Is there any advantage of flashing your baseband? Can you hack your device for better performance in some way?
On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Rose Morales wrote: > Flashing the baseband only needs to occur in some instances. 3gS's on > basebands 5.14.04 and 5.15.04 must be flashed at this current time. Anything > else is fine, and if you have a different baseband, there are steps you can > take to preserve it when you upgrade so you can do a standard restore if need > be in future. > On Jan 31, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Ah. I don't want to unlock, not yet, not until my contract is up with the >> phone. lol! but I have a year and a half of joy wiht my wonderful device. >> >> Thanks. >> >> S >> On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >> >>> Pretty sure Rose is right; I think the only way that they can find out >>> is if you've flashed your baseband to the iPad one. Other than that, >>> so long as you restore, you should be fine. >>> >>> You'll only flash your baseband if you want to unlock. >>> >>> On 31/01/2011, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Sorry, I think my brain is slowiing down again. As long as I what? and I >>>> read the article but I don't quite understand why apple did what it did and >>>> what it means. lol! >>>> On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Rose Morales wrote: >>>> >>>>> As far as I know, unless you flash your phone's baseband, you can still >>>>> restore. Apple won't know a thing. >>>>> On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> and now that apple has implomented a ban something or other, I have to >>>>>> dig up the article again, they might know when you jail break as you >>>>>> canot restore to older OS's if you mess up or if you phone explosively >>>>>> breaks. >>>>>> >>>>>> S >>>>>> On Jan 31, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm sorry to hear that rose. I thought that the serial number method >>>>>>> was pretty safe? I do know that if the 4th and 5 th digits are between >>>>>>> 40 and 45 it can be hit and miss, but mine are 21. I guess at the >>>>>>> least, it's an experience. >>>>>>> I don't like the way that stuff that changes springboard makes the >>>>>>> phone unbootable though and whilst I don't know for sure, I'm assuming >>>>>>> that things like 5 icon doc will change it. Also, I don't like the >>>>>>> idea of safari not working. >>>>>>> To be fair, your right though, I don't think my phones ever rebooted >>>>>>> randomly or because of a crash, so perhaps I'm just being paranoid. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 31/01/2011, Rose Morales <nothingbutl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> I've been using a tethered jailbreak since November. My serial >>>>>>>> indicated >>>>>>>> that my 3gS had the old boot rom. In reality, it has the new one. I >>>>>>>> can't go >>>>>>>> back to 4.1 because I didn't save my SHSH blobs, thinking I wouldn't >>>>>>>> need >>>>>>>> them. So I'm stuck running a tethered 4.2.1. It was a mistake, but I >>>>>>>> accepted the risks when I upgraded. The dev team recommended that I >>>>>>>> wait to >>>>>>>> upgrade, but I wanted to experiment. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> At any rate, when I want to reboot, all I do is put my phone in DFU >>>>>>>> mode and >>>>>>>> launch a file. My phone starts rebooting. I've never had to reboot my >>>>>>>> phone >>>>>>>> while out. Since writing the jb guides, I have found out more >>>>>>>> information on >>>>>>>> what a tethered jb entails. I've considered making this information >>>>>>>> part of >>>>>>>> jb101. At any rate, straight from this post, >>>>>>>> http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/1652053923/thanksgiving-with-apple >>>>>>>> in case there are some who don't feel like reading, here's the >>>>>>>> important >>>>>>>> info. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Update #2 : The notion of a “tethered” jailbreak is pretty new to many >>>>>>>> people, so here’s a quick rundown on what to expect: >>>>>>>> 1 If you’re on an iPhone3G, old-bootrom iPhone3GS, or non-MC ipt2g, >>>>>>>> life is >>>>>>>> easy. redsn0w installed an untethered jailbreak and so nothing below >>>>>>>> applies. >>>>>>>> 2 “Tethered” does not mean you cannot boot at all without PC/Mac >>>>>>>> assistance. >>>>>>>> If you have not installed any tweaks that hook into important programs >>>>>>>> like >>>>>>>> SpringBoard or CommCenter, your device will actually boot. However, >>>>>>>> jailbreak programs like Cydia won’t work (and Cydia may still have a >>>>>>>> white >>>>>>>> icon). Also, certain built-in apps that had to be moved by Cydia will >>>>>>>> fail >>>>>>>> (Safari being the most noticeable example). >>>>>>>> 3 If you’ve installed MobileSubstrate tweaks that hook into SpringBoard >>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>> other important programs, your boot will actually fail (you’ll get >>>>>>>> stuck at >>>>>>>> the Apple logo). You need to use redsn0w to “Just boot tethered right >>>>>>>> now”. >>>>>>>> End of excerpt. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For those of you who don't know what MobileSubstrate is, it's a >>>>>>>> dependency >>>>>>>> of Ultrasn0w, the iPhone dev team's unlocking software for iPhones. >>>>>>>> This >>>>>>>> means that you can't install Ultrasn0w without MobileSubstrate. My >>>>>>>> friend, >>>>>>>> who has a locked phone, was able to boot up just fine. I myself do not, >>>>>>>> so I >>>>>>>> cannot reboot without the assistance of my Mac. Most of you guys won't >>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>> that problem. