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Android running on an iPhone, say what!
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Android running on an iPhone, say what!

April 22, 2010 | Robert Nelson

It looks like Android has been successfully ported to the iPhone, or at least to an iPhone. In this case, we have iPhone Dev-Team member Planetbeing who has taken Android and was able to have it boot and run on an or…

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Jailbreaking news: blacksn0w unlocking tool now available
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Jailbreaking news: blacksn0w unlocking tool now available

November 4, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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With the release of blacksn0w originally expected to come today on November 4, George Hotz surprised everyone (including myself) when he released the unlocking tool a day early. In other words, blacksn0w is c…

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Geohot to release blacksn0w on November 4, will unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2
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Geohot to release blacksn0w on November 4, will unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2

November 2, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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In some big news coming during this past weekend, Geohot announced that he had unlocked the 05.11.07 iPhone baseband. Which for those not following along as closely, has not been able to be unlocked up until thi…

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Jailbreaking news: blackra1n for Mac now available
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Jailbreaking news: blackra1n for Mac now available

October 14, 2009 | Robert Nelson

Late last evening, Geohot followed up on the release of blackra1n for Windows with the Mac version. #blackra1n for mac is live!!!!!!!!! This latest release is similar to the Windows version and will work for al…

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Jailbreaking with blackra1n, my experience
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Jailbreaking with blackra1n, my experience

October 11, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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I cannot say this will work for everyone, so in no way is this intended to be an end-all tutorial, but that said, these are the steps that I followed to jailbreak my iPhone 3GS running OS 3.1.2 using blackra1n. And y…

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blackra1n: Geohots latest jailbreaking tool now live, jailbreak away
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blackra1n: Geohots latest jailbreaking tool now live, jailbreak away

October 11, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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Picking what may be the strangest time I have seen for a launch, Geohot has released his latest jailbreaking tool at approximately 4am this morning, yup, 4am on a Sunday morning. Of course, despite being able to…

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Can’t You Just Leave it Alone? Five Ambitious iPhone Hacks by the Geeky.
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Can’t You Just Leave it Alone? Five Ambitious iPhone Hacks by the Geeky.

October 8, 2009 | Andy Boxall

One could call the iPhone many things, but lacking in versatility is not one of them, however there are those out there who feel it could be so much more than ‘just’ a smartphone.  Those people are ge…

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Jailbreaking news: Dev Team announces PwnageTool 3.1 availability
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Jailbreaking news: Dev Team announces PwnageTool 3.1 availability

September 16, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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The iPhone Dev-Team has recently announced the availability of PwnageTool 3.1, of course as with any jailbreak or unlocking tool — that does come with a warning. Make sure you follow the directions from…

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Jailbreaking news: Purple, both ra1n and sn0w are dead
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Jailbreaking news: Purple, both ra1n and sn0w are dead

August 5, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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With the release of iPhone OS 3.0.1 we saw that Geohot’s tools (purplera1n and purplesn0w) were no longer working, at which time he recommended that others begin using the Dev Team’s offerings. N…

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Jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.0.1: Pick redsn0w, avoid purplera1n
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Jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.0.1: Pick redsn0w, avoid purplera1n

August 3, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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We have recently seen Apple offer an update, the first since 3.0 and as always OS updates poses an interesting game of wait and see for those who have jailbroken and or unlocked their iPhone. Typically, once an up…

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