Untethered JB coming today!!

[TSX]

Geohotz said "at 9AM EST tomorrow, I will be asking for all of your help..if you come through for me, i'll make you an untethered jailbreak. also $1000.00" so I guess iPhones/iPods with the new bootrom will finaly have an untethered JB.

 

[pw1500]

Geohotz said "at 9AM EST tomorrow, I will be asking for all of your help..if you come through for me, i'll make you an untethered jailbreak. also $1000.00" so I guess iPhones/iPods with the new bootrom will finaly have an untethered JB.

We can only hope!

 

[Compile 'em all]

He said he will work on it, not that it is coming out today.

 

[dhlizard]

He said he will work on it, not that it is coming out today.

I agree.

He doesn't promise an untethered unlock at 9A today or anytime today. Just that he shall solve it.

We shall see.

 

[fishmd]

What is the ..."also 1000.00$" part? Is he saying that if we all donate 1000$ he will work on it or what?

 

[UngratefulNinja]

What is the ..."also 1000.00$" part? Is he saying that if we all donate 1000$ he will work on it or what?

yeah. I'm a geohotz fan but...something seems weird abt that.

 

[tryppy]

to be clear about the 1000$

According to Geohot's twitter;

Going out to buy an energy drink, getting ready for a days worth of #dudeitsaballoon balloon data aggregation http://bit.ly/7chum5

following the link gives you;

Right now, you are all probably waking up to another normal Saturday. But this Saturday is not normal. In addition to planes, birds, owls, and everything else in the sky, there are 10 red balloons scattered around the United States. Starting at 10AM EST, your US government is using tax dollars to send 10 big red weather balloons into the sky. I need to know the location of those balloons.

So if you see a big red balloon in the sky, about 8ft round, numbered 1 to 10, and you like any of
a) money
b) me
c) the Chevy Camaro
report it here ASAP so I can win the contest


reporting it is simpler than using blackra1n
1) email *email hidden* with a picture, the location, and the number on the balloon itself
2) call or text the dudeitsaballoon hotline at xxx-xxx-xxxx with the location and number of the balloon

why? ...well assuming I get the location of the 10 balloons before everyone else
you get $1000.00 if you are the first to report a balloon sighting to me
my friend gets a Chevy Camaro
the blackra1n project gets $8,000
because a nationwide scavenger hunt is just cool!

 

[UngratefulNinja]

This thread's title really needs editing.

 

[dhlizard]

This thread's title really needs editing.

That's because he made an assumption based on a couple of Geohot tweets...

And we now know the rest of the story.

 

[Applejuiced]

Hopefully he figures it out.
I got faith in him.

 

[thelatinist]

So if he wins the contest with our help he will give the first person to sight a balloon for him $1,000 and will make an untethered jailbreak? Weird.

Gotta admire the guy's confidence, though. Not "I'll try to make a tethered jailbreak" or even "I'll make one if it's at all possible." Everyone's going to assume he knows something, now...

 

[jmann]

So if he wins the contest with our help he will give the first person to sight a balloon for him $1,000 and will make an untethered jailbreak? Weird.

Gotta admire the guy's confidence, though. Not "I'll try to make a tethered jailbreak" or even "I'll make one if it's at all possible." Everyone's going to assume he knows something, now...

It sounds fishy to me too. How do we even knows those "mythical" balloons exist?

 

[thelatinist]

It sounds fishy to me too. How do we even knows those "mythical" balloons exist?

They do.

 

[dhlizard]

It sounds fishy to me too. How do we even knows those "mythical" balloons exist?

You've been spending too much time making all those animated avatars.

The world is passing by.

 

[dhlizard]

Geohot's latest tweet

geohot wait, why do people think i'm making untethered?...to clarify, I wanted to win the balloon competition...if win then untethered else no
32 minutes ago from web

As I said, we shall see.

 

[MikePA]

geohot's ego knows no bounds and it's not hard to see why the DevTeam dumped him.

 

[labman]

too add insult to injury!

Geohot also added and yes he changed his twitter name Egohot

egohot
Without exclusivity of those big, hot, red balls you get NOTHING. Go ask M.I.T for your untethered jailbreak.

 

[radionickhead]

Theres no doubt the boy is a genius, but he is also an A-class douche'.
Whatever the case everyone owes him a whole lot.

 

[Applejuiced]

He's smart but he's just a little kid.
He seems to change his mind every day.
I think if he grows up and becomes a little more serious he will accomplish alot.

 

[jmann]

You've been spending too much time making all those animated avatars.

The world is passing by.

Guess I don't care about red balloons.

 

[iHateMacs]

He should have just asked Nena.

 

[MikePA]

Whatever the case everyone owes him a whole lot.

'Everyone' doesn't owe him anything. He came up with a jb solution before the DevTeam. Big deal.

 

[Moi un Mouton]

'Everyone' doesn't owe him anything. He came up with a jb solution before the DevTeam. Big deal.

No, no, that's unfair. He didn't just "come up with" it, he released it for free to the whole world, he revealed his method too, he declined a $10000 bribe from the scum at iphoneunlock to make it exclusive to them, it really IS a big deal for very many people, even if not everyone.

 

[loskickking23]

I check everyday to see if this has been figured out yet.....I upgraded from 3g jailbroken to a 3gs That can't .....I tried the tethered and hated it....so now Im just waiting patiently!!

 

[TSX]

I check everyday to see if this has been figured out yet.....I upgraded from 3g jailbroken to a 3gs That can't .....I tried the tethered and hated it....so now Im just waiting patiently!!

Looks like your going to be waiting still, since geohot didnt win we don get a untetherd JB!!