Official iOS Jailbreaking Thread [4.1 Greenpois0n Mac version out! 10.6 only so far]

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They should have said earlier that this was for A4-based devices only. A lot of people are going to be unhappy now. Including me. We have a 3GS too. Oh well.
 
[quote name='Malik112099']Elite - did you read my post?[/QUOTE]Pretty sure that's a "negative".

I guess I am going to be waiting forever with my stupid 3.0 3GS. :(
 
[quote name='crunchewy']They should have said earlier that this was for A4-based devices only. A lot of people are going to be unhappy now. Including me. We have a 3GS too. Oh well.[/QUOTE]

so this will work on the ipod touch 4g ? sorry for not understanding but I am not too tech savvy .
 
The good thing is that for those of us with current gen devices, this jailbreak will work from here on out. We won't have to worry too much about upgrading to newer firmware, like 4.2, aside from Cydia apps needing updates, so we'll get AirPlay and such and get to keep our jailbreak. But I think the dev team should have nipped the all-device rumor in the bud early on. I don't understand what they gained by not saying anything. They knew it was A4-specific. The could have saved everyone (including themselves) a lot of grief.

Oh well.
 
LimeRa1n is real :D

so it turns out you can actually be able to jailbreak your device crunchewy !

Here are a few tweets from : p0sixninja

-yes, the news about geohot is true, the day after we release ETA he decides he wants a piece of the #pie

-and yes it is a different bootrom exploit, he wants us to use it in GP, but there's no way we'll make our ETA if we do

-We are not changing our release date. If we can implement @geohots before 10/10 we will use that, otherwise we're using ours. #roadblocks

-heh, geohot confirmed he only decided to work on limera1n when he found out we released an ETA #asshole

all in all great news, I know a lot of people despise geohotz for leaving the jailbreak scene but atleast he is coming back.

From what I can tell his exploit is already ready to release and will come out a day after the SHatter jailbreak 10-11-10 ( which is the same day a year ago when blackra1n got release) :D
 
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Oh sorry one more thing I found out.

If you go to : http://limera1n.com/

and then click on the limra1n logo once you do it shows a picture with all the devices having the limera1n jailbreak on them including the 3GS or 3G i cant tell.

click spoiler to view the photo.

limetime.jpg
 
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If you're following along on twitter you've seen the drama. What the chronic dev team is saying is that Limera1in is using a beta version of the untethering code, ripped/stolen from comex, which was not written for previous gen hardware, so use at your own risk. And now the Chronic Dev Team is holding off on the shatter based jailbreak so two exploits aren't used up at once. Instead they are reworking greenpoison to use Geohot's exploit since it's already out now, and updating the untethering hack for all devices that are supported. I'm going to wait for greenpoison, and they are hoping to still have it out tomorrow, but aren't sure if they'll make it now.

But there's more: it turns out that the shatter and geohot exploits are both actually. tethered, but comex came up with a way to make them untethered with iOS 4.1 *only*. That means it will work with firmware greater then 4.1, such as 4.2, but upon updating it would then be a tethered jailbreak. So it's not perfect, I'm afraid. Not as big a deal for iPod touches, probably, but if it's your phone you might think twice about updating to 4.2 when that's out.
 
So I don't follow what's going on. Why is it bad that Geohot did this?

Not to derail the thread, but I was wondering if anyone has ever encountered a problem such as I am having. My battery died Thursday night. I tried recharging it and I get that red battery icon, but it never charges. I tried it on my PC, in the wall socket, nothing. I tried rebooting, recovery mode and removing the SIM card. Nothing. Still a red icon. I have never had battery problems, it has always held a charge for a long time even with 3G, Location Services and Wi-Fi on. I went in to the Apple Store after work today and they wanted me to wait for an hour before I could even talk to someone. I said, "Screw that," kicked over their magazine rack, threw glitter at them and ran out of the store.

Any other ideas of how to fix this thing?
 
So can I use Limerain to JB my Ipod touch 3Gs (3rd gen)???

Only GP is for A4 chips but since now its being updated, could I use that one to JB my device then? Damn I want JB 4+ on my ipod touch 3rd gen already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
So the 4th Beta of limera1n has already come out. I am going to wait until at least noon to update to 4.1 and Jailbreak, by then hopefully a couple more betas have come out and more bugs have been fixed.
 
limera1n was rushed out without (as) much testing in order to come out before greenpoison/shatter, thus all the betas. People using it now are beta testing it.

