Black raindrops are falling on my iPhone! – Jailbreak with blackra1n
Jailbreakers, rejoice! Geohot has done it again! Yesterday he made available his long-awaited new jailbreaking tool – blackra1n. This tool tackles just about everything, from the old 2G to the latest 3.1 OTB (Out the box) 3GS and even the iPod Touch 3G. And all of this in just 30 seconds! A note of warning though – blackra1n is for OFFICIAL 3G/3GS phones ONLY since it requires the phone to be updated by the official 3.1.2 firmware. If you’re not afraid of this, read on!
Okay, so how would you make this work? Well, it’s easy.
- First, download the latest version of blackra1n from Geohot’s website.
- Now make a restore to the official 3.1.2 firmware (shift+Restore).
- Warning: This will ERASE all of the data on your phone so make sure you make any backups you require.
- Next run blackra1n and press “Make it ra1n”.
- The process starts.
- Next the device should go into “Recovery mode”.
- If everything goes as planned you should see the blackra1n image.
- After the device reboots, you’ll see a blackra1n icon on the iPhone/iPod Touch.
- Run blackra1n on the device and choose what you love most (Cydia, Rock or Icy).
- Warning: Choose only one of them; otherwise you may run into serious problems later.
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And that’s all folks. You have a jailbroken “Jesus” phone.
Warning: iPod Touch 3G requires you to run balckra1n on every reboot for you to keep the jailbreak.
I would also note that blackra1n is still marked as RC1 (release candidate), so if you’re in no rush, I would recommend to wait until the final version is live. Some people have reported problems using the current version.
Thanks Geohot for sticking it to the MAN! And hooray for all the free thinking community! Apple, we will fight your evil plans for taking over the world to the very end!
Please note that TouchMyApps does not take responsibility for any harm which may come to your iDevice due to jailbreaking. Jailbreaking is a great way to add software functionality to a restricted device and we applaud both the development team who support it, and the development team who support the App Store.
[via Alleon from http://iphoneapps.ru]
Blankito | Oct 15, 2009 | Reply
So what if I have my iPhone 3g 3.0 already jailbroken? Wll it erase every app I have? I want to update soon, but I don’t want to lose alllllll the apps I already have. I also don’t want to lose my theme. Is there a way to keep everything and update?
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ChiffaN Reply:
October 16th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Yes, it will erase everything. But the apps will be synced back provided you login to the same iTunes account. Though all savegames will be erased. If this is important to you, you can get AppBackup from Cydia, save everything you need, then download the backup and restore everything after the update and re-jailbreak.
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midice | Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
if i already have 3.1.2 on my iphone 3g and i never had it jailbroken ever, if i jailbreak this using blackrain will i still have at&t as my carrier without it saying searching forever, n will all my data on my iphone like apps contacts and all that be erased or will i still have everything?
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Joel Gray | Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
Can you undo this blackra1n jailbreak if so how?
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Joel Gray | Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
If you jailbreak ur iPhone it should work normally unless you start to fiddle with the settings but all your stuff will be erased, ALL of you stuff,
hope this helped
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yanaung | Nov 2, 2009 | Reply
Hi bro,
I cant use downloaded keyborad. what happen ? pls tell me
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Jak | Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
I have the original iphone 2g 3.1 7C144, if I restore and update to the 3.1.3 will this not work?
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ChiffaN Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Blackra1n does NOT work with OS 3.1.3
The only option for the 2G with upgrading to 3.1.3 is custom firmware using PwngTool keeping the old baseband if you require unlock.
Considering there are very minor fixes in 3.1.3 I would suggest you upgrade to 3.1.2 using the links in the Upgrading article.
http://www.touchmyapps.com/2009/11/19/the-jbnator-diaries-episode-1-%e2%80%93-upgrading-your-jailbreaked-phone-without-losing-app-information-and-savegames/ article
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