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Jailbreaking news: Spirit jailbreak now available

As expected, the Spirit jailbreak was released over the weekend. As for what is able to be jailbroken with Spirit — the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Though it is worth pointing out that Spirit is not an unlocking tool and can only be used to jailbreak, the good news is that it is an [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Spirit jailbreak for the iPad should be coming soon

A jailbreak for the iPad is coming, though we are still unsure exactly when. This will be the Spirit jailbreak, which was demo’d by Dev-Team member MuscleNerd shortly after the iPad was originally released (see embed video below). Anyway, we are still waiting on a release notification of Spirit, but in the meantime the Dev-Team has [...]

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Apple begins shipping jailbreak proof iPhone 3GS’s

Anyone who follows the jailbreaking scene can attest to how it is a constant game of cat and mouse with Apple. Even as someone who is simply a user and not a developer this game has become increasingly harder to keep track of. Now it would appear as if Apple has taken some addition steps to [...]

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Geohot to return with a one-stop solution for jailbreaking

The last we heard, Geohot was killing off both purplera1n and purplesn0w, which at the time made it seem like he had moved on from working on the iPhone. Of course he did leave us with a little teaser in the past, and now according to a recent post on his blog, it looks like [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Dev Team announces PwnageTool 3.1 availability

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 the Dev Team and read all the directions carefully. Basically, PwnageTool 3.1 is available, however it is not going to work for [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Purple, both ra1n and sn0w are dead

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. Now sadly, thanks to a recent posting on his blog we learn that he is not planning on making purplera1n or purplesn0w work for [...]

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Jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.0.1: Pick redsn0w, avoid purplera1n

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 update is released, we (those who have jailbroken) hate to wait to update our iPhones until the Dev [...]

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

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 best, I would argue that competition between the two may end [...]

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

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 to hold off until OS 3.1 was available, however according to the most recent post on their blog. “We realize we upset some [...]

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

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 simple, and at least in my case it was very quick. All said and done, it look [...]

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