iPhone Dev-Team Announces 'Backup Plan' Untethered Jailbreak is Nearly Ready

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Posted December 21, 2010 at 9:53am by Shalom Levytam

The iPhone Dev-Team has announced that their 'backup plan' untethered jailbreak is nearly ready and will not require a restore of your device.

According to MuscleNerd, the backup plan for those w/legit access to 4.2b3 IPSW is about ready...again though, better to wait for comex

Thanks to comex, redsn0w can now handle much bigger files than ramdisk 25MB limit. Useful for "backup plan" 4.2 untether

it shouldn't require a restore...just another redsn0w run. (That's the goal!)

Interestingly, comex has also written some code to retrieve files from a damaged iOS filesystem.

This latest @comex code also allows retrieval of photos+files stuck behind an unfixable filesystem problem...good stuff!

Comex is still working on a more extensible untether; however, those with access to the 4.2b3 IPSW will be happy to know they may soon untether their jailbreak.

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adam - December 23, 2010 at 1:17am

Any news about the unlock for the iphone 3gs 05.14.02 ,4.1.0 .................???

alex b. - December 22, 2010 at 11:38am

Great video very helpful and informative 2 thumbs up!!!!! :) Thank you

dhedhyk - December 22, 2010 at 7:03am

how to jailbreak ipod touch 4.2.1 using jailbreakme

dhedhy kristiawan - December 22, 2010 at 6:50am

how to jaibreak ipod touch using jailbreakMe.

dhedhy kristiawan - December 22, 2010 at 6:52am

how to jaibreak ipod touch 4.2.1 using jailbreakMe

James - December 21, 2010 at 6:57pm

will i be able to jb my 4.2.1 iphone 3gs (mc model) with this?

cypact - December 21, 2010 at 12:32pm

Any news about the unlock for the iphone 4 ? ios 4.1 or higher ? 10x

mat - December 21, 2010 at 11:34am

The wait goes on. It seems it is difficult to remove the simlock at this time.

Rod - December 21, 2010 at 10:29am

What does "w/legit access to 4.2b3 IPSW " mean? I'm assuming my properly activated iPhone 4 has access to legit ipsw, right?

Ladik - December 21, 2010 at 10:45am

But not legit acces to beta 3 ipsw... that acces have only developers..:)

86SR5 - December 21, 2010 at 12:09pm

If tiny umbrella says I have SHSH 4.2.1b3 will that suffice

ktula - December 21, 2010 at 2:00pm

No it does not. You will need the IPSW for iOS 4.2.1 beta 3.

Rod - December 21, 2010 at 2:16pm

That sucks. How would I get a legit copy of beta 3

Jeff - December 21, 2010 at 10:28am

Just want to jailbreak my iPad... I can wait for the iPhone, but all the software updates for the iPad require 4.2 or later... "Waiting patiently"...

maxbrothers - December 21, 2010 at 2:11pm

I feel your pain

Joe Cole - December 21, 2010 at 11:44pm

Hi Jeff: One can jailbreak their iPad on 4.2. Only thing is that it's tethered and that can be a nuisance. I know I own an iPad on 4.2.1 and it pisses me off every time I reboot. But hang tight and soon it'll be over. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays.

NH - December 21, 2010 at 10:15am

and some ultrasw0w :)

Stevo - December 21, 2010 at 10:12am

All I want for Xmas is some greenp0is0n!!!!