The good thing, aside from it supporting more devices, is now we'll likely have shatter in the box for the next iPad and/or iPhone.
 
I ran Limera1n yesterday and had no problems with my 3rd gen iTouch running 4.1. However, the folks @ Engadget reported jailbreaking two iPhones and on one of them several icons dissapeared (App Store, Calendar, Maps, and Game Center). Note, restoring the phone did not work as with previous jailbreaks. Proceed with caution ;)
 
[quote name='1HiTekTexan']I ran Limera1n yesterday and had no problems with my 3rd gen iTouch running 4.1. However, the folks @ Engadget reported jailbreaking two iPhones and on one of them several icons dissapeared (App Store, Calendar, Maps, and Game Center). Note, restoring the phone did not work as with previous jailbreaks. Proceed with caution ;)[/QUOTE]

Yea but they were version 4 iPhones....you think that had something to do with it? I hope 3gs versions don't get that as I want to JB my iPod touch 3rd gen too!!

Could you tell me the steps please? I have ios 3.1.3; also will I lose my apps/data saves when I do the geohot hax? And will I be able to use iTunes regularly or will I have issues syncing my device?
 
I just started reading about jail breaking my iPhone. I've had my iPhone for about 4 months now and I have upgraded to 4.0.1, unfortunately. Am I out of luck? I went to jailbreakme.com on my iPhone and it mentions that I have to downgrade. I am new to jail breaking, so sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there a way to do this?
 
[quote name='Superstar']I just started reading about jail breaking my iPhone. I've had my iPhone for about 4 months now and I have upgraded to 4.0.1, unfortunately. Am I out of luck? I went to jailbreakme.com on my iPhone and it mentions that I have to downgrade. I am new to jail breaking, so sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there a way to do this?[/QUOTE]

Just go ahead and upgrade to 4.1 and jailbreak via limera1n.

BUT, get someone elses approval from this thread before doing so as they might know something I dont.
 
[quote name='iKilledChewbacca']Just go ahead and upgrade to 4.1 and jailbreak via limera1n.

BUT, get someone elses approval from this thread before doing so as they might know something I dont.[/QUOTE]

Hm I am actually on 4.1 - just double checked. Thanks for the info
 
[quote name='Superstar']I just started reading about jail breaking my iPhone. I've had my iPhone for about 4 months now and I have upgraded to 4.0.1, unfortunately. Am I out of luck? I went to jailbreakme.com on my iPhone and it mentions that I have to downgrade. I am new to jail breaking, so sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there a way to do this?[/QUOTE]

Keep in mind before you take the plunge. Jailbreaking your iPhone does void your warranty.

I didn't have a problem with jailbreaking my iTouch. I might have held off for a more stable release of Limera1n if I was in a cellular contract.

That being said I've had no problems at all with this release of Limera1n. It's been almost 24 hours plus I loaded all of my favorite Cydia apps.

The jailbreaking process is relatively easy. Although, not as easy as jailbreakme.com. Just download and run Limera1n and follow the on sreen prompts.
 
[quote name='1HiTekTexan']Keep in mind before you take the plunge. Jailbreaking your iPhone does void your warranty.

I didn't have a problem with jailbreaking my iTouch. I might have held off for a more stable release of Limera1n if I was in a cellular contract.

That being said I've had no problems at all with this release of Limera1n. It's been almost 24 hours plus I loaded all of my favorite Cydia apps.

The jailbreaking process is relatively easy. Although, not as easy as jailbreakme.com. Just download and run Limera1n and follow the on sreen prompts.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the info. Just a quick question. It doesn't matter HOW you jail break, because you have access to the same things, right? For example: There isnt a difference if I use jailbreakme.com or Limera1n other than "complexity" of the install, right?
 
Hey since I have the 4th gen ipod I was wondering if anyone could post stable cydia tweaks and stuff ?

I just dont want to download anything that wont work with it.

I really want to download SBSETTINGS but I dont want to take the chance of bricking my ipod or something haha.
 
