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===January===
 
===January===
* January 28 -- Dev team releases soft upgrade jailbreak for 1.1.3.
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* January 28 -- [[iPhone Dev Team]] releases soft upgrade jailbreak for 1.1.3.
* January 18 -- Geohot and his friends [http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2008/01/112-otb-unlocked.html unlocked 1.1.2 OTB 4.6 by test point], the unbeatable version at that time.
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* January 18 -- [[User:Geohot|Geohot]] and his friends [http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/2008/01/112-otb-unlocked.html unlocked 1.1.2 OTB 4.6 by test point], the unbeatable version at that time.
* January 18 -- Dev team posts YouTube video of a jailbroken 1.1.3, which was made possible by the dual boot jailbreak from bgm.
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* January 18 -- [[iPhone Dev Team]] posts YouTube video of a jailbroken 1.1.3, which was made possible by the dual boot jailbreak from [[bgm]].
   
 
== 2007 ==
 
== 2007 ==

Revision as of 12:30, 20 July 2010

2010

June

May

  • May 3 -- Windows version of Spirit has been updated to not require Windows 98 compatibility mode to run and fixed a photo deletion issue.
  • May 2 -- comex releases Spirit, an untethered jailbreak for all iDevices with firmware 3.1.2 through 3.2. Previously blackra1n was a tethered jailbreak on newer devices and people that updated to firmware 3.1.3 had no jailbreak at all.

Feb

2009

November

  • November 3 -- Geohot releases blackra1n RC3, a software jailbreak for all devices. Includes a new unlock for the baseband 5.11.07 called blacksn0w and is also noticeably faster than previous versions.

October

  • October 11 -- Geohot releases blackra1n RC1, a 30 second software jailbreak for all devices, including a tethered jailbreak for the iPod touch 3G.

September

July

June

March

January

  • January 31 -- The iPhone Dev Team released a redsn0w Lite, a tethered jailbreak for the iPod touch 2G. It combines the ARM7 Go vulnerability with the well-established pwnage flow for other Apple mobile devices. It was bundled in a way that will allow usage on the 2.2.1 firmware through uploading the ARM7 Go vulnerable 2.1.1 iBoot to the device while in DFU mode.
  • January 25 -- 0wnboot is released to chronicdev google code page, thanks to AriX, chronic, CPICH, westbaer, ius, pod2g, the rest of the iPod devel crew on IRC, and to the #iphone-hax lab rats. Within days, the AriX and the chronic dev team got a ramdisk booting for a tethered jailbreak.
  • January 16 -- ARM7 Go hole disclosed where else but here on The iPhone Wiki, for developers to poke and prod at

2008

December

August

  • August 18 -- iPhone 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 -- iPhone 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

March

February

  • February 28 -- Cydia is released as an open-source alternative to Installer.app, and prepares to take over the jailbreak application scene upon 2.0's release.
  • 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

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

September

  • September 11 -- iPhone Dev Team releases iUnlock, first free software unlock.
  • September 10 -- IPSF releases first paid software unlock.
  • September 9 -- Apple announces the iPod touch at a media event.

August

  • August 23 -- geohot and team release hardware unlock method.
  • August 21 -- Installer.app is released by Nullriver, 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 -- iPhone 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.
  • June 26 -- The iPhone Dev Team was formed.