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Recent Jailbreak Tool Updates…

Recently all the renowned iOS hackers have been updating their jailbreak tools with new features and so I’m just summing up all the recent updates that have been pushed.

Redsn0w:

Redsn0w 0.9.12b1:

Musclenerd has added lots of feature to the jailbreak tool. Redsn0w 0.9.12b1 allows owners of A4+earlier devices to install rocky-racoon two different ways:

  • Backup/restore method similar to Absinthe and cinject utility
  • Its traditional limera1n-based ramdisk install.  If you have a lot of media on your A4 device (music, movies, TV shows, etc), then the ramdisk method is preferrred because it avoids any possibility of later problems related to syncing to iCloud (including Photo Stream and Music Match).  The ramdisk method is not available for A5 devices or later because limera1n can’t be used.  If you’d like to use redsn0w’s ramdisk method, just be sure to put the A4 device in DFU or Recovery mode before starting redsn0w (otherwise it will immediately start to use the backup/restore method).

Redsn0w 0.9.12b1 now accepts either individual SAM activation ticket plist file, or the entire zip file created by redsn0w’s “Backup” button.  As usual, redsn0w continues to cover all of its previous jailbreaks and untethers (so redsn0w-0.9.12b1 covers everything from 5.1.1 all the way back to 4.1).

Just to re-iterate, following is the list of devices and firmware which can be jailbroken using the Redsn0w 0.9.12b1 on Windows, Mac OS X.

Redsn0w 0.9.12b2:

Starting with version 0.9.12b2, redsn0w will now explicitly ask users with limera1n-able devices whether they want to inject rocky-racoon using the DFU ramdisk method or the backup/restore method (the ramdisk method is better for those with lots of media on their device that would create very large backups, and it’s required for those with unactivated iPhones).  If you’ll always want to use limera1n, you can select that in the Preferences pane.  It also fixes an iBooks issue on old-bootrom 3GS iPhones, and provides more useful error messages when things go wrong.

Supported Devices on (iOS 4.1 to 5.1.1)

  • iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 (GSM + CDMA) and iPhone 3GS
  • iPod touch 4G and iPod touch 3G
  • iPad 3, iPad 2 and iPad 1G: All three models (WiFi, GSM, CDMA)
  • Apple TV2

PwnageTool:

PwnageTool 5.1.1 to create custom pre-jailbroken IPSW firmware has just been released by the iPhone Dev Team.  Since past few months, this is the first time PwnageTool 5.1.1 has received a major compatibility update. But like its previous releases, it applies only to iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4G, iPod Touch 3G and first generation iPad only. iPhone 4S, iPad 3/2 are not supported, however.

PwnageTool 5.1.1 main advantage over other jailbreak tool like Absinthe is that it keeps your iPhone’s baseband intact and preserve your ultrasn0w unlock. So, Ultrasn0w iPhone unlockers must use PwnageTool to avoid updating the baseband otherwise you’ll end up in updating to the latest baseband and thereby losing the unlock.  PwnageTool will also jailbreak+untether the AppleTV2,1 5.0_2B206f (unless you customize the IPSW further, you’ll have just basic SSH access to the device).

Those who are unaware, PwnageTool 5.1.1 is Mac specific tool that jailbreaks stock IPSW file, adds customizations like boot, adds pre-installed Cydia sources or packages, hacktivates your device, and gives you a custom pre-jailbroken IPSW. You can then restore your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with this newly created IPSW in iTunes.

Sn0wbreeze:

iOS hacker iH8sn0w has released an update to his popular Sn0wBreeze jailbreak tool for Windows. Hot off the heels of version 2.9.4 comes version 2.9.5. This latest update brings supports for the iPhone 4 5.1.1 build 9B208 that Apple had stealthily released.

Sn0wBreeze 2.9.5 also includes a fix for the iPhone 3GS (iPad Baseband users) location services.

Just a reminder to all of you, sn0wbreeze supports only A4 devices and below, so if you want to jailbreak your A5 devices, you can use Absinthe or Redsn0w.

You can head over to our downloads page to get all these jailbreak tools.

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by iosjedi on June 9, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in iH8sn0w, iPhone Dev team, Jailbreak, Jailbreak community, Jailbreak Tools, MuscleNerd, PwnageTool, Redsn0w jailbreak tool, Sn0wBreeze
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Posted by iosjedi on June 9, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/06/09/recent-updates-to-the-jailbreak-tools/

A5 devices might be able to downgrade to iOS 5.0.1 in the near future!

We have some good news for all of you with iPad 2′s and iPhone 4S’, as you all know if you accidentally updated to iOS 5.1 there was no chance for you to downgrade to iOS 5.0.1 and be jailbroken. iOS 5.1 is not even tethered jailbroken for A5 devices so that means you’d have to stay without a jailbreak, but now iH8sn0w, the creator of sn0breeze, iFaith and iReb, sheds some light on everyone and tells us about his latest achievement regarding downgrading.

iH8sn0w tweeted:

Found a loophole in Apple’s apticket system. Restored my iPad 2 to 5.0.1 from 5.1. Works on all A5 devices. :)

A5X devices will work too once Apple pushes a new firmware for it.

