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The unofficial version of PwnageTool for iOS 4.1 on iPhone 3GS has been released. It can jailbreak iPhone 3GS (with old bootrom only) using iOS 4.1 custom firmware. For those of you who don’t know, PwnageTool for Mac enables iPhone users to upgrade to the new firmware without upgrading the baseband, hence making it possible to jailbreak and unlock the phone using the Ultrasn0w software. This version of PwnageTool unfortunately doesn’t support hacktivation, so you will have to either use officially supported SIM, or the phonebook SIM card method to activate the phone before unlocking it with Ultrasn0w.

Follow the instructions below to jailbreak iPhone 3GS (old bootrom) on iOS 4.1 with PwnageTool.

Step 1: Download and install the latest version of iTunes.

Step 2: Now start iTunes and sync your iPhone with your PC or Mac so that it backs-up all your important data including settings, apps, music, contacts and photos.

Step 3: Download PwnageTool and the original iOS 4.1 for your version of iPhone. Move all these files to your desktop.

Step 4: Start PwnageTool and select your device

Step 5: PwnageTool will now automatically detect the correct firmware for your device.

Step 6: Click on “No” when PwnageTool asks you “Do you have an iPhone contract that would activate normally through iTunes?”

Clicking on “Yes” will update your baseband to the latest version. Click on “Yes” only if you are on an officially supported carrier like AT&T.

Step 7: PwnageTool will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.

Step 8: While creating the custom firmware, PwnageTool will ask you to authenticate your account on Mac, ignore this prompt for now and install iOS4.1 Jailbreaker installer package which is included in the .zip file you downloaded in Step 3 above. Once this has package has been installed, go back to the PwnageTool password prompt which you previously ignored and enter your password so that PwnageTool completes the custom firmware building process.

The following “ihaz Success” screen will confirm that the requested .ipsw file has been created successfully.

Step 9: You will now have to restore your iPhone to this custom firmware 4.1 file. Start iTunes, click on your phone icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” button (“Shift” button on Windows) on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release the “Shift” button.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.1 file. Select the required custom .ipsw file and click on “Open”.

Step 10: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 4.1 on your iPhone. Your iPhone screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, iPhone will restart automatically and you should now have a fully jailbroken iPhone running on iOS 4.1.

NOTE: If iTunes throws 1004 or 1015 error at you. This is normal, just ignore this error as the firmware has already been successfully installed on the device. But your iPhone at this point will be stuck in Recovery Mode, showing that “Connect to iTunes” screen.

To exit your device from Recovery Mode, download this program called TinyUmbrella (Windows / Mac). Run it and the click on “Kick Device Out of Recovery” button. Your device will now restart normally.

In case the Cydia icon on the homescreen is in white with no repositories added, simply add http://apt.saurik.com/cydia-3.7 repo in Cydia to get going! If Safari crashes, add http://repo.woowiz.net repository and install Safarifix.

Disclaimer: Since this is an unofficial release, I wont recommend using it as it may have bugs that in some cases might result in malfunctioning of your iPhone. This guide is for testing & educational purposes only. Follow it on your own risk. I’m not responsible for any loss of important data or malfunctioning of your iPhone.

According to the Beverly Hills Newspaper (The Courier), Steve Jobs (CEO and Co-Founder of Apple) will be honored with the title of “Lifetime Achievement in Technology” in the Vision Awards at Beverly Hilton on 23rd of this month. This will be the 40th anniversary of this awards ceremony.

However, this is definitely not the first title or award that Steve has taken away. Last year in November, he was also given the “CEO of the Decade” title, and was named as the “World’s Most Valuable CEO” by Barron’s. And yet again, earlier this year in March 2010, he managed to make space for his name in the annual list of the best CEOs in the world by Barron’s.

In the same month, “The Fortune Survey report” was released that declared Apple’s CEO as the “Smartest CEO”, and their Senior Vice President, Jonathan Ive as the “Smartest Designer” in tech. industry. Apple as company was declared as the “World’s Most Admired Company for 2010”, and that too consecutively for the third year in a row. The report also showed that in the 2010 edition of their annual ranking of “World’s Most Admired Companies”, Apple Inc. was at the top of the list for the third year in a row, and by the highest margin ever in the ten-year history, beating other internet Giants like Google and Microsoft. [via 9to5Mac]

Apple today has released iTunes 10 for both Windows and Mac OS X. This is a major release which brings lots of new feature to one of the most popular software around. Some of these features are highlighted below.

You can grab this new version either through the Apple Software Update utility, or directly via the link given below.

