Dev-Team Confirms Untethered iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone 4 For Release on Christmas

Just two weeks ago, Comex, the developer behind JailbreakMe and Spirit jailbreak tools has confirmed the arrival of userland untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 to be released on Christmas.

Today, MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has confirmed the same. In a deleted tweet spotted by RedmondPie claims that a untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 4.2.1 is indeed in works, and that it will be ready for prime-time use somewhere around Christmas.

scotty6kids78: @MuscleNerd are we any closer to the unteathered #jailbreak for the new #ios4.2 on #iphone4 ?

MuscleNerd: @scotty6kids78 it’ll be here by Xmas (not because we’re sitting waiting for Xmas, but because it’s achievable deadline)

We still don't know how reality is this tweet but it seems real. We'll keep you updated as more comes ! [via Redmond Pie]

iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak Confirmed for Christmas

Early this morning, the iPhone Dev Team showed off a quick video demonstration for something called backup plan which doesn't waste exploits but this method requires more time to make it work on all devices on iOS 4.2.1.

iCykey: @comex I want a 4.2.1 untethered jailbreak for christmas :P

comex: @iCykey you'll get it.

Anyway, comex has confirmed that he will release his hacks to untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak for Christmas so that means we'll see iOS 4.2.1untethered jailbreak before the end of 2010, and yes! in less than a month. I recommend to follow us on Twitter or get on Facebook to keep yourself updated with these bunch of good news about iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak.

Untethered iOS 4.2.1 Jailbreak on All Devices Achieved [VIDEO]

As most of you know, comex is currently working on an untethered solution for jailbreaking iOS 4.2.1, but today, the iPhone Dev Team has unveiled one of the many their plans! They got up their sleeves with a backup plan for an untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak for all devices.

As they have mentioned, this is not a new exploit, it’s a ‘backup plan’ as comex is working on a more extensible one, but this method is also generalizable. The method only works if you have already saved SHSH blobs of your iOS device. Anyway, take a look at the video demo below and stay tuned as more updates come!

Jailbreak iOS 4.2 Untethered will be Available But Might be Delayed !

Early today, iOS 4.2 GM was seeded and we showed full how to guide to install it right now and jailbreak it using Redsn0w 0.9.6b2 but in case you followed our guides, you may noticed that Cydia is broken on iOS 4.2 so the jailbreak might be delayed until this problem is fixed, according to iPhone hacker comex. Among this bad news, there's other good news after the break.

However, a 4.2 jailbreak might be delayed because Cydia doesn't work on 4.2 yet. Not sure how close @chpwn is to finishing his fixes.

If you are one of our readers, you may know that all jailbreak tools on the web are based on Limera1n's exploit with the untethered hacks that Apple caught in iOS 4.2 and all jailbreaks became tethered (i.e. you have to jailbreak your device every time your iPhone is rebooted). But comex has announced in a tweet that in case you saved SHSH blobs of iOS 4.1, you will be able to get untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2. So, go ahead right now and follow our guide posted here to save your device's SHSH blobs to be able to get untethered jailbreak on iOS 4.2 next week.

Anyone with blobs for 4.1 or earlier should be able to get an untethered 4.2 jailbreak; this is not done but is being actively worked on.

[Thanks everyone who sent this in]

GreenPois0n Now Supports Untethered Jailbreak for iPod touch 2G

Here we go, this is happy news for iPod touch 2G users. For all iPod touch 2G users who are waiting for untethered jailbreak for their devices. GreenPois0n RC4 hit the shelves to bring full-untethered jailbreak for iPod touch 2G both MC and MB.

Take a look on our full how to guides posted here to jailbreak iPod touch 2G using GreenPois0n for both Mac and Windows. This untethered porting was done thanks to comex hacks and pod2g exploit.

Download GreenPois0n RC4 for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Download Limera1n for Mac OS X to Jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G and iOS 3.2.2 on iPad

Now we can say that Geohot love Mac, he has just released the limera1n jailbreak version for Mac, to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 4G, iPod touch 3G and iOS 3.2.2 on iPad. As you know limera1n is untethered jailbreak, limera1n Windows version has been released last Saturday.

 

If you are Windows user, you can download limera1n jailbreak Windows version from here, and follow our guides to jailbreak your iPhone 4/3GS, iPod touch 4G/3G on iOS 4.1 and iPad on iOS 3.2.2 from here.

We will prepare the guides for our Mac readers very soon, Stay tuned.

Download Limera1n jailbreak for Mac OS X

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Save SHSH Blobs of iOS 4.1 Now, Apple About to Patch Limera1n Untethered Hack [Warning]

Hurry up, backup your SHSH blobs of iOS 4.1 for your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, as Apple has just announced that it already has the fix of the daylight savings bug in its alarm clock application for iPhones that causes recurring alarms to go off an hour early, the fix will be available in the upcoming software update.

Apple: We're aware of this issue and already developed a fix which will be available to customers in an upcoming software update.

It makes sense that Apple will fix Comex's untethered hack. What that mean limera1n will be tethered jailbreak.  Remember JailbreakMe, it has been released 1st August, after 10 days Apple released iOS 4.0.2 and 3.2.2 to fix the JailbreakMe PDF exploit, it was exactly on 11th August. So if we apply the same scenario, we will expect that Apple will roll out its new firmware may be iOS 4.1.1 and 3.2.3 on next Thursday 19th October.

So we highly recommend to save your SHSH blobs of iOS 4.1 for your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, as soon as possible, you can follow our guide posted here. Feel free to discuss any problems in our comments section. [via ZDnet]

UPDATE 1: Dev-team  has just sent new blog post update to remind you to save SHSH hashed for iOS 4.1 before the official release of iOS 4.1.1 from Apple to keep your limera1n jailbreak untethered.

Because the “untethered” part of this jailbreak comes from a userland hack from @comex, you should still backup your SHSH hashes for 4.1. Do this by either letting Cydia keep them (“make my life easier”), or using Tiny Umbrella. This way you can always come back to an untethered, jailbreakable 4.1 on your devices after Apple has closed their 4.1 signing window (they’ll close the 4.1 window once they push out their next firmware version). If you fail to do this and ever need to restore to 4.1 again, you can still jailbreak but it will be a tethered JB (you’ll need to connect to your computer to finish the booting process, each and every time).

And remember: you can backup your 4.1 SHSH hashes without even being at 4.1 or even being jailbroken, by using Tiny Umbrella.

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