Three Years of PwnageTool: iOS 4.3.1 Jailbreak Released
blog.iphone-dev.org/post/4332841631/three-yea...Posted Apr 4, 2011, 5:06 AM UTC
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Hey, school the ignorant: what does jail breaking do to an iOS device, and what can you do with the device as a result?
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Jailbreaking uses an exploit in the iOS security to allow the phone to run unapproved code. So that means you can run jailbroken programs to really go nuts and customise your iOS experience. Usually this means installing apps that do particularly nerdy tasks, or changing themes/icons/appearance, or being allowed to tweak settings you normally couldn't, or to unlock the phone to use with other unapproved carriers, the choices really go on for a while.
I've always found a performance tradeoff with jailbreaking that really fouls the deal for me, but obviously some people don't mind.
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Huh. Are there any particularly amazing Apps that Apple won't let you download through the App Store? Or any impressive tweaks to iOS that stand out? Is it more just the thought of gaining control over the device that drives jailbreaking, or are there any tangible benefits?
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Well I'm not in the super nerdy business of installing the more niche stuff, but the more common things are UI tweaks and things like SBsettings which is a dropdown bar from the menubar and it lets you toggle common settings quickly. OH, and you can pirate apps for all you cheapskates out there.
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Alright, cool.
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Long answer - look it up for heaps of tweaks and changes you can make.
The short answer - install apps not allowed on the App Store (eg Grooveshark).
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Going to run this shortly, hope it goes well...
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Just did here. Works well, like normal.
Say what you what about release times from Dev team, they're consistent on quality
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Do you have full service? I am getting one bar, period.
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Yeah, me too. Something is off...
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It'll be fixed soon when the release the ultrasn0w fix.
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full service here. Check Musclenerd's twitter, there was something said about UltraSn0w users and the new Jailbreak.
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Yeah I did. It's annoying but I'll live with it if it means I have an unlockable baseband.
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All went smooth as ever, at least with a 1st gen iPad Wi-Fi that I just jailbroke.
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Hopefully, the iPad 2 JB will follow soon, even if it is only for 4.3
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The jailbreaks the iPad 2, but it's tethered.
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There is a tethered jailbreak for iPad 2 that comex has, but has not been released yet.
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I'll wait a few weeks before I update. Been waiting for this for a while...I'm still on 4.1.
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Am I the only one that sees the value of jailbreaking go down as the iOS devices evolve? I mean when I got my 3G way back when, you basically NEEDED it jailbroken. Now I can't really think of any value in jailbreaking my iPhone 4 and probably no other devices I'm bound to get in the future.
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I'm stoked for this, if for no other reason than I can run XBMC on my ATV2.
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unofficial tethering(although i REALLY want an old style simple unlock for the official tethering menu, not mywi), grooveshark, 3g unrestrictor, and to a lesser extent trying out apps before i buy them.. and not paying for apps that are a complete ripoff or by EA.
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Why isn't it possible to 'unlock' the tethering option? Really aren't AT&T / VZW just flipping a switch somewhere to allow you to tether? Why can't we just emulate that?
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i'm not clear on what the technicality of that is. but i'm pretty sure at&t baseband iphones are actually different from the ones that can be unlocked by the carrier, in some unflashable by software alone region of their EEPROM. i'd love to hear an explanation from someone more knowledgeable on the subject.
that's how it is on some other phones though, i remember over the years. they basically make an "unlockable" "permanently locked" and "unlocked" version.
i always wondered why there wasn't some JTAG type solution to hardware unlock them, yea...
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You are not alone. Many people agree.
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True. Only thing I use jailbreak for these days is for a more useful lockscreen. If iOS evolves with something like lockinfo, then I'd forget jailbreaking all together.
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Agreed. I just converted wherever I could (iPad and iPod) to non jailbreak.
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I only do it for Activator anymore. I like being able to control my media with the screen off and not having to rely on Apple's silly headphones with the remote.
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I wish that was the case. But unofficial tethering and sbsettings keep me jailbroken. Also XBMC on ATV2 is amazing.
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I'm running 4.3, do I need to update to 4.3.1 "officially" through iTunes first before flashing the custom IPSW, or can I just run the customized version over the 4.3?
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Yes, you need to be on 4.3.1. Update through iTunes, then run the jailbreak, choose the IPSW, then let it do it's thing.
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if you're restoring with the hold shift/option/etc method, then you can just flash over since its a restore. it's only when you're using redsn0w that you need to be at the same version you're patching. when flashing with itunes it can update it too.
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yes. the unlock doesn't work yet for 4.3.1, but the untether is baseband independent.
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If you use pwnagetool you can save the baseband.
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Is there a way to enable Apple wifi hotspot functionality on 3GS? I don't want to use myWi, as it was not very reliable when driving around and it does not support WPA.
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If I'm updating my iPhone 4 from a previous jailbreak, will I lose all of my jailbreak themes and apps and have to reinstall everything?
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By default, yeah. Look up Aptbackup in Cydia if you want to avoid that. I'm pretty sure it's free.
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PwnageTool is for Mac only and RedSn0w is for Windows only. If you have a Mac available, use PwnageTool - it has historically been more stable and safe.
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redsnow is a Mac tool as well, works perfectly fine.
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OK, I stand corrected.
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Will this Jailbreak tool work with an Iphone 3G using 4.2.1?
If it won't, why?
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Big warning to users of the Lion DP. I'm getting kernel panics in IOUSBFamily on my iMac7,1 while running the jailbreak.
Can confirm this, Lion DP2 on a late 2010 MBA.
Don't worry: it doesn't screw your phone up (just reboot and it's fine).
Edit: Just boot into your Snow Leo partition and run redsn0w — it'll work fine, even if you already tried to JB in Lion.
Right. And, for the folks playing at home, that reboot is holding down the home button and lock button simultaneously until the screen goes dark, then pressing the lock button for a second to turn it back on.
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