BTW, This cannot be applied to basebands. Only iOS itself.

As of now you can only downgrade iPhone 3GS’, iPhone 4′s and iPad 1′s to iOs 5.0.1 and that to by using the SHSH blobs saved by TinyUmbrella or TinyCFW.

With this discovery it means that the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2 (powered by A5 chip) and the new iPad (powered by the A5X chip) will be able to downgrade to previous iOS versions for a stable untethered jailbreak, till the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1 is not released. This is a very big achievement as Apple had made it very difficult to downgrade to previous iOS versions.

As of now I believe you will need to have the SHSH blobs to downgrade to 5.0.1.

iH8sn0w has said that he will not shed any more light on this matter and will keep it confidential until he completes all his tests.

Are you one of those who accidentally updated to the worthless iOS 5.1?

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by iosjedi on March 25, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in A5X processor, Apple, cracks, Downgrade, iH8sn0w, iOS 5.0.1, iOS 5.1, iOSJedi, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, Jailbreak community
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Posted by iosjedi on March 25, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/03/25/a5-devices-might-be-able-to-downgrade-to-ios-5-0-1-in-the-near-future/

Sn0wbreeze updated to support AppleTV 2

Previously iH8sn0w had released v2.9.2 of his famous jailbreak tool known as Sn0wbreeze which allowed you to do a tethered jailbreak for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 running on iOS 5.1.

iH8sn0w seeded another version of the software, bringing it to v2.9.3. This update includes a minor bug fix, but also features new jailbreak support for Apple TV’s on iOS 4.4.3 and 4.4.4…

Here is the change log posted on iH8sn0w’s blog:

“sn0wbreeze v2.9.3.

What is New?

  • Added Apple TV 2 support for iOS 4.4.3/4.4.4.
  • Fixed rare issues with iOS 5.0.1 where it would halt on the Apple upon boot.

Just adding this in mainly for users who dumped their SHSH blobs. On the initial boot, the Apple TV may have a black screen for 60 seconds after setting up the Apple TV. This is normal.”

If you want to download Sn0wbreeze v2.9.3 head over to our downloads page and get it (remember it is only for Windows).

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by iosjedi on March 14, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Apple TV, Cydia, iH8sn0w, iOS, Jailbreak, Sn0wBreeze
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Posted by iosjedi on March 14, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/03/14/sn0wbreeze-updated-to-support-appletv-2/

Sn0wbreeze updated to support tethered 5.1

A few days ago iH8sn0w released v2.9.2 for his popular jailbreak tool known as Sn0wbreeze. This version provides support for the tethered jailbreak of iOS 5.1.

Sn0wbreeze is a substitute to Redsn0w but is much better than Redsn0w if you are running on a Windows PC.

The new version of Sn0wbreeze is obviously only for the A4 devices and not for the A5 i.e not for the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2.

The advantage of Sn0wbreeze is that, if you need an unlock  for your device you need to be on the same baseband or else you won’t get an unlock, but what Sn0wbreeze does is that it preserves your baseband while updating so that you can have an unlock for your iPhone.

Change log:

  • Added Tethered Jailbreak support for 3GS/iPod Touch 3/A4 Users on iOS 5.1 (9B176)
  • iPhone 3GS old-bootrom users are untethered on 5.1/9B176 (as usual).
  • Bug Fixes (Specifically with the iPad baseband and iPhone 2G).
  • Re-added the iPhone Dev-Team’s iPhone 2G permanent unlock ‘BootNeuter’.

Now a question may arise in your mind and if it not then I’am putting it in your mind, “Why are no jailbreak tools supporting the A5 devices?”

Well here is the answer to that:

A low level (DFU/iBoot/LLB) exploit is required to start the restoration of custom IPSWs. The past two jailbreaks (JailbreakMe & absinthe) for the A5 worked within iOS itself. These exploits are not capable of bringing the iDevice into a state where it will accept custom IPSWs. Therefore, an A5 device cannot currently downgrade to an iOS revision that Apple is no longer signing (even with SHSH blobs) and it cannot preserve the baseband when updating to a newer iOS revision.

You can head over to our downloads page to download Sn0wbreeze v2.9.2.

For more information on Sn0wbreeze v2.9.2 check out iH8sn0w’s blog.

Are you going to stay put with your iOS 5.0.1 untether jailbreak or are you planning to update to iOS 5.1 tethered jailbreak?

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by iosjedi on March 14, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in A5X processor, Cydia, iH8sn0w, iOS 5.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, Jailbreak, Sn0wBreeze
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Posted by iosjedi on March 14, 2012

http://iosjediblog.com/2012/03/14/sn0wbreeze-updated-to-support-tethered-5-1/

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