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:16 AM, James Malone wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks! Yeah, I can't say a tethered Jailbreak would exactly be fun. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1/31/11, Ben Mustill-Rose <bmustillr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Pdanet (The hotspot app) is pretty handy to be fair. I'm lucky that >>>>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>>>> 3gs is old enough that it can work untethered - I don't really like >>>>>>>>>> the idea of my phone rebooting for what ever reason only to find that >>>>>>>>>> at best some of the apps won't work or at worst that it won't boot at >>>>>>>>>> all. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 30/01/2011, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> If att and vz would bundle the hotspot in with out charging then I >>>>>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>>>>> nit >>>>>>>>>>> consider jailbreaking. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 30/01/2011, at 12:57, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> That's what I'm reading. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Honestly I'm thinking just holding out. Really the only reason I'd >>>>>>>>>>>> jailbreak would be to have a WiFi hotspot. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Apple didn't make cydia. It was made by someone who goes by the >>>>>>>>>>>>> name >>>>>>>>>>>>> Saurik who is involved with a group of people that call themselves >>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>> iPhone dev team - they have nothing to do with apple. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Tethered jailbreaks really aren't worth it imo scott. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 30/01/2011, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rose, this is fantastic. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for this resource! >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 12:55 AM, Rose Morales wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have written two extensive articles on jailbreaking. They can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> found >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://applevis.com/guides/ios/jailbreaking-101-introduction-blind-perspective >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://applevis.com/guides/ios/jailbreaking-104-installing-jailbreak-apps-using-cyder-2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, Icy went open source, and you can download a new version >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> designed >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for OS 4, as described in jb104. If you wish to install Icy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jailbreak, copy the files in this zip to the autoinstall path >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for jb >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apps, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> also described in jb104. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3819637/Icy.zip. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JB101 also explains where to find the latest and most reliable >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jailbreak >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> information. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hth, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rose >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:27 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Would you mind detailing how you did that and the steps you tok >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jailbreak. Maybe provide a link? I was thinking of giving it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was talked out of it on the list. I like the idea of a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jailbreak >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> process >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> though. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wish the jailbreakme.com one worked for 4.2.1. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:04 AM, James Malone wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys. Recently I Jailbroke my phone, but have run into an >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issue. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tried to start Cidia so I could go grab an app, but Voiceover >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seem to like it. Suggestions have been made to get Icy, but >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seems to point in the direction of downloading it with Cidia. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Besides, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Icy isn't being made anymore either, so I've heard. Can anyone >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> suggest >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what I should do? If worse comes to worsed, I'll grab some >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sighted >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> asistance. But still, something that was made by the apple Dev >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> team >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really should be accessible. 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