Akihabara (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
That iPhone opened a whole new era is beyond doubt, but that it created a brand new profession for many people already is another positive side of it, it seems: Jailbreaking. On a recent CNN interview, George Hotz, the 20 year old phenomenal guy who managed to first unlock the i-Phone when he was 17, makes interesting statements such as “This is a personal hobby; it'd be no fun...
iPhone, the Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
blackra1n is the latest, simplest Jailbreak tool from iPhone hacker George Hotz (Geohot) and supports all modern iPhone and iPod touch devices running the latest 3.1.2 firmware. blacksn0w is the associated Unlock utility. (Jailbreaking lets you run software not approved by Apple, like background tasks, Google Voice apps, etc. Unlocking lets you use your iPhone [...]
Mobility Site (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Whether you consider him a genius, a rebel, a thief or an arrogant putz, George Hotz (aka GeoHot) sure has a lot to say, and he says it in a recent CNN profile. Credited ...
Todaytech.info (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Jailbreakers Battle Apple for Control of iPhone When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone’s secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off. With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to [...]
iPhone News Updated (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone’s secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off. With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to international networks before Apple had a chance to. He [...]
CNN (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone's secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off.
CNN (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone's secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off.
iPhone News Updated (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone’s secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off. With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to international networks before Apple had a chance to. He [...]
Phones Review (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
George Hotz, I’m sure you’ve all heard of him, he was the first guy to unlock the iPhone and thus opened the iPhone to international networks and gained virtually instant internet fame; that was back when Hotz was 17 and now at 20 he makes a living breaking differing gadgets. In an interview Hotz says he [...]
Todaytech.info (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone’s secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off. With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to international networks before Apple had a opportunity [...]
Wired (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone’s secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off. With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to international networks before Apple had a chance to. He [...]
PhoneDog.com Cell Phones articles (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... is called Blackra1n, a new program that's compatible with the latest iPhone update 3.1.2. Made by George Hotz (aka Geohot) and dubbed "The 30 Second Jailbreak," it lets you jailbreak and unlock (optional) your device using some incredibly easy steps. Blackra1n works on nearly every device – iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch, and iPod Touch 2G. The iPod Touch...
Gadget Lab (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Superstar iPhone hacker George Hotz has just released Blacksn0w, an addition to his latest Blackra1n iPhone jailbreaking application. Why would you want it? Because it will take any iPhone or iPod Touch and jailbreak it with one click. It will also unlock any iPhone and allow it to be used on any cell carrier, anywhere [...]
Tech-Ex (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... modem firmware version, under Settings, General, About, scroll down, on your iPhone. Geohot, AKA George Hotz, was also the first person to unlock the original iPhone (the EDGE version). That required some degree of hardware modification, however, and this does not. His jailbreaking tool is called blackra1n, and his unlocking tool is blacksn0w. Both can be found at his site, here ....
Super Tech News / Published News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I know many of you (esp. those who accidentally upgrade to firmware 3.1.2) are waiting for an unlock solution to unlock baseband 05.11.07, which comes with iPhone OS 3.1 or up. Here is a good news. George Hotz (aka GeoHot), the creater of blackra1n, has given some hints on his blog suggesting that there will be an unlock solution for the baseband. He has posted a screenshot showing he...
