Apple Patches iPad 2 Jailbreak Exploit by Comex !

Comex has just confirmed via a series of tweets that his userland jailbreak he already showed off few days ago has already been patched by Apple in the newly released iOS 4.3.1. Well, hackers lose the war against Apple again.

Comex on his Twitter account:

yeah, uh. I can find kernel exploits, but this is ridiculous.

As noticed by @0naj, my kernel exploit was fixed in 4.3.1.

I try not to be paranoid, but it is really hard to explain this as anything but a leak.

It stayed there from 4.0.2 through 4.3, but was magically found in time for 4.3.1. well, go go @MuscleNerd and @i0n1c I guess

Interestingly, and as Comex notes, "is that my "new" kernel exploit is actually the kernel exploit used by JailbreakMe 2.0. It was never properly fixed."

Now the only hope is from the iPhone hacker Stefan Esser who is the only one having untethered exploit right now which jailbreaks all iOS devices on iOS 4.3.1 except iPad 2. Yes, MuscleNerd and Stefan must find more exploits to jailbreak the iPad 2. [Twitter: 1,2,3,4]

Comex's Untethered Jailbreak to Release After Verizon iPhone?

Yesterday we reported you about the last estimates for untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 from Comex the well-known iPhone hacker. Apparently he still hesitated about releasing it, as he started his reply to someone asked him about the timing with "I don't know"

i0n1c asking: so is not waiting for the next iOS for untethering?
Comex replying: I don't know, I think I'm waiting for the Verizon iPhone.

Till know Comex isn't able to give us an exact estimate for his long awaited untethered jailbreak, he may care about patching his jailbreak on Verizon iPhone 4 iOS 4.2.5, I think it's an acceptable excuse for Comex to let Verizon iPhone 4 users able to jailbreak their devices once they got it.

Comex's Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 Soon, No Wait for iOS 4.3 / 4.2.5 Official Release

Some good news, Andrea Cervone over iPhoneItalia was able to contact with Comex (the hacker behind JailbreakMe and Spirit), he asked him whether he will preserve his untethered jailbreak until Verizon releases iPhone 4 which will be powered by iOS 4.2.5 ? Let's see how Comexreplied him

Andrea Cervone asking: So, if Apple releases iOS 4.2.5 on 10 February, you’ll preserver your new tool and exploits for that firmware? Maybe this will be a good move. Dev Team and Chronic Dev are releasing their tools for iOS 4.2.1, your can be saved for the future too.

Comex replying:
I hadn’t seen that.
Interesting.. but a month’s
A long time to wait.

So, it's now clear that Comex has moved back about his last ETA (estimate to arrival) for his untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 as it was related to iOS 4.3 (or iOS 4.2.5) official release. Anyway let's wait and see. Stay tunes

Download JailbreakMe 3.0 by Comex

I know that most of your are asking eagerly about the untethered jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. So comex has confirmed that JailbreakMe will be released within the next weeks or in other words, in the Christmas.

You'll get this jailbreak as soon as the Christmas comes!

For now just follow UserlandJB on Twitter and Facebook in order to be the first one get the jailbreak.

iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak Confirmed for Christmas

Early this morning, the iPhone Dev Team showed off a quick video demonstration for something called backup plan which doesn't waste exploits but this method requires more time to make it work on all devices on iOS 4.2.1.

iCykey: @comex I want a 4.2.1 untethered jailbreak for christmas :P

comex: @iCykey you'll get it.

Anyway, comex has confirmed that he will release his hacks to untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak for Christmas so that means we'll see iOS 4.2.1untethered jailbreak before the end of 2010, and yes! in less than a month. I recommend to follow us on Twitter or get on Facebook to keep yourself updated with these bunch of good news about iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak.

Jailbreak iOS 4.2 Untethered will be Available But Might be Delayed !

Early today, iOS 4.2 GM was seeded and we showed full how to guide to install it right now and jailbreak it using Redsn0w 0.9.6b2 but in case you followed our guides, you may noticed that Cydia is broken on iOS 4.2 so the jailbreak might be delayed until this problem is fixed, according to iPhone hacker comex. Among this bad news, there's other good news after the break.

