Saurik has updated his twitter status with something real interesting. He has revealed that the release of the Corona jailbreak for A5 devices has led to almost one million newly jailbroken iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices, in just 3 days. The release of Corona for A5 devices marks the first time a jailbreak has been available for the iPhone 4S.
So, @MuscleNerd’s 205k number was just the number of on-Cydia iPhone 4S’s; I believe that is now 494k. iPad 2 5.0.1 adds an additional 463k.
When Cydia is launched for the first time, it contacts the Cydia server, in part to see which SHSH blobs are available for it. This 957k number should be an accurate report of the total number of A5 devices jailbroken as of Monday afternoon. (Note: the number doesn’t include A4 devices or lower).
iPhone dev team have shared the following numbers - 491,325 new iPhone4,1 devices. 308,967 new iPad2 devices. 152,940 previously jailbroken (at 4.x) iPad2 devices. Total: 953,232 new A5 jailbreaks in a little over 3 days
If you are still on iPhone 2G or 3G and are dreaming of having iOS 5 features in your phone, you are lucky. There is this new hack called Whited00r allows iOS 5 features to be installed on the original iPhone and iPhone 3G devices, as well as the early iPod touch models.
Whited00r will automatically jailbreak your device, and the latest version of Cydia, 1.1.3, will be installed on it. The biggest advantage of the tool, is that you will get true multitasking, and apps will keep in running state in the background.
Heres how to get iOS 5 on any older iDevice, even if it is not jailbroken:
Download the Whited00r IPSW file of your respective device. There is just one file each available for iPod touch models, but the iPhones have two versions of Whited00r files. If you want to hacktivate your device, download the Unlocker file, otherwise go for the Normal version.
The IPSW files are in zipped form. Unzip them and save on any location n your PC or Mac.
Although this is not necessary, but it’s better if you put your device in DFU mode. This can be done by holding the power and home button simultaneously for 10 seconds, and then releasing the Power button while holding Home for 20 seconds more. Your phone’s screen with go completely black in DFU mode.
Now, connect your device to your computer and launch iTunes. If in DFU, iTunes will automatically detect an iDevice connected in Recovery mode.
For PC, press SHIFT key and the Restore button in iTunes simultaneously, while for Mac, ALT+Restore is required.
Point iTunes to the saved IPSW file, and then restore your device.
It might take about 15 minutes for the custom IPSW to be installed on your iPhone, and once you restart it, you can start enjoying iOS 5 on your iDevice.
This video was made by @DHowett, Chronic Dev Team member and famous iOS developer. iPhone 4S and A5 untethered jailbreak was demoed by none other than Pod2g. This proves that a jailbroken iPhone 4S will be available very soon, as early as early Feb . I am just guessing though, but very excited:
Checkout another video walkthrough that demonstrates how to perform an untethered jailbreak of iOS 5.0.1 using RedSn0w. You can find the full instructions for your device by using the iClarified Jailbreak Wizard.
Yes, you are reading the heading right - Dev Team just announced that @pod2g has made the solution available for non-A5 devices. Which means iPad 2 and iPhone 4S have been left out on this one, but the chronic and iPhone devteam have been working hard to package it into redsn0w 0.9.1.0 and PwnageTool for everyone else. 9to5Mac goes on to mention that:
@pod2g is working on a solution for iPhone 4S and iPad, but it warns A5 devices “cannot use geohot’s limera1n exploit to inject the untether, they require exploits above and beyond those used for this release.”
If you are interested in giving it a shot, you can grab it through Cydia and follow the steps below (Dev-Team Blog):
The untether is for iOS 5.0.1 on iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iPhone4-CDMA, iPad1, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G
If you have one of those devices and are not on 5.0.1 yet, update now! The SHSH window is still open for 5.0.1 If you unlock via ultrasn0w or gevey, make sure you only get to 5.0.1 via a custom IPSW! See the guides at places like iClarified.com if you don’t know how. Once you’re at 5.0.1, use the latest redsn0w 0.9.10 to both jailbreak and untether.
