Jailbreak Windows Phone 7: Geohot News

- Perhaps a more Appropriate way to deal with jailbreakers
- I'm going out to buy a Windows 7 phone

His simple blog mentioning (HERE) that he will start his way to jailbreak Windows Phone 7, he may want to make Microsoft mad. I think this kind of jailbreak will be more simple than the one on Apple's iOS devices.

Geohot will add a singificant progress and transformation on the Windows Phone 7 jailbreak scene.
What is the meaning if he doooooo?
Geohot is the first hacker who beats three giants like Apple, Sony and Microsoft.

Stay tuned.

Geohot Vs Sony: “making Sony mad” 3 minutes Video

AOTS (Attack of the Show) today hosts exclusively (live) Geohot to talked about the lawsuit which Sony recently filed against him for jailbreaking the PS3.
He made it very clear that his jailbreak (geohot.com) doesn’t enable piracy. All what he does is to allow anyone to run unsigned homebrew apps for the first time on their systems such as PlayStation 3.
The Important Question and Answer was:

Q: “what exactly the issue is, what are you being sued for here?”. 
A: “making Sony mad”. 

Check out the whole (five-minute) interview in the video embedded below. It’s worth a watch!

Geohot Responds to Sony's Legal Motion

Most of you already knew that the popular iPhone & PlayStation hacker George Hotz has been sued in addition to fail0verflow team by Sony over the latest PS3 jailbreak. Today, more and more legal docs, regarding the case, have surfaced on the net. Geohot has filled some documents as a response to Sony's recent accusations. These documents give us a first look on his defense.

Based on these recent docs, it seems like Sony will have a formidable foe in Geohot and his lawyer. Other unreleased documents, filled by Sony's lawyers cites such websites as PSX-Scene, PS3News, Slashdot, Twitter, and more, as evidence against Geohot.

[Source: PSGroove, Hotz Legal Responses, Sony Legal Docs]

Jailbreak PS3 Running 3.55 Firmware: Step By Step

Two days ago we have showed you a video presenting the jailbreak for PlayStation 3 (PS3), this jailbreak is a shared success between fail0verflow team and Geohot, after that I have been asked a lot about the full step by step guide to jailbreak PS3 using Geohot method.

How To: Jailbreak PS3 on 3.55 only

STEP 1: Plug a USB stick into your computer
STEP 2: Create a folder in the root of the USB stick called PS3
STEP 3: Create a folder inside the PS3 folder called UPDATE
STEP 4: Download http://geohot.com/jailbreak.zip
STEP 5: Unzip Jailbreak.zip to PS3UPDAT.PUP
STEP 6: Move PS3UPDAT.PUP to the directory UPDATE that you just created on the USB stick
STEP 7: Plug the USB stick into your PS3
STEP 8: Navigate to Settings Tab
STEP 9: Choose System Update
STEP 10: Choose Update via Storage Media
STEP 11: It will say it found Version 3.55-jb
STEP 12: Choose OK
STEP 13: Accept Conditions and Install Update
STEP 14: After less than a minute, your PS3 will update, beep 4 times then shut down.
STEP 15: Power up your PS3 (You will have to do it on the console and not by the controller)
STEP 16: Your PS3 is now jailbroken!

How To: Install Packages

STEP 1: Plug your USB stick into your computer
STEP 2: Drop http://geohot.com/test.pkg into the root of the USB stick
STEP 3: Plug your USB stick into your PS3
STEP 4: Navigate to the Game Tab
STEP 5: Choose Install Package Files
STEP 6: Select the test.pkg
STEP 7: After it installs you will find the test package from geohot installed below the Install Package Files folder
STEP 8: Wait for more packages to be created by the PS3 community

Note: With the above geohot's PS3 jailbreak guide, you won't be able to play backup games or pirated games or whatever you choose to call them. You can install packages with the provided installer. More packages will be coming from the PS3 jailbreak community in the coming weeks and months. [via StealthBravo]

Geohot Releases PS3 Root Keys ! PS 3 is Now Pwned for Life !

