Blackra1n RC2 iPhone Jailbreak Tool Released and Unlock Update
iPhone hacker, geohot, has released blackra1n RC2 for your enjoyment. It corrects a few small bugs from the first release and can be downloaded here.
- Fixed 3G issues
- Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 OOTB ipt 8GB and new 3GSes
- Fixed icy issues
- Both Windows and Mac
- If you used RC1 with success, no need to rerun
So nothing earth shattering but it is worth a mention and on the unlock side, geohot is not working on that but the Dev Teams MuscleNerd is. So rest be assured an unlock is being worked on, we just have to be patient.
[Via TiPb Forums]
October 26th, 2009 at 10:49 am
any idea on the specific date this went out? reason i ask is because i just re-JB with blackra1n yesterday, and all seems well. is there a way i can check to see if my blackra1n is the RC2 version? it’s working great for me, either way.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I want to say it was yesterday. Even so, if everything is working fine for you there is no reason to re-jailbreak with this release.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:56 am
WAHOO! My new 3GS is jailbroken
Bring on the theming!
October 26th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Looking forward to not having to tether my g3 ipod
I like shutting it down sometimes.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Ok. I was able to jailbreak a friends 3g that was running 3.1.2 updatedwith official apple update. Is there an unlock for it yet?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Ok, so I have a jb phone on 3.0.1…if I want to jb I first update to 3.1.2 (is that what we are on?)? Then I can run blakra1n rc2? I’d this correct?
I wasn’t updating because I was happy with everything, but I stopped receiving my voicemail.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I’m saying a prayer that this works for me now. I had no success with the previous version.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
A little confusion with his wording. One site i saw said it fixed some 3G network issues. Others say he means iphone 3G issues.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
What are the 3g fixes exactly? It’s pretty vague.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
@tora im not sure but i think that it didn’t work on some 3g models…
October 26th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
I just jailbroke and I’m new to this. Cydia is installed and so is backgrounder, what apps out there make jailbreaking worth it? What other features if any make it worth it?
October 26th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
@ Philip 11:47am go to settings>General>Network>Cellular Network data. Make sure VISUAL VOICEMAIL APN is acds.voicemail let me know if u need more assistance before u upgrade.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
@RonJ1986 thanks, but I don’t have the option for Cellular network under my network settings? Regardless, I disabled the themes that I was running and voila, I have my voicemail again.
So now, do I update to 3.1.2 and the blackra1n rc2?
October 26th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
So does this mean it’s possible to unlock a 3gs with 3.1?
October 26th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
I have 3.1.2 and jailbroke with no issues. Clicked one button, 20 seconds layer it was done. Easy.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I ve a JB 3.1.2 phone with me now. Anybody has got anyway to unlock it? I m on BB 5.11.07 and boot loader 6.04.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Title of this story: … and Unlock Update. Content of the story: The Devteam is working on it.
Nice way to give people reading the title false hope. Obviously the Devteam is working on it. How is that an update?
October 26th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Top reasons to jailbreak:
SBSettings irealsms (quickreply SMS msgs) 3G Unrestrictor (voice over 3g) HapticPro (tactile feedback for each keystroke) Winterboard Backgrounder (for use with Pandora) MXTube (save YouTube videos)
October 26th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Help.benm.at released tethering mobileconfig update today!?!?!?!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
just used it again, this time it worked just like it should! very good!
October 27th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Just re-jailbroke. Definitely worth it. Waited for blackra1n before I went to 3.1.2. It’s too bad apple won’t make some of these features native. Might be a big deciding factor when it’s time get a new phone.
October 27th, 2009 at 4:16 am
@iamse7ven agreed..
Your about to be unsubscribed with the stupid decision to chomp the RSS feed. Stupid move, you will loose many readers for that
October 27th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I did the blackrain RC1 on a month old 3gs, works great. Except i get an error in cydia cause I installed both cydia, rock and icy through the blackrain app that appeared on my phone after jailbreaking…this RC2 version should fix this – but will it swipe/delete all my installed apps and configurations if I use the blackrain on top of an already jailbroken phone?
Also, will it automatically give me the 3.1.2 or will it still have the 3.1 as it has currently? (i had to jailbreak cause my iphone died when updating to 3.1.2. via iTunes
October 27th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I’d say 90% of the people posting in this talkback should take a reading comprehension class.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
You can unlock and jailbreak a 3GS running 3.1 firmware but the baseband cannot be updated to the newest version which is 5.11.07
Alas, this is the version on my 3GS, so I can only jailbreak at the momemnt because I’m on T-Mobile. So all I have is a glorified iPod Touch.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
BTW, all Apple stores have the new baseband version of 5.11.07 on their replacement aka “refurb” 3GS models. So if you are thinking of replacing your iPhone to get another shiny clean start (we all do it…) or for any other reason, think twice before you do a restore. You could be possibly bricking your device from an unlock until a version of 3.1.2 is available via Blackra1n.
October 28th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Anyone else noticing very bad battery since update/JB? I did it from a restore to new.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I have a 3g jb with blackrain and my battery is almost non existant. I have sb settings to turn wifi and ssh off but still get about 3 hours. It’s a joke. Any help or advice? Thanks in advance.
November 12th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
HI everyone i downloaded blackra1n it worked fine untilll i tryed coming off my wifi and onto cellular network and 3G. Its nonexsistant. What happened. Any tipis on what to do. Thx