Today seems the be the custom-firmware-jailbreak-tools release day. Earlier, PwnageTool 4.2 was released for Mac which jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 untethered on all devices. Now, sn0wbreeze 2.2 is available which does the same i.e. create custom jailbroken firmware for iOS 4.2.1. This custom firmware, once created, can just be restored using iTunes to your iOS device and voila! you have a jailbroken iOS 4.2.1 device.
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greenpois0n RC5 Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 coming to Windows in a few days
greenpois0n RC5 ( and RC5_2 ) was released yesterday to Mac OS X users. It is an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1, which means that you don’t have to re-jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch every time you restart it. A lot of users have been complaining to us as to why it’s available for OS X users only – well we don’t have an answer for that but what we know is that the Windows version is in the works and should be released in a couple of days.
greenpois0n RC5_2 Release Fixes Stuck At Greenpois0n Initialized Screen
Chronic Dev Team member has tweeted the release of an updated fixed version of greenpois0n RC5, untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, 4G and iPad, versioned RC5_2. This version fixes the stuck at greenpois0n initialized screen issue.
Untethered Jailbreak for Verizon iPhone 4 iOS 4.2.6 with greenpois0n Might Be Possible
greenpois0n has answered many prayers of jailbreakers today by providing an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G and iPad. Along with this, there’s a surprise element in the Read Me file for greenpois0n RC5 which shows Verizon iPhone 4 in the list of supported devices but untested since obviously, the device hasn’t been released yet. What seemed like might be a long time to jailbreak the CDMA Verizon iPhone 4, seems like an early possibility now.
Buy iPhone 3GS For $50 Only At AT&T!
Wow! This sounds real sweet for someone looking for a late New Year present. AT&T has just announced a massive price drop on iPhone 3GS handsets to a mere $50, starting from tomorrow. It seems that the move is aimed at competing with certain smartphones such as Nokia communicator, Motorola RAZR, some older Blackberrys and a handful of cheaper Android cellphones. This definitely will turn out to be a big challenge for all the major brands in the smartphone market.
Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3GS with iOS 4.0.2 using Custom Firmware and Ultrasn0w 1.1-1
With the release of iOS 4.0.2, Apple plugged the PDF security flaw that allowed JailbreakMe to do its work and access the device as a root. While it’s not recommended that you upgrade to iOS 4.0.2 if you want to preserve your jailbreak, but if you have, you cam jailbreak iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G (non-MC models) with the latest version of redsn0w by using iOS 4 as the firmware. For other iDevice owners, you’re out of luck so far. Luckily, for iPhone 3GS owners with old bootrom, Kaatej has created a custom PwnageTool bundle. 
“Explicit” category for App Store to be created?
Apple banned more than 5,000 apps this week because they were containing adult material, now it seems that Apple is going to make an “Explicit” category for those adult apps.
Two new iPhone ads emerge on Apple.com
Apple has been successful with it’s advertising campaigns; the proof? The iPhone’s gaining market share fast and quick. Apple has, without a doubt, the largest number of applications in the App Store. Separated in different categories, it attracts people of all age group. This big inventory of applications gives Apple higher market share then platforms like Android, Symbian, Windows Phone and Palm.
Unlock for baseband 05.12.01 for iPhone 3.1.3 might be coming soon!
For you unlucky people who updated their unlocked phones to firmware 3.1.3, have hope! George Hotz has confirmed that he has a working exploit which can be used to unlock the latest 05.12.01 baseband which was upgraded if you updated to newest firmware. No ETA was given was given regarding the release in his tweet, but it could be soon.
How to unlock iPhone 3G and 3GS with OS 3.1.3 using ultrasn0w
If you’ve already jailbroken your iPhone using sn0wbreeze and haven’t unlocked it to work with your carrier yet, you can use ultrans0w to unlock it easily. This is possible because sn0wbreeze preserves the older baseband while jailbreaking the iPhone. Here’s a simple guide on how to unlock your iPhone 3G or 3GS with OS 3.1.3 using ultrasn0w:
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