iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak Coming ‘By Christmas’
Hey guys, looks like the iPhone Dev Team has indeed 2 options for an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1. Last night, I was on Twitter when MuscleNerd tweeted that he was preparing to use the mysterious iOS 4.2.1 beta 3 kernel hack that they had been keeping a secret.
Looks like Apple had messed up with iOS 4.2.1 beta 3 in which there seems to be a vulnerability in the kernel (which also does the checks at boot of whether it’s a jailbroken or stock file system).
Now, comex is still working on his untethered exploit, but it seems that what he is working on is a more permanent solution for the future of A4 devices, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled on that.
So for everyone on iOS 4.2.1 (especially iPad users) there is good news, it’s not just Santa Clause thats coming to town, looks like the Jailbreak Train is coming as well, and it looks like they’ve cut the tether. 
Here’s what MuscleNerd had to say:
Got “backup plan” for untethered 4.2.1 JB working (video coming up). Uses mysterious 4.2b3 hashes Cydia kept for you.
(It’s a “backup plan” because comex is working on a more extensible one, but this method is also generalizable)
Incoming search terms:
- what is a registration tolken on hbo go
- max go registration token
UPDATED PwnageTool 4.1 Released
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST CAREFULLY, THERE ARE KNOWN UPGRADE TRAPS AND DIFFERENT UPGRADE SCENARIOS THAT NEED TO BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD AND CONSIDERED BEFORE USING THESE TOOLS.
Each supported device has few different scenarios that users need to consider when performing the upgrades, you need to check below and perform the upgrade in the particular way that matches your current device state.
NB: With PwnageTool 4.0 certain devices are not supported this is because they are not supported in iOS 4.0 or they are not supported by our software. We’re working on ways to get past these restrictions.
- iPhone 2G - not supported
- iPod Touch – not supported
- iPod Touch 3G – not supported
iPhone 3GS
Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom.
- If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode.
- If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.0
iPhone 3G
- If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3G at 3.1.2 (but not jailbroken with Spirit) then you should create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore from recovery mode or DFU mode.
- If you have an out of the box iPhone 3G you should restore using a PwnageTool 4.0 ipsw using DFU mode.
- If you have a Jailbroken 3.1.3 iPhone 3G it is very possible that this can fail from recovery mode, if this failure happens you will need to restore using DFU mode.
- As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on iPhone 3G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.
IMPORTANT! Whenever you need to enter DFU mode, you will need to do so using PwnageTool.
iPod touch 2G
- If you have an iPod touch 2G (non-MC model) that is jailbroken (but not with Spirit) then you can restore using recovery mode.
- As an alternative to PwnageTool, you can use redsn0w on non-MC iPod Touch 2G (on both Windows and Mac) as mentioned in our last post.
Baseband Unlock
- iPhone 3G and 3GS baseband unlockers (those who rely on ultrasn0w to make phone calls) should always be very wary to update their firmware, however our Ultrasn0w application will unlock all recent (including the current) 3GS and 3G baseband firmware versions. Once you are jailbroken using PwnageTool 4.0, install ultrasn0w from Cydia and you’ll be unlocked.
- Remember! This baseband unlock situation is rare, should you upgrade your iPhone blindly at the next iOS release please don’t expect an unlock – but for now you are OK (whatever state your baseband is in).
PwnageTool 4.01 Torrent - PwnageTool_4.01.dmg.5645662.TPB.torrent
4.01 fixes problems with iBook
read morePwnageTool 4.0 RC Is Ready!
PwnageTool 4.0 is ready and waiting for the iPhone Dev-Team to release it. There are a few problems currently which may delay the release, but should be released later today with limitations. First the current PwnageTool 4.0 RC does not support the new bootrom 3GS. People with old bootrom 3GS’s will have to jailbreak with something other than Spirt as it no longer works.
iPhone 3GS old bootrom users: If you have shsh blobs for firmware 3.1.2 or lower you can restore and jailbreak it, then move to 4.0 with PwnageTool 4.0 RC.
As soon as PwnageTool 4.0 RC is released we will let you know…
-Thanks Stephen for the Tip!
read moreultrasn0w 0.93 released! Unlocks basebands 04.26.08 thru 05.13.04
The iPhone Dev Team have release ultrasn0w 0.93 with the announcement via their twitter: ultrasn0w 0.93 released! Cydia repo is repo666.ultrasn0w.com. Works with basebands 04.26.08 thru 05.13.04.
Now we just need them to release the tools to jailbreak 4.0. We should hopefully have these tools very soon!
Works for all basebands since 3.0 FW. Remember to disable 3G on T-Mobile USA!
read moreiOS 4 Out Today! Do Not Update Yet
Apple is releasing their latest firmware iOS 4. If you want the ability to unlock your iPhone to use on a different carrier, do not update yet. Please wait for the iPhone Dev Team’s official instructions. You may need to be at 3.1.3 in order to unlock before you upgrade to OS 4.0. Please stay tuned. We will bring you all of the latest news as soon as we here it!
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