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JailbreakMe's Comex goes to work for Apple

by Chris Rawson (Aug 25th, 2011)

Nicholas Allegra, aka Comex, aka the young man behind JailbreakMe.com, has been offered an internship with Apple, according to his recent Twitter update. "It's been really, really fun, but it's also been a while and I've been getting bored. So, the week after next I will be starting an internship ...

JailbreakMe fix available for stuck Verizon iPhones

by Dave Caolo (Jul 13th, 2011)

A fix has been released for Verizon iPhones stuck after jailbreaking with JailbreakMe 3.0. Some users found their Verizon iPhones stuck at the white Apple logo after applying the jailbreak. Not to worry, as Comex has provided the following instructions to get you back on track: "A bug in ...

Comex releases jailbreakme v3, now supports iPad 2

by Erica Sadun (Jul 6th, 2011)

iPad 2 owners who have been longing to jailbreak their units can finally do so using Comex's jailbreakme. The jailbreakme.com site relies on an exploit that crashes Safari, allowing custom code injection to create the iOS jailbreak. The site was first used way back in 2008, and again in 2010, ...

JailbreakMe 3.0 could be released today, hints at iPad [Updated]

by Dave Caolo (Jun 17th, 2011)

Update: False alarm, folks. JailbreakMe 3.0 will not be released today. Stand down. Razorainfly reports that Jailbreak Me, the browser-based jailbreak solution for iPhone, could be updated to version 3.0 today. Plus, a tantalizing iPad hint was briefly published earlier today. An image at ...

iPhone devteam releases browser-based 4.x jailbreak

by Erica Sadun (Aug 1st, 2010)

Have you been waiting for an easy-to-use jailbreak for your iOS 4.x device? Well, you may have to wait a little longer. Last we checked, the just-announced browser-based jailbreak (a return of jailbreakme.com) was so swamped that the server stopped responding. Jailbreak expert Comex tweets that he ...