If you see the iOS timeline you found out this,

1. 1st week: Apple Release iOS x.x (4.3)
2. 2nd week: Jailbreakers found an exploit in iOS x.x
3. 3nd week: Jailbreak tools update to support iOS x.x
4. 4-5th week: Apple release  iOS x.x.1 which patched the exploit!
5. Go to Step 1.

As one knows Apple called this Cat & Mouse game… (Tom & Jerry is better I think!) Read the rest of this entry »

This tool is made for windows users using any of the following products : iPhone 3G S ( all models ) , iPod Touch 3rd Gen, iPad Wifi and iPad Wifi + 3G.

Just download and install AutoSHSH and you can save your ECID files on your computer. Then upload these files to saurik’s server to make sure you can downgrade your device’s firmware in the future.

MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU SAVE YOUR SHSH FILES FOR THE ABOVE DEVICES BEFORE THE SPIRIT JAILBREAK IS OUT!

Download AutoSHSH here.

Applies to following iDevices:

• iPhone 3GS (MC model)
• iPod Touch 3G
• iPad WiFi
• iPad 3G

Since the releases of iPhone 3GS (MC model) Apple start signing the firmware device. It means that Apple must accept the firmware that you want to install on your iPhone 3GS. This means you can only install the most recent version of OS!

The signature (Known as SHSH) is a kind of hash code stores in a file with XML format that generate for your device. Apple uses your device ECID and firmware version in order to create that.

So if you know your ECID and send it to Apple, their servers (known as TSS server) send the code (SHSH) back to you (Remember you just can get) so you can store it somewhere. Firmware Umbrella can do it for you (I will talk about this later on this article). Read the rest of this entry »