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SHSH blobs, how and why should you save them

You will often hear iPhone users, especially those who are interested in jailbreak and unlock to talk about something strangely named: “ SHSH blobs”. What is that ? No you don’t need to worry, you don’t have to be a programmer to use this for your advantage.

DFU mode how-to

What is DFU mode? DFU mode is acronym for Device Firmware Upgrade. It is used only with Apple iPhones. It is an computing environment where you can upgrade or restore your iPhone.

Why do you need DFU mode? You will need to put your iPhone into DFU mode if you need to Jailbreak with Redsn0w (or some other jailbreak tool).

Please follow these simple steps to put your iPhone into DFU mode:

1. Start iTunes on your computer and plug your iPhone into the USB port

2. Click the home button and Sleep button simultaneously

iTunes Error 1015,1016 Stuck in recovery mode

Guide on how to restore iPhone 3GS with 4.2.1 iOS which is already updated to iPad baseband if you are stuck in recovery mode and receive error on 1015, or 1016.

Many users have updated their firmware baseband to the iPad baseband 06.15.00 in order to unlock their iPhones. This is a solution that makes the unlock possible but sometimes it can cause problems, especially if you need to restore your device for any reason.

Here are the instructions on how to solve this problem.

First you will need to download these files:

Is iPhone nano coming?

California based, Cupertino Company is planning to release a new iPhone model. There are rumours that the designers are working to produce a small version of the iPhone, which should become a sort of an iPhone nano model. It is expected that this iPhone will be cheaper and of smaller size. The intention of Apple is to combat the increasingly popular Android based smartphones. This seems to be part of a Apple’s strategy to counter Google’s advance in the ruthless competition for the global smartphone market.

Prevent accidental upgrades of your jailbroken iPhone

One issue frequently occurring is accidentally upgrading of iOS versions. As with any other software the best option is almost always to have the newest version.

But this isn’t necessarily so in the iOS world, especially if you are interested in the jailbreak and the unlock.

Many users have had the nightmarish experience of connecting their iOS device to iTunes and after choosing the wrong option seeing how their previously jailbroken device is upgrading its firmware.If you are one of such users there is now a tool that can help you with this problem.

Jailbreak for Apple TV coming soon!

We wrote previously wrote about the release of the GreenPois0n untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS iphone 4, iPod Touch and iPad with the new 4.2.1 firmware.

Although some bugs were already encountered, greenpois0n brought a great improvement in the jailbreaking area and a huge advance for all users in need of the jailbreak and unlock.

But until yet one device was still not supported. The Apple TV 2G was not yet jailbroken with GreenPois0n.
Luckily things are changing in a good direction. The group known as the Chronic Dev Team has acknowledged that they are working on a new jailbreak tool for the Apple TV. They expect to release the new version of the GreenPois0n and that it will enable untethered jailbreak for the Apple TV with 4.2.1 firmware.

New TinyUmbrella for iOS 4.2.1 available

The guy behind the famous Tiny Umbrella tool known as Notcom, has announced on the social network Twitter about the upgraded version of the software.

The current version is 4.21.07 and it will enable iPhone, iPad and iPod users to save their shsh on their respective devices. It works for the 4.2.1 firmware version.
In his own words: “Updated 4.21.07. I’ve forgotten iPad in the 4.3b3 list XD. Don’t update unless you have iPad and want 4.3b3 shshs.”

He has also removed some bugs known from the previous versions of the software.

Jailbreak iPhone 3GS with Greenpois0n

Many iPhone users are not sure regarding their firmware update, especially if they want to upgrade the firmware baseband to 06.15.00 and then jailbreak with the untethered jailbreak solution, the new GreenPois0n.

The short answer is yes. You can use the jailbreak tool GreenPois0n for your Windows PC as it is a simple and straightforward process.

You will only need to upgrade your 3GS and then jailbreak it. Please follow the instructions bellow to learn how to do it.

Note: this is an untethered jailbreak for iPhone 3GS with the new firmware 4.2.1 done with the newest version of greenpois0n (RC 5) windows jailbreak tool.

New iPad 2 rumors

Apple is busily working on the new tablet iPad 2 with their offshore manufacturing systems.

This is well know fact indeed, but Apple as always is not yet prepared to release any news regarding the new tablet. On the other side they certainly haven’t dismissed these rumors.

Apple has sold as many as 5 billion iPad tablets since its launch in April 2010.

Since it seems that their strategy is to upgrade their device once in a year, as witnessed with iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4, it is quite reasonable to believe that they will launch the upgrade to iPad before summer.