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Blacksn0w App Now Ready, Eager to Unlock Your iPhone 3G and 3GSes

Blacksn0w, child of overserious shadow-lurker GeoHot and brother of equally straighforward jailbreak app Blackra1n, is now available, and should make unlocking your late-version iPhone 3G or 3GS a dead-simple process. Before you dive in, though, there’s one caveat: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-os-3-1-2-unlock-accomplished-dropping-november-5394324 Apple can permanently patch the blacksn0w exploit in their next firmware update. You must download Cydia’s…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 3

Jailbreakers: Hold Off on iPhone OS 3.1 Until Dev-Team Updates

Sure, Apple’s iPhone OS 3.1 includes a couple of new goodies like iTunes-based App management, but if you like your Jailbroken or Unlocked iPhone, sit tight until Dev-Team gives the all clear. You could otherwise lose your unlock for good. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-os-3-1-is-live-itunes-app-management-mms-bett-5355752 If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will…

Tech News Danny Allen Sep 10

iPhone Push May Be Sending AIM Messages to Random People

According to developer Till Schadde, random people may be receiving your AIM messages if you have a jailbroken or unlocked iPhone. In fact, anyone with a jailbroken iPhone may be getting them, according to his testing: [Update: Confirmed] Just found a HUGE #security #hole w/ push & AIM. Someone got my sent messages and wrote…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 21

Apple May Be Blocking Push Notifications in Unlocked iPhones

We don’t have confirmation on this beyond the word of a Czech-based developer who has tested it, but apparently Apple is blocking push notification services in unofficially unlocked iPhones. However, we have tested it and it works. The developer says the following: According to technical documentation, every Push application has to request the unique token…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 13

iPhone 3GS Jailbreak/Unlock Coming Soon, Leverages Old Exploit

Not that anyone ever had any doubts that the Dev Team would be able to work their magic on the 3GS, but this is quick: within a week of the phone’s launch, the hackers say they’ve figured it out. The Dev Team says that the 3GS is vulnerable to the same “24Kpwn” bootrom exploit that…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 26

Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3.0

There’s no need to be intimidated. I’m here to hold your hand every step of the way while you jailbreak or unlock your original iPhone, iPhone 3G or iPod Touch, and it’s really not much hassle at all. (One Page) https://gizmodo.com/jailbreak-and-unlock-iphone-3-0-5302123/ Step 1 Let’s check to see if jailbreaking or unlocking an iPhone makes sense…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 25

Ultrasn0w 3.0 Unlock for iPhone 3G Ready For Download

They’ve finally delivered: the Dev Team has released the Ultrasn0w full unlock for last-gen iPhones running firmware 3.0. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-dev-team-unlocks-iphone-3-0-with-new-ultrasn0w-5293367 The instructions are nice and short: 1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0 2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy) 3. Run Cydia or Icy 4. Please…

Tech News John Herrman Jun 23

Dev Team Teases Carrier Unlock For iPhone 3.0 Firmware, Will Demo Tonight

The iPhone Dev Team has got us excited (and Apple worried) by announcing they have a fully-working software carrier unlock ready for the 3.0 firmware ahead of its official release. On Tuesday evening they will do a live demo of the new yellowsn0w carrier unlock working on official 3.0 firmware, just before the big Apple…

Tech News Simon Crisp Jun 16

Slide to Unlock iPhone Doormat

If you slide your feet across this doormat, it will open your door, but only after you enter a four-digit code. OK, I lied. It won’t—but that’s what it does in my fantasies, ok? [Meninos]

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 4

AT&T Confirms $600 No-Contract (But Locked) iPhones

AT&T just confirmed the rumor that they’re going to be selling $600 and $700 iPhones (8GB and 16GB) that are contract-free starting next Thursday. The bad part is that you’re still locked into AT&T unless you jailbreak and SIM-unlock your phone, but if you’re paying an extra $400 upfront for these (which is also another…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 19

iPod touch 2G redsn0w Video Shows Jailbreak in Action

Click to viewWe brought you a pic of the Dev Team’s iPod touch 2g “redsn0w” jailbreak yesterday, and just as the team promised, a video proving the hack works was up and ready for viewing today. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-touch-2g-jailbroken-by-the-iphone-dev-team-5133669 As with the yellowsn0w video we showed you last month, this video was brought to us by Dev…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jan 18

iPhone 3G Unlock Works Great Now

Most of the problems with yellowsn0w-the free iPhone 3G unlock program-have been worked out. I have Yellowsn0w 0.9.6 installed and it works like a charm, no problems whatsoever. Other people report the same. [Gizmodo Coverage] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-software-unlock-updated-seems-to-work-now-5122312

