Right on time, if not earlier in fact. GeoHot has released Blacksn0w, unlocking tool for the iPhone 3G and 3GS running the newest iPhone OS 3.1.2 and baseband 05.11.07. By unlocking using this tool, your iPhone will be enabled for use on any network / carrier you prefer. Additionally, the new blacksn0w unlocking tool is, according to Hotz, faster by at least 15 seconds.
iPhone hacker / jailbreaker and now unlocker Geohot has posted on his blog that he has come up with a new tool that will unlock iPhone OS 3.1.2. Though limited info is available at this time, the tool will be called Blacksn0w and will unlock iPhones running OS version 3.1.2 on baseband 05.11.07. Blacksn0w will be out this Wednesday, November 4. If you use Blackra1n for jailbreaking the iPhone then you’ll be able to download the Blacksn0w unlock solution straight from it. Its not certain at this point how Blacksn0w will work and which OS it will support, but one thing is definitely, it will be free! We’ll post further updates as soon as it gets released.
Geohot, the non-iPhone Dev Team iPhone hacker who brought his first tool purplera1n has created another breakthrough which sees him once again take the lead in releasing a working jailbreak solution for the new iPhone OS update 3.1.2.
This time though, the new jailbreak tool is called blackra1n
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Its not been very long since iPhone OS 3.1 was released but Apple yesterday just released an update for the iPhone OS, upgrading it to 3.1.2. Though this appears to be just a minor update fixing the widely reported issues where the iPhone would not wake from sleep and also an issue involving video streaming, playback and cellular service, we would recommend any iPhone user who has a jailbroken / unlocked iPhone to delay from installing this update.
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The iPhone Dev Team have released their latest updated version of PwnageTool, 3.1.3. This new jailbreak tool extends its reach to the third generation iPhone 3GS as well as second generation iPod Touch. For those who would like full confirmation, the new PwnageTool 3.1.3 now supports iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and first and second gen iPod Touch.
If you’ve got a non-jailbroken iPhone 3GS running 3.1, now’s your chance to redeem it into a proper iPhone once more. The upgraded PwnageTool allows the 3GS (and the second gen iPod touch) to be jailbroken thus allowing users to gain access to third party apps on Cydia for example. That’s the good news, there is one bad news though. The new PwnageTool still lacks the ability to jailbreak brand new iPhones which have come straight-out-of-the-box installed with iPhone OS 3.1.
Update (04/11/2009): Those who have 05.11.xx baseband but have not been able to use fuzzyband’s baseband downgrader due to various reasons including non-supporting bootloader version should have a look at a new unlock tool released for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS by Geohot. It’s known as blacksn0w, it will work for iPhones running the latest firmware 3.1.2 on baseband 05.11.07: http://www.gadgetlite.com/2009/11/04/blacksn0w-iphone-3g-3gs-os-3-1-2/
We’ve been increasing contacted about whether it is possible to downgrade the new iPhone OS 3.1′s newly upgraded baseband 05.11.07 on the iPhone 3G / 3GS. At first we were quite convinced that the iPhone Dev Team would soon work something out for those who have mistakenly upgraded their iPhone 3G / 3GS and wait. But now it seems many are now understandably eager and want to be able to use their locked up iPhones again. That’s the bad news, the good news now is that there is a method to safely downgrade your iPhone 3G’s updated baseband from 05.11.07 back to an ultrasn0w unlockable baseband – 04.26.08.
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