Dev Team's Blog - Yellowsn0w on 2.2.1 and beyond

dtube · #1 (**permalink**) 06-04-2009, 07:01 AM

From Dev Team Blog:
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Yesterday, Apple started pushing out their official iTunes 8.2, which supports mobile devices at firmware 3.0. Here’s why you jailbreakers and yellowsn0w-users shouldn’t really accept that “Update now?” question:

Most people aren’t at 3.0. In fact 3.0 is still in beta and has lots of bugs (especially related to push updates).
It breaks your ability to use QuickPwn, PwnageTool, and iPhone Tunneling Suite (ssh over usb). We don’t think this is a deliberate breakage of these tools. It’s just that Apple has updated a low-level USB protocol that normally only Apple cares about (but jailbreakers care about).
So far, the only appreciable change to iTunes 8.2 is the Genius function working on videos.
It may actually break Palm Pre’s connection to the device (please give us feedback on this).

This update is one of those that incidentally breaks QuickPwn and PwnageTool. It doesn’t seem like an anti-jailbreak. But nonetheless, it will break your ability to re-run QuickPwn or PwnageTool’s dfu-entry.
Because this update isn’t a deliberate anti-jailbreak measure, it’s easily fixed in our tools. But we really don’t want to update our tools until 3.0 is out, so please don’t update to 8.2 if you think you’ll need to rejailbreak your device.

YellowSn0w on 2.2.1 and beyond
We see many questions about whether yellowsn0w can ever be made to work on firmware versions past 2.2 (or equivalently, basebands past 02.28). This is probably a good place to address those questions:
If there is a yellowsn0w update for firmware after 2.2 (or basebands after 02.28), there is no way it would ever be released before 3.0 is official. It just wouldn’t make any sense to release an exploit for something that only those who have beta 3.0’s (NDA signers) could use. Most people in the world aren’t NDA signers. Any yellowsn0w update for 3.0 would need to happen *after* 3.0 is officially available.

googs · #2 (**permalink**) 06-04-2009, 05:47 PM

bit of good news...

iGun 4 Fun · #3 (**permalink**) 06-05-2009, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by googs

bit of good news...

I bet DevTeam has a few aces up their sleeves...

I commend their efforts,

eliomar · #4 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009, 06:37 PM

i saw that too. hoping today they come out with a 3.0 jailbreak. but hopes run high in my blood.

Confucious · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2009, 02:39 PM

The Dev team will not release anything until FW3.0 is official.

d_P · #6 (**permalink**) 06-14-2009, 03:50 PM

Hope this is good news...

I got an offer for a unlockable 3G that is quite nice... would you guys buy it and wait for 3.0??

I guess it had BL 5.9 and 2.2 atm...

Cheerio,

dP

truehybridx · #7 (**permalink**) 06-14-2009, 07:20 PM

looks like the dev team is changing a few rules in this cat and mouse game in their favor
let apple feel good about their 3.0 firmware so they will elease the real version then probably bust their dreams with an unlock that cant be blocked possibly???

Confucious · #8 (**permalink**) 06-14-2009, 10:28 PM

I doubt if there will be an unlock that can't be blocked, but YellowSn0w shortly after release would be very nice....

*gkaloy10* · #9 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 11:34 AM

i think that they already have a copy of the final firmware thats on the net, and they are working on that. They have had since march to work on the 3.0, so i think that an unlock will be available soon.

Confucious · #10 (**permalink**) 06-15-2009, 02:51 PM

MuscleNerd gave a very strong hint on his Twitter that YellowSn0w for 3.0 is just waiting to be released - probably Friday

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