Jailbreaking software already works for 3.0.1 iPhone update
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Matt Hickey)
So Apple on Friday released an update to the iPhone OS (3.0.1) that takes care of an SMS vulnerability. It's a fairly important patch, and usually when Apple updates the iPhone OS, jailbreakers have to wait until the Dev Team comes out with a new version of jailbreaking software before they can update.
But according to the iPhone Dev Team's Twitter, this is not the case with the 3.0.1 firmware. In fact, the current versions of redsn0w and ultrasn0w work the same with the 3.0.1 firmware as they do with the 3.0 firmware that came out a few weeks ago. In short, the jailbreaking software already works. I checked with the Dev Team community and had this confirmed. "Restore to 3.0.1, run redsn0w, select the 3.0 file... Bang zoom."
So go ahead, iPhone hackers, and secure your devices soon. You don't have to worry about losing Cydia and other rogue apps.
With more than 15 years experience testing hardware (and being obsessed with it), Crave freelance writer Matt Hickey can tell the good gadgets from the great. He also has a keen eye for future technology trends. Matt has blogged for publications including TechCrunch, CrunchGear, and most recently, Gizmodo. E-mail Matt. 
I dearly hope you're being sarcastic. If AT&T's towers are that poorly secured, they have much bigger problems than people running unauthorized iPhone apps.
Sounds like a comment from someone that doesn't know what they are talking about.
Sounds like a comment from someone that doesn't know what they are talking about.)
Or they are poking fun at Apple's scare tactics about why Jailbreaking is bad.
(lets see if anyone picks up on the sarcasm in this one!)
iPhone Atlas never even mentioned the release of 3.0.1, but will glorify Jailbreaking instead!
iPhone Atlas never even mentioned the release of 3.0.1, but will glorify Jailbreaking instead!
I would think that not that many iPhone users jailbreak their phones. A very vocal minority do, and perhaps those who live in countries where the iPhone is not yet for sale.
While Jailbreakers are the minority, the number of jailbroken devices has just reached over 3 millon, so not a tiny minority.
How many iPhones total?
20 months ago I moved from Sth.Ca and came to live in the South Bay E.Hills. My beloved Treo via Sprint would not work here so I contacted ATT, told them I needed a phone which I wanted to change over to an iPhone as soon as the new editions became available. Big mistake because they lied through their teeth & told me that that was possible.
They gave me a dinkie Nokia which hardly works anywhere - definitely not where I live - but I suffered waiting for thr iPhone and paid the bill each month on time.
When the iPhone came out I contacted them and they gave me a big "no" unless I bought out my contract, which I have refused. I have called them frequently questioning the bill when the phone would not work and they kept crediting me for most of the charges.
Consequently, at this time I have not paid a bill for monthly service and they keep debiting that amount against what they owe me. After spending about four hours on the phone (home line not cell!) they still owe me but will not let me have an iPhone using credit they owe me.
I want an iPhone (have always been an Apple user) and want to get rid of ATT. ATT will still not let me purchase an iPhone without paying almost the full price. I can purchase at the Apple store, but of course, they will tie me into another contract with ATT.
How do I get out of this and purchase a phone when ATT and Apple will not sell me a phone without service?
Oh, I should add that iPhones do work in the area where I'm living as several people in the area have them
Advice and guidance gratefully received.
Thank you.
However, the majority of apps and mods available for jailbroken iPhones are wonderful. Yes, there are some lame apps as well but not nearly as many.
Categories - Put your apps into folders for better springboard organization
SBSettings - handy little app that allows you to toggle settings such as wifi, 3g, location, etc with just a swipe of the status bar plus more
Cycorder - video camera for non-3GS phones
Winterboard - Allows you to customize icons, backgrounds, phone dialers, sliders, etc (essential)
Five-icon dock - does just what it says
vwallpaper - video wallpapers
Backgrounder - let's apps run in the background
3G Unrestrictor - allows you to run apps like skype, itunes store, app store over 3G when otherwise restricted to wifi
PDAnet - tether to your laptop
There are a lot more as well. These are just a few I use on a daily basis. One of my favorite features of jailbreaking is the ability to SSH into the phone and get access to the file system. From here you can change icons and backgrounds as well as manipulate text ring tones where you otherwise couldn't.
