The new blacksn0w unlock for iPhone 3.1.2 firmware can enable official tethering option on iPhone 3G and 3GS. For those of you who don't know, Internet Tethering is a process which enables you to use your iPhone as a wireless modem to share its Internet connection with a computer via USB cable or Bluetooth interface. We have already posted a complete step by step guide on how to enable Internet Tethering option on your iPhone 3G/3GS which has been jailbroken with PwnageTool 3.1.4, and unlocked with ultrasn0w running iPhone 3.1.2 firmware. The following step by step guide is for those of you who have recently jailbroken and unlocked your iPhone using blackra1n RC3 with blacksn0w.
The following guide will help you jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G (aka EDGE) on 3.1.2 firmware with 05.11.07 baseband. We will use blackra1n RC3 to jailbreak iPhone 2G on 3.1.2 firmware and then later unlock it for any carrier using BootNeuter. blacksn0w unlock is for iPhone 3G and 3GS only and so we will have to use BootNeuter which can unlock iPhone 2G on 3.1.2 firmware with 05.11.07 baseband. Step by step guide on how to jailbreak and unlock is as follows.
A Dutch hacker recently threatened all jailbroken iPhone users with a proof of concept showing that their phones stand vulnerable to high risk and are absolutely unsafe after being jailbroken. He made use of port scanning method to find jailbroken iPhones in his country Netherlands running with SSH. He then sent unaware and totally off guard users a SMS message which read: "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your iPhone right now! Right now, I can access all your files.". The screen is question can be seen in the screenshot below.
blacksn0w along with blackra1n RC3 were released earlier today which can jailbreak all iPhone’s & iPod touches, and can unlock iPhone 3G/3GS running on 3.1.2 firmware with 05.11.07 baseband. You can follow the following step-by-step tutorial/guide to unlock your iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS with the latest iPhone 3.1.2 firmware using blacksn0w from Cydia. This unlocking guide applies to iPhone 3G and 3GS users who were already jailbroken on 3.1.2 firmware using PwnageTool 3.1.4 instead of blackra1n. Those of you with iPhone 2G should follow the guide posted here or here for unlocking and jailbreaking 3.1.2 firmware.
blackra1n RC3 is by far the fastest and the most complete jailbreaking and unlocking tool for iPhone running on the latest iPhone 3.1.2 firmware. The latest RC3 version includes blacksn0w which can unlock iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS running 05.11.07 baseband. When iPhone 3.1.x firmware was released, Apple patched the exploit that allowed iPhone users to unlock iPhone’s. As a result, many users who upgraded to the latest firmware were left locked out with 05.11.07 baseband until geohot came to the rescue. Follow the simple step-by-step guide below to jailbreak all iPhone’s (2G/3G/3GS) and iPod touches (1G/2G/3G) on firmware 3.1.2.
The popular iPhone hacker George Hotz (@geohot) has released a teaser image, hence giving us a first sneak peak at how the upcoming blackra1n RC3 with blacksn0w is going to look like, come November 4th. For those of you who don't know, blackra1n is a jailbreaking tool which can unlock all iPhone’s (2G, 3G and 3GS) and iPod touches (2G, 3G) running the latest iPhone firmware 3.1.2. The latest RC3 version of blackra1n will include blacksn0w, which will enable you to unlock your iPhone 3G/3GS running the stock 3.1.2 firmware from iTunes with 05.11.07 baseband (modem firmware). blacksn0w is going to be the first ever unlock for unlocking 05.11.07 baseband which comes pre-installed with the stock iPhone 3.1.x firmware.
George Hotz (geohot) is a true genius isn't he? He has finally managed to successfully unlock iPhone firmware 3.1.2 on 05.11.07 baseband (modem firmware) using his tool dubbed as blacksn0w. blacksn0w will be an integral part of the upcoming version of blackra1n which will be released on 4th November 2009 and it will work on both the iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS with 05.11.07 baseband.
Good news for those of you who accidently upgraded to iPhone 3.1.x firmware from iTunes! George Hotz (aka geohot) has confirmed in his blog post today that he is working on a tool dubbed blacksn0w, which will ultimately unlock 05.11.07 baseband (modem firmware) on iPhone 3G/3GS running iPhone 3.1.x firmware.
Motorola yesterday unveiled their much hyped Droid phone which will be the first phone to be powered by Android 2.0 platform and is set to release on November 6th on Verizon Wireless. The timing of Droid phone release is interesting as it collides with the first multitouch-capable Windows phone (HD2) by HTC which is also set to release next month and will be powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 with HTC Sense running on top it. The following comparison may help you decide which phone to get between these two, come this fall.
Battery Percentage meter option is officially available on iPhone 3GS only running firmware 3.0 and above; however, there is a small tweak available in Cydia which can enable this functionality natively on the original iPhone and iPhone 3G running firmware 3.0 and above. You will need to have a jailbroken iPhone for this to work.