However, a 4.2 jailbreak might be delayed because Cydia doesn't work on 4.2 yet. Not sure how close @chpwn is to finishing his fixes.

If you are one of our readers, you may know that all jailbreak tools on the web are based on Limera1n's exploit with the untethered hacks that Apple caught in iOS 4.2 and all jailbreaks became tethered (i.e. you have to jailbreak your device every time your iPhone is rebooted). But comex has announced in a tweet that in case you saved SHSH blobs of iOS 4.1, you will be able to get untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2. So, go ahead right now and follow our guide posted here to save your device's SHSH blobs to be able to get untethered jailbreak on iOS 4.2 next week.

Anyone with blobs for 4.1 or earlier should be able to get an untethered 4.2 jailbreak; this is not done but is being actively worked on.

[Thanks everyone who sent this in]

Jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G will Arrive After iOS 4.2 Official Release

We are waiting for the Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1 which will be release by October 10 10:10 am GMT, you know as well that unfortunately, Greenpois0n will be able to jailbreak iPhone 4 and iPod touch on iOS 4.1, iPad on iOS 3.2.2 and may be Apple TV 2G ONLY. More precisely, Greenpois0n will not jailbreak iPhone 3GS nor iPod touch 3G on iOS 4.1, this limitation was due to the unavailability to use the SHAtter exploit with older devices.

But do not lose hopes, we reported you few hours ago that Comex the guy behind Spirit and JailbreakMe has userland exploit which will jailbreak iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3G. Now the question is When we catch it?, Musclenerd has replied this question confirming that it wouldn't be before official iOS 4.2 is out. I think it makes sense that we see the new Comex userland jailbreak after iOS 4.2 official release, Why? Because the userland exploit can be easliy patched by Apple.

Those reading between the lines: Yes SHAtter itself is tethered. @comex came up with a way to untether it on 4.1/3.2.2

Another point to clarify, that Apple may convert the Greenpois0m jailbreak from untethered jailbreak to tethered jailbreak if it was able to patch the userland based method which discovered by Comex. So that the new Comex userland jailbreak tool will be for iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3G mainly, and to re-untethered Greenpois0n jailbreak for iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G and iPad.

Some one asking Musclenerd:

Is there ETA for comex's jailbreak for 3GS?

Musclenerd replied:

something like that wouldn't be before official 4.2 is out (at the very least)

For who asking about iOS 4.2, it will be released by November. We will wait impatiently for it. [via RedmondPie]

Now I have to remind all our readers that Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4G, iPod touch 4G and iPad will be released next Sunday October 10, Stay tuned for the full coverage.

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Greenpois0n is Untethered Jailbreak [Confirmed]

Few hours ago we detect some news flying around about the tethered status of the upcoming Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G and iPad. now we can say that the new Greenpois0n is confirmed as untethered jailbreak (i.e. you will not need to connect your iPhone to your computer when you need to reboot).

Again, major thanks to @comex for getting greenpois0n untethered.

Those reading between the lines: Yes SHAtter itself is tethered. @comex came up with a way to untether it on 4.1/3.2.2

In case you don't know, it has been confirmed that the ETA (estimate to arrival) of Greenposi0n jailbreak on this Sunday October 10th, and it will hacktivate iPhone 4 & jailbreak 4th generation devices forever. We will keep you informed.

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New Untethered Userland iOS 4.1 Jailbreak On Its Way

May be we can call this HUGE especially when pod2g, the developer of SHAtter exploit, left the Chronic dev team and worked individually. Today, MuscleNerd has pretty much confirmed that Comex is still working on iOS 4.1 untethered userland jailbreak. After Redsn0w release yesterday to jailbreak iPhone 3G, and iPod touch 2G, someone has asked MuscleNerd if it support iPod touch 2G MC model as written on the blog. MuscleNerd answered him that it's supported but it's will be tethered until Comex release a new userland exploit.

Jonathan Kurtz asks MuscleNerd:

@MuscleNerd so redsn0w supports iPod touch 2g mc? Or is it a typo on the blog?

