The iPhone Wiki is no longer updated. Visit this article on The Apple Wiki for current information. |
Timeline
Contents
2008
December
- December 31 -- The dev team will release yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G unlock for most basebands (01.45.00 - 02.11.07). [1]
August
- August 18 -- The dev team releases QuickPwn, a 2.x pwnage/ramdisk combination exploit that allows jailbreaking without needing to create custom IPSWs.
July
- July 22 -- TA_Mobile hardware dumps the 3G baseband (bootloader 5.8 & FW 1.45.00) by desoldering the NOR.
- July 19 -- The dev team releases PwnageTool 2.0, jailbreaking and unlocking the 2.0 software on the iPhone 2G and jailbreaking the 2.0 software on the iPhone 3G.
- July 11 -- iPhone 3G is released.
June
April
- April 3 -- Dev team releases PwnageTool 1.0, making use of the ramdisk exploit, to write to the kernel, to write to the NOR.
March
- March 12 -- Dev team releases dual-boot jailbreak method, only to be silently fixed in 2.0.
- March 4 -- George Zhu (n000b) releases ILiberty / ILiberty+.
February
- February 11 -- Zibri releases ZiPhone, the first all-in-one unlock, activate, jailbreak solution.
- February 8 -- geohot releases software unlock for 4.6, Apple states 25% of phones were never activated with AT&T.
January
- January 28 -- Dev team releases soft upgrade jailbreak for 1.1.3.
- January 18 -- Dev team posts YouTube video of a jailbroken 1.1.3, which was made possible by the dual boot jailbreak from bgm.
2007
November
- November 15 -- New baseband bootloader (4.6) comes out, new iPhones can't be unlocked.
- November 2 -- Jailbreakme is released, bringing jailbreaking to the mainstream iPhone user.
October
- October 23 -- iPhone-Elite Team releases the Virginizer.
September
- September 11 -- The dev team releases iUnlock, first free software unlock.
- September 10 -- IPSF releases first paid software unlock.
August
- August 23 -- geohot and team release hardware unlock method.
- August 21 -- Installer.app is released, first GUI apps are distributed.
July
- July 23 -- First phones are used with other carriers by means of SIM hacks.
- July 20 -- nightwatch adapts a toolchain to the iPhone. The first apps are compiled.
- July 9 -- The dev team releases a jailbreak method. The first use of this is ringtones.
- July 3 -- DVD Jon first cracks activation. People can use the apps on the phone without a subscription.
June
- June 29 -- iPhone is released. World's most hyped consumer product.