Couple of days back, we informed you about a small group of German hackers calledfail0verflow who found an exploit dubbed as the PlayStation 3’s “private key”, which is used by Sony itself to restrict the access to unsigned code and block pirated software.

props to fail0verflow for the asymmetric half
no donate link, just use this info wisely
i do not condone piracy

if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3.
it’d be fun to be on the other side.
…and this is a real self, hello world

shouts to the guys who did PSL1GHT
without you, I couldn’t release this

Now, this prodigy hacker Geohot has released PS 3 Root Keys publicly on his own site beside thanking the fail0verflow team. He also encouraged them to contact him if they want their “next console to be secure”. From now on, developers can make their own applications, custom firmwares or even pirated ISOs without facing any kind of problems. Well, well, well. What's next geo? [PSX-Scene]

GeoHot has Another Untethered Exploit for Future Jailbreak of 5th Generation Devices

You may be wondering why did GeoHot used comex's exploit to make his popular tool Limera1n untethered. Well, comex, has answered this question! The real answer is that GeoHot used comex's exploit not because he don't have untethered exploit but because he don't want to waste another bootrom exploit. That indicates that this exploit will be used to make SHAtter untethered exploit.

comex: @esemede he would have implemented his own untether, but that would be wasting an exploit

MuscleNerd: (translating that retweet of @comex: geohot has an iboot-level untethered exploit but held it back to conserve exploits)

So with Geohot's bootrom exploit, SHAtter exploit and comex's hacks, we can see that future jailbreak for iPhone 5 and iPad 2 will be easy and safe. Also, stay tuned for new PwangeTool version to hit the shelves soon.

GeoHot's Bootrom Exploit Ported into PwnageTool; Coming on Sunday

You already know that PwnageTool will be released this weekend to jailbreak Apple TV and iPhone 3GS old bootrom while preserving basebands. The big one today is that new GeoHot's bootrom exploit ported successfully into PwnageTool and will be released this Sunday.

iPhone Dev Team member wizdaz has announced the port on his Twitter account few hours ago:

ported new geohot's bootrom exploit into PwnageTool

So, PwnageTool now may work on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS (both old and new bootroms) and iPhone 3G. You will be able to create custom firmware using the new version of PwnageTool and be able to unlock your iPhone carrier using Ultrasn0w via Cydia. We will keep you updated, stay tuned!

LimeSn0w to Unlock iOS 4.1 On its Way By Geohot?

It may be real! Geohot may surprise us (again!) with a new unlock solution for iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G using Limesn0w. The video below shows iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.1 on baseband 05.15.01 unlocked using Limesn0w solution via Limera1n jailbreak which was released two days ago. It would be a real surprise.

Of course there's a lot of users have updated to iOS 4.1 and now their devices on baseband 05.15.01 or 02.10.04 which is not unlockable at the moment. So Geohot may really surprise us Limesn0w.

The domain http://limesn0w.com is registered by Geohot, the same info as http://limera1n.com but the site indicates that "This will never be real.", you know, surprises! Geohot didn't say any word about that, we'll keep you updated at any update happens.

[Thanks John & everyone else for the tip]

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GreenPois0n Delayed, SHAtter is Safe Now

I just came from my school to continue posting about yesterday's big surprise. Yes, Geohot made it and his tool "Limera1n" now works with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, and the iPad, it was a real surprise especially that Greenpois0n was scheduled to be released today.

Greenpois0n is now delayed because Chornic Dev Team & iPhone Dev Team have got a mind and can think (not as Geohot). They will try to do implementation of the limera1n exploit in greenpois0n and other tools as PwnageTool to preserve your baseband for Ultrasn0w unlockers.

Chronic Dev Team member p0sixninja posted on his Twitter account:

we have 3 options, A) Not release greenpois0n, B) Burn a second bootrom expoit, or C) Break our ETA and implement geo's exploit

we'll probably go with option C, but i'm too pissed off to work on this tonight. i'm going to go get wasted

iPhone Dev Team posted a new blog post this morning confirming that:

The release of limera1n has (hopefully!) averted the burning of 2 bootrom holes at once (both his and SHAtter). Releasing SHAtter now would be a complete waste of a perfectly good bootrom hole in light of limera1n, and so it can be held until Apple closes limera1n’s hole. While there’s no guarantee that Apple won’t also close SHAtter by then, it provides a ray of hope for devices after Apple’s bootrom respin. Meanwhile, look for an alternate implementation of the limera1n exploit in greenpois0n (and possibly other tools), where it should undergo more testing too.

