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We previously heard some rumors about the possibility of a new development team working on releasing a new SIM interposer solution similar to the popular Gevey SIM. This would provide iPhone 4S users with the elusive unlock if it was to surface. If the recent video released on YouTube by the folks over at ApplenBerry is true, it would seem that the release of the new Gevey Ultra S will eventually provide unlock satisfaction to the owners of a GSM iPhone 4S.

The video demonstrates the team installing a SIM card in an iPhone 4S using the new Gevey Ultra S interposer. This allows previously unavailable network connections to be made on an iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1 with modern firmware versions 1.0.11, 1.0.13, and 1.0.14. The Gevey Ultra S is also being advertised as a true plug and play SIM-unlocking interposer which is compatible with all of the GSM iPhone 4S devices. The tool is said to have a lower power consumption than previous offerings and doesn’t require any physical modifications to the SIM itself.

Product Description:

No Need to Dial International Emergency Number 112

There is now no need to dial the international emergency number (112) during installation or when rebooting your iPhone 4S. Our learning technology allows for true plug-and-play iPhone 4S unlock solution. Beware of solutions that require you to CONNECT to an emergency number. This violates telecommunication abuse policies and lead to service cancelation on some networks.

Decrease Power Consumption

The F981 chipset in our new GEVEY™ Ultra S is engineered to operate under the 3- volt standard. That means your battery will last just as long as it would without the GEVEY™ Ultra S. Beware of counterfeit solutions claiming to use a similar chipset. We’ve invested the time and money to engineer our new GEVEY™ Ultra S with better power efficiency. This kind of technology can’t be duplicated or implemented on cheaper chipsets.

GEVEY™ True Plug-and-Play Unlocking SIM Interposer

Now you can unlock your iPhone 4S with the re-engineered GEVEY™ Ultra S SIM interposer. Our new technology takes advantage of a new exploit that fully unlocks your iPhone 4S. It’s true plug-and-play functionality, so just pop it in and unlock your phone with the original sim card. If you don’t have the original sim card, additional programming may be required. Further instructions will be sent with your GEVEY™ Ultra S package.

Untethered Unlock with no Jailbreak Needed

With our new GEVEY™ Ultra S, you won’t have to connect to any external device to unlock your iPhone 4S. Even better, jailbreaking is not necessary so you won’t void your Apple warranty.

Compatible with all GSM iPhone 4S SIM Cards

The new GEVEY™ Ultra S is now a single interposer that works for all networks. It actually “learns” your network, so there is no need to select a specific GEVEY™ Ultra S for your service carrier. A new GEVEY™ Ultra S comes in learning mode, but after inserting the GEVEY™ Ultra S and your SIM card in your iPhone 4S, our technology learns your network types and settings for a true plug-and-play unlock solution.

One caveat of this exploit is that, if for some reason you need to change your current SIM with a SIM card from a different carrier, you will need to reset your GEVEY™ Ultra S with the reset SIM included with your genuine GEVEY™ Ultra S. Beware of other solutions that claim to circumvent this issue. It is simply not possible when taking advantage of this new exploit in the iPhone 4S firmware.

Complete Unlock with all 2G and 3G Data Services

Purchase genuine GEVEY™ products and completely unblock all 2G and 3G data- transfer functionality. By default, your network carrier has blocked data network settings inside your iPhone 4S firmware. You will need to use the original network carrier’s SIM to activate your iPhone, and our GEVEY™ Ultra S will unlock all functionality available by your network.

Be aware that some telecommunication carriers restrict data services to network phones only. Unfortunately, this limitation is unrelated to SIM cards and phone locking technology, so there is no phone unlocking solution that can guarantee connectivity to every data network. Check with your intended carrier to confirm data networks like 2G and 3G services are allowed on out-of-network phones.

No SIM Card Cutting or Physical Modifications

The new GEVEY™ Ultra S is engineered using the F981 chipset, which is more expensive but performs a whole lot better than cheaper solutions. We don’t manipulate, polish, or sand down cheaper microchips to make our SIM interposer small enough to fit, and there is no need for you to cut your SIM card or modify your iPhone 4S in any way.

