New blackra1n Jailbreak for all iPhones / Touches on 3.1 (and 3.1.2) Is Out
Blackra1n “ the much-awaited new jailbreak for all iPhone and iPod Touch models on the 3.1 and 3.1.2 firmware “ has been released, very late last night.
Here ‘s a brief rundown on it from its creator, GeoHot:
So, what is blackra1n? blackra1n is a 30 second ALL device 3.1.2 jailbreak. Even the ipt3, but the ipt3 is tethered. In order to boot it, just rerun blackra1n. As far as donations go, they are much appreciated, but not until after blackra1n works for you. I never ask for donations before the tool is released.
Warning 3g and 3gs unlockers, do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your unlock. Baseband cannot be downgraded. Check out the dev team’s offerings. Also blackra1n doesn’t hacktivate.
Blackra1n is Windows only for now.
I ‘ve just finished doing my prep work “ updating to 3.1.2, updating iTunes on my Windows 7 virtual machine, remembering to backup my Camera Roll (for once) “ and will try out the jailbreak in just a few minutes.
Head over HERE to download blackra1n, and HERE to see GeoHot ‘s latest blog posts about it.
Any news of when the mac version will be aviable?
None that I've seen yet – sorry.
As a relative newbie to the iPhone world (since mid-June), I had trouble reading this and could use some assistance: if I already upgraded to 3.1.2 (oops), will Blackra1n work or not? I read your comment as "yes" and I read geohot's as "no" – or is it "don't hack FIRST and then upgrade."
As Hawklight mentions in the comment below, do NOT do the update to 3.1.2 if you need to unlock. I've never been unlocked and don't need to be, so I did the update to 3.1.2 then ran blackra1n. So far, so good, will do a post soon.
Dont upgrade to 3.1.2 if you are wanting to unlock your phone for another carrier. Otherwise updating to 3.1.2 and then using blackra1n is the correct method.
holy shit, that was the EASIEST jailbreak ive ever done. Wow.
did the update, tried to make it ra1n, but the sun is still shinning…wtf…just says running but been awhile now
Running status should only last for a few seconds (30 tops I think) – think that's a fail and start again if it's showing that status for minutes.
No luck .. running as admin and followed the notes posted what am I missing
What error / problem are you getting?
do i open itunes while i am running blackra1n pls help im dumb
It's best to keep iTunes closed (not running) while running this. Good luck.
Blackra1n just sits at 'running….' for me, left it for an hour and nothing.
Running as admin on Win7 but no go for me
yeah so i have jailbroken my ipod touch 2g os 3.1.2 using blackra1n ….problem is that everytime i would reboot it ends up in restore mode..which happened like 8 times already…any ideas????….although everything seems to be working ( cydia, appsync, n the apps ) itself..but once it reboots its in restore mode..help pls…
Are you sure yours is not a 3g Touch? It is a known issue that the 3g Touch requires a 'tethered' jailbreak.
no matter what I do I cant get the blackra1n icon on my 8gb 3g? Help please as it’s very frustrating!