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Jailbreak For A5 iOS Devices Released
tlhIngan writes "It certainly took long enough, but the untethered jailbreak for Apple's A5 based iOS devices (iPad 2, iPhone 4s) has been released (official site, struggling due to traffic). It's currently only available for OS X, though ports of it to Windows are forthcoming."
What interests me is the promotion of these jailbreaks as a good thing. It's an exploit, after all. That allows the attacker to completely root your device, often just by visiting a website. It's not only limited to iOS either, this is rampant in Android too. The only current devices with no known exploits are Windows Phone 7 based, which is very telling.
A windows version is already out, google for "absynth 0.2 win".
If I were in your shoes, I'd be waiting. Usually, when a jailbreak comes out, lots of bug happen to be found and fixed in the first week.
What interests me is that you obviously don't own your own phone according to the gospel of Jobs. This is why I moved from Apple. Unless Apple Inc. wishes to give me a free phone, I OWN THE DAMN THING.
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I do not expect that anybody has done this yet, but it might be possible.., right?
Uh.. what?
To begin with, if you go to the official site, you'll see a linux port is also coming.
As this is a jailbreak for an iOS device. All the host computer does is connect to the iPhone/iPad and throw data at it until the exploits can be... exploited.
So spending the time to port an application that only needs to be run once, to OS's with a small userbase just isn't worth the time. If you have one of the devices that needs this JB, and don't have access to a Windows, linunx or Mac based system, then you wouldn't have been waiting for this JB to begin with, since you never would have done it before and probably aren't even aware you could, or why you would.
Normal people worry me!
It's great that they managed to extend the Corona jailbreak to the iPhone 4S. But unfortunately, very soon all their hard work will be rendered useless once iOS 5.1 hits release. As 5.1 is already in the beta-testing stage, there's only a window of a few weeks before it drops. Unlike iOS 4 and below, there is currently no way to downgrade any iPhone to an earlier version of iOS5. The SHSH method does not work anymore because of something new on Apple's end (I believe involving something called an "AP Ticket" but I honestly haven't looked into it very deeply).
The point is, if you want to make use of this jailbreak, you must go to iOS 5.0.1 RIGHT NOW and jailbreak or you won't get another chance until 5.1 is hacked, which is of course never guaranteed.
I turned off Bluetooth on the 4S as it drains battery. With that, GPS, SIRI, brightness, notifications and whatever else I could think off I pushed battery life up to a whooping 3 days.
/Disappointed with iPhone.
/Embarrassed
My sis say I should turn of 3G. It apparently drains the battery a lot, but I must be getting really old as I haven't figured how to do that, and no way will I ask her how.
The only reason Windows Phone 7 hasn't caused any ruckus over concepts like rooting/jailbreaking/unlocking is because it has such a small market-share to begin with. The few people using those phones are typically not even the "power users" who'd care about such things, and the overall lack of developer support for their phone means there's little incentive to CARE anyway.
Really, before smartphones even came out, this was a problem everyone had to put up with. I remember having a Moto Razr with downloadable apps using the proprietary "BREW" language, all locked down with DRM. Your phone got lost and had to be replaced? You lost your apps and had to beg them to let you re-download them without paying again (which they'd often not do).
What interests me is that you obviously don't own your own phone according to the gospel of Jobs. This is why I moved from Apple. Unless Apple Inc. wishes to give me a free phone, I OWN THE DAMN THING.
In Jobiet Russia, the phone owns you!
Instructions
1. Extract "ov-root.zip" to a convenient location, you will use this later.
2. If your Optimus V isn't already connected to your PC with a USB cable, go ahead and do that.
3. Extract Super One Click and run "SuperOneClick.exe".
4. Select Shell Root.
http://www.prepaidandroid.org/index.php?title=How_to_root_your_Optimus_V
If you need any more help, there's plenty of Android forums with tips for people who aren't good with technology. They're used to dealing with novices, and are likely to be patient with your questions.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
How to jailbreak or 4S/iPad 2:
1) Download Absinthe
2) Click jailbreak
Gone!
but goddamn do news posts like this make me â(TM)¥ my Galaxy S2, I owned 3 iphones, never again - EVER.
My sis say I should turn of 3G. It apparently drains the battery a lot, but I must be getting really old as I haven't figured how to do that, and no way will I ask her how.
The battery does last longer with 3G off, however you cannot turn it off wit the 4S, presumably due to Apple arrogance. However, there's a rumor floating around that the 5.1 update will put that switch back in. The source of that rumor is that the current beta builds has it available.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
So what you're saying is that Apple customers have not bought the operating systems for their devices, just the hardware?
Well, I haven't read the Apple EULA, but if it's like similar EULAs (and I assume it is) then the answer is yes. It's the same with Windows.
