JailBreakMe.com updated, hints iPad 2 JailBreak ?

iPhone Dev-Team member, Comex, who is working on iPad 2 jailbreak has once again updated jailbreakme.com which hints towards the release of iPad 2 jailbreak soon. Some weeks ago, Comex updated jailbreakme.com which showed a PDF Exploit which was so called a teaser as said by Comex. This time, the site has been updated with some git commits dating all the way back to August 2010, suggesting that the developer was working on the Jailbreak since a year. Those who don�t know, Comex was the one who Jailbroken the iPad 2 and Apple unexpectedly closed the exploit that was never made public in iOS 4.3.1.

Updated site says big 'It's been far too long' along with git commits. The git commits are basically used to remember what change in the source code was made by whom and when exactly that change was made. Consider git commits to be a log that one can go through to see what changes have been made to a particular code. No specific date or delay has been notified by comex about the jailbreak but we expect it would be released soon.

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Comex said it is a good idea to Save your iPad 2 SHSH Blobs

You might know that Apple is blocking the ability to to restore to previous firmware versions using saved SHSH blobs on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as iPhone Dev-Team explained on their blog. In the circumstances, Comex has advised iPad 2 users to save SHSH blobs. Here's what comex Tweeted:

If you don;t know what SHSH blobs are and how to save your iPad 2's SHSH blobs, read the guide posted here..

Apple is blocking the ability to save SHSH Blobs

Info: An SHSH Blob is basically what Apple uses to verify the version of iOS you are running. That�s why its is advised to save your SHSH Blobs before upgrading your firmware on your iDevice. If you don't do so, you might not be able to downgrade your idevice to a previous version

According the tweet by iPhone Dev-Team member, MuscleNerd, Apple is making harder to restore devices' firmware to previous versions with saved SHSH blobs. Here's what he tweeted:

Until now we could restore to any previous version on our idevices as long as we have saved SHSH blobs using TinyUmbrella or any other similar tool. But now it seems that Apple is making things harder and harder. iPhone Dev-Team explains this in more details on their blog:

It looks like Apple is about to aggressively combat the �replay attacks� that have until now allowed users to use iTunes to restore to previous firmware versions using saved SHSH blobs.

Those of you who have been jailbreaking for a while have probably heard us periodically warn you to �save your blobs� for each firmware using either Cydia or TinyUmbrella (or even the �copy from /tmp during restore� method for advanced users). Saving your blobs for a given firmware on your specific device allows you to restore *that* device to *that* firmware even after Apple has stopped signing it. That�s all about to change. 

Starting with the iOS5 beta, the role of the �APTicket� is changing � it�s being used much like the �BBTicket� has always been used. The LLB and iBoot stages of the boot sequence are being refined to depend on the authenticity of the APTicket, which is uniquely generated at each and every restore (in other words, it doesn�t depend merely on your ECID and firmware version�it changes every time you restore, based partly on a random number). This APTicket authentication will happen at every boot, not just at restore time. Because only Apple has the crypto keys to properly sign the per-restore APTicket, replayed APTickets are useless. 

This will only affect restores starting at iOS5 and onward, and Apple will be able to flip that switch off and on at will (by opening or closing the APTicket signing window for that firmware, like they do for the BBTicket). geohot�s limera1n exploit occurs before any of this new checking is done, so tethered jailbreaks will still always be possible for devices where limera1n applies. Also, restoring to pre-5.0 firmwares with saved blobs will still be possible (but you�ll soon start to need to use older iTunes versions for that). Note that iTunes ultimately is *not* the component that matters here..it�s the boot sequence on the device starting with the LLB. 

Although it�s always been just �a matter of time� before Apple started doing this (they�ve always done this with the BBTicket), it�s still a significant move on Apple�s part (and it also dovetails with certain technical requirements of their upcoming OTA �delta� updates).

Note: although there may still be ways to combat this, a beta period is really not the time or place to discuss them. We�re just letting you know what Apple has already done in their exisiting beta releases � they�ve stepped up their game!

Download Sn0wbreeze 2.8 Beta 3 Supports iOS 5 beta 2 Jailbreak

Apple released iOS 5 beta 2 for developers yesterday and for those who want to jailbreak it, newer version of Sn0wbreeze 2.8 beta 3 has hit the shelf with added support for jailbreaking iOS 5 beta 2 on Windows.

