You've got a point St3v3Ball and I agree with you in a lot of ways. I was a fan of GeoHot a while back. But you do have to admit that he's been acting like a little teenage girl about this whole jailbreaking business. He's a little kid and it shows. The Dev-Team are much more cool and professional about it. True, he's got the hacking skills that I will never have, but that doesn't give him the right to be a douche about it. You're right, they don't "owe" us anything and I totally agree with you that there are people out there that think they're entitled to jailbreaks/unlocks. Those people annoy me too. The point is GeoHot is being a baby about it. MuscleNerd, planetbeing, and comex are ones I respect. I just sit back and wait patiently for the day that the jailbreak will hopefully be released on the iPhone 4.
Here is what I found on twitter... @KingOfPwnage: do you think geo hot will release his jb before yours? :) @comex: no because he quit, which sucks because he had accomplished a very cool/difficult exploit (course he won't share) So much for his release... INC 07/27/2010
Thanks dude.
Getting pretty tired of waiting for this jb.
What ya think.
Weekend ? Or will he just keep holding off myself I think there's something that they know that we don't so there not gonna release it until the shit hits the fan
Well judging from MuscleNerd, it looks like it will be here soon.
(Note: This is regarding the unlock)
MuscleNerd: Looks like one version of the iPhone4 unlock fits into just two AT commands... @planetbeing 's loader is awesome :)
So all we have to do now is wait for comex or even iphone_dev at twitter
INC 07/27/2010
Here is what I found on twitter...
@KingOfPwnage: do you think geo hot will release his jb before yours? :)
@comex: no because he quit, which sucks because he had accomplished a very cool/difficult exploit (course he won't share)
So much for his release...
INC 07/27/2010
I agree totally with fe1student. Ignore anyone that has been slaggin you off.Dont take it to heart or personally.For what you know this begrudgers trying to discourage you from what you do best. If you think the iPhone scene in drought then let it Ra1n. Thanks again to the ALL the fellas who work unselfishly towards the iPhone community.
Come on kids, play nice. Your gettin the jb and ul like free....dont be such winers. If u dont like waitin, try buyin one on ebay for 500 bills pre jb'd and ul'd. Santa's not gonna come to your house this year.
Geohot, you're incredibly young and talented. With that said, DON'T RELEASE JAILBREAKS IF YOU DON'T WANT PRESS ABOUT IT. When you're that talented, less talented people rely on you to provide them your service... if you don't like this, fall away from the scene forever - The Dev-Team and Comex have proven more more reliable.
July 31 ? Yeah..."I'll buy that for a dollar".....Ever hear of the boy who cried wolf one to many times ? If the devs had something working and are waiting till the 31st it's cause they're reveling in the notoriety, or maybe they've gotta wait till the ink is dry on their DNC contracts with Apple.
Don't believe these people using usernames such as 'comex', 'MuscleNerd' & 'GeoHot' on this site, all legitimate updates are released via twitter or the Dev-Team website. There is no confirmed release date for any JB.
I wish GeoHot would stop being a child about his releases as well. If he doesn't want to be in the scene he should stop posting. He just wants his ego stroking every once in a while
No diss as I am much appreciative of a jailbreak but NOW I'm starting to see where you're coming from. These many updates about a jailbreak or unlock and no real news that benefits anyone. Now this Geohot thing, its like they're creating a hacker PR event for the jailbreak release. They need to just either release it or keep the status under wraps until it's OFFICIALLY ready. If its not ready, we can understand. But don't tease your audience 4 times a wk w/ news that isn't worth a damn..... Or just release it and make us pay. You have a willing and paying customer right here. Just my two cents.
Ya all comex said was he wasn't waiting for 4.1. Which could just mean he will keep working with what he has done so far. so even after 4.1 officially comes out he could still be working on the 4.0.x jailbreak. Still, I hope it's sooner than later. As for geohot, I don't really care what his personality is, I'm not looking to be his friend, if he wants to release something then COOL
There's a few companies that handle releases much like the current JB devs. Tease ya with a little tid-bit, whet your appetite, dangle the carrot, wait till there's a feverish pitch and then put out a limited release. Tell me this doesn't remind you of the release histories of Apple, Google and yes, even Microsoft....
Like most of us I am (impatiently) waiting for an iOS a jailbreak for my iPhone 4. However I'm very confused about the blobs. I've jailbroken my previous iPhones many times before I don't recall ever having been told about backing up these blobs. What exactly is the purpose of doing that and does everyone have to do it? I don't want to unlock my phone just jailbreak.
It really has nothing to do with the jb or an unlock. it just allows you to downgrade your firmware once apples closed their signing window (4.0 was closed when 4.0.1 was released) In regards to what Comex said he just making sure everyone has them backed up because apple timely releases updates after a jb release. So its to protect those who 'accidentally' upgrade and loose their jb. they can always downgrade and jb with their blobs saved.
Yeah iName, I was confused at first too but I think I understand it now. It's a pretty good idea. I'm glad they're doing it now. I don't know how well it works yet since I haven't had to try it. For example though, I cannot downgrade back to 3.1.2 from iOS 4.0 very easily and if you save your blobs, then it's apparently very easy through iTunes. Otherwise you get an error when trying to restore. This is correct, right paul?
almost. you can not downgrade at ALL without going to firmware umbrella and having the blobs to go back to. so if you mess up somehow, or for whatever reason your phone gets/needs to be restored you'll be stuck having to use new firmware that will most likely not be jailbreak/unlockable. at least for some unknowable time.
it's a VERY easy streamlined process that would take less time to complete than it has typing your questions. and then you'd be nice and safe. :)
if you don't back up before a new firmware release, you will no longer be able to get apple to sign for the current one so will be SOL
you dont need to upgrade to save the most current blob. just download tinyumbrella and click advanced and select 4.0.1 since thats all that apple is signing now. and it should send them to cydia and have a copy on your computer.
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