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Dev Team Warns You Against Fake iPhone Hackers

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated August 24, 2016

We know the Dev Team is working hard on the iPhone 4 unlock. They have actually been pretty successful at it, as PlanetBeing was able to demonstrate last week. The problem the Dev Team is now facing is the number of fake iPhone hackers trying to impersonate them on Facebook or Twitter.

Those fakes often give misleading or wrong information. They clearly want to spread bad information, often with download links to malware.

MuscleNerd and the Dev Team made it clear today in a blog post that you should be very careful with what you see or read online. Basically, there are just a few people you can trust: @MuscleNerd, @PlanetBeing, @iPhone_Dev, and @Ultrasn0w.

To make things easier for you, you can simply follow me on Twitter, or just read this blog on a regular basis as I always share the latest news about jailbreaking and unlocking.

I also created a Twitter list of iPhone hackers and developers you can trust. You may follow this list here.

As usual, if you have any question or concern, you can always hit me up on Twitter or simply leave a message in the forums.

iPhone 4 Unlock Ready for Release?

Sébastien Page ∙ July 12, 2010

While GeoHot is teasing us with fake jailbreaks for iPhone 4, the Dev Team is hard at work on an i4 unlock, and they seem to get closer.

In a tweet sent out his morning, Dev Team front man MuscleNerd confirmed that they are one step away from being done with the iPhone 4 unlock:

Full i4 bars with custom "steve" background task spitting out "One more thing" http://is.gd/doJXt - all pieces in place:)

If I understand this correctly it might mean they just have to package UltraSn0w and put this on Cydia... If that's really what's going on, it also means the release of Spirit for iOS 4 is right around the corner as well.

Stay tuned!

Dev Team is One Step Closer to An iPhone 4 Unlock

Sébastien Page ∙ July 6, 2010

MuscleNerd has been teasing us quite a bit lately on Twitter. One of his most recent tweets suggests that although the new baseband OS is giving them a hard time, the Dev Team is indeed one step closer to an iPhone 4 unlock, which requires a complete rewrite of the unlocking tool UltraSn0w.

Now that the Spirit jailbreak is ready and the Dev Team is being this close to finish up the work on the iPhone 4 unlock, we can only imagine (and hope?) that both the jailbreak and unlock will be released in a few weeks when Apple ships an update to iOS 4 in order to fix the antenna issue.

Yes, the Dev Team is Still Working on an iPhone 4 Unlock

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

For those of you wondering, yes, the Dev Team is still working on an iPhone 4 unlock. These 2 tweets from MuscleNerd and PlanetBeing just confirmed that they are actively working on the unlock, which doesn't seem to be an easy task.

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Having fun on iPhone4 baseband with @planetbeing...step 1: arbitrary code exec...done. (LOTS of steps left tho!)less than a minute ago via webMuscleNerdMuscleNerd

Even though Apple has been working hard on patching the holes, it's good to see that PlanetBeing has a whole "bag of tricks".

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Apple added an anti-blacksn0w trick this time around. ;) i have an ever-growing bag of tricks though, wrapped in a nice python script.less than a minute ago via webplanetbeingplanetbeing

There is no ETA for an iPhone 4 unlock, or even a jailbreak, which seems to be the priority.

RedSn0w 0.9.5b5-5 Fixes MMS/APN Issue After iOS 4 Jailbreak

Sébastien Page ∙ June 29, 2010

The Dev Team just released RedSn0w 0.9.5b5-5. This updated version of the popular jailbreak tool will fix the MMS and APN issues that many users encountered after jailbreaking their iPhone with RedSn0w.

According to the Dev Team, it's safe to re-run RedSn0w 0.9.5b5-5 on an iPhone that was previously jailbroken with RedSn0w without restoring. Simply deselect “Install Cydia” if you do that.

Instructions to jailbreak your iPhone iOS 4 with RedSn0w remain the same. However, remember this is still a beta version. To date, this version of RedSn0w is only compatible with the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G (non MC models). If you want to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS on iOS 4, you will have to use PwnageTool.

After jailbreaking your iPhone with either RedSn0w or PwnageTool, you can unlock it using the latest version of UltraSn0w.

You can download the latest version of RedSn0w from our iPhone downloads section.

Dev Team Updates PwnageTool 4.01 Jailbreak for iOS 4

Sébastien Page ∙ June 23, 2010

The Dev Team just updated PwnageTool to version 4.01. With the release of PwnageTool yesterday, many people encountered issues with iBooks. This latest update of the PwnageTool jailbreak for iOS 4 fixes these issues with iBooks.

The instructions to jailbreak your iPhone with PwnageTool are still the same. You can download the latest update of PwnageTool in our downloads section.

PwnageTool Jailbreak for iOS 4 Now Available

Sébastien Page ∙ June 22, 2010

The Dev Team just updated PwnageTool to be compatible with iOS 4. PwnageTool is a Mac only solution for jailbreaking your iPhone while preserving your baseband, making the unlock process possible, or at least easier.

Now there are a lot of information to digest. PwnageTool will not work with all firmwares for every device. There are many restriction.

I invite you to carefully read this information provided by the Dev Team. Read it over and over again and see if PwnageTool will work for you or not.

Each supported device has few different scenarios that users need to consider when performing the upgrades, you need to check below and perform the upgrade in the particular way that matches your current device state.

