iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak is out

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pm

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It was released yesterday and somehow I missed this.

http://blackra1n.com/

Download the app, hit the make it rain button and it reboots and it's jailbroken again. It's got to be the most painless jailbreak that's been done yet - I remember the early days when you had to SSH into the phone over WiFi and run a bunch of Unix commands.

On my 3GS, I personally find 3.1.2 to be much more stable than 3.0 (or 3.0.1) - especially with regards to 3G service staying up all the time - s o I'm glad to see a jailbreak so I can have OpenSSH and my beloved SBSettings back.

If you are planning, or thinking about unlocking, or unlocked already, be careful upgrading to the 3.1.2 baseband. The only unlock is still for the 3.0 baseband, so you'll need to stick with the old baseband by making a custom .ipsw.

It works with all versions of the iPhone, and apparently all versions of the iPod Touch too - although there's some caveat about "tethering" with the iPod Touch gen3 (you need to keep it plugged to keep it jailbroken, maybe?)
 
gorcorps

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Maybe a stupid question... where is this app? All I find is a blog with no links.
 
JohnAn2112

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Click on the little Windows logo underneath the main picture. I did the jailbreak on my new 3GS last night and it worked perfectly.
 
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I tried about 6 or times to jailbreak my 3g, but it never completed. Tried everything I'd read and no luck. :(

Oh well, I'll just wait for redsn0w, or something.
 
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Guess I'll try JBing tonight then, I was under the impression we wouldn't be able to if we updated our 3GS to the newest firmware. I can't wait to get SBSettings, Stacks and customization back. Those are really the only things I think should be default with the iPhone OS.
 
gorcorps

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Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Click on the little Windows logo underneath the main picture. I did the jailbreak on my new 3GS last night and it worked perfectly.
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Yeah, I figured it out last night... thanks. I immediately felt retarded.
 
gorcorps

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Well I'm getting a bit worried, as everybody had said it was fast and easy but it has been 'running' now for 10 minutes
 
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Originally posted by: gorcorps
Well I'm getting a bit worried, as everybody had said it was fast and easy but it has been 'running' now for 10 minutes
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It'll take 10-20 minutes depending. I freaked out when I first did my jailbreak on the 3G when it came out. Think about how long it takes to update the firmware and add a few minutes to it.
 
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Did this jailbreak to my 16gb 3gs this afternoon, this was the first time I have tried to jailbreak an iPhone. Jailbreaking took about 45 seconds but then I made the mistake of installing cydia(sp), ice and rock all at the same time. This screwed up ice and cydia so I had to do a restore. When I get back home later tonight I'll jailbreak it again.
 
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Originally posted by: zylander
Did this jailbreak to my 16gb 3gs this afternoon, this was the first time I have tried to jailbreak an iPhone. Jailbreaking took about 45 seconds but then I made the mistake of installing cydia(sp), ice and rock all at the same time. This screwed up ice and cydia so I had to do a restore. When I get back home later tonight I'll jailbreak it again.
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Just do cydia... it's the most common one I believe
 
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pm

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I tried Rock this time... I wish I'd stuck with Cydia.
 
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I got a question about jailbreaking as this is my first time trying it. When Apple comes out with a new update for the iPhone, I just have to wait for this blackrain guy to come out with a jailbroken version of that new update right? And then I just install that new hack firmware over the current one?
 
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pm

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No, not exactly. When a new update arrives, you can update but all of your jailbrake apps and the Cydia app will be gone. Then you can wait for a new jailbreak or not.
 
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Originally posted by: pm
It was released yesterday and somehow I missed this.

http://blackra1n.com/


If you are planning, or thinking about unlocking, or unlocked already, be careful upgrading to the 3.1.2 baseband. The only unlock is still for the 3.0 baseband, so you'll need to stick with the old baseband by making a custom .ipsw.
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I fall into the "thinking about unlocking" camp. I currently have 3GS 3.0.1 (factory installed, bought it as is). Since there are warnings that if you upgrade through the legit way, there may be a possibility that will make your phone unjailbreakable forever. So that's why I haven't updated. I want to upgrade to the latest OS, but still too scared to jailbreak. Can i use blackra1n to upgrade tp 3.1.2 w/out jailbreaking? The intent is to update OS only, but not baseband so I can have the opportunity to JB in the future.
 
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pm

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There's a mac tool called pwnage that allows you to make custom firmwares. So using the tool, you read in the 3.1.2 OS release and then combine it with the 3.0 or 3.0.1 baseband and then upgrade using that. It's Mac-only though. To run it if you don't have a Mac you can find a friend with a Mac, or load up a MacOS image on vmware (although I don't recommend this route if you don't know anything about vmware because it's a bit of a frustrating experience usually).

Google pwnage, or go to blog.iphone-dev.org.
 
Spineshank

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Yea that was what Blackra1n was made for. It dont really matter now cause it looks like im switching over to the HTC Hero.
 
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jailbroke my 32GB 3GS at 3.1.2 using pwnagetool. geohot didnt release the mac version until a day later so i had to use pwnage tool.

i got stupidly impatient and upgraded through apple first. :( i hope the dev team manages to unlock the current baseband (and the new "unjailbreakable" 3GS's) now...probably wont for a long time, but im sure it will get there...i hope.
 
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yes this is a tethered hack. everytime you reboot the device you will have to plug it back in and rerun it.
 
NaOH

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jailbroke my 3.1.2 iphone 3gs in about 10 seconds. Wow that was easy.
 
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dougp

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Originally posted by: NaOH
jailbroke my 3.1.2 iphone 3gs in about 10 seconds. Wow that was easy.
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Donate $5 to STS and get Stack - man that app is awesome.
 
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dougp

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Just wanted to show off my homescreen:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/dougp/photo.jpg

The top two icons are stacks - an apps one and a games one. The weather on top changes with conditions outside, and if you touch it it opens Accuweather. I'm also running SBSettings ... man, I missed JBing since I switched to the 3GS.
 
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