Most jailbroken apps are far superior to apple approved apps and oddly enough, most are absolutely free. The developers simply ask for a donation. I've sent donations to each and every one of them whose software I'm using. The wallpaper and themes are interesting but the apps that allow you to actually use your device as a serious business machine are the reason to jailbreak. Having the ability to create directories and organize, access, rename, manipulate, (you know, a real filing system) is essential and shame on apple for leaving that out. I am not a hacker. I am a business man whose time is important and being able to be productive on the go obviously gives me an advantage. However, I've waited and waited for business apps to trickle down and finally could wait no longer.
Quickoffice mobile suite and Documents 2 go are both a step in the right direction but again, they are totally restricted by apple. Jailbreaking sets the true potential of either of those apps free. The iPhone is an amazing piece of technology. I run my entire business with it and only rarely use a desktop or laptop except for the heaviest of lifting, so to speak. I knew the limitations of the unjailbroken iPhone when I purchased it but was no longer willing to sit around and wish that it would do more. Now it does everything and gets better every day thanks to the dedicated folks like the Dev Team, Cydia and so many others. Just MHO...
Most jailbroken apps are far superior to apple approved apps and oddly enough, most are absolutely free. The developers simply ask for a donation. I've sent donations to each and every one of them whose software I'm using. The wallpaper and themes are interesting but the apps that allow you to actually use your device as a serious business machine are the reason to jailbreak. Having the ability to create directories and organize, access, rename, manipulate, (you know, a real filing system) is essential and shame on apple for leaving that out. I am not a hacker. I am a business man whose time is important and being able to be productive on the go obviously gives me an advantage. However, I've waited and waited for business apps to trickle down and finally could wait no longer.
Quickoffice mobile suite and Documents 2 go are both a step in the right direction but again, they are totally restricted by apple. Jailbreaking sets the true potential of either of those apps free. The iPhone is an amazing piece of technology. I run my entire business with it and only rarely use a desktop or laptop except for the heaviest of lifting, so to speak. I knew the limitations of the unjailbroken iPhone when I purchased it but was no longer willing to sit around and wish that it would do more. Now it does everything and gets better every day thanks to the dedicated folks like the Dev Team, Cydia and so many others. Just MHO
wish found a way to do it
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Customization is the biggest reason though, as Apple doesn't allow much in the app store that lets you customize how your iPhone looks/feels. With Winterboard you have a virtually unlimited selection of custom themes at your disposal, and can even make your own if you desire. I have 5 icon columns and dock icons with a Simpsons theme applied right now that turns the native dock icons into Simpsons characters Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart. Touch Homer for phone; Marge for email; Lisa for Safari; or Bart for iPod. Homer also says d'oh! when I receive a text message. Other customizations currently active: I have the Benny Hill show theme song as my ringtone. I removed the clock from my lockscreen and have the time show in the status bar instead. I changed the AT&T logo to say ixyk instead of AT&T. My status bar shows date, time, remaining system memory, numerical WiFi strength indicator, battery percentage. Swipe status bar to access SBsettings and easily turrn on/off things like Edge, WiFi, location; kill processes and free up wasted system memory; quickly change brightness; access advanced system settings; hide icons you don't use (like that stupid default stocks icon that Apple doesn't allow to be removed); respring or reboot easily/safely; quick access via the status bar to essential programs (like WiFi sniffers); and on and on and on. Isn't that enough already? Even more so, jailbreakers such as myself already had video cameras, cut and paste ability, backgrounding ability, landscape SMS, and just about every other feature that Apple was using upsell their new phones and OS. Hmmm? Makes you wonder why all these apps were denied access to the App Store initially, doesn't it? Seems Apple just wanted to have all the control, or was simply embarrassed they didn't already have these features in their devices from day 1.
