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blackra1n is a program that jailbreaks versions 3.1, 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 of Apple's operating system for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, known as iOS.. The program uses a bug in the USB code of the firmware for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, allowing unsigned code to be executed.
The iPhone Dev Team, which is not affiliated with Apple, has released a series of free desktop-based jailbreaking tools. In July 2008 it released a version of PwnageTool to jailbreak the then new iPhone 3G on iPhone OS 2.0 as well as the iPod Touch, [41] [42] newly including Cydia as the primary third-party installer for jailbroken software. [43]
Upgrading to iPhone OS 3 was free for iPhone. Upgrading to iPhone OS 3 originally cost iPod Touch users $9.95; [9] updating to 3.1.x from 2.x cost only $4.95. [10] [11]iPhone OS 3 was the last major version of iOS for which there was a charge for iPod Touch users to upgrade.
JailbreakMe 2.0 "Star", released by comex on August 1, 2010, exploited a vulnerability in the FreeType library used while rendering PDF files. This was the first publicly available jailbreak for the iPhone 4, able to jailbreak iOS 3.1.2 through 4.0.1 on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad models then current. [7]
Jailbreak (computer science), overcoming deliberate limitations in a computer system: iOS jailbreaking, overriding software limitations on the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad; Hackintosh, Apple's Macintosh operating system macOS running on unauthorized computer hardware; Rooting (Android), on Android phones and tablets
The feature was initially only available on the iPad (1st generation) until the release of iOS 4 a few months after the release of iPhone OS 3.2, which brought the feature to all iPhone and iPod Touch models that could run the operating system, with the exception of the iPhone 3G and the iPod touch (2nd generation) due to performance issues ...
The iPhone, developed by Apple Inc., is a line of smartphones that combine a mobile phone, digital camera, personal computer, and music player into one device. Introduced by then-CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, the iPhone revolutionized the mobile phone industry with its multi-touch interface and lack of physical keyboard.
[21] iPhone OS 1.1.4 was the final iPhone OS 1 update for the first-generation iPhone prior to the release of iPhone OS 2, and was released on February 26, 2008, while iPhone OS 1.1.5 was the final iPhone OS 1 update for the first-generation iPod Touch and was released on July 15, 2008 after the release of iPhone OS 2, to users unwilling or ...