iPhone / iTouch iOS 4.2.1 untethered jailbreak – almost here! [VIDEO]
December 8, 2010 by James
As you might recall the currently available redsn0w jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 is a tethered one, meaning that it requires you to re-activate your iPhone / iPad / iTouch through your computer when you reboot it if you choose to use Cydia or other unauthorized third party apps (such as the ultrasn0w unlock).
Thankfully there’s now [...]
How to: fix MMS and Data Plan problems on unlocked iOS 4 T-Mobile iPhone [VIDEO GUIDE]
December 8, 2010 by Daniel
If you’re a T-Mobile customer and you’ve happened to unlock your iOS 4 iPhone and currently are having issues with your MMS and data plan, we have a solution for you.
The video guide tutorial (below) will show you how to fix MMS and Data Plan on your ultrasn0w unlocked iOS 4 iPhone (any 4.x version).
Simply [...]
How to: improve battery performance / enable push apps on unlocked baseband 6.15.00 iOS 4 iPhone [VIDEO GUIDE]
December 8, 2010 by Daniel
We’ve already covered SAM (Subscriber Artificial Module) for unlocked iPhones, a Cydia app / hack enabling unlocked iPhone owners to get a legit registration with Apple’s servers for their iOS 4 device despite it being ultrasn0w 1.2 unlocked.
SAM works with iOS 4 unlocked iPhones to create a valid registration for your device on Apple’s [...]
How to restore a bricked baseband 6.15.00 iPhone 3Gs/3G to iOS 4.1 and unlock with ultrasn0w [VIDEO GUIDE]
December 5, 2010 by Daniel
What happens if you’ve bricked your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3Gs and it now gives you an error of sorts?
The good news are that if you have a bricked iPhone 3G or iPhone 3Gs you can successfully restore it in most cases, with iOS 4.1 and baseband 6.15.00. Bad news are that it’s not 100% [...]
How to use Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) to activate your ultrasn0w 1.2 unlocked iOS 4.x iPhone 3G/3GS with Apple
December 4, 2010 by James
Subscriber Artificial Module (SAM) released by iPhone hacker @sbingner is a super awesome hack (available in Cydia) that allows you to activate your ultrasn0w 1.2 unlocked iOS 4.0x/iOS 4.1/iOS 4.2.1 iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS with Apple’s servers.
This solves a huge problem, as usually owners of unlocked iPhones rely on “hacktivation” to activate their device [...]
Download: redsn0w 0.9.6b6 iOS 4.1/4.2.1 iPhone jailbreak – now with SAM support [Windows / Mac]
December 4, 2010 by James
The iPhone Dev Team have released a new version of redsn0w, v0.9.6b6 for everyone to download and iPhone World is hosting a local download mirror (scroll to the end of the article).
As previous 0.9.6x redsn0w versions did, redsn0w 0.9.6b6 allows you to jailbreak all iOS devices running firmware 4.1 and 4.2.1, but it adds an [...]
Warning: Ultrasn0w 1.2 iPhone baseband 06.15.00 unlock might break GPS capabilities
December 2, 2010 by James
We’ve already reported on the release of Ultrasn0w 1.2 from the iPhone Dev Team, allowing you to unlock your iPhone 3G / iPhone 3GS running firmware 4.1 or 4.2.1 with baseband 06.15.00.
We’ve even posted unlock guides for iOS 4.1 to 4.2.1 using:
- redsn0w 0.9.6b5
- Pwnage Tool 4.1.3
Now though there’s some bad news for unlockers using [...]
iPhone 3G/3GS iOS 4.1 / 4.2.1 Basebands 5.14.02, 5.14.04 Unlock Video Guide [How to / redsn0w 0.9.6b5 / Ultrasn0w 1.2]
November 29, 2010 by Daniel
If you’re looking for a guide on how to to unlock your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.1 with basebands 5.14.02 or 5.14.04 you’re at the right place. You’ll also be able to unlock iOS 4.2.1 with baseband 06.15.00 on these devices (but not the iPhone 4 – read below).
The iPhone Dev Team [...]
iPhone 3Gs/3G iOS 4.1 Baseband 5.14.02 Unlock Video Guide [How to / Pwnage 4.1.3 / Ultrasn0w 1.2]
November 29, 2010 by Daniel
As we already wrote new Pwnage Tool and new Ultrasn0w iPhone unlock tool have been released for anyone who is relying on a carrier unlock and has accidentally updated to the 4.1 firmware aka baseband 5.14.02. This video guide contains detailed instructions on installing the unlock.
iPhone 4 support for this tool will come at [...]
Download: redsn0w 0.9.6b5 iPhone / iPad / iTouch iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak [Mac / Windows]
November 28, 2010 by Brian
The iPhone Dev Team have just released a new version of redsn0w, redsn0w 0.9.6b5 for everyone to download – and iPhone World is hosting a local download mirror right here.
As before redsn0w 0.9.6b5 allows iPhone / iPad / iTouch owners a chance to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1, but apart of that redsn0w now gives both Windows [...]