Don't forget about unlocking also. It's nearly the only way to even use an iPhone with without signing a contract and passing AT&T's idiotic credit check, requirement EVEN IF YOU ALREADY OWN AN iPHONE OUTRIGHT and don't want a contract! I bought a used 1G iPhone from a friend that had upgraded his after fulfilling his contract. He owned it outright, and AT&T had no financial interest remaining in the phone or any right to limit my ability to use it to its full potential when I bought it from him. I spent several hours on the phone with AT&T reps trying to "go legit" and have the phone activated with a prepaid plan. Prepaid is my only option because their credit dept demands a $500 deposit from me for a "post-paid" account. AT&T are greedy jerks though, as they flat-out refuse to allow prepaid accounts to have unlimited data plans. In fact, they wouldn't even let me just prepay $500 towards a prepaid account with unlimited data. What the hell? Even after giving up on trying to get unlimited though, the sales people I spoke to STILL REFUSED TO ACTIVATE MY iPHONE, claiming some B.S. about it not being able to work on the data network or some other garbage like that. Apparently iPhones REQUIRE an unlimited data plan now (which you can't get now without a contract), and I missed some imaginary deadline I was unaware of that would have "allowed" me access to the unlimited data plan. (What?! So it is actually capable of it then? What's the story AT&T? Make up your minds!!) I was initially willing to pay them for a full plan with unlimited data (as much as $80/mo or so) and even prepay for it, BUT AT&T WILL NOT ALLOW THIS. They're liars and cheats. They're also idiots. Once I gave up on trying to play ball with them, I had my phone jailbroken and unlocked, working exactly as I wanted it to (sans unlimited Edge) within an hour. I still buy lots of apps (both from Apple's store and Cydia); I pay for the airtime I use on AT&T's network; I pay for the data I use on AT&T's network. But out of spite I also made sure to get a Skype account and install Fring to use VOiP instead of the cellular network whenever possible. (I would just use Skype's app, but they must have some sort of agreement with AT&T because their app intentionally doesn't work on jailbroken iPhones) I also use WiFi as much as possible, and use the unlimited mobile to mobile prepaid plan so all my work calls to other AT&T mobiles are (almost) completely free.
Actually, now that I look at it I guess I owe AT&T a thank you instead for their idiotic behavior. I'm saving A LOT of money using my iPhone this way instead of paying them over $75/mo. The only thing I really do wish I had access to though was the unlimited Edge data though, because Simply Music 2 is an awesome App Store app and I would love to be able to stream my music collection from home to literally anywhere instead of just WiFi hotspots.
So yeah, I say jailbreak jailbreak jailbreak!
total number of iphone sold up until the end of 2008 is 6 millions, so at least we're talking about one third of all iphones sold are jailbroken.
my main reason for jailbreaking was to install arabic language, iphone (before OS 3) did not support arabic language and probably many other languages, I would not be able to browse arabic sites, write or read arabic text messages or emails ..etc wth? simple solution jailbreak and install a third party application and bingo all fixed, so jailbreaking in this case is a must. but since OS 3 its now supported but I still jailbroke because I found at least a dozen of awesome applications that would not be available otherwise, examples are:
1-backgrounder - allows you to run an application in the background e.g listen to streaming radio and check emil or browse or even run a navigator software at the same time
2-mixtube - allows you to save clips from youtube and view them offline.
3-siax - awesome voip and sms-oip app that runs on 3g save a lot of $$$
4-call me - would add contact icons to your home screen for super speedy dialing
these are just examples...
I am seeing numbers a lot higher than 6 million, more like 21 million sold, which brings down the percentage of those who jail break it. However, I don't think any of us have the actual, or at least more accurate, number sold or jailbroken.
I still stand by my statement that the number if jail broke iPhones is very much in the minority and probably will stay that way.
and the estimate of the number of jailbroken phones came from NY times
you going to take that Perry?
No
A whole lot of people liked Creed and Nickleback, but that doesn't mean they aren't tasteless morons who wouldn't know a good song if it hit them in the face. If your iphone came jailbroken, most would love it, but throw in a 3 step process and a little required knowledge and the majority in this country will gladly pass.
Apple on the other hand is a closed network and company. I own nothing Apple and can live without them. I don't need an iPhone to send/receive messages or have a phone conversation. My curve on T-Mobile works well for me and I am not locked down nor do I have to tinker.
Two bad apples spoil the whole bunch but that goes against the grain for the many who wants to look kool. Funny how so many broke pocket people love to show off their iPhone and of course; that give me a good laugh.
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