Sn0wbreeze 2.8 beta 3 release notes:

Now jailbreaks iOS 5 (beta 2)
Intended for developers ONLY!
Does not Hacktivate or add afc2 in this release to prevent piracy.
iPhone 3GS old bootrom users have an untethered boot.
Now only 15MB :)
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Supported Devices:
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iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) [UNTETHERED]
iPhone 3GS (new bootrom) [TETHERED]
iPhone 4 GSM [TETHERED]
iPhone 4 CDMA [TETHERED]
iPod Touch 3G [TETHERED]
iPod Touch 4 [TETHERED]
iPad 1G [TETHERED]

Download Sn0wbreeze 2.8 Beta 3 

iPhone 5 Jailbreak To Be Demonstrated Live by p0sixninja at MyGreatFest

MyGreatFest is the first ever iOS jailbreaking event which is to be held on September the 17th, 2011 in London. This event will be featuring some famous iPhone hackers and developers including developer of 'Cydia' Saurik, developer of GreenPois0n, Joshua Hill also known as p0sixninja on Twitter, @pod2g, Elias Limneos, creator of several iOS tweaks such as FoldersInFolders; and the developers of iDroidProject, which aims to bring Android and Linux to iOS devices.

iPhone jailbreaking community is indeed taking interest in jailbreaking new upcoming Apple Devices as one of the lead jailbreak developers, Joshua Hill [p0sixninja] has said that he will demonstrate the iPhone 5 jailbreak live at MyGreatFest  event on 17th September in London. You can have a look at the MyGreatFest Schedule here.

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JailbreakMe 3.0 Won't Jailbreak iOS 5 On iPad 2

There is a bad news for users who are using iOS 5 beta on their iPad 2. Comex has just confirmed via Twitter that JailbreakMe 3.0 will not jailbreak iOS 5 on iPad 2. It is only set to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 till 4.3.3 on iPad 2. Here's what comex answered to a user who asked him about the supported iOS versions via Tweet

Yesterday we reported that Comex is working on reducing jailbreak installation time using JailbreakMe 3.0. This new procedure will drastically reduce the time it takes for the jailbreak. Reportedly, JailbreakMe 3.0 will also work on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3G, 4G, iPad 1 and of course, the iPad 2.

So it is advised that iPad 2 users who have upgraded to iOS 5 beta 1 should downgrade their devices to previous versions. It seems that iPad 2 jailbreak is not too far now. Stay tuned.

iPad 2 Jailbreak Update! Comex Working On Reducing Jailbreak Installation

Hey iPad 2 jailbreak seekers! There's a new update on iPad 2 jailbreak from Comex. Three days ago, Comex said via twitter said that iPad 2 jailbreak is almost ready. Now he has posted a long tweet that explains how he has made some changes that will greatly reduce the time it will take to jailbreak iPad 2. Here's what he tweeted:

On Sunday 19th June 2011, @comex said:

If you don't know, the stashing approach jailbreaks have been using for years-- Cydia's "Reorganizing Filesystem"-- involves moving some large directories from the small / partition into the large /var partition, then creating symlinks from the original to the new location. This both ensures that any additional stuff put in those directories by packages will end up in the /var partition, and frees up space on the / partition for files created outside of those directories. However, the process has some issues, like taking forever to do when you jailbreak (I am a bit fanatical about speed), pretty much requiring the jailbreak to reboot the system to ensure there aren't any running applications pointing to the old files (ditto about speed, I want a jailbreak to not even require a respring, as in star, but since star used stashing, some obscure things could cause issues before a reboot), and seriously confusing the sandbox code in the kernel (because each application has a sandbox with a list of allowed filenames, but after the symlink has moved files, the filenames no longer match), requiring that code to be patched (it needs to be patched anyway these days because tweaks have to run under the sandboxes of the applications they're hooking, but depend on accessing various directories; but it still feels good to get rid of a kludge).

With unionfs (which was saurik's idea originally), new files are created in the /var partition, and merged with files in the corresponding directories in the / partition, so no files need to be moved, no descriptors are invalidated, and I think the sandbox code won't notice what happened. It also opens the door for upgrading the base operating system without destroying the jailbreak files (although maybe iOS 5 delta updates will already allow this? I haven't looked at them yet).I've wanted to do this since literally a year ago (that's the date of the nullfs checkin, since I was dumb and thought I wanted that instead of unionfs), but I never got around to making it work properly.So, I just hope that I can get rid of the crashes my meddling with unionfs's code have introduced, and fix it for the iPad 2 (my dumped copies of iPad 2 kernels do not include symbols; I wrote a small BinDiff-like tool to copy over symbols from a kernel for another device, but it's not perfect) and that there aren't any performance issues.

