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Happenings in the iPhone Jailbreak Front

Monday, November 16, 2009

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You know a story’s big if it’s made it to CNN, and that’s exactly what the iPhone jailbreak front has managed to do. The article mainly centers on the history of iphone jailbreaking and unlocking with George Hultz, or better known as master Geohot in the iPhone jailbreak community, as the focal character. It talks [...]

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iPhone/Privacy.A Worm, Data Hack for Jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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The second iPhone worm of the week carries with it a lot more risk than the first one. According to Intego Security, this new iPhone worm that is known as iPhone/Privacy.A uses the same hole that ikeeex found a few days ago to change the hacked iPhones’ background image into Rick Astley’s photo. The new [...]

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Jailbroken iPhones RickRoll’d by “ikeeex”

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Security company Sophos has found an iPhone virus. Australians owning jailbroken iPhones have found that an unusual worm has infected their smartphones. The hacker’s name is apparently “ike_x” or “ikeeex” (according to his Twitter) and he has found a way to change the background of infected iPhones with a photo of Rick Astley. Here’s Sophos’ official [...]

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Jailbroken iPhone Worm Found [Dangers of Jailbreak]… Rick Astley Photo

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Beware users of jailbroken iPhones, it’s an iPhone virus! There is a worm circulating that targets your smartphone. The first infections have been discovered in Australia. The worm only works if your iPhone is jailbroken. The worm is a mobile Rick Roll changing the iPhone background to a photo of Rick Astley. Right now, that’s [...]

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Blacksn0w iPhone unlock, Blackra1n RC3 iPhone jailbreak now Available

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Geohot followers rejoice as your ever reliable hacker has just unleashed his latest iPhone offerings: the blacksn0w iPhone unlock and blackra1n RC3 iPhone jailbreak. The great thing about blacksn0w is that it works on the new 05.11.07 baseband bundled with iPhone 3.1.2 firmware which the iPhone Dev Team has still yet to crack. For those [...]

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iPhone 3.1.2 Jailbreak Blackra1n RC2 released, Mac version now Available

Monday, October 26, 2009

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We noticed that there are a lot of you guys out there having problems with the blackra1n iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak. Well, today we bring glad tidings to you guys as we’re proud to announce that ever reliable iPhone jailbreak specialist Geohot has come out with blackra1n RC2. Here are some of the notable features you [...]

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iPhone Internet Tethering, 2G iPhone MMS hack revealed

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Admittedly, most of the iPhone jailbreak efforts and hacks these days are focused on the new iPhone. As a consequence, those who are still using the first generation iPhone (aka 2G iPhone) are left in the dark since their phone still doesn’t support MMS even if iPhone 3.0 software is already installed on it. Well, [...]

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iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak PwnageTool released, iPhone 3G S compatible

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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Following the release of blackra1n, the iPhone Dev Team has announced the availability of PwnageTool 3.1.4 or otherwise known as their iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak offering. It supports all previous versions of the iPhone as well as the latest iPhone 3G S. 3G iPod Touch owners are out of luck though as it’s still not [...]

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iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak blackra1n now Available

Sunday, October 11, 2009

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Geohot’s done it again! Beating the iPhone Dev Team to the punch, he’s just released an iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak dubbed as blackra1n that not only works on the iPhone 3G S, but all versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s even compatible with the 3G iPod Touch though tethered. To boot it, you’ll have [...]

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iPhone 3.1 Jailbreak now supports iPhone 3G S, 2G iPod Touch

Friday, October 2, 2009

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The iPhone Dev Team has just released Pwnage Tool 3.1.3, their latest iPhone 3.1 jailbreak, and while it still doesn’t work on Windows, you can now add iPhone 3G S and 2G iPod Touch compatibility to its list of features. There is a catch here though. Both device should have already been pwned before, either [...]

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