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 8

iPhone 3G Software Unlock Updated, Seems to Work Now

The iPhone Dev Team has updated yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G software unlock program, to version 0.9.4. It’s still a beta, but it has worked for me after some fiddling. Using Vodafone now. [Gizmodo coverage] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-unlock-now-available-5121902

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 2

iPhone 3G Unlock Now Available

The iPhone 3G unlock is now available. The unlocking software is called yellowsn0w, runs as an invisible application, and it’s very easy to install. Here’s how. Updated 3: Now works for me with 0.9.4. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-unlocked-free-software-coming-on-new-years-e-5111156 Yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G unlock, runs as a small command line application that gets installed in any jailbroken iPhone 3G…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 1

Meet the iPhone Dev Team

The international team of code-monkeying playboys known as the iPhone Dev Team gave a talk at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin recently, where they presented a comprehensive history of iPhone hacking to date. Yes, all we have here is an annotated hour-long PowerPoint, and yes, almost all of the content is of interest only…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 29

How to Re-Enable Unlock and Jailbreak in Mac OS X 10.5.6

The Mac OS X 10.5.6 update broke pwnage, the unlocking/jailbreaking program for the iPhone. Fortunately, there’s now an easy solution to fix this problem. You just need an Automator script and these simple instructions. https://gizmodo.com/apple-leopard-10-5-6-update-pwns-pwnage-breaks-jailbre-5110996 You first need to be logged into the Mac with administrator privileges and, when asked, you have to provide with…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 18

iPhone 3G Unlocked, Free Software Coming On New Years Eve

They did it again: iPhone Dev Team has unlocked the iPhone 3G. They are now packaging the user-friendly software for a December 31 release. While it took a little longer than the free iPhone EDGE unlock, it does sound like this is the real deal. The team is claiming a successful unlock-now the next step…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 16

Unlock BlackBerry 8000-9000 Series Phones For Free

IntoMobile just found an app that can unlock any BlackBerry 8000 or 9000 series device, free of charge. What’s the catch? It’s only semi-legal. So, you’d better download these files fast before they’re taken down (they’ll most likely pop up again elsewhere though, with a day or two’s delay). The instructions are here, complete with…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 3

T-Mobile G1 Unlock Now Available

The guys over at Unlock-TMobileG1.com have become the first group to successfully unlock the G1. Awesome right? Well, it would be awesome-er if they weren’t charging $23 for the codes. However, it may be worth it for those wishing to get around T-Mobile’s 90-day unlock policy and run the phone on their own network right…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 29

Use the T-Mobile G1 Without Activating It

If you don’t wanna spring for the two-year contract or wait out the 90 days ’til T-Mobile will unlock the G1 for you, getting it going without actually activating it is remarkably easy. Just snag an active T-Mobile SIM card from a friend (or foe), pop it in to get through the setup process, and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 24

Blacksn0w App Now Ready, Eager to Unlock Your iPhone 3G and 3GSes

Jailbreakers: Hold Off on iPhone OS 3.1 Until Dev-Team Updates

iPhone Push May Be Sending AIM Messages to Random People

Apple May Be Blocking Push Notifications in Unlocked iPhones

iPhone 3GS Jailbreak/Unlock Coming Soon, Leverages Old Exploit

Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3.0

Ultrasn0w 3.0 Unlock for iPhone 3G Ready For Download

Dev Team Teases Carrier Unlock For iPhone 3.0 Firmware, Will Demo Tonight

Slide to Unlock iPhone Doormat

AT&T Confirms $600 No-Contract (But Locked) iPhones

iPod touch 2G redsn0w Video Shows Jailbreak in Action

iPhone 3G Unlock Works Great Now

iPhone 3G Software Unlock Updated, Seems to Work Now

iPhone 3G Unlock Now Available

Meet the iPhone Dev Team

How to Re-Enable Unlock and Jailbreak in Mac OS X 10.5.6

iPhone 3G Unlocked, Free Software Coming On New Years Eve

Unlock BlackBerry 8000-9000 Series Phones For Free

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Use the T-Mobile G1 Without Activating It

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