Also, Chronic Dev team ave update on iPad 2 jailbreak yesterday. Now we really expect iPad 2 jailbreak using JailbreakMe 3.0 soon. Stay tuned and don;t lose hope ;)

Chronic Dev Team says they are Still Working On iPad 2 Jailbreak

Those who are planning to jailbreak their iPad 2's using Chronic Dev�s GreenPois0n can be assured that a solution will be coming eventually, at least according a tweet posted by p0sixninja who is one of the developers that assured users that the team is still working on an iPad 2 jailbreak.

There is no specific date being notified that when jailbreak would hit the web but the tweet shows that they are still working on the jailbreak and asks users to be patient. There have been a bunch of news coming that iPad 2 jailbreak is coming soon but no exact words on the jailbreak have been heard yet. What else users can do but to wait? Stay tuned for the updates.

iPad 2 jailbreak 4.3.3 is Almost Ready

It's been so long we are hearing news about iPad 2 jailbreak. Couple of days ago, we found out that Comex has found a new PDF exploit which let you jailbreak iPad 2 on iOS 4.3.3. Comex sent a tweet few minutes ago in reply to someone asking about his teaser:

Whyike: @comex the waiting after your teaser remaind me the waiting after @i0n1c trolling �elevat0r�, if you have something, please release it�

Comex: @whyike it�s almost ready.

You might ask yourself why Comex would release a jailbreak when iOS 5 is right around the corner. I see 2 potential reasons why. First, it might be a jailbreak that is hardware-related, which means iOS 5 would not be able to patch the jailbreak. Second potential reason, and the one I find the more plausible, is that iOS 5 might have patched whatever exploit Comex found, so there is no reason for him to hold it back at this time.

It seems that iPad 2 jailbreak is just about to hit the web. Maybe on this weekend? Let's see

Make calls and send SMS from your 3G iPad using PhoneItiPad

PhoneItiPad is a jailbreak Cydia tweak that converts a jailbroken 3G iPad in to a phone that is capable of sending sms messages and making calls. Weeks ago, this app was under 'Coming soon' but now it is available to download for $19.99.

Follow the steps below to get PhoneItiPad:

• Find your ICCID. You can find it by navigating to System >> General >> About. This is your unique iPad identifier, which you�ll later need to set up PhoneItiPad.
• You need to purcahse PhoneItiPad for $19.99 by going here. There you will be asked to give your ICCID.
• Now open up Cydia on your iPad and add this repository http://apps.iphoneislam.com
• Now search for PhoneItiPad in this repository and download it. Your 3G iPad is now fully capable of sending sms messages and making phone calls!

iPad 2 jailbreak with JailbreakMe 3.0 coming soon?

It's been ages since we are hearing that iPad 2 jailbreak is coming soon. The question arises: Why iPad 2 jailbreak is taking so long? and the answers is: The new Apple A5 processor-based architecture in the iPad 2 is proving to be a difficult puzzle to solve. The Limera1n exploit, which worked on A4-based iOS devices like iPod touch 4G and iPhone 4, is hardware-based and, well, since iPad 2 is A5-based, the exploit doesn�t work on it. And so the community has to find an all-new exploit.

JailbreakMe is the simplest jailbreak tool ever, that allows iOS device users to jailbreak thier devices via Safari, all you have to do is "Slide to Jailbreak". It's not clear if JailbreakMe 3.0 will be able to jailbreak both iOS 4.3.3 and iOS 5.0 or it will be only limited to iOS 4.3.3. There's no estimate of arrival but it's look very imminent.

Today, iPhone dev Comex updated the website for JailbreakMe. The updated page only covers a image which is

Above photo found on jailbreakme.com shows a signboard that says 'PDF' along with ski slope and diamond icon. What does that mean? I guess this is pointing towards a potential PDF based exploit. 

Comix himself posted a tweet that gives us no idea about the jailbreak but teases us. Anyways, whether this is for iOS 4.3.3 or iOS 5, an iPad 2 jailbreak would be good news by now.

Jailbreak iOS 5 - iPhone 4, 3GS / iPod Touch 4G, 3G / iPad - [Pictures]

Apple announced iOS 5 yesterday at WWDC 2011 which includes tons of new features and improvements. iOS 5 is still available in beta version which is only for developers. It was just the matter of 24 hours when dev-team successfully had a jailbreak on iOS 5.

