Upgrading in iTunes on a jailbroken device has become rather complicated in order to avoid problems. I have made a step-by-step guide to help in this process to help you understand the proper way to upgrade. For the purpose of this guide, I will use as an example upgrading from 2.0.2 to 2.1. However, the [...]
All you 2.1 users waiting for quickpwn for windows, it’s finally out. I strongly recommend updating to 2.1 it is so much better than any other 2.0 firmware. Remember to please read my steps about backing up and restoring first, use restore not upgrade, and then follow the steps below.
Download it here or here or [...]
Recently, a fake site has popped up trying to trick you all to think that it is sponsored by the folks that wrote quickpwn. The site is www.quickpwn.com. This site is fake, do not use it. The information on it is just stolen from sites (like this one). Worse yet, the information may be [...]
So you have jailbroken your 2.1 and it worked well. You went and restored your backup and all the sudden it won’t boot. Just apple logo! So, grumbling in anger, you start all over and go to restore your backup, and same thing. Now you have to type in all your contacts from scratch, right? [...]
If you are on OSX then you’re lucky. Both pwnage and quickpwn are now available for you for OS 2.1. The guides are still the same so feel free to get started immediately on the updates. I have been very pleased with the performance of 2.1 OS. As a reminder, the guides are here: pwnage [...]
While I posted a series of steps on how to jailbreak 2.1, I recommend strongly that you all hold off. There are many issues that dev team is working through. A jailbreak isn’t quite enough.
Many apps are not yet stable. Categories will not work because we cannot launch one app from another at this time. [...]
This is not the easiest guide, but it is for expert users and early adopters that have a 3g and Windows. The guide is courtesy of Geeb. This guide is for contract carrier subscribers only. If you are unlocking your 2g, wait for another method.
Update: I wrote a quick app and added it to Cydia [...]
Apple announced today that v2.1 firmware will be delivered this Friday. It is supposed to: - It fixes lots of bugs
- Fewer dropped calls (I never had any of these anyway but it means a baseband update)
- Big battery life improvements (We’ve all heard this before)
- No crashes with Apps - hopefully the whole app [...]
Introduction:
So you have your 2.0 iPhone and you can install thousands of apps from AppStore. What’s all this commotion about jailbreaking? Why would you need to jailbreak? What does it offer? In this post, I will cite some of the most compelling reasons to jailbreak your iPhone. I will continually update this post as [...]
Supported iPhone FW for this Guide: 2.0-2.1
If you have OSX and have been waiting for quickpwn, wait no more. It’s here and it is very easy! Here is your quickpwn OSX download link via bittorrent. Unlockers remember, quickpwn does not activate! It currently quickpwns only firmware 2.0.2 to date. Here is a guide for the [...]