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Best jailbreak on the market?

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uteliggaren

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Sep 14, 2009
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Hi all iphone users!

I now have a 3gs and i love it, but now i anderstand that i can get moore out of my iphone, so my question is what jailbreak is the best?.

And is it true that if i use cydia, then i cant download apps from appstore?

Themes is a must for me, and i dont know if all jailbreak can change themes.

and if my iphone breaks, then i whant to be able to restore the iphone so i can get a new one ;)......

i'm using 3.0.1 on my iphone


Thanks for the help guys and girls
<3
 
uteliggaren said:
Hi all iphone users!

I now have a 3gs and i love it, but now i anderstand that i can get moore out of my iphone, so my question is what jailbreak is the best?.
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There is only one jailbreak. It is produced by the dev team (and it's free software) Google "dev team blog"

uteliggaren said:
And is it true that if i use cydia, then i cant download apps from appstore?
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Not true

uteliggaren said:
Themes is a must for me, and i dont know if all jailbreak can change themes.
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Download Winterboard (an app) and themes from Cydia.

uteliggaren said:
and if my iphone breaks, then i whant to be able to restore the iphone so i can get a new one ;)......
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You can restore.


Google iClarified, they'll give you guides.
 
iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip

instaxgirl said:
There is only one jailbreak. It is produced by the dev team (and it's free software) Google "dev team blog"



Not true



Download Winterboard (an app) and themes from Cydia.



You can restore.


Google iClarified, they'll give you guides.
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Thx for the help.....i have downloaded redsn0w and iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip for my iphone.

I ame reading a guide but when i shall put in the iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip i cant browse tho find the file...

i have unzipped the file, but nothing has that name (.ipsw)
so my question is should i just rename the zip file and add that?
"if i rename iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip to iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
it didnt say on the guide, and i dont whant to make any mistake.
 
uteliggaren said:
Thx for the help.....i have downloaded redsn0w and iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip for my iphone.

I ame reading a guide but when i shall put in the iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip i cant browse tho find the file...

i have unzipped the file, but nothing has that name (.ipsw)
so my question is should i just rename the zip file and add that?
"if i rename iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw.zip to iPhone2,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
it didnt say on the guide, and i dont whant to make any mistake.
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You just delete the .zip off the end of the file name I think.

Then you run redsn0w and follow the directions. Enjoy!

Wait.... NM. You have a 3Gs... You have to wait until they release the Jailbreak for 3.1

If you want more explanation why, then please read the dev team's latest blog post. http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
 
ViViDboarder said:
You just delete the .zip off the end of the file name I think.

Then you run redsn0w and follow the directions. Enjoy!

Wait.... NM. You have a 3Gs... You have to wait until they release the Jailbreak for 3.1
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Why do i have to wait for 3.1? i havent installed it yet i ame on 3.0.1
 
uteliggaren said:
Why do i have to wait for 3.1? i havent installed it yet i ame on 3.0.1
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Oh... Well then redsn0w may work. I have a 3G so I can't say for sure. I think it just injects the code without needing it to be signed again.

So yea. Just delete the .zip from the name and run redsn0w. Don't forget to let us know how it went!
 
ViViDboarder said:
Oh... Well then redsn0w may work. I have a 3G so I can't say for sure. I think it just injects the code without needing it to be signed again.

So yea. Just delete the .zip from the name and run redsn0w. Don't forget to let us know how it went!
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sure will... i ame on it
 
uteliggaren said:
ahhh thx nice....

ame i able to have one wallpaper for startup and one for backgound?
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You can't, as far as I know, change the boot logo on 3.0. You can, however, change the lockscreen wallpaper (not the charging one) in a theme by putting a file named "LockBackground.png" in your theme folder. Its best to combine themes elements into one rather than having many turned on at the same time.
 
darngooddesign said:
You can't, as far as I know, change the boot logo on 3.0. You can, however, change the lockscreen wallpaper (not the charging one) in a theme by putting a file named "LockBackground.png" in your theme folder. Its best to combine themes elements into one rather than having many turned on at the same time.
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oki thx....so if i whant to dowload any good theme then?
 
It depends on what you like the look of. Themes on Cydia have screenshots or you can brows the Post Spring/Winterboard Screenshots thread until you find one you fancy. Many themes have the icon overlay files that basically make stock AppStore icons look similar to the theme's icons. Also check on Deviant Art or MacThemes.

The themes you download them from Cydia, but they aren't usually up to date. So if you found one you like you can search for it online and you'll usually find it on forums like MacThemes. I would then download them from your phone to your computer and remove the theme from Cydia as I slows down the initial launch.

Then you manually add the new icons you have found for the theme and rename the ones you want to use for different icons. By rename I mean... I use MxTube instead of YouTube so I hide use SBSettings to hide the YouTube application. There may be a theme where I like the YouTube icon more that the MxTube icon, or there may only be a YouTube icon. I can change it from YouTube.png to MxTube.png and now I have the MxTube icon I prefer. If you make any theme changes you have to respring, in SBSettings.

This also has the benefit that if you have to re-jailbreak you can just upload the contents of your Themes folder back to your phone and save yourself a lot of hassle.

Search around for more detailed instructions on how to do any of this, but you can use apps like PhoneView/Mac or iPhoneBrowser/PC to make the process way easier. You don't have to know Terminal to do any of this.
 
thelatinist said:
As much as I love the Dev-Team, theirs is not the only jailbreak. Geohot actually beat them to the jailbreak with purplera1n, which still works to jailbreak 3.0.
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Chronic-Dev is working on GreenPois0n as well.

Dev-Team just is the most reliable. :D The others tend to make quick hacks that do get the job done but don't provide the continued support that Dev-Team does. I think this is why Dev-Team has a lot more fans. :D
 
ViViDboarder said:
Dev-Team just is the most reliable. :D The others tend to make quick hacks that do get the job done but don't provide the continued support that Dev-Team does. I think this is why Dev-Team has a lot more fans. :D
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Geohot says it best himself, I think: "I code to make things simple, hacky, and fast. Dev codes to make things proper, slow, and complicated; redsn0w works OOTB." It might take Dev longer to come out with a release, but you can be sure that theirs will work and won't be buggy.
 
thelatinist said:
Geohot says it best himself, I think: "I code to make things simple, hacky, and fast. Dev codes to make things proper, slow, and complicated; redsn0w works OOTB." It might take Dev longer to come out with a release, but you can be sure that theirs will work and won't be buggy.
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thx guys you sure did help me alot....

now to themes question
i whant to test this theme http://www.mbtheme.com/Iphone_theme/200809/Chinese-Green_9067-9067.html

how do i install it?
 
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