Beware of counterfeit GEVEY™ products claiming to use the F981 chipset and selling for less than our rock bottom pricing. Most people won’t be able to tell the difference by visual inspection, but some cheaper, larger chips used in these solutions are sanded, cut, or polished to fit in your iPhone 4S. These solutions expose sensitive electronic components and are notoriously prone to overheating, short-circuit, and breakage.

Guaranteed Better Reception than Last Generation Unlocking Solutions

Now that we no longer take advantage of the old exploits, we’ve re-engineered the GEVEY™ Ultra S for enhanced signal strength with strong, consistent voice and data communication. Now there is no compromise in reception when choosing genuine GEVEY™ products.

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This guide is for Windows only and will teach you how to jailbreak various iOS devices using the newly released tool, Absinthe. The current version of Absinthe is 0.3. It should be noted that this is an UNTETHERED JAILBREAK, meaning that you will be able to reboot your phone just like you normally would at any time.

This guide works with the following device/firmware combinations:

• iPhone 4S | 5.0 (9A334)
• iPhone 4S | 5.0.1 (9A405)
• iPhone 4S | “other” 5.0.1 (9A406)
• iPad2 (CDMA) | 5.0.1 (9A405)
• iPad2 (GSM) | 5.0.1 (9A405)
• iPad2 (Wi-Fi) | 5.0.1 (9A405)

It should also be noted that the team that put this jailbreak together included both Saurik and MuscleNerd, both of which are core members of the iPhone Dev Team; three members of the Chronic Dev Team including posixninja, pod2g, and nikias; and the legendary planetbeing, who is the iOS hacker/developer who is responsible for initially porting both Android and Linux to the iPhone) is accepting donations. Feel free to donate via PayPal if you want to show some support.

PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING:

Absinthe create a backup and restores it onto your device as part of the way it gets files on the device, so we recommend the device is mostly empty when you start the process. To do this, it is advised to create a backup in in iTunes first (connect to iTunes and sync). If you are using iCloud to backup, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Backup Now.

Once you have backed up, on your device go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. As mentioned, make sure you have a backup of your content first. You don’t need to Erase All Content and Settings if you don’t want to, but the jailbreak could take up to 20-30 minutes to complete if you don’t, depending on your device that is.

Follow the steps below to successfully jailbreak your iOS device:

1. Download the Windows version of Absinthe 0.3 from the following link (http://cache.greenpois0n.com/dl/absinthe-win-0.3.zip)
2. Once downloaded, double click the zip file to unzip it if your browser didn’t already automatically unzip the file.
3. (Make sure your device is connected first) Double-click Absinthe to launch it and you will see the Absinthe home screen. Absinthe at this point should tell you what device and firmware version is detected.
4. Press the jailbreak button. Once you do this, Absinthe will go through a few status messages while it jailbreaks your device. It will stop for a bit at Waiting for reboot – not done yet, don’t unplug your device yet!
5. Once the device has finished rebooting, it will continue the jailbreak. During this process, do not touch or unplug your iOS device.
6. Once the process has finished in Absinthe, it will alert you to unlock the screen if necessary and tap “Absinthe” icon to finish the jailbreak. Remember, the icon may not be on the first pay, so you might have to scroll to find it.
7. Tapping the icon will bring up a webview with a white page, and then your device will restart. Just a quick note: If you see an “Error establishing database connection” error or a white screen, which lasts longer than 1 minute, please go to Settings and turn on VPN, and wait instead. The VPN connection will give an error (which is normal). At this point, a reboot should happen a few moments after the error.
8. You will see the Apple logo with a progress bar quickly as the device restarts and then your device will power back on. Just a quick note: The Set Up iPhone (or iPad) GUI you see when you restore an iOS Device will now appear. If you backed up with iCloud at the beginning of this tutorial, please choose Restore from iCloud Backup in the Set Up iPhone GUI, and restore from the backup you took at the beginning of this guide. The iDevice will then restore from backup, reboot, and you’re good to go.
9. Cydia is now on your device where the Absinthe icon was before

That’s it! Your device is not jailbroken.

If you have any questions feel free to leave them below. We’ll help where we can!

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This guide is for Mac only and will teach you how to jailbreak various iOS devices using the newly released tool, Absinthe. The current version of Absinthe is 0.3. It should be noted that this is an UNTETHERED JAILBREAK, meaning that you will be able to reboot your phone just like you normally would at any time.

