While Apple’s 3.1.3 firmware was minor in terms of new features, it’s had the side effect of opening up a huge market for scam sites.  These sites will promise you a 3.1.3 jailbreak for newer devices like the iPod touch 3G, or a baseband 05.12 s...

On Tuesday, Apple released firmware 3.1.3 for the iPhone and iPod touches.  Unless you’ve personally observed a problem with the reporting of your battery percentage, there’s no reason to update to 3.1.3.  We know some of you will want to anywa...

WARNING! At 10.30AM PST on February 2nd 2010 Apple released the 3.1.3 version (7E18) of the iPhoneOS. If you care about your jailbreak and unlock, don’t update your device - 3G and 3G(S) owners should pay particular attention to this warning. Pwna...

It sure has been a while since we last saw a firmware update from Apple.  (And by the way, which will come first…the iPad wifi, FW version 3.1.3/4.0 for iPhones, or the new iPhone itself?)  Anyway, while we’re waiting, we updated redsn0w to be...

Today we released an ultrasn0w update that fixes an issue for those running firmware 3.1.x with the 04.26 baseband.  That specific combination resulted in a missing carrier name in the upper left-hand corner of your home screen.  Today’s ultrasn0...

iPhone 3G/3GS owners who found themselves stuck with version 05.11 of the baseband (either by accident or because they bought it that way) are now in luck!  geohot was able to turn the already-public at+xemn crash into an injection vector, which can...

No, this is not a release post!  Just wanted to wish iPhone and iPod touch users everywhere a Happy Halloween! This next one obviously isn’t a pumpkin but who can pass up on laser art by marcan! If you have an iPhone or Apple related pum...

Here are some details on our latest version of PwnageTool 3.1.4 for Mac OS X which supports the 3.1.2 release of the iPhone software for iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod Touch 1G/2G. If you’re already jailbroken (by whatever means), you don’t need to me...

WARNING! At 10.20AM PDT on October 8th 2009 Apple released the 3.1.2 version (7D11) of the iPhoneOS. If you care about your jailbreak and unlock, don’t update your device - 3G and 3G(S) owners should pay particular attention to this warning. Pwna...

Here are some details on our latest version of PwnageTool for Mac OS X that adds support for the 3.1 release of the iPhone software for iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G. SUMMARY: The iPhone 3GS is now supported in PwnageTool 3.1.3, assuming the phone was...

This is the low down on our tools for use with the 3.1 firmware from Apple, please read the whole post in full before attempting anything. Because of changes with Apple’s update techniques (that complicate the 3GS upgrade process) this will be a m...

If there’s one thing we’ve been stressing the last few weeks, it’s that if you want to keep the jailbreak or unlock on your 3GS, you should resist all urges to install Apple’s official firmware updates without knowing if a jailbreak exists fo...

This week Apple will be all over the news with their announcements at Wednesday’s “Let’s Rock” event.   But with so many new owners of the iPhone 3GS, and with so many new owners of the iPhone 3G (perhaps sold to them by these new 3GS owners...

Snow Leopard, the OS released for Mac on Friday, poses no new wrinkles for the redsn0w jailbreak or ultrsn0w unlock.   To summarize the status of our tools (all of which are available through the links at the left): You can use redsn0w to jailbreak...

Last week, Joey Hess revealed that the Palm Pre running on WebOS uploads very specific information about your location and application usage to Palm on a daily basis.  Although it’s allowed by the EULA that you must accept to use the Palm Pre, it...

Short version: You can re-use redsn0w v0.8 we released a few weeks ago to jailbreak today’s 3.0.1 update.  Just let iTunes update or restore you to official 3.0.1 then run redsn0w.  The only “trick” is that when redsn0w asks you to identify t...

It looks like version 0.9 of ultrasn0w fixed up the vast majority of any problems people were seeing with the 3G/3GS carrier unlock. But here’s a brief list of fixes for anyone still seeing problems: Unusual battery depletion is almost always cau...

Short version: ultrasn0w version 0.9 is out!  We believe it solves pretty much all of the various random issues that have been reported.  Its features include: Works on both 3G and 3GS Works on hacktivated devices Works regardless of how you jailb...

Last night we released updated versions of our redsn0w jailbreak and ultrasn0w carrier unlock.  These versions are now compatible with the iPhone 3GS running at 3.0.  Welcome aboard, 3GS owners!  (The tools of course remain compatible with all of...

Do not upgrade to 3.1 yet if you want this unlock! Here’s a brief video demonstration by @planetbeing of the iPhone Dev Team’s ultrasn0w unlock for the new iPhone 3G S. Special thanks to @Oranav for the at+xlog crash — a gift to the community...