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DevTeam releases Yellowsn0w update

Noticeably absent from coverage has been any Yellowsn0w notifications since its release. Initially I was honestly not terribly excited about the release, sure it was a great accomplishment, however I think I downplayed the overall community response. Not to mention it was initially an “early” beta release. Anyway, since then it seems to have matured [...]

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Dev Team offers video proof of iPhone 3G unlock

While the unlock is not expected to be available to the public until New Years Eve, the Dev Team has released a nice video showing off some proof of yellowsn0w in action. The video, which comes courtesy of MuscleNerd shows the iPhone 3G going from being active on the AT&T network to active on the [...]

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Will You Be Eating yellowsn0w?

Last weekend, I had a guy show off his jailbroken, unlocked iPhone to me. While I appreciated the cool themes, video app he got from Cydia, and all the rest, I was a bit uneasy. The timing was interesting, considering the news this week about the iPhone 3G unlock (yellowsn0w) coming on Dec. 31. And [...]

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Taiwan carrier Chunghwa Telecom selling the iPhone 3G unlocked out-of-the-box

People worldwide have been hoping for the option to get an unlocked iPhone 3G, and it seems that one of the latest countries to begin offering the iPhone 3G is selling it unlocked straight out-of-the-box. Taiwan carrier Chunghwa Telecom began selling the handset this past weekend and since then users have begun to notice that other [...]

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iPhone 3G Unlock To Be Released Dec. 31st!

Hey, you AT&T haters!  Your time for a 3G iPhone has finally come!  The iPhone Dev Team announced today that they’ll finally be releasing their quick-and-easy iPhone 3G unlock (codenamed yellowsn0w) on Dec 31st. It does require a jailbreak, and it does require your iPhone to have baseband 2.11.07 or earlier in order to work. This has [...]

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Dev Team to unlockers: “don’t blindly install” the 2.2 software

Buried at the bottom of a post about their PwnApple masks, the Dev Team also included a brief warning message to any future iPhone unlockers. Of course, an unlock has not yet been found for the iPhone 3G, but that does not mean it will not be coming in the future. According to the Dev Team; [...]

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iPhone firmware 2.2 still vulnerable to jailbreak in beta 2

Despite the iPhone firmware 2.2 beta 2 only being available to developers for a short while, the iPhone Dev Team have already gotten their hands on a copy of the firmware and already reported back with some good news. Thanks to a recently posted screenshot, they have announced that beta 2 of firmware 2.2 is [...]

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Beware of fake QuickPwn jailbreaking sites

As a proponent of jailbreaking, this latest message from the unofficial iPhone DevTeam seems worthy of passing on. They are warning of some fake or unofficial websites related to the QuickPwn name, of course this is not a surprise because after all this is the Internet and there are bound to be some less than [...]

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WinPwn 2.5 beta now available

The previously announced version 2.5 of WinPwn has been made available, its still officially listed as a beta however anyone can go ahead and download. Of course as the WinPwn team states, its beta because that is their way of saying to “use at your own risk.” Also important to point out is that users must [...]

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QuickPwn 1.0 for Mac released

We have recently seen the unofficial iPhone DevTeam introduce the quicker and easier jailbreak method called QuickPwn, but sadly it was initially introduced as a Windows only program. However that sad news has since changed as the DevTeam has just released an updated version, which is 1.0 that now offers Mac support. While the support from [...]

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