Download iTunes 10 for Windows and Mac

Comex has released the source code for the JailbreakMe exploit which Apple just blocked in iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 3.2.2.

For those of you interested you can find it here.

Don’t forget to thank comex and the iPhone Dev-Team for their work on this.

Here’s something interesting which might spark up your sex life. According to a research performed by OkCupid, iPhone users get laid twice as much as Android users. And so with that in mind, you now have yet another good reason to get an iPhone.

The chart above shows how often men and women using iPhone, Android and BlackBerry get to have new partners, and not so surprisingly, iPhone users tops the chart with both men and women getting to have twice as much as compared to Android users. The study, which was conducted by online dating site OkCupid shows that iPhone users approximately averages 11 partners by the age of 30, which includes 10 for men and 12.3 for women. In comparison, BlackBerry was second with users averaging 8.5 partners and those with Android phones were dead last with just 6 partners on average. Sample size of the survey was 9,785 people to be exact.

So who gets most partners in bed? The female iPhone users.

So, if you are into this kind of thing, now you know which smartphone to turn to, the iPhone.
[via Gizmodo]

Redmondpie: Apple has just released iOS 4.0.2 for all iPhones, iPod touches, and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad to patch the PDF exploit which was used by JailbreakMe to jailbreak all iOS devices on iOS 4.0.1. If you want to keep your jailbreak and unlock, you better not update to this latest firmware now or you will be out of luck for long. Incase you have decided not to update, make sure you use PDF Loading Warner app which will make your web browsing safe. Of course if you care about security of your iPhone, then you can go ahead and update to the latest firmware from iTunes.

To update to iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone, and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad, all you need to do is to connect your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad with your computer via USB and start iTunes. You should now see a message as shown below. Simply click on “Download and Install” button to get on to the new firmware.

Direct Download Links for iOS 4.0.2 (Official from Apple)
iPhone 4
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 3G
iPad 3G and iPad WiFi
iPod touch 3G

Download iTunes 9.2.1 for Windows and Mac

Step 1: Download iOS 4.0.2 for your version of iPhone and iPod touch. Download links are given below.

Step 2: Update to this latest firmware using the IPSW file you just downloaded via iTunes 9.2.1.

Step 3: Start Redsn0w 0.9.5b5-5 (download link given below) and point it to iOS 4 (Final Version), and not iOS 4.0.2 firmware file to proceed with the jailbreak.

Step 4: Now select “Install Cydia” and click “Next”.

Step 5: Now make sure your device is both OFF and PLUGGED IN to the computer before you click “Next”.

Step 6: Connect your device in recovery mode by pressing the Power and buttons continuously.

At this stage you will be presented with a screen where you will have to quickly hold “Power” button and then while holding the “Power” button, you will now have to hold “Home” button too. Now after few seconds release “Power” button but keep holding “Home” button until installation begins.

Step 7: Sit back and enjoy while redsn0w will do all the rest for you. Once done, your iPhone and/or iPod touch will restart automatically and you will find it jailbroken on the latest iOS 4.0.2 Beta firmware.

Download Redsn0w 0.9.5b5-5 for Mac
Download Redsn0w 0.9.5b5-5 for Windows

How to Unlock iOS 4.0.2 with Ultrasn0w:

Step 1: First up, you will need to jailbreak your iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0.2 with Redsn0w.

Step 2: Since Redsn0w doesn’t hacktivate iPhone 3G, you will need to first activate it using original official supported carrier SIM, or the phonebook SIM card trick, guide for which can be found how to in the Video below

Step 3: Once activated, you can now unlock your iPhone 3G to run it on any carrier you like by unlocking it using ultrasn0w from Cydia. Steps for installing ultrasn0w can be found here.

[Big thanks to Redmondpie!]

JailbreakMe 2.0 Star is the name! – The userland jailbreak for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, 3G on iOS 4 / 4.0.1, iPod touch on iOS 4, and iPad on iOS 3.2.1 is out !!. It is a browser based jailbreak, all you have to do is to browse to http://jailbreakme.com from your iOS device to jailbreak it. Servers are probably thrashed right now. Keep trying until you successfully load the page. We will be back with quick how-to guides soon. Stay tuned for that !!

My3G: Take back your 3G! My3G makes Apps believe that they are on WiFi instead of 3G. With My3G, you can now watch HiDef YouTube videos, use Skype/Fring/Other VOIP apps over the 3G network!

