Jailbreak Your iPhone or Lose Your Street Cred
Photo from: http://blackra1n.com
I've owned an iPhone since the original V1 came out in 2007. I remember not really knowing a lot about "jailbreaking" and never really messed with. I eventually gave in and have used quite a few different jailbreaking programs that have flooded the underground. At first, it was really a pain in the ass to jailbreak your device and back then there really wasn't much to do once you were jailbroken. It's quite a different story now. Jailbreaking your iPhone 3G or 3GS today is really the simplest it's ever been. Ever. Thanks to George Hotz (alias geohot) the process takes about 20 seconds and a total of around 1 minute, considering your iPhone has to reboot. That's it. You click one button and it's done. Your dog could do it.
This post is not intended to walk you through the jailbreak process. In fact, you don't really even need to dedicate an entire post to it. Here it is in a nutshell:
- Go to http://blackra1n.com.
- Download blackra1n for your operating system (supports Mac and PC).
- Plug in your iPhone and close iTunes.
- Open up the blackra1n application.
- Click on the only button in the application, "Make It Ra1n."