Yes, they will not use SHAtter in GreenPois0n nor in other tools. I'm really happy that SHAtter is safe now and won't be used until Apple patch Limera1n's loophole. After that, another tool will be released based on SHAtter to jailbreak 4th generation & may be 5th generations devices. Apple WILL NOT catch this one.

Of course Limera1n is still in betas so it's recommended not to use the betas and wait for stable Limera1n release or GreenPois0n. Limera1n has now 4 betas in one night and he is still working on fixing out these issues. We will keep you informed.

UPDATE 1: Chornic Dev Team posts a new blog post confirming that they are not releasing the tool. As I told you, they are still working on implementation of limera1n's exploit to greenpois0n, here's the full post:

Thanks to the irresponsible antics of geohot, we will have to delay the release of greenpois0n (new ETA = as soon as possible), so that we have time to clean up his little mess and integrate the exploit he uses in limera1n into greenpois0n. This way, we can save SHAtter for future devices that may still be vulnerable to it.

We know that this is not what some people want to hear, but due to geohot needing to feed his ego (as usual) and revealing his limera1n exploit, we do not have any other responsible options.

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Jailbreak iPad iOS 3.2.2 with Limera1n [How to Guide]

Few hours ago, Geohot has just released his limera1n to jailbreak iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G running iOS 4.0 and 4.1, now I will show you how to jailbreak your iPad on iOS 3.2.2 using the newly Limera1n jailbreak.

STEP 1: Download Limera1n jailbreak (Links at the end)

STEP 2: Connect your iPad to your computer via USB.

STEP 3: Double click limera1n.exe file from the desktop, then click "make it ra1n".

STEP 4: Follow the steps as shown in the below screen-shots.

Your iPad will be placed in recovery mode.

Now press "home" + "Power" buttons.

Release the "Power" button

Your iPhone will now be in DFU mode

STEP 5: Now you will see limera1n logo on your iPad

STEP 6: iPad has been jailbroken successfully.

 

STEP 7: Start limeran1n from your iPad to install Cydia.

STEP 8: Restart your iPad, enjoy jailbreak with Lime flavor.

Download Limera1n for Windows.
Download iOS 3.2.2 for iPad.

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Limera1n Released to Jailbreak iOS 4.1 on All iOS Devices

Here we go! George Hotz (aka Geohot) has just released his all-in-one untethered jailbreak tool for both Windows and Mac OS X, Limera1n is a simple one click app similar to Geohot's tool blackra1n, which can jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS on iOS 4.1, iPod touch 4G, 3G on iOS 4.1 and iPad on iOS 3.2.2.

limera1n, 6 months in the making
iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G
4.0-4.1 and beyond+++
limera1n is unpatchable
untethered thanks to jailbreakme star comex
released today to get chronicdev to do the right thing
brought to you by geohot
Mac and Linux coming soon
follow the instructions in the box, sadly limera1n isn't one click
that's the price of unpatchability
as usual, donations appreciated but not required
still in beta, pardon my ragged edges
zero pictures of my face

UPDATE 1: Here's all known bugs right now and being fixed:

some people must reboot to see Cydia
some people still don't have windows
beta iOS versions aren't supported
iPod Touch 2G support coming soon
for 3G, use redsn0w
limera1n app is a white box, i know. use it anyway

UPDATE 2: Here is the change log of the three beta versions:

BETA1 - first release
BETA2 - fixed kernel patching magic, rerun BETA2+ over BETA1
BETA3 - fixed new bootrom 3GS
BETA4 - uninstall fixed, respring fixedish
RC1 - out of beta! afc2, reliability improvements, no reboot for cydia, 2kb smaller

UPDATE 3: How to use Limera1n to jailbreak:

• iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.1 
• iPod touch 4G and iPod touch 3G running iOS 4.1
• iPad running iOS 3.2.2

Download Limera1n jailbreak for Windows & Mac

Geohot is Coming Back to Jailbreak Scence With Limera1n to Jailbreak All iOS 4.1 Devices Forever

Yes, that's true! Geohot will make a full return back with new bootrom exploit and tool to pwn all current iOS devices on iOS 4.1 for life. Geohot has been out for months since his last blog post but his return will surely please everyone specially the 3rd-generation iPhone and iPod touch users. The jailbreak will supposedly called LimeRa1n and would be released on 10/11/10, just a day after the GreenPois0n scheduled release date.

