UPDATE: If you've got a new iPod or iPhone running the 1.1.2 firmware, you'll want to follow this guide instead. For the 1.1.3 firmware, follow these instructions. Jailbreaking the iPod touch/iPhone is now an utterly simple, one-click affair—which means if you've been waiting to jailbreak your iPod touch or iPhone (since the 1.1.1 firmware upgrade), the time is now. Just point your Safari browser to http://jailbreakme.com/ and click the Install AppSnapp link. It may sound scary, but the web site takes advantage of a mobile Safari exploit to install Installer.app (the gateway application for installing more applications) to your device. If you give it a try, here's what you can expect.
After clicking the Install AppSnapp link, Safari will close and your Iphone/Ipod Touch will eventually return to the "Slide to Unlock" screen (it could take up to 5 minutes, depending on your connection speed) The AppSnapp instructions state that once you slide, you'll see the Installer.app icon, meaning you're ready to go. When you try to unlock your Iphone/Ipod Touch with the slider, it might freeze up, so at this point, You might want to restart your Iphone/Ipod Touch. When it is done booting up, there should be the Installer.app in all its glory, ready to install all sorts of goodies on your Iphone/Ipod Touch. "What kind of goodies?" you ask. Applications like these, for example:
Mobile RSS
Track your favorite RSS feeds.
Books
Read your eBooks from the iPhone with this flick-and-scroll eBook reader.
vNotes
Record voice notes and email them to yourself or play them back later.
SendSong
Send any song synced to your iPhone to your ringtones or via email (how's that for squirting?).
Mobile TextEdit
Edit text files from your iPhone with Mobile TextEdit.
SendFile
Email any filetype placed in ~/Media/Documents
Mobile Money
Keep an eye on your expenses on-the-go.
iFlashCards
Practice your flashcards, like these GRE vocab words.
ApolloIM
The native AIM app ApolloIM is young, but it's already making strides past the online apps.
Installer.app
Manage, install, and update all of your iPhone apps with Installer.app.
Mobile Finder
Browse your iPhone file system, open files, and launch applications with Mobile Finder.
Launcher
Launcher aggregates all of your installed third-party apps in a scrollable, launchable list.
SummerBoard
Scrolls vertically from the Home screen, aka SpringBoard.
NES
Nate True's NES emulator works in both portrait and landscape mode and is so far way better than anyone could have expected from an iPhone NES emulator.
iBlackJack
Play "blackjack" on your iPhone.
Mines(weeper)
Play "mines(weeper)" on your iPhone.
Lights Off
Play "lights off" on your iPhone.
The iPhone/iPod touch applications available have actually improved and broadened a lot since just last month when I made that iPhone app gallery, so there are still a whole lot of great apps available that aren't included in the gallery. As you may remember, we showed you how to jailbreak your iPhone using a couple of different methods several weeks back, but this one-click Safari hack requires absolutely no hacking skills—or even advanced computer skills. As always, proceed at your own risk. This method does exploit your phone and could potentially give access to your info if malicious forces were at work. However, one of the particularly interesting things about this installation method is that not only does it install Installer.app, but it also fixes the exploit that allows this to happen.
JailbreakMe.com/AppSnapp [via TUAW]
After clicking the Install AppSnapp link, Safari will close and your Iphone/Ipod Touch will eventually return to the "Slide to Unlock" screen (it could take up to 5 minutes, depending on your connection speed) The AppSnapp instructions state that once you slide, you'll see the Installer.app icon, meaning you're ready to go. When you try to unlock your Iphone/Ipod Touch with the slider, it might freeze up, so at this point, You might want to restart your Iphone/Ipod Touch. When it is done booting up, there should be the Installer.app in all its glory, ready to install all sorts of goodies on your Iphone/Ipod Touch. "What kind of goodies?" you ask. Applications like these, for example:
Mobile RSS
Track your favorite RSS feeds.
Books
Read your eBooks from the iPhone with this flick-and-scroll eBook reader.
vNotes
Record voice notes and email them to yourself or play them back later.
SendSong
Send any song synced to your iPhone to your ringtones or via email (how's that for squirting?).
Mobile TextEdit
Edit text files from your iPhone with Mobile TextEdit.
SendFile
Email any filetype placed in ~/Media/Documents
Mobile Money
Keep an eye on your expenses on-the-go.
iFlashCards
Practice your flashcards, like these GRE vocab words.
ApolloIM
The native AIM app ApolloIM is young, but it's already making strides past the online apps.
Installer.app
Manage, install, and update all of your iPhone apps with Installer.app.
Mobile Finder
Browse your iPhone file system, open files, and launch applications with Mobile Finder.
Launcher
Launcher aggregates all of your installed third-party apps in a scrollable, launchable list.
SummerBoard
Scrolls vertically from the Home screen, aka SpringBoard.
NES
Nate True's NES emulator works in both portrait and landscape mode and is so far way better than anyone could have expected from an iPhone NES emulator.
iBlackJack
Play "blackjack" on your iPhone.
Mines(weeper)
Play "mines(weeper)" on your iPhone.
Lights Off
Play "lights off" on your iPhone.
The iPhone/iPod touch applications available have actually improved and broadened a lot since just last month when I made that iPhone app gallery, so there are still a whole lot of great apps available that aren't included in the gallery. As you may remember, we showed you how to jailbreak your iPhone using a couple of different methods several weeks back, but this one-click Safari hack requires absolutely no hacking skills—or even advanced computer skills. As always, proceed at your own risk. This method does exploit your phone and could potentially give access to your info if malicious forces were at work. However, one of the particularly interesting things about this installation method is that not only does it install Installer.app, but it also fixes the exploit that allows this to happen.
JailbreakMe.com/AppSnapp [via TUAW]