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'Spirit' Jailbreak Tool for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch Released

cocky jeremy said:
You download Rock via Cydia, although i'm not sure if it's a default source or you have to add the source manually. Once Rock is installed, Cydia is as good as dead to me. :)
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Thanks! That's good enough for me, because my phone has been ultra-buggy since I started doing a lot more intensive things such as snooping around in SSH.
 
Great.

...tried to install a simple theme (iphone os 4.0) and now my phone won't boot.

Just an apple logo on the screen for ever. Weak. Why did I bother doing this?

Edit: Nevermind - it just took an insanely long time to boot after. Seems to work fine.
 
It was very fast. The whole process was less than 3 minutes on my iphone 3gs.
I was wondering if there is any app that I could flash movies on websites.
 
runeasgar said:
I really think MacRumors should stop covering jailbreaking, especially giving publicity to newly released jailbreaking methods.

.....Like it or not, the majority of people who jailbreak also pirate applications.....
...and I have enough friends who have jailbroken their iPhones to know why they do it.....
.....Companies will take more and more extreme measures to protect their software, and while thieves will continue to find ways around it, everyday people will pay for their jailbreakers' misguided idealism......
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Wow.... not even sure what to say. I guess need a tissue is best fitting. I hear what you're saying but I'm not buying. I don't think the majority of people JB for cracked apps. You also said it would be worse for people that pay because companies will put stronger security in.... How does that hurt the paying customer? You argument makes no sense.

I for one jailbreak because it's my phone and I will do what I want with it. Why should I let apple decide what my phone is..... that's my job seeing as it was my hard earned greenbacks that put it in my pocket. I will continue to jailbreak and people such as yourself will continue to say it's evil. Kinda like they did with rock-n-roll. :cool:
 
can someone explain backing up your SHSH blobs

i know it makes sure you can go back to your original firmware. is the whole idea to cover you in case apple decides to change the firmware so a jailbreak ceases to work

also what's the best software to back up these files
 
Man the hits just keep coming with you and I'm only on page 2!


runeasgar said:
These semantic arguments get very tiresome..
Yes they do, how about you stop making them.

I just don't think MacRumors should validate it by posting stories about it.
About what? JB is not piracy. No matter how much you wish it to be true it's still not. MR posted story about JAILBREAKING not HACKING APPS. Try www.hookedonphonics.com to improve reading comprehension.

In the end, jailbreaking is as much of a detrimental activity to iPhone developers as everyone on these forums complains that the App Store is.
LoL, now that's a funny one. Look how many apps/themes people make that are on Rock/Cydia and then try and say that without laughing.
Honestly, willful ignorance is not an argument against this.
Yeah you're right.... Your ignorance is pretty astounding. Making such wild accusations about a group of people when you couldn't possibly know anything about them is just sad.
If you want to shamelessly avoid guilt or recognition for supporting piracy, by all means go ahead.. but don't use the "you can't prove it!" argument.
If even one person jailbreaks for the purpose of pirating, that's too many.
Wow, another baseless statement.
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runeasgar said:
.....I equate jailbreaking as the only viable method of piracy on the iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad.
In other words -- if anyone wants to steal software on those platforms, jailbreak is there to facilitate them.
).

The double standard is disgustingly unethical.
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Maybe you need to find some new friends.
 
phpmaven said:
I think it's worth mentioning that it's always possible that you could permanently "brick" your iPad or iPhone by jailbreaking it. If you do some searching you will see that it does happen occasionally. Some people have gotten themselves into a situation where the device wouldn't even boot up. So it is not without risks. Yes I know that most people don't have any trouble, but it does happen. Given the fact that it's a just released beta hack and is quite unstable (just do a bit of Googling) I would be very careful about pulling the trigger on your brand new iPad. I've seen plenty of "Help! I tried to jailbreak and it froze up on me and I can't even restore" cries for help on forums.

Having said that, I did install it on my iPhone 3GS just to check it out. It's VERY unstable and I decided to restore, and I was able to, but I'm afraid to try it on my iPad. As unstable and beta as it is, there isn't any benefit compelling enough for me to take the risk.
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LoL... another FB! Mine is runnin fine.... I would venture to say the majority of people that did this are doin fine. Just because you had issues (Hmmmm wonder why :rolleyes:) doesn't mean every one does. As far as other people on google.... hey gotta have dumb people in the world or you wouldn't have smart ones. Bricking is an urban legend from times long ago. If your phone get's bricked it had nothing to do with the JB, most likely what some sap put on his/her phone after JB. Nice try though. :rolleyes:
 
Wondering....

Now that im jailbroken (with Spirit) with the new boot room on 3.1.3 with my 3GS - is there a way to unlock with this configuration yet?
 
re: jailbreaking

Yeah.... jailbreaking has *nothing* to do with pirating, unless someone wants to take extra steps to go there with it.

Honestly, I've run jailbroken iPhones for years now, and never used them to download commercial apps without paying for them. In the beginning, jailbreaking was simply a way to get ahold of more cool FREEWARE applications, because the official "App Store" wasn't really offering a whole lot yet. Many developers were individuals not interested in paying Apple that $99 fee to be ALLOWED to submit apps, or were people (like the custom theme makers) who simply wanted to offer things that Apple wouldn't ever approve.