The news has been confirmed by members of iPhone dev team and Chronice Dev Team on Twitter. They have confirmed that George Hotz will back with his new tool Limera1n but they are not happy with it as they want him to save this new exploit for the future next-gen iPad 2 and iPhone 5 devices.

MuscleNerd: As dramatic as geohot's last-minute all-device JB is, still a shame that two bootrom holes will be burned at once.

p0sixninja: yes, the news about geohot is true, the day after we release ETA he decides he wants a piece of the #pie

p0sixninja: and yes it is a different bootrom exploit, he wants us to use it in GP, but there’s no way we’ll make our ETA if we do

chronicdevteam: Note greenpois0n will be released as planned. if someone decides to burn a different perfectly good exploit, that is entirely on them.

chronicdevteam: It is actually him.

chronicdevteam: because his different exploit can be saved for new iphone / ipad / ipod, AND 3G S, you’d just have to wait a little longer

The ETA of Limera1n is exactly one year after one year after blackra1n was released to jailbreak iOS 3.2.1. StealthBravo confirms that too:

The significance of 10/11/10 is that its the one year anniversary of blackra1n’s release. 10/11/10 is the targeted release of limera1n

So, what do you think guys? Should Geohot really saves this new bootrom exploit for iPad 2 and iPhone 5 or should he just go on and release his tool as there's another userland exploit on it's way?

UPDATE 1: Limera1n is untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.1 only, for newer firmware, comex's jailbreak would be untether it. This was announced by chpwn.

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Next Jailbreak May Not be From Comex

Just a quick heads up. Next jailbreak will not come from Comex, Yes, that' true! Come has just replied to someone telling him that he will donate to him whenever the next jailbreak is released. Comex said that the next jailbreak may not come from him. Full details posted below.

Arif Jinnah asked the following

@comex will definately donate when u come up with next jb,even if it take's weeks to get it done, my 3gs runs on jb while i4 waiting for it

And our big developer Comex answering him

@ariif next jb might not come from me :D

To be clear, Comex is not leaving, he just said that he may not jailbreak iOS 4.1 Although MuscleNerd confirmed that the next jailbreak will be userland jailbreak by Comex. Also we told you that there's two exploits (holes) in the wild, both by p0sixninja, one of them George Hotz used to jailbreak iPhone 4. The other is a bootrom exploit which acts on the hardware of the device itself not the iOS.

We don't know who will release the next jailbreak. As we know Geohot left the jailbreak scene two months ago, then his friend Mike Cohenn allowed the possibility of Geohot return by "Ra1n". Also, may be p0sixninja will be the next developer to jailbreak iOS 4.1 which will be released tomorrow. We will announce you by any update or anything happens, Stay tuned!

Update 1:Pod2g's Exploit Successfully Works on iOS 4.1 check details here.


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@GeorgeHotz is not the Real GeoHot

We all (even me) thought that the new account on twitter @georgehotz is the real Geohot and we posted that he apologized to all people for his bad behavior. At first he started privately and once all knew that he apologized, he went public and got a lot of followers, Actually I was surprised when I saw this tweet from @gerogehotz

Someone mentioned @georgehotz hoping that he is the real Geohot, But he answered him,

Its not real its just for fun!

So, Now decide, Follow him for some fun but he is not real! he is a parody account!
Now let's wait for the real jailbreak from Comex.

Geohot Apologizing

Geohot the has just sent a tweet from few seconds, he apologized about his behavior and suddenly disappearance, as we know George Hotz is a big name in the jailbreak world he is the creator of the blakra1n and blacksn0w tools. See what he said after the break.

I understand most of you say you depend on my work, but reality is I made a lot of great tools and resources for others to continue. I apologize for my behavior the last few months but you must understand my life doea not revolve around just iphone. This was something I picked up for fun and now it has turned to much more than that. we have many great people on the scene now, please check them out. i don't plan on releasing anything soon. Thank you.

I think it is not logic to see one don't like fame, money, appreciation and respect from people, cause the jailbreakers look like Hollywood Stars in the internet community, I think that Geohot may continue but via his friend Mike Cohen.

Update 1: @GeorgeHotz is not the Real Geohot, more details posted here.

Geohot May Come Back with "Ra1n"?