Please note that only tethered jailbreak is possible at the moment. That means you�ll need to connect your phone to a computer via a USB cable and run the software again any time you need to reboot your device.

iOS 5 jailbroken within 24 hours of beta release

Yes, the iOS 5 beta which Apple announced has been jailbroken within 24 hours of its release. It was DevTeam who JailBroken the first developer beta version of the popular operating system on iPod touch 4G. A screenshot is found on Musclenerd's twitter account that shows root access through iSSH which indicates that the device has already been JailBroken.

Right now the exploit should work with most recent Apple iOS devices, but not the iPad 2. MuscleNerd has also only confirmed that a tethered jailbreak is possible. That means you�ll need to connect your phone to a computer via a USB cable and run the software again any time you need to reboot your device.

It�s probably just a matter of time before the developers behind redsn0w, sn0wbreeze, or another popular jailbreak utility come up with an untethered jailbreak method. Just don�t expect it to hit the streets before this fall when Apple officially releases iOS 5 to the public. Jailbreak developers tend to hold off on releasing new software during iOS beta test phases, since it would give Apple more time to make changes before releasing the final software.

iPad 2 Jailbreak - Jailbreak iPad 2 on iOS 4.3.2 / 4.3.1 / 4.3

The first hacker to jailbreak iPad 2 hardware was comex from iPhone Dev Team, but he is still working on the actual jailbreak. P0sixninja, the developer of the greenpois0n jailbreak software is also trying to develop an iPad 2 jailbreak and challenged famous iPhone hacker geohot to make an iPad 2 jailbreak himself.

Geohot accepted the challenge by p0sixninja and he will be buying an iPad 2 and trying to develop a jailbreak for it soon. Stay tuned iPad 2 users. Now that we have comex, p0sixninja, and Geohot working on trying to get an iPad 2 jailbreak out, we just might get an iPad 2 jailbreak soon.

It won't be long now, jailbreakers. Tweets posted by iPhone Dev-Team Chronic Dev Team member P0sixninja suggest that the iPad 2 jailbreak will be available soon. There's been some back-and-forth on Twitter between P0sixninja and Veeence, but it boils down to the fact that the group is hard at work on the jailbreak, and a two recent tweets from P0sixninja suggests that it's on its way. You will be able to jailbreak iPad 2 on iOS 4.3 soon. Once Jailbreak finally arrives, we will be posting full instructions on how to jailbreak iPad 2. Join Facebook page below to keep an eye on the updates

iPad 2 Jailbreak coming soon?

P0sixninja, the well-known iPhone hacker and the guy behind Greenpois0n jailbreak put a dead line for iPad 2 jailbreak to be 3 weeks from now.

Another tweet has confirmed that iPad 2 jailbreak won't be Greenpois0n as they are creating entirely different program for iPad 2 jailbreak.

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iPad 2 Jailbreak New Updates

An article has been found on Greenpois0n official blog regarding iPad 2 jailbreak status and upgrading greenpoi0n to jailbreak 4.3 / 4.3.1/ 4.3.2 / 4.3.3 untethered for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G and iPad 1.

iPad 2 Jailbreak with GreenpoisOn

As I�m sure many people have heard, Josh (posixninja) has recently been quoted saying the iPad 2 jailbreak is coming in �weeks�, I know I have been very publicly abrasive and non-commital on giving any kind of timeframe or comment on this matter, but at the behest of Josh (in conjunction with his need for a swift kick to the ass for motivation) we�re ALL going to hold him to that!!! I�m not going to get into extensive detail about this, but what I will say one of the missing puzzle pieces may have reared its head and cast a glance in our direction� take from that what you will.

Other iOS devices running iOS 4.3.x Jailbreak with GreenpoisOn:

In the past I have also said that 4.3.x support was on hold for greenpois0n to focus on iPad 2 jailbreak exclusively, our course has slightly changed (primary focus has never shifted from iPad 2 since it was released) it has now become possible to easily update and execute a workflow to enable RC6.2 (tentatively speaking� mmm #dirt) to be released �soon��

iPad 2 jailbreak with greenpoi0n is not yet confirmed and it is still in progress. Wait for some more time.

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How to Jailbreak Apple TV 4.2.2 Using PwnageTool [MAC]

Apple has released software update for the second-generation Apple TV. This new software update fixes many bugs that were found in previous version and also, it comes with several improvements.

You can get untethered jailbreak of your Apple TV 2G on iOS 4.2.2 (4.3) firmware using the current version of Pwnage tool. 


