The infamous iPhone hacker George Hotz (aka Geohot) is in France these days, taking part in Nuit Du Hack conference which is currently being held in Paris. During his presentation at the conference, he mentioned that he has found a new bootrom exploit, which can ultimately pwn all iPhones for life, including the yet to be released iPhone 4. He has named this exploit as “pwned4life”.

Here is a little video of him, presenting the stuff he knows the best at the said conference in Paris.
You may also like to check out:
- Unlocked iPhone 4 Available in UK, France and Canada
- How to Jailbreak iOS 4.0 on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G
- How to Unlock iOS 4 with Ultrasn0w and Blacksn0w on 05.13.04 Baseband
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September 9th, 2010
58 Comments/Trackbacks on "Geohot has Pwned iPhone 4 for Life!"
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Well… for the iphone's life, not your life.
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lol
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I didn't get any of that, but thanks @geohot
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Bien le bonjour a Geo
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I'm pretty sure that is what he was referring to…
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Geohot is great and all but I'm getting real tired of waiting for him to release his stuff. I think I switch to one of the other exploits.
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What a NERD! Why don't you go hack something….NERD!
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yea, he's slow as hell releasing stuff. Spirit for 3.1.3 rules….way better than blackraln…and they didnt just keep teasing and saying, “o i can do this” and “o i can do that” but never release it. They just did it!
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Freakin genius
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There is no sense in burning an exploit right now. Geohot has always been quick to release, I find his patience comforting.
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geohot is a douche. did he put out the ps3 hack? nope. does he give us access to the pwnd4life hack? nope.
so basically he is like sony or apple keeping all important knowledge to himself.
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Great ;~))
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anyone knw when hell release somethin like blackra1n but for the new ios 4 on the 3gs? i really need to unlock my iphone 3gs its on 3.1.3 bb 5.12 and id ont want to uprgrade to ios4 until i knw its the right cohoice
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HELLO FRIEND. I HAVE IPHONE 3GS 3.1.3/05.12.01 BASEBAND,MY BROTHER DELIVERID ME FROM UK-ITS WAS ORANGE. I MAKE SPIRIT LONG TIME AGO BUT JUST JAILBREAK,AND TRY ALL BUT ITS NOT UNLOCK, I WAIT LIKE EVERYBODY BEFORE TODAI. TODAY I INSTAL ULTRASN0W 0.93 FROM SYDIA,RESTART MY IPHONE AND MY UKRANIAN SIM WORK GOOD
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tired of these coming soon news…………
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You can already unlock 3.1.3 on 5.12 using ultrasn0w via Cydia. Did mine yesterday.
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Pandapowers… All you have to do is get spirit and jailbreak your ihpone 3gs. Then you go into cydia and add the correct repo… (the 666 one listed on this site.) Thats it! Before all this happened yesterday, I was jailbreaking 3.1.3 with redsnow, but I hear spirit is the way to go.
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He's gunna bring it out soon.. :/ You just have to wait.. He's making a program that can be easy to use so we can hack our ps3s and iPhones.
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Why are you even reading this then? lol
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you can unlock it with ultrasn0w via cydia
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ok ok guys limera1in will here in the next 2 days night time and it will unlock 4.0 so go and update
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Exactly – wait for GeoHot's hack, stick with 3.1.3 for another week or two, or buy legit software – you have the choice!
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He is one of the best hackers for Iphone on the planet. It takes allot of coding and testing to insure that the hacks he puts out are perfect. His hacks do not require tethering typically and generally only take minutes to perform. He is one guy against the world. He deserves some time. It is frustrating waiting but when released it will be the easiest quickest hack for IPHONE 4 just like BlackRa!n was. Revolutionary and amazing coming from one guy! As Apple continues to put barriers in their software it will take expert hackers like him to break it. With the approach he is talking about, Software releases will no longer be an issue. The device will be jailbroken for life! Think about it. Update all you want and no matter how much apple releases just load away. Your phone is already jailbroken even with new software. AMAZING!
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I used to have the version 3.1.2 on my 3gs model. My brother made the mistake to upgrade to the new firmware 4.0 from Itunes.
My Iphone model is the MC, just to make sure. There is no solution for 3gs 4.0 MC model, right?
Thanks guys
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he tweeted this yesterday “geohot In Berlin where there are no Apple stores. USA in world cup! No plans for new jailbreak. Stop asking.”
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I'm sure that motivational comments like this are exactly what geohot is looking for to to release his exploits. Ever think that perhaps the entitlement mindset you express is the very reason he never released his ps3 hack? Perhaps you should show a little bit of gratitude and give credit where credit is due….either that or step up to the place and hack it yourself.