Well, a week ago we told you that George Hotz (Known by Geohot) left the Jailbreak scene by saying Good Bye and He will not make any jailbreak again, But before he left, he told us to follow his friend Mike Cohenn, Today, Mike Cohenn posted on his twitter account that it's the time to Make "Ra1n"!!

It's a surprise for both of us, but we have two facts we may put in our mind, The first that Mike Cohenn himself will release a jailbreak named xxxxRa1n and he will take the same exploit Geohot got to jailbreak iPhone 4. The Other fact that Geohot is really back and is working on a Jailbreak!
So Stay Tuned and I will inform you by any News about this Human!

Also Comex is about to update his popular tool "Spirit", It's (un)tethered Jailbreak for all devices, iPhone 4 / 3GS New and Old Bootroms / 3G and iPod Touch 3G / 2G. More Details posted here.

Geohot Will not Release Jailbreak for iPhone 4!

Two days ago, I posted about Geohot and Jailbreaking iPhone 4, Geohot was able to jailbreak his iPhone 4 at the same day he got it. But Today George Hotz has updated his post with a paragraph that you won't like, He announced that he will not Release Jailbreak for iPhone 4, He withdraws from Jailbreak and Unlock Scene for first time.

Here's the updated part:

Sorry, this post was probably a bad idea. Next time I won't say anything. I miss when this blog was actually about technical things(I've been reacting too much to the feedback, which led it to the place it's in now). I didn't fully realize most of the current scene don't care unless they are getting something. Now I do. It's late tonight, I'll think about what to do about this in the morning.

The real reason behind no release isn't technical. It's just that it will never stop, after blackra1n, people demand unlock, after blacksn0w, people demand untethered. I miss the days when jailbreaking and unlocking were difficult, it attracted a much higher caliber crowd.

Also, to the haters, the picture is quite obviously fake :D

Guys, Just don't piss him off, He don't want to release this jailbreak for the reasons mentioned above, But I don't believe this steps. I think there are some hidden reasons that we will not Know.
Hey, But We have our genius Comex will release his untethered jailbreak tool for iPhone 4 and all Devices working on iOS 4, As soon as Apple pushes iOS 4.0.1 / 4.1. 

iPhone 4 has been Jailbroken by Geohot

Yes, guys after a lot of months, waiting from Geohot to do something, he has done with the Apple's iPhone 4 Jailbreak. Yes, iPhone 4 has been Jailbroken by Geohot, he has finally published a new blog post talking about limera1n, Pwned4Life and more.. he has managed to Jailbreak iPhone 4 in the same day he Delivered it (he is really fast)

Got one of these in the mail today and figured I'd give it a shot.

As far as a release goes, it probably won't happen from me. limera1n is little more than a raindrop on a website; it was never mentioned by me previous to this post. pwned4life is a complete invention of some blogger in a basement somewhere. When I said pwned for life, I was referring to the original iPhone, 3G, and Touch; which of course are, by the aptly named PwnageTool.

Again, please don't ask for release dates. Every person that does makes me want to release a little bit less.

As you see in the post, there's no Release time, and no one ask him. But Also Comex managed to Jailbreak iPhone 4 and he will release his tool after Apple pushes the new firmware update (iOS 4.0.1) which would fix Reception issue in the iPhone 4.
To get it the first, Just follow me on Twitter or on Facebook and I promise that you will get this Jailbreak whatever from Comex or Geohot whenever it's released.

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Update 1: No More Jailbreaks from Geohot, You can consider this image above a fake as he said (just for haters), More details posted here.

Blacksn0w has been Ported to iPhone 3GS on OS 4 [Video]

Yes, the popular unlock tool Blacksn0w for iPhone 3GS, 05.11.07 baseband on iPhone 3.1.3/3.1.2 has been successfully ported to work with the latest iPhone OS 4 Beta 4. This port has been done by Vincent using the unlock tool from Geohot and he unlock an iPhone to work on Vodafone.

It needs a professional user to unlock his device, So if you are not you probably want to wait till the iPhone Dev Team Releases the Unlock for for iPhone 3.1.3, 05.12.01 baseband that will be soon this month after Apple announces the next iPhone.

You can follow the guide in the video to Unlock your iPhone using Blacksn0w on OS 4 beta 4:



In mean time if you want to jailbreak your Device you can use the Step-By-Step guide to Jailbreak any iPhone, iPad, iPod using Spirit, More details Here.