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Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 available

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 20th, 2012)

After months of work, Pod2g, the iPhone Dev Team and the Chronic Dev Team released the untethered jailbreak for the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S. The jailbreak tool, Absinthe, is compatible with the iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0 or 5.0.1 (9A405 and 9A406) and the iPad 2 Wifi/GSM/CDMA running iOS 5.0.1. ...

iPhone 4S/iOS 5 preliminary jailbreak on the way, not yet ready for public consumption

by Steven Sande (Oct 28th, 2011)

OK, jailbreak fans. It's not complete, and it's definitely not widely available, but the first jailbreak for the iPhone 4S is starting to make the rounds. It's actually a jailbreak for iOS 5, and works not only on the iPhone 4S but also the iPad 2. iClarified reported that the iPhone Dev-Team ...

iPhone dev-team releases untethered redsn0w jailbreak for iOS 4.3.2, iPad 2 not included

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2011)

The iPhone dev-team released an untethered jailbreak for iOS owners running Apple's latest 4.3.2 firmware. Good news for jailbreakers as Apple did not patch the hole discovered by @i0n1c. The code for this exploit was used in the untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 and was easily ported over to ...

iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak available, but not for iPad 2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2011)

The iPhone dev team released the latest version of its PwnageTool for iOS 4.3.1. Thanks to the work of Stefan Esser, both the PwnageTool and redsn0w now provide an untethered jailbreak for this latest version of iOS. This untethered jailbreak is compatible with all 4.3.1 devices except for the ...

Redsn0w jailbreak already live for iOS 4.2.1 on all devices

by Richard Gaywood (Nov 23rd, 2010)

As expected, that was fast. The current exploit used by jailbreaking tools greenpois0n, redsn0w and limera1n attacks the iOS device's boot rom, which is outside of the bits that Apple can change in software. As such, it cannot be addressed without issuing new hardware, meaning that, for the time ...

Pwnage tool 4.1 released

by Erica Sadun (Oct 20th, 2010)

Pwnapple heads rejoice. The iPhone dev team has just released PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac OS X. Updated to use the recent geohot limera1n exploit, the new tool provides 4.1 jailbreaks for the Apple TV 2G, iPad (3.2.2), iPod touch (3G, 4G), and iPhone (4, 3GS, and 3G). For download details, please hop ...

iPad hacksugar: iPad 3G hacked to send native SMS

by Erica Sadun (May 2nd, 2010)

Here's a cool little find for a quiet Sunday. MuscleNerd of the iPhone dev team has managed to allow his jailbroken 3G iPad to send command-line SMS text messages. This hack only works with SIM cards that have already paid for an SMS plan, in this case a T-Mobile SIM that was downsized to ...

iPad jailbreak demonstrated

by Dave Caolo (Apr 6th, 2010)

This didn't take very long. Above is a video demonstrating the so-called "Spirit" jailbreak of an iPad. Note that the software breaks iPhone OS 3.2, currently only available on the iPad. It also works with iPhone OS 3.1.3 for the iPhone and iPod touch. In the video above, the user gets root ...

Found Footage: Dev Team Posts Video

by Cory Bohon (Jul 11th, 2008)

If you've been thinking the iPhone Dev Team (the team behind the jailbreaking applications) would die out after firmware 2.0, then think again. That's because the dev team has just published a video showing the jailbreaking process for a 2.0 iPhone. Update: We are currently uploading the video, in ...

TUAW Responds: iPhone LoJack

by Erica Sadun (Feb 21st, 2008)

Way back, one of our readers begged for an iPhone LoJack solution. He wanted his iPhone to "call home" regularly in case of loss or, let's be more realistic, theft. Over the past week, I finally had a chance to give this request some time, and I put together findme. It's a command-line program that ...

"iPhone Dev Team" issues statement

by Erica Sadun (Sep 25th, 2007)

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_dev_team_disputes_Apple_FUD_with_bold_statement_about_unlocking'; A spokesman for the iPhone Dev Team, the group that developed the iPhone unlock has issued a statement condemning Apple and promising a tool in the next week which will restore your ...

The real story behind the iPhone unlock GUI drama

by Mike Schramm (Sep 12th, 2007)

So as you may have seen on some other sites, there was a little bit of drama today around the iPhone unlock program written (in part) by our own Erica Sadun. Lots of rumors are flying around, and lots of folks have it almost right. But none of them knows the real story. And since Sadun works for us, ...

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