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Ok, There's just so many “Unlock, Jailbreak” termanologies on here. Can Some explain something for me. I have a 3gs 3.1.3, 5.12.01 baseband and I recently used “Spirit”. Ok my question is this: By using Spirit the correct term for that is that I just “Jailbroke” my phone? Is that right? If so I want to “Carrier Unlock” my phone. Which tool allows me to do so, Sn0wbreeze or UltraSn0w?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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COMENT FOR Bonum83
U need use ultrasn0w,I have same 3gs 3.1.3 05.12.01 baseband MC. I used “Spirit” and after install ultrasn0w from sydia, its work perfect !! With best wish Pelya
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ultrasn0w on cydia
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use ultrasn0w 0.93, which can be found in cydia(cydia is on ur iphone already since u already JB it). Simply instal ultrasn0w 0.93 and it should work without doubt.
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I just started to get interested in “Jailbreaking?”. I have a brand new 3GS preinstalled iOS 4.0 and Modem Firmware (baseband?) of “05.13.04″. Everything I find seems to only support 3GS's jail-broken prior to upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1.3. What changed with 3.1.3 and does it also apply to iOS 4.0? Also, what is a 3GS “MC” vs “Non-MC”?
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With spirit you can't jailbreak 3GS in 4.0 with the possible pwnage tool jailbreak. Also iTunes 9.2 blocks spirit.
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did you have you shsh saved to cydia?
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Ultrasnow for carrier unlocking
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I was in the same situation as Bonum and Pelya. I have a 3gs with 3.1.3 and 5.12.01 which I jailbroke with “Spirit”. However, yesterday I updated to IOs 4.0 through itunes. After the update all my apps and music stayed on the phone, however Cydia went missing, along with Installous and winterboard. Can I downgrade back to 3.1.3 and jb with spirit and then unlock with Ultrasnow.
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It's not always about legit software. I bought legit software from the cydia store, I can't use this without jailbreak though.
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He makes my bottom twitch
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ok i really need help i have an iphone 3gs that was updated to 4.0, is their any thing i can do to jailbrake and unlock it???
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Now that your Iphone is jailbroken you can now add repo666 as a source in Cydia and install ultrasnow reboot and your iphone should be unlocked
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but how to activate the phone ,to go to sydia and download ultrasn0w . May be I need an activation SIM card .I am with 3gs 5.12.01 stuck …
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Isn't that “Spirit” only works for non-MC phone?
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Geo is the shizdig.
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I have Iphone 3gs upgraded to ios4 non MC model, was jailbroken with spirit before upgrade, old bootrom. Was never able to unlock or downgrade. Help!!! What up with jailbreaking with spirit. What does it do to your phone that prevents jailbreak once upgraded?
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If u have a Mac and u upgraded for some resin u can build a custom firmware for 4.0 put it on yore text top then build one with 3.1.2 when pwnage tool complete say it has not been pwn plug in iPhone it will change boot rom to the old one then restore with 4.0 that is on yore deck top I have a mc 3GS 4.0 jailbreak this does work very good
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i bought the new iphone 4 and i don't know how 2 unlock it
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if your blobs were stored on Sauriks server in cydia, you can run tiny umbrella and restore your phone to 3.1.3. if your hashes werent stored in cydia, you are stuck until Geo releases his new JB.
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Hi im on a 3gs on 3.1.3 jailbroken with spirit and unlocked with snow and i was wondering if i can safely upgrade to ios4 and remain unlocked and jailbroken. thanks
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because it not avaiable yet!!!!!!!!!!
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i think you just violated the DMCA.
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No you can't…
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LOLZ!!! i can downgrade ios 4 up to 3.0 xD !!!!
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Are there any downsides to jailbreaking an iPhone 4? I've been tempted to jailbreak my iphone since iPhone version 1, but I've always been hesitant to do it because I figured it would break it or something. Any thoughts?
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The 3.1.2 Firmware loophole was patched in 3.1.3 and iOS4. An MC model is the newer version of all the iDevices, which also patches up a loophole used by jailbreakers.
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I have 3GS and was on 3.1.3 with the older bootrom. I jail broke with spirit and then upgraded with ios 4.0 using ultrasnow. Been running that for at least 2 weeks, no issues, except I think my battery drains faster, but I can't prove it.
Im not sure if its unlocked since I am on att, I have no way to test.
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im pretty sure nothing is going to happen because its almost the same thing as jb a ipod touch 2g non mc. i have one and i jailbroke it with version 4.0 and it works like a charm and i could turn fully off and nothing happens when i turn itback on it comes on normall
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There are no downsides to jailbreaking, it only makes one of the greatest inventions of all time far better still.
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Is it possible to jailbreak the new iPhone 4 yet? I'm seeing a lot of posts on jailbreaking the new OS on the 3G and 3GS, but I'm nothing seeing anything definitive for the new iPhone itself.
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my bottom twitch too bubba
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