Friday 15 October 2010

Geohot Releases Limera1n Jailbreak for Mac


Geohot has just released his Limera1n jailbreak for Mac OS X. Limera1n supports the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 3G, iPad, and AppleTV (limited).

Remember if you require an unlock do not upgrade to iOS 4.1, you will need to wait for the next PwnageTool release. The only exception is the iPhone 4 which could be upgraded to iOS 4.1 without updating the baseband.

You can find our tutorials listed below!

Tutorials:
iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (Mac)
iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G (Mac)
iPad (Mac)

iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (Windows)
iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G (Windows)
iPad (Windows)

How to Update Your iPhone 4 Without Upgrading the Baseband (Mac)
How to Update Your iPhone 4 Without Upgrading the Baseband (Windows)

You can download Limera1n from
here

Geohot Releases Limera1n Jailbreak!


Geohot has released his Limera1n jailbreak for iOS devices. Currently it is Windows only.

Remember if you require an unlock do not upgrade to iOS 4.1, you will need to wait for the next PwnageTool release. The only exception is the iPhone 4 which could be upgraded to iOS 4.1 without updating the baseband.

Details:
● iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G
● 3GS new bootrom is broken, fix pending
● 4.0-4.1 and beyond+++

Tutorials:
iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (Windows)
iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G (Windows)
iPad (Windows)

Update:
According to MuscleNerd: "SHAtter will be held back now, so it's not the worst possible scenario. Who knows, maybe SHAtter can even be improved."


How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 Using Limera1n (Mac)


These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 using Limera1n for Mac. Limera1n supports iOS 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and 4.1. You can find the Windows version of this tutorial here.

Remember: Do not update to iOS 4.1 if you need the unlock. Ultrasn0w does not support that baseband yet. The only exception is the iPhone 4. You can update to iOS 4.1 without upgrading your baseband by following
this tutorial.

Step One
Open your web browser of choice and navigate to
http://www.limera1n.com. Click the Mac logo at the bottom of the screen.


Step Two
When prompted save the download to your desktop


Step Three
Double click the
limera1n.zip file from the desktop to extract the application, then double click it to launch.


Step Four
Click the large
make it ra1n button


Step Five
You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode.


Press both the power and the home buttons.


When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.


Your phone will now be in DFU mode


As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPhone.




Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.




Step Six
After you power back on your iPhone you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled
limera1n. Press it to continue.


Step Seven
Once Limera1n opens select
Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eight
Once the
Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPhone.


Step Nine
When your iPhone has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates then follow our
Unlock tutorial if possible for your device.


NOTE*: To remove the
limera1n icon from your desktop you can relaunch the app and tap the Uninstall Limera1n button or install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application.

***A big thanks goes to Geohot who made this jailbreak possible.

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 Using Limera1n (Windows)

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 using Limera1n for Windows. Limera1n supports iOS 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and 4.1.

Remember: Do not update to iOS 4.1 if you need the unlock. Ultrasn0w does not support that baseband yet.

Step One
Open your web browser of choice and navigate to
http://www.limera1n.com. Click theWindows logo at the bottom of the screen.


Step Two
When prompted save the download to your desktop


Step Three
Double click the
limera1n.exe file from the desktop to launch the application


Step Four
Click the large
make it ra1n button


Step Five
You iPhone will now be placed in recovery mode.


Press both the power and the home buttons.


When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.


Your phone will now be in DFU mode


As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPhone.


Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.


Step Six
Once your device reboots you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled
limera1n. Press it to continue.


Step Seven
Once Limera1n opens select
Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eight
Once the
Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPhone.


Step Nine
When your iPhone has restart you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates then follow our
Unlock tutorial if possible for your device.


NOTE*: To remove the
limera1n icon from your desktop you can install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application. Eventually this capability should be present in limera1n itself.

***A big thanks goes to Geohot who made this jailbreak possible.

How to Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G Using Limera1n (Mac)


These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPod Touch 3G and iPod Touch 4G using Limera1n for Mac. Limera1n supports iOS 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and 4.1. You can find the Windows version of this tutorial here

Step One
Open your web browser of choice and navigate to
http://www.limera1n.com. Click the Mac logo at the bottom of the screen.


Step Two
When prompted save the download to your desktop.


Step Three
Double click the
limera1n.zip file from the desktop to extract the application, then double click to launch.


Step Four
Connect your iPod to the computer and click the large
make it ra1n button


Step Five
You iPod will now be placed in recovery mode.


Press both the power and the home buttons.


When Limera1n asks you to, release the power button.


Your phone will now be in DFU mode


As limera1n performs its exploit you will see the image of a lime raindrop on your iPod.




Limera1n will let you know when it is complete.




Step Six
After you power back on your iPod you will see a new icon on the SpringBoard entitled
limera1n. Press it to continue.


Step Seven
Once Limera1n opens select
Cydia then press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Eight
Once the
Cydia installation has completed you must reboot your iPod.


Step Nine
After your iPod has restarted you can run Cydia. Let it do all the necessary updates.


NOTE*: To remove the
limera1n icon from your desktop you can relaunch the app and tap the Uninstall Limera1n button or install CyDelete from Cydia then use it to delete the application.

***A big thanks goes to Geohot who made this jailbreak possible.