Art Of Geek

1.1.3 iPhone jailbreak released, iHackers rejoice!

News broke late Thursday night on TUAW that a 1.1.3 jailbreak solution for Windows had been released to the public by Nate True, a former iPhone dev team member who went rogue. About five hours later, they reported that a Mac solution had been released by Nate.

This most recent jailbreak solution is probably the easiest yet, although there’s good reason for that: it requires that your iPhone be running either firmware 1.1.1 or 1.1.2, and already be jailbroken with Installer.app already installed. Regardless, I highly recommend that you read the appropriate article for your OS of choice, as well as all the user comments before undertaking it yourself. Could save you from making a big mistake.

I took the plunge yesterday. Continue reading for all the details!

Continue Reading Add comment January 26th, 2008

iPhone firmware 1.1.3 is out, hacked iPhones need not apply (yet)

Apple released iTunes 7.6 today along with the much anticipated iPhone & iPod Touch firmware 1.1.3. It’s worth repeating that if you have hacked your iPhone or iPod Touch (jailbroken it, unlocked it, etc.), then you SHOULD NOT install the new 1.1.3 firmware. Use common sense and let the experts have a crack at it first.

Now iTunes 7.6 appears to be safe. I’ve installed it and have synchronized my jailbroken and iPhoneSimFree unlocked 1.1.2 firmware iPhone without any apparent issues. Might be a good idea to hold off a few days just to be sure, but so far so good. If you have a hacked iPhone and have updated iTunes to 7.6, let us know in the comments how it went. Please include details about your hacked iPhone (firmware, hacks applied and unlock method if applicable).

1 comment January 15th, 2008