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iPhone OS 4 beta 4 jailbreak arrives

Sina Hamedian — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:23:55 +0000

The iPhone Dev-Team has released a jailbreak of iPhone OS 4 beta 4 (redsn0w 0.9.5b4) intended solely for developers of jail broken applications. Since this release is only meant for developers, this version of redsn0w only works with Mac OS X and iPhone 3G devices that are registered with Apple’s developer program.

If you meet those requirements, and you’re willing to risk bricking your iPhone, follow how to jailbreak iPhone OS 4 beta 4 after the break.

Steps 1 and 2 are only if you are not using a beta build of iPhone OS 4. Skip them if you have iPhone OS 4 installed on your device already.

Step 1: Activate your UDID with a Apple developer account to install iPhone OS betas. You will be stuck at the Connect to iTunes screen forever if you ignored this step.

Step 2: Install iPhone OS beta 4 (Beta 1 will still work, but isn’t advisable) by Option + left clicking on ‘Restore’ and selecting the beta firmware once prompted.

Step 3: After you’ve finished installing and syncing your iPhone again, open redsn0w (download can be found at the source link below) and click browse on the first screen. Navigate and select your beta firmware that you used to restore your phone. From this point on, it should be very similar to how you jailbreak on iPhone OS 3 using DFU. Follow this guide for more instructions.

Step 4: You should be done! Cydia should be there, but with a white icon and no repositories added. Add the following repository to use the standard sources and get the normal icon back: http://apt.saurik.com/cydia-3.7

Source: iPhone Dev-Team

Yes, the original iPhone can run Android

Sina Hamedian — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:13:44 +0000

Original iPhone adopters may have felt left out when Apple confirmed that there will be no more support for their model, including no iPhone OS 4, but those very same users can rejoice knowing that Android in all its goodness has come to the original iPhone. Using OpeniBoot, it allows users choose to load between the standard iPhone OS or Android. It’s not perfect, but kinks will soon get flattened out and there’s also hope that it will soon be implemented in the iPhone 3G and 3GS.

Source: Linux on the iPhone

Download iPhone OS 4 beta 2 (build 8a248c)

Sina Hamedian — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:31:17 +0000

So you’re every bit as excited as us for iPhone OS 4, and now with beta 2 out, things are looking are bright. Except there’s one problem: you’re not an iPhone developer paying $100 a year. No problem. From now until iPhone OS 4′s final build, we’ll search the internet and bring you the download links for all the upcoming betas all on the day it’s posted – with one caveat. The caveat is that you have to provide yourself with the UDID activation and willingness to do it.

We are not responsible for your (possible) bricked device, nor are we for other harm that may be caused by installing beta software. But if you’re feeling devilish, keep on reading after the break for the download links for iPhone OS 4 beta 2!

Download the file by clicking its hyperlink. All files are torrents from isohunt.com, alternative download locations will be posted shortly if these fail you.

iPhone 3GS: iPhone2,1_4.0_8a248c_Restore.ipsw
iPhone 3G: iPhone1,2_4.0_8a248c_Restore.ipsw

iPod touch 3G: iPod3,1_4.0_8a248c_Restore.ipsw
iPod touch 2G: iPod2,1_4.0_8a248c_Restore.ipsw

Apple to sell contract-free iPhones at list price

Sina Hamedian — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:45:06 +0000

Taking a step forward, probably in response to CTIA 2010, Apple has now begun selling contract-free iPhones in the United States at list price. List price means $499 for 8GB, $599 for 16GB and $699 for 32GB. The iPhones would still be tied to AT&T and require their SIM cards, but you don’t need to show proof that you have AT&T as your current wireless provider to get them this way. Original report speculated that the phones would be sold unlocked, and proved to be inaccurate minutes before us posting this. Let down, yes, but now you don’t need to lock yourself into AT&T clutches, since “everyone knowns it takes 2 minutes to unlock them”.

At the time of writing, Apple’s online store still requires a two year contract. Customers can pick up one iPhone a day only. Sorry for your multiple impulse buys.

Source: 9to5Mac