MuscleNerd replies:

@jonnyboywashere it does, but that ipt2g MC model will be a tethered JB at 4.1 until @comex releases a new userland exploit

This userland jailbreak from comex we already talked about when MuscleNerd confirmed that iOS 4.1 jailbreak coming from Comex. Then the talks changed when pod2g and p0sixninja came to the jailbreak scene, first, we published information about SHAtter exploit and USB based Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1. But today, we can't decide who will jailbreak iOS 4.1 and we can't decide it's tethered or untethered. As usual we will keep you informed by any updates.

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Comex on GreenPois0n's Tethered Status, “Don't Worry”

Let's get the hopes up! Comex, the well know iPhone hacker behind Spirit untethered jailbreak and JailbreakMe userland jailbreak has commented on GreenPois0n status (i.e. tethered, untethered). The conversion started between him and somebody asking him about his userland jailbreak for iOS 4.1, Comex replied saying that he will not release iOS 4.1 jailbreak. So, another guy asked him, what will users do if the jailbreak from chronic-dev is tethered. The answer was interesting!

Haywood Jablomi asks comex about the tethered status:

@comex What if the chronic-dev team's JB for 4.1 is tethered?

Comex replying him:

@xjerky Don't worry.

Of course this is not a confirm if it's tethered or untethered jailbreak, but at least it makes people more comfortable by using the word "Don't worry", so for all users who are worried about the jailbreak being tethered, just ask comex said don't worry. Of course, we will keep you informed about any updates.

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Pod2g Got a Bootrom Exploit to Jailbreak iOS 4.1

Yeah, Tweets were here and there about the exploit that will jailbreaks iOS 4.1, and here it come! Pod2g is the hacker which will jailbreak iOS 4.1 not Comex (as already told). It was crazy that he got the latest exploit just as 4.1 went public. But there's still lots of work to do before the release.

The new jailbreak is on it's way. Pod2G and p0sixninja were able to find a new boot level exploit, which means that Apple will no longer able to block the jailbreak unless they upgrade the hardware in all iOS devices as this exploit acts on the hardware itself. As usual, we will keep you informed whenever the jailbreak is available.

Update 1: The exploits successfully works on iOS 4.1, for people who were wondering about the tweet from Pod2G says iOS 4.0.1, now check more details about this here.

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Next Jailbreak Will be From H0tB33f not Comex [Confirmed]

Well well, it was just some hours ago when we reported that the next jailbreak may not come from Comex. Now, p0sixninja confirms that in a tweet, the next jailbreak is not from Comex, it will from an old hacker in the iPhone dev team know as H0tB33f. This hacker started jailbreaking iPhones 5 months ago and he had an untethered jailbreak that time.

@cdevwill what do you mean? We all know the next JB will be from h0tb33fdev

The next jailbreak should follows the iOS 4.1 release today. The embedded video below shows the exploit that H0tB33f used to jailbreak iPhone 5 months ago, it may be the same exploit that will use to jailbreak iOS 4.1. Who knows!

So what do you think about that? Whatever, we will keep yo informed, Stay tuned.

Update 1: Lol, that was a silly joke from p0sixninja! H0tb33f is a fake!

Update 2:Pod2g's Exploit Successfully Works on iOS 4.1 check details here.

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Next Jailbreak May Not be From Comex

Just a quick heads up. Next jailbreak will not come from Comex, Yes, that' true! Come has just replied to someone telling him that he will donate to him whenever the next jailbreak is released. Comex said that the next jailbreak may not come from him. Full details posted below.

Arif Jinnah asked the following

@comex will definately donate when u come up with next jb,even if it take's weeks to get it done, my 3gs runs on jb while i4 waiting for it

And our big developer Comex answering him

@ariif next jb might not come from me :D

To be clear, Comex is not leaving, he just said that he may not jailbreak iOS 4.1 Although MuscleNerd confirmed that the next jailbreak will be userland jailbreak by Comex. Also we told you that there's two exploits (holes) in the wild, both by p0sixninja, one of them George Hotz used to jailbreak iPhone 4. The other is a bootrom exploit which acts on the hardware of the device itself not the iOS.

We don't know who will release the next jailbreak. As we know Geohot left the jailbreak scene two months ago, then his friend Mike Cohenn allowed the possibility of Geohot return by "Ra1n". Also, may be p0sixninja will be the next developer to jailbreak iOS 4.1 which will be released tomorrow. We will announce you by any update or anything happens, Stay tuned!