Features:
- In-App popup request to enable/never ask for My3G to be enabled for that app
- In-App indicator when My3G changes the network from 3G to WiFi
- Ability to select which apps are My3G enabled and not.
- Default Apps – no configuration for the most popular apps!
- SBSettings Toggle! You can temporarily enable My3G for all apps or toggle back using your defined Apps list
- Dynamic enablement – Higher successs rate (near 100%) then 3G Unrestrictor (which does one off solutions for apps). My3G enables 3G indicators more dynamically.

4.1 Updates
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- Facetime over 3G!!!

You will of course need a jailbroken iPhone to get it installed. Go To Cydia, search for “My3G” app and install it. My3G will also install “RockApp” as a part of its package.

My3G for iPhone 4 is available on RockApp fo USD $3.99 and is worth every penny of yours!

Here are steps for Fixing some iPhone 4 issues
Step 1: Follow the step by step guide posted here to jailbreak your iPhone 4, 3GS on iOS 4.0.1 / 4.0 using JailbreakMe.

Step 2: Once you are done with the jailbreak, start “Cydia” on your iPhone.

Step 3: Touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom.

Step 4: Now touch on “Sources”:

Step 5: Touch on “Edit”, and then on “Add”. You should now Type “http://iphonedelivery.advinux.com/cydia/” and click on“Add Source”.

Step 6: After installation is completed. Search for “iPhoneDelivery” in Cydia and install this application. This app apparently fixes both the FaceTime and MMS issue.

Full list of supported devices is as follows [Thanks to Daniel Le for posting this on Redmond Pie’s Facebook fanpage]
iPod 1G on 3.1.2
iPod 1G on 3.1.3
iPod 2G on 3.1.2
iPod 2G on 3.1.3
iPod 2G on 4.0
iPod 3G on 3.1.2
iPod 3G on 3.1.3
iPod 3G on 4.0
iPad on 3.2
iPad on 3.2.1
iPhone 3G on 3.1.2
iPhone 3G on 3.1.3
iPhone 3G on 4.0
iPhone 3G on 4.0.1
iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.2
iPhone 3G[S] on 3.1.3
iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0
iPhone 3G[S] on 4.0.1
iPhone 4 on 4.0
iPhone 4 on 4.0.1

[a Big thanks to RedmondPie for this info]

Listening to an all-star podcast interview which involved iPhone devs like Comex, Planetbeing, Chpwn and iH8sn0w who are working on jailbreak and unlock scene, there was this question which the hosts asked the devs about when is the iPhone 4 and iOS 4.x jailbreak is expected to be out. While no specific release date was given, they did said that jailbreak is “pretty close to done”. They are now waiting for Saurik (creator of Cydia) to fix couple of loose ends before it is released. iPhone 4 unlock on the other hand is 100 percent done and is waiting for jailbreak to be released.

The exact answers were..

Question: When is the iPhone 4 Jailbreak and Unlock is going to be released?

Comex: You will have to ask Saurik if he’s done with that bootstrap yet. Like I hate to say this because people will be complaining, but it is pretty close to done.

Chpwn: The jailbreak definitely needs a lot of testing before it is released, to make sure it works on everybody’s phone, and that there are no issues like Spirit had where it deleted all of your photos in the first few days of the release.

So there you go.. it is nearly finished, and hopefully will be released very soon. You can listen to the whole interview on iTunes here, or just skip to 43:45 to hear the part where this question was asked.
[via Redmondpie]

Apple has posted a new job description for a software engineer position, who will be involved in a new revolutionary feature in a future version of Mac OS X. Apple is calling this new feature as something that has never been seen or done before and that it will truly amaze everyone. Here is the full job description in question.

Are you looking to help create something totally new? Something that has never been done before and will truly amaze everyone? Are you excited by the prospect that what you helped create would be used every day by millions of Apple customers? Then come and work on with the Mac OS X software engineering team to help build a new and revolutionary feature for Mac OS X.

We are looking for a senior software engineer to help us create a revolutionary new feature in the very foundations of Mac OS X. We have something truly revolutionary and really exciting in progress and it is going to require your most creative and focused efforts ever.

Additional Desired Skills and Experience:
- Mac OS X platform development experience
- Knowledge of Objective-C
- UNIX development experience
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent; 5+ years experience

If rumors are to be believed, then it is highly likely that WWDC 2011 will be geared more towards Mac OS X then it has been for the past several years, which has been dominated by iOS and new iPhone announcements.

If you think you fit the bill, head over to “Jobs at Apple” site and submit your resume. Who knows, maybe it is you who will be working on a truly new innovation thing of the future. [via 9to5 Mac]