[quote name='Superstar']Thanks for the info. Just a quick question. It doesn't matter HOW you jail break, because you have access to the same things, right? For example: There isnt a difference if I use jailbreakme.com or Limera1n other than "complexity" of the install, right?[/QUOTE]

The method of jailbreaking doesn't matter. Also, right now Limera1n is the only way to jailbreak 4.1. Limera1n isn't complicated. Just follow the on screen prompts on your PC during the jailbreaking process. Limera1n will prompt you to hold down the power and home buttons. Then, it will tell you to release the power button. While still holding the home button. I actually messed up and released both buttons, Limera1n just reprompted me to hold both buttons again and finished the jailbreaking process.
 
[quote name='1HiTekTexan']The method of jailbreaking doesn't matter. Also, right now Limera1n is the only way to jailbreak 4.1. Limera1n isn't complicated. Just follow the on screen prompts on your PC during the jailbreaking process. Limera1n will prompt you to hold down the power and home buttons. Then, it will tell you to release the power button. While still holding the home button. I actually messed up and released both buttons, Limera1n just reprompted me to hold both buttons again and finished the jailbreaking process.[/QUOTE]

Thanks! :)
 
[quote name='iKilledChewbacca']Hey since I have the 4th gen ipod I was wondering if anyone could post stable cydia tweaks and stuff ?

I just dont want to download anything that wont work with it.

I really want to download SBSETTINGS but I dont want to take the chance of bricking my ipod or something haha.[/QUOTE]

Unless you install some shady repo, none of the apps will brick your device. It's always nice to know if some apps work correctly or not tho.

http://z6joker9.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
 
Answered my own Q:

Yes Ipod touch 3GS works fine with Geohot's limera1n. (Confusing since it said 3G not supported and 3GS aint really talked about, almost ignored. wtf)

Took me a couple of tries and got it to work on my 2nd try. I coudnt get the Lr icon to show up but then I did.
 
So I have a tiny problem. My iPhone will not fucking update to 4.1! It gets stuck during the process. I have tried multiple times and tried different things mentioned online and nothing. I am going to try and go back to 4.0.1 and see if that helps.
 
[quote name='scarfromaguitar']limera1n worked 100% for me on iphone 4 / windows 7 64-bit. no problems whatsoever[/QUOTE]
^^^


and i forgot to backup my themes before doing it
when i did a backup before updating, that didnt save my themes did it?
ffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu:bomb:
 
[quote name='eliter1']So I have a tiny problem. My iPhone will not fucking update to 4.1! It gets stuck during the process. I have tried multiple times and tried different things mentioned online and nothing. I am going to try and go back to 4.0.1 and see if that helps.[/QUOTE]

Just trust me, I am a doctor.

Try updating to firmware 4.1 on a separate computer, doesn't matter if its a laptop or a desktop. I bet you $10 it works.
 
[quote name='iKilledChewbacca']Just trust me, I am a doctor.

Try updating to firmware 4.1 on a separate computer, doesn't matter if its a laptop or a desktop. I bet you $10 it works.[/QUOTE]

I will not be able to do that. I don't have another computer:roll:. I probably won't be able to use one until tomorrow. I fucking hate Apple. I knew I should have bought a Droid X instead. I have gone through the day without a phone and I do not like that. :bomb:
 
[quote name='eliter1']So I have a tiny problem. My iPhone will not fucking update to 4.1! It gets stuck during the process. I have tried multiple times and tried different things mentioned online and nothing. I am going to try and go back to 4.0.1 and see if that helps.[/QUOTE]

Were you jailbroken before? If so, I don't think you can blame Apple for what a jailbreak hack might have done to your system that might be preventing it from updating. Now, normally a jailbreak always has a fallback in restoring to stock firmware, so this is an issue, but it's a jailbreak issue, no an Apple issue, and it's not even the norm.

FYI, Google provides no support for folks who root in spite of what you might have heard. If you brick your phone, depending on your provider, you may not be able to restore to stock firmware at all because you can't download the stock firmware. So you might have to resort to things like soldering wires to get a bricked Android phone to boot. See a recent article on this on engadget.com.

Now, if you weren't jailbroken, then that's a different story, though again it's hardly the norm. You should take it to an Apple store and have them look at it. Apple support has always been excellent in my experience. It might mean an exchange, but they'll exchange on the spot.
 
