Comments on: Everything You Need to Know About Jailbreaking And Unlocking Your New iPhone

By: Joker

Joker — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:43:43 +0000

I have unlocked my iphone. Can I use it now with sprint? If so, how do I do this?

By: Kev

Kev — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:59:04 +0000

@Kyle.

so is there any new unlocking and jailbreaking software that is available for the newer 3gs phones with the serial number xx940 or grater that will not cause it to thether?

By: Bart

Bart — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:39:53 +0000

So, are there any ideas when the unthethered jailbreak is coming out? I say we go for the dev team, and not for geohot. Stupid balloon test.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:27:21 +0000

Hello,

I have jailbroken and unlocked about 30 phones using Blackra1n. The only time you will have a teathered jailbreak is if the serial number is greater than “xx940xxxxxx” that is the week (40) in the year 2009 that they changed their ROM. Some of the 39 week ones have this problem but, it is always 40 and up. There are only 2real issues when using Blackra1n and they are, as noted: it will update your baseband and it can cause some simple wifi issues at the beginning-easy to fix by hitting “reset network settings.”. I hope this helps.

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:19:25 +0000

Yeah, blackra1n info is incorrect (old) for the 3GS. I believe the only one you need to tether everytime you boot is the 3G iPod Touch.

My 3GS is jailbroken using the latest blackra1n and it reboots fine without the need to jailbreak. Had zero issues with it otherwise to and is by far much simpler than the PwnageTool jailbreak since there’s no need to restore the phone and install the hacked firmware.

Re the 3G iPod Touch while you do have to plug the phone in to get your jailbreak back after a reboot you don’t loose anything. Once you plug it in and run the jailbreak it takes about 15 seconds to get everything back the way it was. PwnageTool cannot jailbreak the 3G iPod Touch.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:02:19 +0000

@RyianH, some problems are un sertified apps not working with the brand new software and also viruses. But normal iPhones are just as open now as a jailbroken one. If u have SSH, change password and username

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:58:39 +0000

To everyone, Blackrain RC1, RC2, and RC3 work fine for the iPod touch 2g. Same with the 1st gen. It works for iPhone 2G and 3G. My fren did his iPhone 3GS with out rejailbreaking it every time I plugs it in the pc with
RC3.

By: RyianH

RyianH — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:36:49 +0000

Hi Sebastien,
Can you please elaborate on the issues of JB’ing with blackra1n on a 8 GB 3G Iphone….as I upgraded the firmware of my phone to 3.1.2…and Kaput was not able to use it with my carrier. I tried several options and finally was successful with the blackra1n. I do not seem to have encountered any issues so far.. Now I’m curious as to what issues can affect my phone.
BTW nice article to have for all the download of JB’ing the Iphone.

cheers,

By: 509 Media

509 Media — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:47:38 +0000

Nice write up… I agree blackra1n is a pain. I had my 5 yr old daughters iPod Touch jail broke with blackra1n and decided it was not worth the trouble…. so I took it off. Maybe soon a better method will be out.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:01:25 +0000

Hi
I av a iPod touch 3.1.2 n since iv no mac I tried jailbreakin wit blackra1n .
When I got to the ” wait for reboot ” stage the screen of my iPod froze :S
Iv tried it a load a times n it keeps happening ne idea of wat I’m doin wrong???
Or is der a better way of jailbreaking it?
I’m very confused so any help il really appriciate

Thanks so much
x