This guide works with the following device/firmware combinations:

• iPhone 4S | 5.0 (9A334)
• iPhone 4S | 5.0.1 (9A405)
• iPhone 4S | “other” 5.0.1 (9A406)
• iPad2 (CDMA) | 5.0.1 (9A405)
• iPad2 (GSM) | 5.0.1 (9A405)
• iPad2 (Wi-Fi) | 5.0.1 (9A405)

It should also be noted that the team that put this jailbreak together included both Saurik and MuscleNerd, both of which are core members of the iPhone Dev Team; three members of the Chronic Dev Team including posixninja, pod2g, and nikias; and the legendary planetbeing, who is the iOS hacker/developer who is responsible for initially porting both Android and Linux to the iPhone) is accepting donations. Feel free to donate via PayPal if you want to show some support.

PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING:

Absinthe create a backup and restores it onto your device as part of the way it gets files on the device, so we recommend the device is mostly empty when you start the process. To do this, it is advised to create a backup in in iTunes first (connect to iTunes and sync). If you are using iCloud to backup, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage and Backup > Backup Now.

Once you have backed up, on your device go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. As mentioned, make sure you have a backup of your content first. You don’t need to Erase All Content and Settings if you don’t want to, but the jailbreak could take up to 20-30 minutes to complete if you don’t, depending on your device that is.

Follow the steps below to successfully jailbreak your iOS device:

1. Download the Windows version of Absinthe 0.3 from the following link (http://cache.greenpois0n.com/dl/absinthe-mac-0.3.zip)
2. Once downloaded, double click the zip file to unzip it if your browser didn’t already automatically unzip the file.
3. (Make sure your device is connected first) Double-click Absinthe to launch it and you will see the Absinthe home screen. Absinthe at this point should tell you what device and firmware version is detected.
4. Press the jailbreak button. Once you do this, Absinthe will go through a few status messages while it jailbreaks your device. It will stop for a bit at Waiting for reboot – not done yet, don’t unplug your device yet!
5. Once the device has finished rebooting, it will continue the jailbreak. During this process, do not touch or unplug your iOS device.
6. Once the process has finished in Absinthe, it will alert you to unlock the screen if necessary and tap “Absinthe” icon to finish the jailbreak. Remember, the icon may not be on the first pay, so you might have to scroll to find it.
7. Tapping the icon will bring up a webview with a white page, and then your device will restart. Just a quick note: If you see an “Error establishing database connection” error or a white screen, which lasts longer than 1 minute, please go to Settings and turn on VPN, and wait instead. The VPN connection will give an error (which is normal). At this point, a reboot should happen a few moments after the error.
8. You will see the Apple logo with a progress bar quickly as the device restarts and then your device will power back on. Just a quick note: The Set Up iPhone (or iPad) GUI you see when you restore an iOS Device will now appear. If you backed up with iCloud at the beginning of this tutorial, please choose Restore from iCloud Backup in the Set Up iPhone GUI, and restore from the backup you took at the beginning of this guide. The iDevice will then restore from backup, reboot, and you’re good to go.
9. Cydia is now on your device where the Absinthe icon was before!

That’s it! Your device is not jailbroken.

If you have any questions feel free to leave them below. We’ll help where we can!

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We recently reported that ex-Chronic Dev Team member pod2g tweeted out that he found an untether bug for iOS 5. Other than the information given previously, it is unknown on how far he’s gotten as well as when we can expect public release. Although he’s remained MIA for the last couple of months or so, he seems to be actively keeping us updated on what’s in store. Eight hours ago, he tweeted out a warning to those who want to update to iOS 5.0.1 upon release.

According to his tweet, iOS 5.0.1 will close an iOS security bug found by Charlie Miller that makes exploits dramatically easier to tackle. This would imply that a jailbreak for iOS 5.0 versus iOS 5.0.1 could come quicker. Pod2g clarified in a later tweet that it wasn’t a matter of iOS 5.0.1 never being jailbreakable, it will just be more difficult and will take longer.

