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How to save your SHSH blobs with TinyUmbrella [Jailbreak]

By Staff, Thursday, Oct 28, 2010 a 4:28 pm

With Cydia currently not giving new users the ability to save their SHSH blobs it seemed like a good time to go over how to save your SHS blobs with an alternative, TinyUmbrella. An SHSH blob or ECID SHSH is basically a unique signature which is checked against Apple servers whenever you decide to restore the firmware on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Once a new firmware is released, Apple stops signing the older firmware, hence making it impossible to restore back to the older firmware from iTunes. So, YOU MUST SAVE YOUR SHSH WHILE APPLE IS CURRENTLY SIGNING THEM.

Now to “why is it important to save your SHSH blobs”: The creator of Cydia has setup a new server which basically mimics Apple’s verification server and can save your older signature (SHSH blob) so that you can downgrade or restore back to the older firmware. This is important because if you don’t have your SHSH blob saved, and accidently update to new firmware, you’ll loose your jailbreak and furthermore, you wont be able to downgrade back to older firmware to re-jailbreak your device.

Dev-Team reminds Jailbreakers to steer clear of iOS 4.1... for now.

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 a 7:40 am

The iOS Dev-Team, the folks behind a lot of the Jailbreak technology, have issued an Admiral Ackbar-style warning to Jailbreakers and unlockers about the impending iOS 4.1 update -- stay away for now:

This time of year there are lots of new iPhone owners, and not everybody knows that accepting new iOS updates is the surest way to lose your jailbreak and/or unlock. While those of you who have Cydia or TinyUmbrella backups of your FW hashes will always be able to get back to 4.0.1 if you make this mistake, this doesn’t hold for unlockers. There’s currently no known way to revert your baseband — if you update your baseband you’ll lose the ultrasn0w unlock, possible forever.

TiPb forum overview - From the Forums

By Jeremy, Friday, Aug 20, 2010 a 9:23 am

The TiPb forums are naturally a great place to talk, commiserate, celebrate, get help, and offer advice to your fellow iPhone users. In order to create a new thread of your own or reply to any of the existing threads, you must be a registered member. Becoming a member is easy and free so if you haven’t already head on over and register now!

Discuss jailbreaking and/or unlocking any iOS device in the following forum: iPhone Jailbreak and Unlock forum.

ultrasn0w carrier unlock now available for iPhone 4

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010 a 6:04 am

If your iPhone 4 is locked to AT&T or another carrier, good news -- the ultrasn0w unlock is now available to set you free.

Those who ponied up full price for an international, factory unlocked iPhone 4 direct from Apple need not apply. Those who chose subsidies and the lock that came with it, get your Jailbreak on and head over to Cydia. If ultrasn0w doesn't show up immediately, search for repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com.

Version 1.0-1 of ultrasn0w works for:

Jailbreak and unlock, iPhone 4 battery life, Wallpaper, iPhone competition - From the Forums

By Jeremy, Monday, Aug 2, 2010 a 11:50 am

In case you have not heard, a new jailbreak has been released and a unlock is right around the corner. So to discuss these topics be sure to visit our iPhone Jailbreak and Unlock forum!

iPhone 4 unlock will be released within 48 hours

By Jeremy, Monday, Aug 2, 2010 a 10:12 am

What Jailbreaking/Unlocking DMCA exception means for end users

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, Jul 26, 2010 a 1:31 pm

The Library of Congress' DMCA exception for jailbreaking is big news for our community. The new ruling basically says that jailbreaking or unlocking devices is not illegal. But I think the bigger question on most people's minds is what that's going to mean for end users and the jailbreak community in general. So what does this ruling mean for you, jailbreak ninjas? Read on to find out.

Library of Congress adds iPhone, iPad Jailbreaking exception to DMCA

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jul 26, 2010 a 12:16 pm

Did the Library of Congress just add a DCMA exception for Jailbreaking? Why yes they did:

Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.

Engagdet lays out what it means and -- more importantly -- what it doesn't:

iPhone 4 Jailbreak and Unlock becomes real just as Geohot leaves the Jailbreak scene

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 a 1:22 pm

Twitter lit up this morning with signs that an iPhone 4 jailbreak and unlock is definitely on it's way. On the other side of things, original iPhone Jailbreaker, GeoHot (George Hotz) has apparently deleted his Twitter account and made his blog private. What's going on? Keep reading.

How to jailbreak iOS 4

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Jun 29, 2010 a 8:03 pm

The dev team recently released a new PwnageTool that will allow you to jailbreak iOS4 on your iPhone or iPod touch. Since we covered that, the dev team has upgraded the PwnageTool to 4.0.1. This is our walkthrough of how to jailbreak devices running iOS4. As always here's our disclaimer;

If you are in any way, shape, or form hesitant to jailbreak your device, don't! We take no responsibility for whatever damage you may do to your device during or after the process. Jailbreaking should typically be reserved for semi-advanced to advanced users. Preliminary jailbreaks can sometimes cause more problems. This jailbreak is NOT as simple as a button click like blackra1n or Spirit. If that's what you'd prefer, wait for that... pass on this one."

If you're alright with all of that, hit the jump to see if your device can currently be jailbroken/unlocked and how to do it.