Monday, October 19, 2009

Prisonbreak on the iphone?

After a long break from posting, I have decided to post again after buying an Iphone 3gs 32gb. The first day I got an Iphone I jailbroke it. For those who do not know, jailbreaking is the process of
'hacking' the iphone to allow unsigned software on the phone (ie: software that has not been approved by Apple). This in effect allows endless possiblities for software developers who have access to free reign to write whatever they want. An unjailbroken phone will only accept Apps from the Apps store which have been approved by Apple.

There are actually multiple ways of jailbreaking and iphone and depending what iphone/itouch you have (2g, 3g, 3gs or itouch) you may or may not be able to use one or the other method. The method I am going to introduce will allow all iphone/itouch to be jailbroken with literally a click of a button. I can personally vouch for this method working on the 3gs and many youtube videos and other places can show you proof it works for all other iphone/touch devices.

Blackra1n created by geohot (A genius I might add) can be found on this site. So to get the ball rolling:
1. Backup/sync your phone if you need to save your sms/contacts etc just in case anything will happen.
2. Update your Iphone to 3.1.2 and close itunes.
3. Download blackra1n click the grey windows icon or the apple icon according to your computer
4. Plug in iphone via USB, double click blackra1n, your iphone should go in to DFU mode after the click and the picture on the blackra1n picture should appear on the iphone.
5. Wait till it jailbreaks and once you have you should have a blackra1n app on your iphone.

Stay tuned next time for the real iphone and the possibilities of a jailbroken iphone.

[Blackra1n]

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