So for us end users, what should we do? Below is the grant scheme of things:

iOS 5.0 Users

Remain on this firmware and do not update to iOS 5.0.1. After iOS 5.0.1 releases, Apple will close the signing window for this firmware and won’t allow downgrades. With SHSH not being an option anymore, you may have to wait longer for a jailbreak if you’re on iOS 5.0.1.

iOS 5.0.1 Beta Users

Downgrade back to iOS 5.0. As the above, the signing window will be closed when iOS 5.0.1 is publicly released, leaving you no choice but to update up, not downgrade.

iOS 4 Users

Hang tight. Many of you are most likely on iOS 4 still due to unlocks and baseband issues. Breaking those just to update iOS 5 would be unwise. Information as it comes will be posted to give better clarification in this regard. However, if unlocks and basebands are not an issue for you and you’re able to update to iOS 5, I strongly would. Just as the above, the signing window will close when iOS 5.0.1 releases.

Ultimately, it is your decision whether to take action on what has been stated. However I would take in consideration all the factors on the table and base your decision upon your own personal situation.

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Source: pod2g

Are you an iOS 5 user and have been waiting dreadfully for an untethered jailbreak for your iDevice? Well there’s good news for you- @pod2g, iPhone hacker of the ex-Chronic Dev Team announced that a bug has been discovered in iOS 5 and could help towards an untethered jailbreak.

@pod2g tweeted officially on November 7^th:

Hey jailbreaking friends, I’ve found a bug that can untether iOS 5. Don’t expect a release soon, but I’m gonna work hard in it.

It is unclear whether the untethered jailbreak will work on the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S or if the bug exists in iOS 5.0.1 beta either. But as of right now, Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze released by iPhone Dev Team and iH8sn0w have tethered jailbreaks for iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1 betas only. BigBoss also released a SemiTether jailbreak (which has limitations) that lets users reboot their jailbroken devices without connecting it to a computer. With all these tethered and semi-tethered jailbreaks, STILL nothing beats a fully untethered one that everyone is anticipating for.

When will the untethered jailbreak be released? @pod2g has not provided an ETA, but it will hopefully be released after iOS 5.0.1 is released.

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Apple recently released iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 to developers via an over-the-air update or the Apple Developer iOS Dev Center. You can use the current version of redsn0w 0.9.9b8 to jailbreak this beta as long as you point to the previous 5.0.1 IPSW file. Chances are the iPhone Dev-Team will update redsn0w to alleviate the need to point to the old IPSW file, however no new version of redsn0w has been released yet. Nonetheless, sn0wbreeze has been updated to do so.

iH8sn0w recently tweeted that he has updated sn0wbreeze to support iOS 5.0.1 beta 2.

He provided a changelog which can be read below:

Originally Posted by iH8sn0w;

===============================
sn0wbreeze v2.8 [BETA 10]:
===============================
* Supports iOS 5.0 (9A334)/5.0.1-b2 (9A404)
* Fixed iBooks sandbox crashing issues (as of 2.8b9).
* Fixed location services issues with iPhone 3GS
users running the iPad baseband (as of 2.8b9).
* Re-added iPad baseband install option to iPhone 3GS.
* Removes UDID requirement/Beta timer in 5.0.1.
* Tethered devices are booted via iBooty which is
extracted to the Desktop after running sn0wbreeze.
===============================
Tethered?
===============================
– iPhone 3GS (old bootrom)…NO
– iPhone 3GS (new bootrom)..YES
– iPhone 4 (GSM)…………YES
– iPhone 4 (CDMA)………..YES
– iPod Touch 3G………….YES
– iPod Touch 4…………..YES
– iPad 1G……………….YES
=============================== ************************************************
** iPhone 3GS iPad baseband (06.15.00) users: **
************************************************
– Re-flash the iPad baseband via sn0wbreeze
if you restore(d) to a stock 5.0 firmware.
************************************************ 

Now available at: iH8sn0w.com

// iH8sn0w

The key points here are the following:

• All iOS 5 devices are still tethered while jailbroken with the exception of the iPhone 3GS old bootrom
• For iPhone 3GS iPad baseband users (06.15.00), make sure to re-flash the iPad baseband via sn0wbreeze if you restore(d) to a stock 5.0 firmware.
• There is no jailbreak for the iPad 2 or iPhone 4S on iOS 5 at this time.