NB: With PwnageTool 4.0 certain devices are not supported this is because they are not supported in iOS 4.0 or they are not supported by our software. We’re working on ways to get past these restrictions.

iPhone 2G - not supported iPod Touch - not supported iPod Touch 3G - not supported

iPhone 3GS

Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom.

If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode. If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.0

iPhone 3G

If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3G at 3.1.2 (but not jailbroken with Spirit) then you should create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore from recovery mode or DFU mode. If you have an out of the box iPhone 3G you should restore using a PwnageTool 4.0 ipsw using DFU mode. If you have a Jailbroken 3.1.3 iPhone 3G it is very possible that this can fail from recovery mode, if this failure happens you will need to restore using DFU mode. As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on iPhone 3G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.

IMPORTANT! Whenever you need to enter DFU mode, you will need to do so using PwnageTool.

iPod touch 2G

If you have an iPod touch 2G (non-MC model) that is jailbroken (but not with Spirit) then you can restore using recovery mode. As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on non-MC iPod Touch 2G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.

Baseband Unlock

iPhone 3G and 3GS baseband unlockers (those who rely on ultrasn0w to make phone calls) should always be very wary to update their firmware, however our Ultrasn0w application will unlock all recent (including the current) 3GS and 3G baseband firmware versions. Once you are jailbroken using PwnageTool 4.0, install ultrasn0w from Cydia and you’ll be unlocked. Remember! This baseband unlock situation is rare, should you upgrade your iPhone blindly at the next iOS release please don’t expect an unlock - but for now you are OK (whatever state your baseband is in).

Let me remind you that if you have an iPhone 3G, you can jailbreak using RedSn0w.

If you have any question, please feel free to leave a comment.

[via Dev Team blog]

iOS 4 Unlock for All Basebands Available

Sébastien Page ∙ June 21, 2010

That was quick. It was so quick that this iOS 4 unlock for all iPhone basebands even came before an official jailbreak for the latest firmware.

UPDATE: There is now a jailbreak for the iPhone 3G on iOS 4.

In a tweet sent to their followers today, the Dev Team released UltraSn0w 0.93 that will unlock basebands 04.26.08 thru 05.13.04. Yes, that means that UltraSn0w will unlock the following basebands:

04.26.08 05.11.07 05.12.01 05.13.04

This is exactly the reason why I told jailbreakers and unlockers to hold off on updating to iOS 4. If you haven't updated to the latest firmware then you will be able to install UltraSn0w via Cydia.

If on the other end you have already updated to iOS 4, then rejoice because the Dev Team will update their jailbreaking tools (namely RedSn0w and PwnageTool) so you can jailbreak iOS 4. If you have an iPhone 3G on iOS, you can jailbreak by following these instructions.

Here are the instructions to unlock your iPhone:

Make sure your iPhone is jailbroken. Go to Cydia and search for "ultrasn0w". If you can't find it, add the following repo: repo666.ultrasn0w.com Install UltraSn0w. Reboot your iPhone. Done!

Feel free to write a comment if you have any question or concern.

iOS 4 Confirmed to Be Unlockable

Sébastien Page ∙ June 20, 2010

In a tweet sent yesterday, Musclenerd confirmed that tomorrow's iOS 4 will be unlockable. Even better than that is the fact that the iPhone 4 itself will most likely be unlockable too.

Those of you on an iPhone 3GS with baseband 05.12.01 will now be able to unlock as well.

The Dev Team has been keeping this exploit secret for a while and saved it for the major update that iOS 4 is.

Dev Team Releases RedSn0w 0.9.5b5-2

Sébastien Page ∙ June 19, 2010

The Dev Team just updated RedSn0w to version 0.9.5b5-2 which adds option for battery percentage and verbose boot mode. It also lets you individually select whether multitasking and homescreen wallpaper are enabled.

RedSn0w 0.9.5b5-2 is probably as close as we'll get to the official release of this jailbreak tool.

The RedSn0w beta is still only for 4.0GM on iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G (non-MC version). You should not use the beta if you use yellowsn0w/ultrasn0w/blacksn0w!

[via iPhwn Wikee]

UltraSn0w Updated to Unlock Baseband 04.26.08 on iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated March 9, 2016

The Dev Team updated the now famous UltraSn0w that allows to unlock baseband 04.26.08.

If you updated to iOS 4 while preserving your baseband, you can now download UltraSn0w from Cydia to unlock your iPhone so it works with any carrier.

In order to have UltraSn0w work for you, you need to:

have a jailbroken iPhone 3GS be on baseband 04.26.08

More info on the iPhwn Wikee. [via French iPhone]

Jailbreak & Unlock for the New iPhone Coming This Month

Sébastien Page ∙ June 6, 2010

Some good news just came from a tweet from Dev Team member MuscleNerd who confirmed that a jailbreak and unlock for the new iPhone, whatever its name, will be available this month.

This jailbreak/unlock will be for iPhone OS 3.1.3 and 4.0 and will be compatible with all basebands to date for iPhone 3G/3GS as well as the new iPhone.

I'm trying not to get too excited because history showed us that sometimes things don't go as expected and the release of a jailbreak and/or unlock could very well be delayed.

Still, I'll cross my fingers.

Wouldn't it be great if we could get the new iPhone and not wait too long for a jailbreak? That'd sure be another reason to update. What says you?