If you’re already at 5.0.1 with a tethered jailbreak, you have two choices:either run redsn0w 0.9.10 over your current jailbreak (deselect “Install Cydia” if you do that), or install the Cydia package prepared by the chronic devteam. The patches are the same regardless of which you choose.
Some of you are using a hybrid 5.0/5.0.1 configuration. If so, do not attempt to install this untether over that setup! You will most likely get into a reboot cycle. Do a sync and fresh restore to 5.0.1 then install the jailbreak + untether.
Cydia has released an updated version of UltraSn0w which supports iOS 5.0.1. You will still need an unlockable baseband to utilize UltraSn0w. The exact requirements that are needed to utilize UltraSn0w 1.2.5 can be found below:
A jailbroken iOS device
An unlockable baseband which includes the following:
iPhone 4: baseband 01.59.00
iPhone 3G/3GS: basebands 04.26.08 05.11.07 05.12.01 05.13.04 and 06.15.00
What needs to be noted here is that this version of UltraSn0w doesn’t bring any new baseband compatibility to the table and furthermore, it only supports the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4. There is currently no iPhone 4S support, as there has been no public release of an iPhone 4S jailbreak yet. It is being rumored that once the iPhone 4S jailbreak is released, UltraSn0w might be updated to help unlock the iPhone 4S as well.
We have been waiting for an easy untethered iPhone 4S jailbreak for a long time now. iPhone hacker @pod2g who is the frontrunner in trying to get an untethered iPhone 4S jailbreak, said in his blog that he was successful in solving caching issues he was experiencing with the 4S jailbreak. In an update to his blog post, the iPhone hacker acknowledged that he had solved the A5 chip cache issue, which means the iPhone 4S jailbreak is in its final stretch.
I discussed with @saurik today about the launched boot process, and he’s found one missing piece of the puzzle I needed to have a perfectly stable jailbreak. He’s definitely one of the best iOS gurus out there. Thank you saurik!
It appears that the untethered jailbreak stability was fixed alongside with the caching issues. Previously, it was uncertain how much time the fix would require but it turned out to be a quicker fix than expected. This gives an impression that the iPhone 4S untethered jailbreak is nearing completion with a release date rumored to be set around Christmas time.
With work progressing quickly though, everyone has high hopes of quick release.
If you are waiting tirelessly for your iOS 5 to be jailbroken, it will take some time. In the meanwhile if you are ok to downgrade to iOS 4.3.3 and enjoy your jailbroken days, you can try this tool called TinyCFW. TinyCFW is a new downgrading tool by TinyUmbrella. Using your saved SHSH blobs, you can use TinyCFW to downgrade your iPhone 4 or iPad 2 to iOS 4.3.3 so you can go back to having an untethered jailbreak.
NotCom has shared the steps on his blog. Here is the direct link. Follow the instructions below:
What TinyCFW is:
It will modify an existing ipsw for an ipad2 gsm/cdma or iphone4 gsm/cdma
It WILL modify the ipsw TO UPDATE YOUR BASEBAND TO THE LATEST!
It will create an ipsw that you can use with TinyUmbrella AND iTunes to restore to a version of iOS that you have SHSHs for.
It is primarily for iPad2 with a baseband OR iPhone 4.
What TinyCFW is NOT:
A jailbreak
An unlock
A tool to protect your baseband.
A tool that will restore your device to any firmware
A tool for use with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPad, or iPhone 4S
The usage is simple. Start the application (double click on the jar or run the .exe file). You must have java and at least 2.5gb ram. (Yes I know. It’s a lot. Get over it. I didn’t write this to be massively distributed. I wrote this for a friend and am now just sharing it with everyone). Once the window comes up, click the top button and choose an ipsw for which you have SHSHs for. The app will scan it and tell you the firmware and baseband versions in the ipsw you selected and the firmware and baseband versions that will be in the target ipsw when you click the second button. If you’re ready, click ‘Save Target IPSW’.
