Hijinks Inc.

Category: Firmware Updates

  • Jailbreaking 4.1

    I’ve learned a lot in the past week or two, a few things i’m going to share with you.

    First off: I REALLY (really) hate Apple’s elitism in that they don’t allow internal modifications with any of their products

    Second: Finding help for Jailbreaking an iPod 2nd Gen running iOS 4.1 is nearly IMPOSSIBLE! which is why I found the resources for anyone wanting to do the same.

    This will work on iPod touch 2G and iPhone 3G running 4.1 and 4.0

    If your iPod 2G is an MC model (look under settings/general/about/model ) you will be tethered, meaning you will need to be plugged in every time you start your iPod

    Keep in mind this is a little more dangerous than some jailbreaks as it’s still in beta and hasn’t had much testing. My iPod is still running great, although it does seemingly run a bit slower especially on startup. The only other noticeable flaw i’ve found this far is some Cydia applications do not support the 4.1 firmware yet so they do not work yet.

    Redsn0w 0.9.6 Beta 1

    http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/1160213613/redsn0wier

    iOS 4.1 Firmware download

    http://techpp.com/2010/09/09/download-ios-4-1-firmware-update-for-iphone-ipod-touch/

  • Firmware 2.1 Jailbreak

    It’s been awhile since I wrote about any sort of illegal goodness, so here’s a quick run down on the easiest way to jailbreak an iPhone or iPod touch running firmware 2.1.

    The process is certainly a lot easier than it used to be. Now all you have to do (if you run OS X that is) is download QuickPwn 1.1!

    Oddly enough I had a jailbroken iPhone with 2.0.2 and I upgraded it to 2.1 and then used QuickPwn to re-jailbreak it and everything still works.

    My next post will likely involve the morally black area of running cracked IPA files.

  • 3G iPhone Scandal

    Supposed 3G iPhone Maybe scandal isn’t the right word, but it comes close.

    TUAW is reporting not only that the supposed leaked iPhone picture shown to the left is real, but that the iPhone 2.0 firmware will not be shipping at WWDC. Okay…does this mean the firmware upgrade won’t be available right away from existing iPhone users, but that it will still be shipping on the new 3G iPhone?

    If the leaked image turns out to be real, what are your thoughts?