Recently, out of pure curiosity, I looked into the procedure for downloading pirated apps. Turns out it's a big, inelegant mess and hardly worth the trouble for most people anyway! You have to go to some effort to manually add repositories to the default list in Cydia, and then download *another* installer tool. Unlike Cydia, it simply lets you do searches for pirated apps by name and IF it can find them, sends you off to links to download them from various sites like Rapidshare, MegaUpload, etc. (And as many of you may know, those sites aren't much fun to download anything from. If the file isn't already removed, you're stuck entering captcha codes and waiting upwards of 60 seconds before a transfer starts, since you're not logged in to them as a paid "premium user".) If you finally get the cracked app you were seeking, then there's a good chance it's not even a current version of it....

Oh, and after all THAT? There are apparently issues with getting iTunes to actually sync those cracked apps when you sync your iPhone. So generally, they don't ever get backed up. If your iPhone crashes or needs a restore for some reason, you lose all those pirated apps.


army91c said:
Wow.... not even sure what to say. I guess need a tissue is best fitting. I hear what you're saying but I'm not buying. I don't think the majority of people JB for cracked apps. You also said it would be worse for people that pay because companies will put stronger security in.... How does that hurt the paying customer? You argument makes no sense.

I for one jailbreak because it's my phone and I will do what I want with it. Why should I let apple decide what my phone is..... that's my job seeing as it was my hard earned greenbacks that put it in my pocket. I will continue to jailbreak and people such as yourself will continue to say it's evil. Kinda like they did with rock-n-roll. :cool:
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I jailbroke my wife and I's iPods and installed the OS4 theme for her, the iPad theme for me and backgrounder on both iPods.

Very useful. No piracy here, I pay for my apps and support developers thanks. :cool:
 
Abyssgh0st said:
Thanks! That's good enough for me, because my phone has been ultra-buggy since I started doing a lot more intensive things such as snooping around in SSH.
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No problem. Check my other post on advantages of Rock over Cydia. I used to have to keep a list and when i'd restore i would have to go back in Cydia and manually re-download all of my stuff. Now, i login to Rock, click restore and BOOM.. all my ringtones, apps, themes are all back within a minute or two.. automatically! :)
 
So, now which is the preferred method of doing it?

I have a 3GS 3.1.2 jailbroken with blackra1n.

If I got this (and the Spirit site) right, I should:
restore to lose my current JB,
update to 3.1.3
use spirit
reinstall sbsettings and the rest

Cydia also tells me I have SHSH for 3.1.2 and 3.1.3, although I wouldn't know where or how to get them back.
Actually I just checked, and Cydia tells me nothing of that kind because Spirit release increased traffic to the TSS server.

Is my understanding correct? Can I skip restoring before update to 3.1.3?

Thanks..

Edit: I get a virus warning for a trojan on the spirit file, according to virustotal.com it is recognized by two scanners.. Anyone else worried?
 
Justinb51 said:
Ok thanks for tip. One more question. How do I run it under W98 compatibility mode? I'm sorry but that is totally "Greek" to me. (I'm on vista btw)
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1.- Right click on the Spirit.exe file
2.- Properties
3.- Compatibility
4.-Choose W98
5.-Run this program in compatibility mode
6.- Apply
7.- Ok
8.- Jailbreak.
 
Does it work on Tiger/G4 system?

Anyone have success using Spirit on Mac Tiger/G4 system? I tried several times and can't get past the "jailbreaking" screen on Spirit. I have a Iphone 3G with 3.1.3 OS. Any suggestions? Thanks!
 
twarner776 said:
dont have a ipad but it has bluetooth. Does it not allow bluetooth connections?
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This is Apple's way of selling more 3G iPads. When (and if) AT&T and Apple enable tethering, it will be via Bluetooth or USB only. The iPad specifically will not tether via Bluetooth and will not connect via USB to another iPhone OS device. The non-3G iPad will only get connected to the Internet via WiFi. The only way the iPad can connect to the Internet via an iPhone is if the iPhone is jailbroken and has an application enabling it to become a WiFi access point.
 
runeasgar said:
In other words -- if anyone wants to steal software on those platforms, jailbreak is there to facilitate them.
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Moreover, if anyone wants to kill, guns are there to facilitate them. I think we should change our constitution to not allow guns too. We should also ban discussions about guns, just like we should ban discussions about JB on Macrumors.

JB harms iPhone developers? IMO, the way the App Store operates harms the iPhone developers. Lots of them switched to develop for Cydia---they are still iPhone developers and they are happy. (Just in case you don't realize, Cydia apps are not free. We pay the developers too)

If you look on the App Store, there isn't even a free ssh client. If you JB, OpenSSH is there for you. Not every one JBs for pirating, just like not every gun is used for killing. Yes, we see people doing bad things with guns everyday, but we still haven't changed our constitution means something.
 
First time jailbreaker. When I use Cydia to install MyWi, it always fails with three messages:

"http://apt.saurik.com Host Unreachable"
"http://apt.modmyi.com Host Unreachable"
"Host Unreachable"

Anyone?
 
BeSweeet said:
Then explain to me why I can successfully refresh my sources? Thank you very much.
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I was getting the same errors last night. This morning things worked fine. Who knows what things happen during crazy usage. I won't bet on it, but just keep trying every few hours and I'm sure it will work soon.
 
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