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The First iPhone Jailbreak Took A Whopping 74 Steps
If you’re at all up on the whole jailbreaking scene, you know that the long-awaited iPhone 5 jailbreak is probably maybe definitely coming today, finally. And even though there’s been a long wait, the exploit is definitely going to be a hell of a lot better than the first ones were. Jailbreaking used to take 74 steps.
IOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: The Wait’s Almost Over
Jailbreaking your iPhone is a glorious process that opens your phone to a brave new world of features and apps. But with iOS 5, the process has only worked with your phone tethered (or semi-tethered) to your computer. Until right now.
The iPhone 4S Has Been Jailbroken
It’s not going to help your battery life issues, but if you want to break free of Apple’s checks and balances that prevent you from running any old app on your new phone, you’ll be happy to hear that the iPhone Dev-Team is already demonstrating a preliminary jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
Ultrasn0w iOS Unlocking Tool Now Works With Version 4.2.1 (3G/3GS Only)
Ultrasn0w, the iPhone Dev Team’s iOS unlocking tool, was broken recently by Apple’s “aggressive compiler optimization.” Whatever. It works again, sort of, but only for iPhone 3G and 3GS. The iPhone 4 uses a different baseband so that version will have to wait. [iPhone Dev Team via BGR]
Plex Media Centre On A Jailbroken AppleTV Looks Delicious
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Using Your Jailbroken PS3 Online Will Send The Sony Cops Your Way
As tempting as it might be to jailbreak your PS3, you really probably definitely shouldn’t. Because when you do, Sony can detect the software ID the jailbreak program uses, and ban your PS3 remotely. According to a PS3 Hacks posting:
Dev Team Cracks iPhone 3.1.2, Jailbreaks Even Previously Unbroken iPhones