Just for fun I tried seeing if Limera1n running in VMWare Fusion on my Mac would at least recognize my iPhone (currently jailbroken on 4.0.1). Windows saw the "new hardware", but seemed to think it was a digital camera (which it is in part, of course). So I launched Limera1n and clicked the button, but it just sits at "waiting for device...". So I'm wondering if I were to update to 4.1 and then try to jailbreak if it would work. I'm guessing not. Does it require having iTunes in Windows? Because I don't. I may try installing that first and then see if Limera1n recognizes it.

EDIT: also, has anyone with 4.1 jailbroken tried MyWi and My3G. I'd rather like to have those still working. Also, the BTStack and BTStackGPS.
 
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So I have a 3GS on FW 3.0 right now. I hear all of this talk of limera1n being in beta, so what's the danger in jumping in right now?

Also, I keep hearing people say you should make some types of backup before you jailbreak. What is this about/how do you do it? I have never jailbroken an iDevice before.
 
I figured it out. I forgot that WiFi sync causes Apple Mobile Device problems when updating firmware. I had uninstalled it before because of that but I completely forgot about it and it took me all day to figure it out. Now I have a bunch of texts and voicemails that I am too lazy to listen too. I used limera1n and it worked perfectly the first time. I used aptbackup so it was much easier to install all of my cydia apps. Haven't tried out iOS 4.1 since my phone is taking forever to sync everything back onto the phone.
 
I found that Limera1n did recognize my iPhone after I installed iTunes in Windows (in VMWare Fusion on my Mac), so I decided to throw caution to the wind and go for it. Alas, I'm now at 4.1, but no jailbreak. I've tried probably 10 times and I never get the Limera1n app on my iPhone. So it seems that this approach (trying to do it from Fusion) doesn't work, or at least it sure didn't work for me.

So now I'm unjailbroken and have to wait for either a Mac version of Limera1n or for Greenpoison. I'll try whatever comes out first. It was worth a shot, but damn do I have a lot of Apps. :)

At least now I'm on Game Center. I'm "crunc is". Damned if "crunc" wasn't taken. Oh well. So it's "crunc is".
 
For those waiting for Mac, Linux, or just another option, Chronic Dev Team tweeted that Greenpois0n with using GeoHot's exploit will be released "soon", and will support Windows, Mac and Linux on release. Whatever "soon" means. Seeing how I couldn't get Limera1n to work, I'm definitely looking forward to it.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']For those waiting for Mac, Linux, or just another option, Chronic Dev Team tweeted that Greenpois0n with using GeoHot's exploit will be released "soon", and will support Windows, Mac and Linux on release. Whatever "soon" means. Seeing how I couldn't get Limera1n to work, I'm definitely looking forward to it.[/QUOTE]

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/lim...phone-4ipod-touch-4g-running-ios-4041-windows

NOTE: if you’re a mac user, you won’t be to perform the jailbreak with limera1n in VMWare. You need bootcamp..
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There is a little patch out to allow unlimited skips + no ads in Pandora....working well for me...

http://xsellize.com/topic/87329-pandora-v314-hack-unlimited-skips-no-ads/
 
hey crunchewy, since you seem like the helpful fella, how do you back up your current firmware before upgrading it? and by doing that are you able to save the current baseband so you can go back to it?
 
[quote name='shosh']hey crunchewy, since you seem like the helpful fella, how do you back up your current firmware before upgrading it? and by doing that are you able to save the current baseband so you can go back to it?[/QUOTE]

Last night was my first time jailbreaking anything, so I don't know much. But from what I have gathered from reading things, you have to have a jailbroken phone to back up your SHSH blobs. And you can only backup the current version, nothing older.

So I had 3.0, but once 3.1 was released, Apple stopped signing for 3.0 verification, making it impossible to ever backup 3.0. Since we're now on 4.1, nothing older than 4.1 can be backed up because a backup needs to be signed by Apple.

But I don't know if I'm understanding things correctly, so anyone can feel free to correct me if they know better. I'd also like to know for sure.


Has anyone gotten Mobile Terminal to run on jb4.1?
 
