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Let’s Rock!

Steffwiz — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:11:43 +0000

So Apple’s “It’s only Rock and Roll, but we like it.” event is over, and one of the great things Steve Jobs introduced was iPhoneOS 3.1. Not only does it bring bug fixes, it also brings many great new features. If you can’t upgrade yet because your waiting for the jailbreak or for some other reason, here is the features the new software update from Apple offers.

Genius for your applications
Ringtones for the iTunes Store ($1.29 each)
Organize Apps from iTunes

In addition to iPhoneOS 3.1, Apple also introduced iTunes 9, the next major release in the iTunes series. It offers a redesigned interface to make it even easier to navigate as well as these new features.

Genius Mixes
Improved Syncing
Home Sharing
Redesigned iTunes Store
iTunes LP
Gift Music
Wish Lists
Sharing to Facebook and Twitter
iTunes Extras

In the iPod line, Apple revealed a couple new devices, including the iPod Touch 3G, and the new iPod Nano.

iPod Touch

8GB – $199
32GB – $299
64GB – $399
Up to 50% Faster
OpenGL|ES Version 2.0

iPod Classic

Same Price, now 160GB

iPod Shuffle

Larger range of headphones
New Colors – Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, and Green
2GB – $59
4GB – $79
Special Edition: 4GB – $99

iPod Nano

Built-in Camera
Built-in Microphone
Built-in Speaker
Voiceover
Genius Mixes
FM Radio
Voice Recording
Pedometer
Nike+
2.2in Display
Awesome new colors
8GB – $149
16GB – $179

Well, that’s it. If you would like to watch the keynote yourself, head over to Apple’s Website.

Ultra-Redsn0w?

Steffwiz — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:45:24 +0000

The iPhone Dev Team has yet again beaten Apple and cracked firmware 3.0. The jailbreak used to unlock the current devices happens to be Redsn0w, the old iPod 2G jailbreak. Redsn0w can now be used to jailbreak firmware 3.0 on all devices other then the recently released iPhone 3GS.

Ultrasn0w, is, however, the new Yellowsn0w. It will be able to unlock your iPhone running firmware 3.0 no matter the baseband. The Dev Team said Ultrasn0w will also unlock the iPhone 3GS, once a jailbreak is found for it.

You can download Redsn0w for Windows, here, and for Mac, here. Ultrasn0w has not been released yet, but the Dev Team said it should not be long.

iPhoneOS 3.0!

Steffwiz — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:10:56 +0000

~~On March 17th, Apple is going to have a keynote showing “a sneak peek at the iPhoneOS 3.0 software”, their brand new firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch!~~

Yesterday, Scott Forstall introduced iPhoneOS 3.0 at the Keynote in Cupertino, California. You can watch the keynote here.

New Features:

In-App Purchases
Peer to Peer Connectivity
Push Notification
Cut, Copy, Paste & Undo
Landscape Keyboard for All Applications
Forwarding & Deleting Texts
Multimedia Messaging Service
Voice Memos
Calender Subscriptions & CalDAV Support
Landscape Stocks & News
New Homescreen Called “Spotlight”
Search in Key Applications
Notes Syncing
Shake to Shuffle
Wi-Fi Autologin
Sterio Bluetooth
Safari Auto-Fill & Anti-Phising
Parental Controls
Improved Language Support
YouTube Login & Subscriptions

According to Scott Forstall, these are only a few of the over 100 new features they packed into iPhoneOS 3.0. The update will be shipping this summer and will be free for the iPhone and iPhone 3G, however it will cost $9.95 for the iPod Touch and iPod Touch 2G.

The Software Developers Kit or, SDK, is now available for download via Apple’s Developer area, the 3.0 beta is also available. Keep in mind that you will need a Apple Developer account to login and download these files.

Off the leash!

Steffwiz — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:57:29 +0000

The Dev Team has released a patch that converts the tethered jailbreak into an untethered one! You can find the patch here.

The patch needs to be applied directly to the LLB without decrypting it first, using “bspatch” or equivalent. The resulting IMG3 should have this SHA1:

SHA1(LLB.n72ap.RELEASE.img3) = 82734c7cdf945ba5421b83962aab3ab91e4fb23a

This is all we have until the Dev Team releases new updates to PwnageTool and QuickPwn. If you would like to read up on the exploit go here. You can find a tutorial on how to jailbreak your iPod by searching Google, there are even many GUI’s out now that promise easy jailbreaking, although I haven’t tested any.

Forums

Steffwiz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:20:58 +0000

The forums at Steffwiz.com are now completely setup and active. Find them here.

When you make an account you are agreeing to the terms and rules. Any violation of these rules will be treated with the proper action. We have already banned over 300 accounts for spamming.

Please help us start up the forum by posting, if you have a suggestion or question be sure to place it in the “Suggestion” area. And most importantly, have fun!

Huge thanks to flammable_sheep for helping me set it up!

iBlank

Steffwiz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:57:42 +0000

A new app recently surfaced that allows you to create and delete blanks very easily, therefore we will no long be supporting blanks on our repository.

iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak

Steffwiz — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:37:52 +0000

The Dev Team has confirmed that redsn0w is in fact the iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak. They said, “Right now the jailbreak process is far too manual to be useful to most people”, and didn’t provide any way for advanced users to get a hold of it.

Update: MuscleNerd broadcasted a live demo of redsn0w jailbreaking the iPod Touch 2G (like what they did for yellowsn0w), via Qik. See the video here.

Here is a screenshot of the iPod Touch 2G successfully jailbroken:

When we announced yellowsn0w, we made the mistake of giving an ETA for its release…and that really clobbered the last day of 2008 for us. So we won’t be issuing a formal ETA for the ipt2G jailbreak. But we are putting a lot of energy into it.

Redsn0w

Steffwiz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:45:11 +0000

The iPhone Dev Team has posted some clues to something new codenamed “redsn0w”:

Well it isn’t a British Thermonuclear Device.

It isn’t an episode from “The Twilight Zone”

And it certainly isn’t iPhone 3G related (right now)

There is one other device…

It fits in your pocket..

What can it be

The circle in the middle of the image is a section of the iPod Touch 2G Processor. On the far right hand side of the image, the small picture of a girl with a clown is taken from the BBC’s test-card, and could either mean wait for a release or that redsn0w is currently in testing. And apparently that code at the top of the image is, as MuscleNerd says, “an ‘escrow’ hash of the decrypted iBoot for the iPod Touch 2G (length=0×29000). Not otherwise obtainable except via an exploit (afaict).”

So now all we have to do is wait.