad and iPhone. The version of MobileTerminal that is available in Cydia doesn’t work with iPhone iOS 4.x. However there are beta versions that do work, but aren’t on Cydia because they are still in beta stages. This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to install MobileTerminal on iPhone with iOS 4.x (tutorial for iPad is here). If you have old version of MobileTerminal installed – uninstall it in Cydia (Search – MobileTerminal – Remove).
MobileTerminal is a terminal emulator application for the iPad and iPhone. The version of MobileTerminal that is available in Cydia doesn’t work with iPad iOS 3.2.2 and iPhone iOS 4.x. However there are beta versions that do work, but aren’t on Cydia because they are still in beta stages. This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to install MobileTerminal on iPad (tutorial for iPhone is here). If you have old version of MobileTerminal installed – uninstall it in Cydia (Search – MobileTerminal – Remove).
Mike Pan has successfully modified his iPhone 3GS and now it can record HD video at 1080x800px with 30 frames per second and up to 20Mbps! The original ability of this handset is 640x480px at 3 Mbps. Mike used the non-standard resolution so the video could be kept at the right aspect ratio.
So here is a short instruction how to enable HD-video recording on your iPhone 3GS with firmware 4.1 (as other firmwares haven’t been tested yet):
Copy N88AP.plist to /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/
Copy the 3 other plist-files to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Celestial.framework/N88/
Reboot your iPhone 3GS
Some features:
Low light capability cannot be enhanced, so dark areas will still have grains.
In case you want to send the recorded HD-video to YouTube in its original quality, use Pixelpipe from the App Store.
The maximum shutter duration has been increased so now you can take photos even in dark areas, but a steady surface or tripod is highly recommended.
Mike promises to release an app in cydia so that the procedure could be even simpler. For those who’d like to understand how he did it, he posted a detailed instruction here.
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPad with latest iOS 3.2.2 using Limera1n for Mac. You can find the Windows version of this tutorialhere.
Step 1
Open your browaer and navigate to www.limera1n.com and download LimeRa1n for Mac by clicking on the Mac logo.
When prompted save the download to your desktop.
Step 2
Double click the limera1n.zip file from the desktop to extract the application, then double click it to launch.
Step 3
Connect your iPad to the computer and click the large make it ra1n button
Step 4
You iPad will now be placed in recovery mode.
Follow instructions:
Press both the power and the home buttons.
When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.
Your phone will now be in DFU mode
As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPad.
Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.
Step 5
After you power back on your iPad you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled limera1n. Press it to continue.
Step 6
Once Limera1n opens select Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
Step 7
Once the Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPad.
Step 8
When your iPad has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates
NOTE*: To remove the limera1n icon from your desktop you can install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application as you delete regular AppStore apps.
Update: To have access to the root file system of your iPad (via file managers like iFunBox) install application called afc2add in Cydia.
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS (all bootroms) or iPhone 4 using Limera1n for Mac OS X. Limera1n supports iOS 4.0, iOS 4.0.1, iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 4.1. Use the same steps to jailbreak iPod Touch 4G and iPod Touch 3G and even iPad. You can find the Windows version of this tutorialhere.
Remember: Do not update to iOS 4.1 if you need the unlock. Ultrasn0w does not support that baseband yet.
Step 1
Open your browaer and navigate to www.limera1n.com and download LimeRa1n for Mac by clicking on the Mac logo.
When prompted save the download to your desktop.
Step 2
Double click the limera1n.zip file from the desktop to extract the application, then double click it to launch.
Step 3
Connect your iPhone to the computer and click the large make it ra1n button
Step 4
You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode.
Follow instructions:
Press both the power and the home buttons.
When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.
Your phone will now be in DFU mode
As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPhone.
Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.
Step 5
After you power back on your iPhone you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled limera1n. Press it to continue.
Step 6
Once Limera1n opens select Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
Step 7
Once the Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPhone.
Step 8
When your iPhone has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates
NOTE*: To remove the limera1n icon from your desktop you can install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application as you delete regular AppStore apps.
UPdate: To have access to the root file system of your iPhone (via file managers like iFunBox) install application called afc2add in Cydia.
If you need unlock – install ultrasn0w via Cydia. Works for up to iOS 4.0.2.
Go to /private/var/root/Library/, delete original lockdown folder and put this lockdown folder after you extract it from the zip file
Restart phone
If you are not jailbroken
Sherif Hashim discovered that you can activate your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or even iPhone 3G without the original carrier SIM card. You need a “phonebook sim card” or 02 simcard. You can buy these type of sim at radioshack, bestbuy or other mobile electronics store (for example here).
Once you get passed the Emergency Call screen, connect to Wifi, jailbreak using JailbreakMe.com and unlock using ultrasn0w. Once that is complete you should be passed activation and unlocked (able to use any sim). If you get a different simcard error, do the following final step:
Go to /private/var/root/Library/, delete original lockdown folder and put this lockdown folder after you extract it from the zip file
Restart phone
If you have itunes invalid response problem:
Connect to wifi and ssh to your phone (via winscp, putty, terminal, etc).
Navigate to your lockdown folder (/private/var/root/Library/).
Delete pair_records folder
Reconnect the cable and see that your invalid response problem is gone.
If you bought your iPhone 4 on ebay you will need the official sim (at&t) or a universal sim, like ones you can grab at bestbuy for $10 this will get you passed Emergency Screen.
DevTeam successfully jailbreaked new iOS 4. They updated jailbreak utility redsn0w to version 0.9.5b5-3. Supported devices are iPhone3G and iPod Touch 2G (not MC). New redsn0w is also able to hacktivate iOS 4.0 for iPhone3G.
The first release of Spirit had a bug that accidently could delete all of your photos from the device that was jailbroken. If you have a backup which you made before jailbreaking your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, here is a quick guide how to recover deleted photos.
1. Open Cydia and search for “OpenSSH” and then install it. Reboot your device.
2. Download and then install iPhone Backup Extractor.
Difrnt.com published a tool that might help in the downgrade of firmware 3.1 to 3.0 (or if you’re lucky 3.0.1) using Saurik’s method. In order for his method to work you had to allow Cydia to store your 3Gs SHSH key.
This tool is ONLY for 3Gs iPhones and is NOT a jailbreak method!