Update 1:Pod2g's Exploit Successfully Works on iOS 4.1 check details here.


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iOS 4.1 Userland Jailbreak Coming Soon?

You have been waiting for that! MuscleNerd has just said that comex will try to pull a trifecta by releasing a userland jailbreak similar to JailbreakMe to jailbreak iOS 4.1 for all devices but if he fails to do though, then a iBoot or bootrom exploits will be released.

Stephanos asked MuscleNerd about the type of iOS 4.1 jailbreak, userland jailbreak or a software jailbreak which runs under Windows / Mac

@MuscleNerd I know tons already asked this but is the iOS4.1 gonna be a userland jailbreak as usual or will redsn0w be making a comeback ?

MusclNerd replied to him saying that Comex will release a userland jailbreak if he could pull trifecta

@TechXero it'll be userland JB if @comex can pull trifecta. Else, wait for new HW cycle (also remember: hole!=exploit)

There's no ETA but all what we know that the iPhone Dev Team are working hard on jailbreaking iOS 4.1 for all devices. If they failed to do though, they will release the ready-done jailbreak for iPhone 3G / 3GS (old bootrom) and iPod touch 2G / 3G (Non-MC models). For others, you may wait until iOS 4.2 release in November.

Update 1:Pod2g's Exploit Successfully Works on iOS 4.1 check details here.

[Thanks for all who sent this in]

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PDF Patch Fixes JailbreakMe 2.0 PDF Exploit for all iPhone, iPod Touch And iPad

Yesterday, Apple has released iOS 4.0.2 that solves the problem of security present on Safari which it was possible to obtain privileges that allow malicious code execution. The exploit, as you well know, has been used by Comex for the jailbreak of all devices. The new update, does not affect users of the iPhone 2G and iPod Touch 1G as iOS 4 is not available for these devices.

Therefore Apple did not consider these terminals in its updated and easy that people may exploit this flaw to create real options to JailbreakMe. To remedy this, Saurik has created a package on Cydia that fix the bug in all iDevices having any firmware version (even  iOS 2.x). PDF patch, this is his name, will be available soon ( after some more thorough testing).

Please note that by running the update on your iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad, you will lose the ability to jailbreak your iDevice, especially if you do not have to save SHSH blobs, but if you already done so you can downgrade by following this guide.

Update 1: The package is now freely available through the repository of Saurik here.

Comex Relaesed The Source Code Of JailbreakMe 2.0 Star

Comex (iPhone DevTeam member), and the developer of the great JailbreakMe 2.0 Star which is the fastest and easiet way to do the jailbreak on iPhone iOS 4. He just sent a tweet with a download link to the JailbreakMe source code.

Source now available for anyone interested: http://github.com/comex/star

For anyone interest in the jailbreak me source code, can be downloaded from here.

How to: Jailbreak iPhone 3G iOS 4.0.2 By Redsn0w 0.9.5b5-5

According to the latest twee from Comex, despite patches of Apple, users who want to jailbreak their iDevices have nothing fo fear. He also mentioned that it has 3 different exploits to jailbreak.

That was fun while it lasted. Hope you saved your SHSH. Remember that 4.1 rhymes with fun.

Others who now buy an iPhone with firmware 4.0.2 or higher, will probably wait until the release of major update before making the jailbreak unless the DevTeam and iH8sn0w not update Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze. Thus, iH8sn0w has alrealy published a screenshot showing the jailbreak on iOS 4.0.2

Even MuscleNerd has already said that latest version of Redsn0w which release in June 2010 is able to jailbreak 4.0.2 but only on iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G (non-MC model) by following guide posted here.

hah :) redsn0w from June http://is.gd/eduZD can still JB 4.0.2 for iPhone3G and ipt2G(non-MC) ONLY (point it at 4.0 IPSW)

It seems that the Firmware 4.1 will be released in mid-September during the "Music" event where Apple will univels the iPod Touch 4G any may be iOS 4 for the iPad, we have to wait.

How to: Install Frash / Flash on iPhone 4 [Video]

We already seen Frash / Flash on iPad and we posted guides to Install Frash on your iPad, Today we have Frash on iPhone 4, Yes, now a quick alpha of Frash for iPhone 4 is available and can be installed on your iPhone 4.