Download Sn0wbreeze 2.8 b10

• Download Sn0wbreeze 2.8 b10 for Windows

Note: If you’re currently on iOS 5.0.1 beta 1, jailbroken, and want to update via over-the-air, you must restore to a stock firmware first. It will not work if you try to update over-the-air while jailbroken.

Semi-Tether by BigBoss is confirmed to work on this firmware.

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Source(s): iH8sn0w, sn0wbreeze v2.8b10 Changelog

As we reported previously, the Dev-Team rolled out the updated redsn0w 0.9.9b8 which adds support for iOS 5.0.1 Beta. Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 Beta was released fixing numerous security bugs and the iPhone 4S battery problem in iOS 5. Redsn0w 0.9.9b8 is available for both Windows and Mac users and can be used to deliver a tethered jailbreak to the user. iOS 5 currently has a Semi-tether available compliments of BigBoss which is currently compatible with iOS 5.0.1 Beta; it has been confirmed.

We’re happy to report that Windows users can choose to use more than redsn0w 0.9.9b8 to jailbreak their iOS 5/iOS 5.0.1 Beta devices today. A while ago, iH8sn0w tweeted that he had released sn0wbreeze 2.8b9. Sn0wbreeze is an alternative to Redsn0w in that it offers an easy-to-use GUI. Much of it is eye-candy and someone who is new to the jailbreak scene might prefer sn0wbreeze over redsn0w because of the graphical interface versus plain text. In my opinion, sn0wbreeze’s graphical interface and animations make it easier to understand what is going on when you read the directions, where redsn0w doesn’t have anything to show you what to do; it just hands you directions.

Sn0wbreeze isn’t available for Mac. Windows users can download sn0wbreeze 2.8b9 below. Simply unzip the file that you download to find the sn0wbreeze.exe file. Furthermore, you can download older versions of sn0wbreeze here if you need to.

Download Sn0wbreeze 2.8 b9

• Sn0wbreeze 2.8 b9 for Windows

iH8sn0w included a Pastie which can be read here of the changes in this new version of sn0wbreeze.

Quote Originally Posted by iH8sn0w

Sn0wbreeze 2.8b9 comes with the following updates:

Supports iOS 5.0 (9A334)/5.0.1-b1 (9A402)

Fixed iBooks sandbox crashing issues.

Fixed location services issues with iPhone 3GS users running the iPad baseband.

Re-added iPad baseband install option to iPhone 3GS.

Removes UDID requirement/Beta timer in 5.0.1.

Tethered devices are booted via iBooty which is extracted to the Desktop after running sn0wbreeze.

Tethered Devices?

iPhone 3GS (old bootrom)….NO

iPhone 3GS (new bootrom)..YES

iPhone 4 (GSM)………………YES

iPhone 4 (CDMA)……………YES

iPod Touch 3G……………….YES

iPod Touch 4…………………YES

iPad 1G………………………..YES

Are you going to jailbreak using redsn0w 0.9.9b8 or sn0wbreeze 2.8b9? Share in the comments!

Sources: iH8sn0w

Users who were updating to iOS 5 beta 3 and jailbreaking with Redsn0w previously reported experiencing AppStore application issues where these apps just didn’t work. iOS developer and hacker ih8sn0w mentioned the following to clarify why this bug was occuring:

redsn0w seems to be having sandbox errors due to it using the old b1 kernel. I and many others have not seen any issues with sn0wbreeze related to AppStore apps. If you prefer to use redsn0w, I am sure @MuscleNerd is working on a fix.

MuscleNerd recently tweeted that Redsn0w was updated as well to fix the sandboxing issue with AppStore applications on iOS 5 beta 3.

redsn0w 0.9.8b2 http://is.gd/6eek4Y should fix 50b3 App Store issue (if you’re already JB, just use this to boot tethered

If you are interested in downloading the new version of RedSn0w the links can be found below:

• Download Redsn0w 0.9.8b2 For Mac
• Download RedSn0w 0.9.8b2 For Windows

An important note regarding RedSn0w 0.9.8b2 is that you are on iOS 5 beta 3, point the jailbreak tool to the iOS 5 beta 3 IPSW (confirmed by MuscleNerd on IRC).

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