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* March 12 -- Dev team "releases" dual-boot jailbreak method, only to be silently fixed in 2.0.
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* March 4 -- George Zhu (n000b) releases iLiberty.
 
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Revision as of 00:48, 12 August 2008

2008

July

  • July 22 -- TA_Mobile dumps 5.8 bootloader and 1.45.00 baseband by removing the flash and reading it.
  • 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. This exploited DFU mode this time and it can only be fixed via a hardware revision.
  • 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.

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 ghost000.

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.