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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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Geohot returns with purplesn0w; his own iPhone 3GS unlocking solution
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Geohot returns with purplesn0w; his own iPhone 3GS unlocking solution

July 14, 2009 | Robert Nelson

It seems there may be a line being drawn between the Dev Team and Geohot when it comes to working together to bring what is best for the end user as a whole. While some may argue that them working together is for the be…

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Meet AriX, the 15-year old iPhone hacker
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Meet AriX, the 15-year old iPhone hacker

July 9, 2009 | Robert Nelson

Recently, the subject of jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone has been getting a little more attention, which is most likely due to the recent iPhone 3GS jailbreak being released. As we saw, that jailbreak ca…

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Jailbreaking news: Dev Team releases redsn0w for Linux and the iPhone 3GS
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Jailbreaking news: Dev Team releases redsn0w for Linux and the iPhone 3GS

July 8, 2009 | Robert Nelson

Following the release of purplera1n, the Dev Team has decided to release an updated version of their own jailbreaking tool — redsn0w. If you remember back, they had originally announced they were going…

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How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS using “purplera1n” on the Mac
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How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS using “purplera1n” on the Mac

July 5, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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Just recently, Geohot made the Mac version of purplera1n available, and well this is the one I had been waiting for. So without much of a wait, I went ahead with the jailbreak. The overall process was really simpl…

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iPhone 3GS jailbreaking: Geohot releases “purplera1n” for the Mac
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iPhone 3GS jailbreaking: Geohot releases “purplera1n” for the Mac

July 5, 2009 | Robert Nelson

Geohot has just announced the availability of “purplera1n” for the Mac. The news coming in a short but sweet Twitter message stating: “purplera1n for mac!!!! huge thanks to AriX and westb…

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iPhone 3GS jailbreak available; Geohot releases “purplera1n” [UPDATED]
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iPhone 3GS jailbreak available; Geohot releases “purplera1n” [UPDATED]

July 3, 2009 | Robert Nelson

George Hotz, who is perhaps a little better known as Geohot has offered his response to the Dev Team’s decision to wait until iPhone OS 3.1 is available before releasing a jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS and i…

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With the iPhone OS 3.1 beta release, the Dev Team offers a warning
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With the iPhone OS 3.1 beta release, the Dev Team offers a warning

July 1, 2009 | Robert Nelson

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At this point, it almost goes without saying that if you are planning to jailbreak and/or unlock you should always wait for the green light from the Dev Team. Anyway, due to the recent release of iPhone OS 3.1 we ha…

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