TinyUmbrella update, iPhone 4S iOS 5.0.1 firmware supported

TinyUmbrella app developed and maintained by NotCom has being updated, and now offers support for saving SHSH blobs for the second instalment of iOS 5.0.1 which was seeded by Apple only few weeks after the iPhone 4S was launched. You need to update your iOS version to iOS 5.0.1 in order to save SHSH blobs which are essential if you intend to get an untethered jailbreak for your iPhone.

According to latest rumors, we could see an untethered jailbreak even for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 sometime next week. So hurry up and save your devices SHSH blobs before it too late!

Cydia saves SHSH blobs for your iPhone iOS 5.0.1

Your favorite jailbreak app and jailbreak app store, Cydia made and maintained by Saurik aka Jay Freeman has introduces some nice new features. Most important for iPhone and iPad users is probably the ability to save SHSH blobs. SHSH blobs are immensely important for jailbreakers, since SHSH blobs are needed if you ever want to restore your device to some previous IOS version. This is especially useful for jailbreaking as older iOS versions are usually much easier to jailbreak as the tool are already available. This is the reason Apple does not want to you to get back on previous versions of the firmware.

Next version of RedSn0w will use SHSH blobs for firmware downgrading

Only a couple of days ago, iH8sn0w has released his upgraded iFaith tool. iFaith has enabled iPhone users to save SHSH blobs on their devices, and now the iPhone Dev Team is working on the next instalment of RedSnow which will be able to achieve the same thing.

One of the prominent members of the Dev Team, Musclenerd has announced on his Twitter stream about the RedSn0w upgrade, which will make use of SHSH blobs saved with Cydia or TinyUmbrella on devices runing iOS 5. As you probably know if you are a frequent visitor on this blog, SHSH blobs are of essential importance if you need to downgrade your device for any reason. Downgrading firmware is often useful when it comes to iPhone jailbreaking and unlocking.

iSHSHit Cydia app upgraded to support latest iOS 4.3.4 (GSM) and iOS 4.2.9 (CDMA)

iSHSHit is an Cydia jailbreak app which enables you to save your devices SHSH blobs. It has been upgraded to support the latest iOS 4.3.4 and iOS 4.2.9. What is the function of iSHSHit? It will save the SHSH blobs to your device or somewhere else where you will store it and use it if you ever need to downgrade or upgrade your device firmware.

Save SHSH blobs with TinyUmbrella for iOS 4.3.1

As always it seems that developers are working around the clock to quickly follow new iOS upgrades from Apple. In this manner an famous jailbreak developer who is behind TinyUmbrella software has just released his upgrade for TinyUmbrella which is now version in order to provide support for new iOS upgrade 4.3.1 for Apple TV 2G. Currently this is the only change in TinyUmbrella but Notcom is also busy planing complete upgrade of his software tool. He plans to improve his tool in different ways. As he said in a recent tweet, those upgrade include improved support for Linux OS, user interface improvement, support for new firmware versions and other. In order to complete these tasks he will need some more time, in the meanwhile he mentioned also another upcoming software tool: Tiny Pwn.

TinyUmbrella for iOS 4.3 released - save SHSH blobs for iPad2 and iPhone on 4.3

Apple has as most of you know released the new iOS version 4.3 for iPad 2, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS iPod Touch and Apple TV 2g. Unfortunately to many users, Apple wont support new iOS versions for iPhone 3G any more.

Hacking and jailbreaking community is working hard to provide new jailbreak and unlocking tools for all iDevices out there so it comes as no surprise that some great tools are being upgraded by their developers. So the developer known as Semaphore has released the last version of the famous Tiny Umbrella software. The primary goal of this tool is to enable users to save SHSH blobs for their particular device including SHSH blobs for their brand new iPad 2 device. You can read more about SHSH blobs and why they are so important in our blog archives.

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.

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.