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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.
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]
Apple has released various updates to iOS that patch exploits used by jailbreak utilities; this includes a patch released in iOS 6.1.3 to software exploits used by the original evasi0n iOS 6–6.1.2 jailbreak, in iOS 7.1 patching the Evasi0n 7 jailbreak for iOS 7–7.0.6-7.1 beta 3. Boot ROM exploits (exploits found in the hardware of the ...
George Francis Hotz (born October 2, 1989), alias geohot, is an American security hacker, entrepreneur, [1] and software engineer.He is known for developing iOS jailbreaks, [2] [3] reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony.
iOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. and was first released as iPhone OS in June 2007, coinciding with the launch of the first generation iPhone. [1] iPhone OS was renamed iOS following the release of the iPad, starting with iOS 4. [2]
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.
[113] [114] The iPad, released in April 2010, was first jailbroken in May 2010 with the Spirit jailbreak for iOS version 3.1.2. [115] The iPad can be jailbroken on iOS versions 4.3 through 4.3.3 with the web-based tool JailbreakMe 3.0 (released in July 2011), [116] and on iOS versions including 5.0 and 5.0.1 using redsn0w. [117]
The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008.