This will take a minute or two and when it is finished, you will have a file named:
<your original ipsw name>.bbupdate.ipsw.
You can use this ipsw with iTunes and TinyUmbrella to restore your iPad2 GSM/CDMA back to say 4.3.3 (if you have 4.3.3 SHSH).
Untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5 and 5.0.1 has been finally put together by non other than Chronic Dev Team. Team member pod2g has also released this video showing off the jailbreak, which appears to be almost complete and functioning properly.
Basically untethered jailbreak does not require that the device be connected to a computer each time it needs to be booted. It appears you won’t be able to untether with iOS 5.0.1 using Chronic’s tool, but pod2g did confirm that the iOS 5 untether will work on iOS 5.0.1 - Tons of questions from my nice followers. Too early to answer. Will work on iOS 5.0.1, will try iPad 2 and 4S after others are ready.
Chronic Dev Team explained in a recent blog post that Apple patched the jailbreak-prone exploits found in iOS 5 betas with the release of the golden master build in mid-October. The company is apparently using their iTunes-based crash reporting system in order to find jailbreak exploits before they are released into the wild.
The program permits unsigned user restores based on dumped iOS 5 signature hash blobs. Additionally, it’s possible to restore to iOS 5.0.1 and preserve iPhone 4 baseband by dumping the blobs with iFaith first
Ac1dSn0w looks like another Redsn0w as it jailbreaks iOS 5/iOS 5.0.1 tethered on OS X Snow Leopard and Lion. But there is something which needs to be looked into before jumping on to the guide. MuscleNerd of iPhone Dev-Team has confirmed that Ac1dSn0w in it’s current state contains code that has been illegally distributed. Redmondpie which earlier shared the step by step guide to jailbreak this version has highly recommend using iPhone Dev Team’s Redsn0w, which can semi-tether jailbreak iOS 5.x on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad 1, iPod touch
Ac1dSn0w jailbreak claims to jailbreak iOS 5.0/5.0.1. Redmondpie has shared this step by step formula, here is the link to follow. Note that AcidSn0w links have been removed. It works with Mac only for now. Basically Ac1dSn0w doesn’t really differ from established tools like Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze.
Here are the steps.
Step 1: You will need to download Ac1dSn0w for Mac and launch it.
Step 2: Connect your supported iOS device via USB with your Mac.
Step 3: Turn it off.
Step 4: Click on Show Assistant, follow on-screen instructions to enter DFU Mode.
Step 5: Once your device is in DFU mode, simply click on Jailbreak from Ac1dSn0w and let it do its thing.
Step 6: Your iOS device will reboot after jailbreaking.
Step 7: Put it into DFU mode again. Click on Tethered Boot from Ac1dSn0w to jailbreak tethered on iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1
This is very very interesting and Gizmodo has a few users who have confirmed this process as well. A new unlock method has surfaced which claims to work without the need of any software, hardware or jailbreak. Michael Capozzi claims he has found a way to unlock the iPhone 4S without using any hardware or software. The video below shows a demonstration of his method. This works with AT&T’s iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. You will need to cut the T-Mobile SIM card so it fits into the Micro-SIM card slot in the iPhone 4S. There are several devices to do this accurately available online.
Here are the magical steps:
Insert original carrier AT&T SIM card
Dial 611 for AT&T customer service hotline and drop the call
Turn on Airplane Mode
Take out AT&T SIM card
Insert T-Mobile SIM card
Make sure WiFi is off ( also tap on ‘Forget this Network” to make sure it doesn’t connect automatically later)
Switch off Airplane Mode and iPhone will search for network. This is followed by the Apple splash screen appearing.
Activation Required will be displayed on the screen
EDGE network will activate automatically – notice the ‘E’ on the top left corner of the screen
Wait for about 20-30 seconds and turn off the phone
Turn on iPhone and the same Activation Required screen will be displayed
When you see one signal bar, tap on Use Cellular Connection
Eject SIM card
Activation Required screen will be displayed the second time
. I am just guessing though, but very excited:
