firmware

iOS downgrades and untethered jailbreaks to become history post iOS 5?

by Zaib on June 28, 2011

All of you jailbreakers out there most probably have already heard about saving SHSH blobs for your iOS Devices before upgrading to any new firmware released by Apple so that you can easily downgrade to the previous firmware even if Apple has discontinued signing that version of firmware. It was all good and safe for [...]

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Warning: iTunes activation servers are down leaving thousands of iOS devices bricked

by Zaib on May 14, 2011

According to a discussion thread found by CultofMac on Apple’s online support community, Apple’s online servers are down leaving a large number of iOS devices bricked. This problem is faced by owners of almost all iOS devices that include iPads, iPad 2s, iPod Touches, and iPhones. The problem occurs when users try to upgrade their [...]

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Snowbreeze 2.2 now available to untether jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 on Windows

by Zaib on February 16, 2011

iH8Sn0w has released his Snowbreeze 2.2 tool for Windows that will allow Windows users to create custom iOS 4.2.1 firmware. Using Sn0wbreeze 2.2 you can update your iPhone 4, 3GS or 3G to ‘pre-jailbreaked’ iOS 4.2.1 without upgrading to the new baseband so that you can unlock your iPhone with ultrasn0w. Mac users can follow [...]

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iRecovery gets modified to send custom firmware files to iPod Nano 6G

by Zaib on December 29, 2010

Following yesterday’s development a hacker named Steven Troughton-Smith has modified iRecovery application to send custom firmware files to iPod Nano 6th Generation. Hacker placed the device in DFU mode with this method – holding down the restart buttons until you get a black screen (it reboots twice) and iTunes sees the device and alerts you. [...]

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How to Jailbreak iPhone 3G running iOS 4.1 using PwnageTool (Mac)

by Zaib on October 21, 2010

Here is a step by step guide on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G running iOS 4.1 using PwnageTool on a Mac. Follow all the instructions given below to successfully jailbreak your device. Tweet

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Don’t update your PS3 says GeoHot

by Zaib on March 30, 2010

GeoHot, the renowned iPhone hacker has issued a warning asking PS3 users to not to accept the update that would be given by the company in coming days. In case you don’t know, there’s a PlayStation 3 firmware update coming this Thursday that’d knock out the “install other OS” option and remove any currently-installed non-PS3 [...]

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PS3 firmware 3.10 released with Facebook support

by Zaib on November 18, 2009

Do you use Facebook and play games all day on your Sony PS3, then there is a great news for you as firmware 3.10 has been released and guess what, it brings Facebook support to your ultimate gaming console. Are you ready to post trophies to your Facebook page, signaling your gaming prowess to the [...]

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Firmwares for iPods (5g and 5.5g)

by Zaib on July 18, 2009

Do you own an old outdated iPod video 5g or 5.5g then i have got a great news for you. Now you can change your iPod’s graphical look from A to Z and very easily. What you have to do is you have download and install firmware to your Apple iPod by using the wizard that [...]

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