Actually, you can also save your SHSH by using TinyUmbrella, which does NOT require being jailbroken. So anyone currently not jailbroken, or currently jailbroken but staying at 4.0.1 for now, and thinking they may eventually want to be (or who are waiting for it to work for them: me), should either backup SHSH via Cydia (choose the "Make my life easier" option when you are first jailbroken) or download TinyUmbrella and use it to store your SHSH locally (and on Cydia). You can get TinyUmbrella here:

http://thefirmwareumbrella.blogspot.com/

Download links are on the right side of the page. I used this yesterday to backup my SHSH because I'm currently not jailbroken and on 4.1, and I don't want to be forced into a tethered jailbreak later. The trick here is that if you don't store your SHSH blob, then when a new firmware is released by Apple, they stop signing previous ones and you can't install them. If 4.1.1 breaks comex's unthethered hack, then while you'll be able to jailbreak still, you'll be stuck with a tethered jailbreak. When 4.1.1 is out, you'll no longer be able to install 4.1 unless you've got your SHSH blob stored. Now the dev team has said it's unlikely that 4.1.1 would break the untether, but 4.2 is more likely to break it.

As I posted about before, both GeoHot's exploit and SHAtter are actually tethered jailbreaks, but comex came up with a way for it to be untethered on 4.1. It's likely Apple will break that in a future firmware update. You'll be able to be jailbroken always, but it will be tethered unless they can figure out another such hack fix to make it untethered again.

To actually use one of these stored "blobs" you use the TSS Server (part of TinyUmbrella). See the info on that at the bottom of this Read Me:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7078752/ReadMe/ReadMe2.pdf

One thing I'm wondering is if it's possible to get your SHSH blobs that are stored on Cydia, and in particular if you currently aren't jailbroken? So you can have them locally. I have 4.0 and 4.0.1 stored on Cydia, but they aren't in TinyUmbrella. TU seems easier to use for restoring, so I'd like to have them there.

EDIT: Malik posted a while back about how you restore to an older firmware for which you have an SHSH blob stored on Cydia, so look for that message. And, yes, I know I need to add all this to the OP! :)

EDIT2:

[quote name='shosh']hey crunchewy, since you seem like the helpful fella, how do you back up your current firmware before upgrading it? and by doing that are you able to save the current baseband so you can go back to it?[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure about backing up baseband's. I *think* that isn't possible, but don't quote me on it. If you want to retain the ability to unlock (not jailbreak, but unlock for use on other carriers) then you should not update to 4.1 now! You need to wait for PwnageTool to be released, so you can update to 4.1 while retaining your current baseband. To be honest, I'm not real clear on what baseband does for you. Is there any reason you SHOULD update your baseband, or are updates to it just a means of blocking unlocks? Maybe there are some fixes in these baseband updates that you would want if you aren't unlocked? Obviously if you are or wish to be unlocked then you don't want a new baseband, though.

Lastly, my understanding is that the firmware itself you don't really need to backup. You can download the firmware later. Various sites have links to various firmware versions. The trick is you can't actually install the older firmware without having your SHSH blob for it backed up. Having said that, the current firmware (and possibly previous ones) is on your computer. Where depends on whether you're running Mac OS X or Windows.

EDIT3: Ahh, here's the locations for Mac OS X, XP and Vista. I think Win7 is the same as Vista:


Mac OS X: ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
Windows Vista: \Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
 
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Greenpois0n is out! Mac and Windows supported. What happened to Linux? Maybe that's coming soon? I don't know yet. Anyway:

http://www.greenpois0n.com/

EDIT: No, the Mac versions isn't there yet, or at least clicking it doesn't download anything at the moment. I'm going to try running the Windows version in VMWare Fusion, though. Will report results. Won't be able to try it until later tonight, though. With any luck the Mac version will be available before then anyway.

EDIT2: Also, on the topic of unlocking, apparently you can use TinyUmbrella to upgrade firmware without upgrading baseband. There is a tutorial on the TinyUmbrella blog from a short time ago.

EDIT3: More info on this release, and note that Mac version is late due to technical issue they are working on:

http://chronic-dev.org/blog/

Long and short of it: currently 4.1 only for iPhone 4 (I mean in the case of the iPhone 4). Currently supports - iPhone 4, iPhone 3G S, iPod touch (4th Generation), iPod touch (3rd Generation), iPad. Soon there will be a release supporting: Apple TV (2nd Generation), iPod touch (2nd Generation)
 
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[quote name='shosh']Does appletv run on iOS? Will there be the ability to run mkv videos on it?[/QUOTE]

Yes, AppleTV runs iOS and it has the same A4 chip. There are no official apps for it nor an App Store (yet), but it's still iOS.
 
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