While there have been some exploits that allow jailbreaking via website, the vast majority (all of the IOS 5, so far) vulnerabilities require the phone to be put into DFU mode. If there's a vulnerability in the OS while running in a mode specifically designed for altering the OS from outside of the OS, I don't think that's a very big deal (security wise).
battery life up to a whooping 3 days
Don't you sleep? Plug your phone in when you go to bed, unplug it when you wake up. Then it's always juiced up. I do this as a matter of rote.
Untethered means you don't need a USB connection to boot the phone, not that you don't need one to install the jailbreak.
You do own the phone. You're free to do whatever you want with it if you can figure it out. Oh, you mean you want Apple to do all the work for you, release all the documentation and provide you with the tools you need? Sorry, but they have no obligation to do that. You're still free to do it on your own, but then don't come crying for Apple to replace it for free when you void the warranty trying to hack/mod your hardware. You are free in every way to use the hardware as you wish, what you are really angry at is that Apple makes no attempts to help you in that endeavor.
Really? So why did Apple feel the need to file a patent under which they can kill an iphone by distance when they find out it's jailbroken?
Who know if they'll use it or not, but that's not the point, they have a patent for it.
Weeel... I prefer leaving the phone in my jacket, as I don't use it much when I'm home, and I charge it on weekends or at work. I also like going places without bringing charger cables, as the less I have to bring with me on my travels the less I forget on my way home :-)
Of course you own your own phone. You can make calls on it. You can run apps on it. You can smash it if you want. What else do you want?
Well, I'm a programmer, of the "system programmer" and "network programmer" variety. Apple (and/or my cell-phone company) doesn't permit me to write and test my own software on their phones, unless I pay a special price to get a temporary "developer" account. So no, with the standard contract, I don't "own" my phone in the way any programmer would mean by that word. Someone else has the legal right to deny me the ability to write the kinds of software that I make a living writing.
So to me, it's as if I were, say, a taxi driver, and I bought a new car, and found out that it didn't permit me to enter any taxi stands. To do that, I'd have to pay the auto maker an extra "professional driver" fee every year. Any taxi driver would say "WTF?!!", and ask some mechanics how to break that idiotic lock. Car makers have no right to restrict where we can drive their vehicles.
As a professional software geek, I respond the same way to the usual smart-phone "jail". An iPhone or iPad isn't a "computer" as I define the term. That is, it isn't programmable; it's a datacomm appliance, but not a computer. To get access to the (fairly powerful) computer hidden inside them, I have to pay an extra annual rental for a temporary permit to use them as my jobs require. "Buying" the gadget didn't give me the right to develop and test my software on them.
And yes, I have been bitten by this problem on several projects, where we bought "smart phones" for the explicit purpose of developing and testing software. With several of them, we proved eventually that our problems were due to the blocks that the vendors (well-known cell-phone companies) had installed, and didn't remove even when our employer paid their "developer" fees. Funny thing; when we proved to their support people that there were still blocks installed that explained why our stuff failed, they weren't the least bit apologetic. It's more like they were annoyed that we'd found out how they did it.
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
A charge for use for a period of time is rent. Renting is not the same as owning.
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I just want Apple to not actively work against me doing what I want with my phone. It's also not a huge ask to expect complete documentation.
And before you say "so don't buy one", I didn't and won't.
Turning off 3G on a cell phone would disable the ability to place and receive cell phone calls, which is, after all, the primary purpose of the device.
You don't know what you're talking about.
I really am tired of this know-it-all attitude lots of people around here have. Normally I wouldn't mind, but thanks for jumping to the conclusion that I was giving him useless advice to conserve battery power. It's nice to see somebody who thinks I'm a moron come by and correct me on something and turn out to be completely wrong.
So, if you don't mind me asking, do you think you're an expert on all topics and were attempting to prove that, or were you just trying to get the word Insightful to appear next to your post?
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
I don't expect assistance, but i also don't expect them to go out of their way to hinder me either and that is the key difference.
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Would you be prosecuted by the manufacturer for altering it? Put the strawman down buddy.
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
And I prefer coming home to a blowjob, but somehow my wife isn't compatible with that function.
It's all tradeoffs. You can't have it all.
Kid-proof tablet..
It's next to impossible to "brick" an iPhone. Even the most seriously messed up firmware update (read: battery dies in the middle? you jailbreak and it gets stuck in a reboot loop? etc..) is just a restore away. Hours to update a 3G to iOS4? Really?
1. Plug iPhone 3G into computer
2. iTunes will ask if you want to upgrade to the latest version of iOS (in the case of a 3G, I believe it is 4.2.1)
3. Jailbreak, if you're so inclined.
Honestly, it sounds like you just don't know what you're doing.
everyday is another shooter.
Um, that is only a point if you forget that you have a jailbroken phone and choose to update from Apple instead of waiting for a untethered jailbreak of the new release. iOS software updates are not mandatory.