Video:


Note: Your Device has to be jailbroken, you can follow the guide posted here to jailbreak iPhone 4 and guide posted here to jailbreak iPad using JailbreakMe 2.0 "Star". By the way, it works on all iPhones / iPods / iPads.

Steps:
Step 1: Install OpenSSH from Cydia by navigating to Search tab in Cydia and search for "OpenSSH" then install it.
Step 2: Connect your iPhone with your computer. Make sure iTunes is not running.
Step 3: Install Cyberduck for Mac or WinSCP for Windows, and enter the following details to log in:
Cyberduck

• Server: The IP address of your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. Settings –> WiFi –>
• Username: root
• Password: alpine
• Protocol: SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

WinSCP

• Hostname: The IP address of your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. Setting –> WiFi –>
• User name: root
• Password: alpine
• Protocol: SCP

Step 4: Navigate to /var/root/Media directory and create a folder named “Cydia”. Inside this Cydia folder, create another folder and name it “AutoInstall” and copy the Frash-0.02.deb file (Download link at the end of the post)
Step 5: Restart your iPhone and enjoy Flash on your Safari browser by click on the “Flash” text to play the Flash content.
[via Redmondpie]

Download Frash-0.02.deb for iPhone 4 [Credits to comex] - [MultiUpload]
Update 1: Video added for How to Install Frash on iPhone and iPad, by DinoD7


Update 2: No need for this steps anymore, there's an automatic method to install Flash / Frash on iPhone 4 via Cydia Repo, check our guide posted here.

Problems and Solutions with JailbreakMe 2.0 Star

JailbreakMe 2.0 Star was released a couple of days ago, A lot of problems found and leaked for some people but we probably solved most of them, this post shows you that most known problems when you try to jailbreak your iDevice using JailbreakMe from comex.

After logging into "Slide to Jailbreak" page, can't install?

• The solution for this problem is to power off and reboot your device several times till it work / Enable javascript in Safari may solve it too 

Wi-Fi is not working?

• Inspect the wireless router, reboot Wi-Fi and iPhone 4G as well as undo the network settings.  
• Note: If the selects in Wi-Fi is grey and show ”No Wi-Fi”, perhaps your BaseBand or Bootloader is broken, and the users use 2.0 above firmware need to reboot the ware

Stuck on Purple Screen when trying to jailbreak your device?

• Already told you how to solve this, the solution is about to clean your browser history by navigating to Settings --> Safari then go ahead and clear History, Cashe and Cookies, At the end reboot your device and open http://jailbreakme.modmyi.com

After jailbreaking, update iTunes to 9.2.1 or not?

• It's confirmed that you can safely upgrade to iTunes 9.2.1 and it will work as a charm!

iPad 3.2.1 and not working?

• Well, this issue was at first when it was released but now fixed, comex confirmed that it works on iPad 3.2.1 and people announced that it works! 

iPhone Stuck with Emergency mode?

• Solution posted here.

 
If you didn't jailbreak your device yet then go ahead and don't worry, use this guide to jailbreak any iPhone on iOS 4 / 4.0.1, use this guide to jailbreak iPad on iOS 3.2.1, use this guide to unlock any iPhone on any baseband! After jailbreaking you have to install PDF Loading Warner to close the security hole that comex used to jailbreak your iPhone to avoid any attacks on your device.
Sure, if we missed any problems and solutions, hope you tell us by commenting below..

Apple has Developed a Fix for JailbreakMe, Coming in Next Update

JailbreakMe was released a couple of days ago with an exploit that works on a hole by downloading PDF files to install Cydia. Well, Apple has caught this exploit and it developed a fix to block JailbreakMe exploit from working. According to CNET,

On Wednesday an Apple spokeswoman said in a statement, "We're aware of this reported issue, we have already developed a fix and it will be available to customers in an upcoming software update."

So if you don't have an iPhone 4 then buy it now, If you didn't jailbreak your iPhone 4 yet then Jailbreak it right now (guide posted here) and Save your SHSH Blobs (guide posted here) Immediately for any future jailbreaks from comex that will get it's exploit using your SHSH Blobs. [via CNET]