Things to download:
Download Apple TV 4.2.2 (8F305)
Download Pwnage Tool Bundle

Instructions for jailbreaking Apple TV using PwnageTool bundle are exactly similar to the ones I've already posted for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Follow the guide posted here

How to Save iOS 4.3.3/4.2.8 SHSH blobs for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

You can save  iOS 4.3.3/4.2.8 SHSH blobs for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch using new version of TinyUmbrella 4.33.00 that Supports iOS 4.3.3/4.2.8.

To save SHSH Blobs for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, download TinyUmbrella 4.33.00 and then run it. Connect your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, 3G, iPod Touch 4G, 3G 2G, iPad or Apple TV 2G to your computer. TinyUmbrella will automatically detect it. Make sure iTunes is closed. Now hit the Save all SHSH button at Top-Right side of the window.

TinyUmbrella will now save SHSH blobs of the latest firmware and all those blobs that you had saved for older firmwares (if any) on Cydia server. This will also generate a ticket to save SHSH blobs for the latest firmware to Cydia server.

That\s it. You have secured your future jailbreak by saving SHSH blobs for iOS 4.x using TinyUmbrella. You can find the saved SHSH file directory under advanced Tab on TinyUmbrella and Cydia will also display your Saved SHSH blobs/status pending.

How to Jailbreak iPhone 4 4.2.8 Verizon CDMA using Sn0wbreeze 2.7.1

Info: What is iOS jailbreaking? iOS jailbreaking is a process that allows devices running Apple's iOS (also known as iPhone OS prior to iOS 4.0) operating system (such as the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and recently Apple TV) to gain full access (root access) to unlock all features of the said operating system, thereby removing limitations imposed by Apple. Once jailbroken, iOS users are able to download additional applications, extensions and themes that are unavailable through the official Apple App Store, via installers such as Cydia, one of a number of current means for older iPhones. A jailbroken iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch running iOS can still use the App Store and iTunes and other normal functions, such as making telephone calls. Jailbreaking is similar to rooting an Android device.      Wikipedia

Using Sno0wbreeze 2.7.1, you can bring untethered jailbreak on iOS 4.2.8 / 4.3.3 on iPhone 4 (GSM), iPhone 4 (CDMA) Verizon, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4G, 3G and iPad. This guide will teach you How to Jailbreak iPhone 4 4.2.8 Verizon CDMA using Sn0wbreeze 2.7.1. Follow the instructions below

Things to download:

iOS 4.2.8 for CDMA Verizon iPhone 4

Sn0wbreeze 2.7.1

iTunes 10.2.2

Run Sn0wbreeze you downloaded from the above link and click the blue arrow at the right bottom to proceed.

On the next screen, Select the iOS 4.2.8 firmware .ipsw file for your Verizon iPhone 4 you downloaded by clicking on the �Browse� button.

Sn0wbreeze will now identify the selected firmware IPSW file. Once done, click the blue arrow at the right bottom to proceed to the next step

Now select the �Expert Mode�, followed by �Build IPSW� option to start creating your custom firmware.

Wait for sn0wbreeze to build your custom firmware. Once it's done, It will say Done! and will save your custom firmware file on your desktop. Click OK

Now follow the on-screen instructions to get your device in DFU mode. Once you are successfully in DFU mode, Sn0wbreeze will show you this

Now Start iTunes, click on your iPhone 4 icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold Left �Shift� button on the keyboard and then click on �Restore� (Not �Update� or �Check for Update�) button in iTunes and then release this button. This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.2.8 file. Select the  custom .ipsw file that you created above from the desktop, and click on �Open�.

That's it. Wait for iTunes to restore your device on custom firmware. Once it's done, your iPhone 4 will restart and you will have jailbroken iPhone 4 4.2.8

Battery time improved after Untethered iOS 4.3.3 Jailbreak with Redsn0w

As you know that Untethered iOS 4.3.3 Jailbreak has been released and there are many ways to do it. i,e using Pwanage Tool, using Sn0wbreeze or using Redsn0w. Famous iPhone hacker i0n1c noticed that using latest Redn0w to jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 led to an improvement in iPhone, iPod touch and iPad battery lifetime. Here what he posted on his Twitter account

BTW: by using the latest RedSw0w you also might decrease the battery drain

Process Priority was not restored after the kernel exploit. That might have caused some battery drain.

If you need to jailbreak your device using Redsn0w, you can follow the guide here