Official: iPhone 4 jailbreak hits from iPhone Dev Team (updated with video)
By Sean Hollister 
posted August 1st 2010 5:43PM
posted August 1st 2010 5:43PM
Update: Sorry folks, we've tried repeatedly, but apparently the servers just can't handle the load -- Comex tweets that the purple screens we're seeing are evidence of server fail. Here's hoping for a Cydia celebration when the stampede is over.
Update 2: Comex says you might want to reboot if you got stuck staring at that purple screen, and you could also try their backup server (click our second source link) to help the Dev Team divide the load.
Update 3: We successfully got the jailbreak to start working, but it crashed Safari. Upon reboot of our phone we've got... nothing but the Apple logo. Take note, this can brick your phone, so proceed with caution! Video of the experience after the break. After a reset, our phone is giving us nothing but the Apple logo. (Update to the update, the phone has been restored).
Update 4: Our intern Sam has successfully jailbroken his iPhone 4 according to this pic, so it can be done!
Update 5: Comex reports that iPads running iOS 3.2.1 aren't presently working properly, and that MMS problems after jailbreak are a known issue.
Update 6: Good news? Saurik (of Cydia fame) has pitched in to secure JailbreakMe some better hosting. Bad news? Reports indicate that FaceTime doesn't work after jailbreak, either.
Update 7: Seven updates? You bet, because it's looking like there's already a fix for the missing FaceTime and MMS features. Head on over to Redmond Pie (in more coverage below) for instructions to install the Cydia package that brought video chat back to two of our iPhone 4 handsets. If you're just downloading JailbreakMe for the first time though, you shouldn't need to do a thing, as Comex claims both have been fixed in a new version of the hack that just went live.
@clarinetJWD More news: After jailbreaking and installing Rock (Don't know if Rock is at fault, but It's the only thing I did), I reset the iPhone and it wouldn't boot. If this happens to you, hold the power+home button. Your phone will shut off, and a weird bug causes it to reboot immediately. Keep holding! It'll shot off the second time and let you restore. I'm back up and running with jailbroken 4.0.1
OMG YES!!!!!! Thanks @comex (even thoiugh its too busy to get to right now :()
@gdisaac07 *though
@gdisaac07
it's*
@gdisaac07
I'm a spelltard
@gdisaac07
God bless the dev team.
They make the iPhone usefull...
@angelusp
If you think multitasking was the only restriction this platform had, you are greatly misinformed.
@gdisaac07 FREE AND LEGAL the true American way! Sticking it to Steve
@gdisaac07 Browser based? Nice, time to start jailbreaking iPhones in apple stores so people can see iOS at full strength.
@gdisaac07
awesome, just got home drunk but still managed to jailbreak my iphone4 in seconds,even slicker than the original jailbreakme.com
which I have fond memories of!
@gdisaac07
it seems that ultrasn0w is broken on iPhone 4......
@angelusp
Free mobile hotspot tethering, UI tweaks, and alot of useful apps apple in all its wisdom decided not to release. Oh yea TRUE multitasking.
@gdisaac07 If you guys are having trouble with it try restarting your phone. I was able to get it to work first time after a restart.
@gdisaac07 Carrier unlock for iphone 4 to be released in a few days after some more testing (says mr MuscleNerd)
@Marko
yea i saw that. this is still super exciting......
Great efforts, guys! But I'm still not getting iPhone 4 though...
@gdisaac07 Why does anyone care jailbreaking is stupid
@SolidSnake Worked perfect on my 3GS running 4.0.1. No good for the iPhone 4 though. I got stuck on the black screen with the apple logo. Tried restoring from recovery and that didn't work... Had to use DFU mode to get it back. I'm gonna give this another go.
@That guy 2
Wow... and you should think again about who really is the stupid one... it's only been stated what you can do with a jailbreak thousands of times. Research before you say something is worthless.
@DrScope
"FREE AND LEGAL the true American way! Sticking it to Steve"
*facepalm* Yeah, AFTER you just paid him $600 via a subsidized iPhone. Sticking it to Steve would be buying a different brand than Apple.
@SolidSnake
you sound like every other damn geek. Useful? Please. You jailbreak so you can steal shit. People that jail break their iphone steal content. So I guess fuck the app store and the people trying to make business cause you fuckers don't respect anyone's hard work.
@ok Android looks ugly
Your epeen will always be small now matter how much you troll.
@gdisaac07
is this jailbreak ipod touch compatible
@ok Android looks ugly
@That guy 2
Then why bother commenting? I own a Nexus One and don't want an iPhone but still find it interesting to follow what goes on on other platforms. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you have to act like a douche.
Thanx guys. Great job. 3GS free.
@ok Android looks ugly Doesn't it bother you that every single comment you make is downranked? Your trolling tactics suck pretty bad
@Matt314 Thank you! Thank you very much. Well put. I don't own a droid but I read about them because I'm am interested in it either way. +1 to you sir.
@gdisaac07
I love jailbreaking, right now Im posting this from my mac using MyWi tethering app on my iphone.
@gdisaac07 Cydia is very slow on my iPod Touch 3G 32 GB on iOS 4.0. :(
In fact, the "changes" section just wont work, ir would say "loading" and would stay like that forever!
@gdisaac07 If you have to jailbreak your phone. "you blew it"!
@pspitts I don't know about the jailbreaking community as a whole but those that do it in the Philippines do it primarily to pirate apps and unlock them. Same with the PSP and DS, they aren't doing it so they can develop new games or for homebrew they do it to pirate commercial games.
@gdisaac07
It appears to be tethered :( meaning that if you restart your iPhone, it won't work anymore.
@ummmwhat Back in the original jailbreakme days me and my buds did that in bestbuy
@ok Android looks ugly No kidding. What to try and make something useless into something less useless. At least they can get more free useless apps while not being able to make a phone call.
@pspitts
I can already tell you don't own a jailbroken iphone. I've paid for all my apps that increase functionality on my phone. You're talking about people who steal app store apps and never pay for them.
@gdisaac07
Awesome job dev team! Freedom!! Now let's get some hi-res themes going please? =)
If Apple doesn't eventually enable multi-tasking on the 3G, it may just be time to use this.
I haven't used a jailbreak in the past because I wouldn't use any of the other stuff jailbreaking offers. I don't care about customizing the style, about running a web server on it, I've played all the emulator games I want to in the past, no need to use it for storage and I have no use for free tethering. Some apps even add functionality previously exclusive to a jailbroken device.
But no multi-tasking is pissing me off. 128MB is enough to run about 5 apps at once so why not just turn it on and set a limit instead of forcing pre-iPhone 3GS users to be stuck with one 3rd party app at a time?
@gdisaac07
So how do I use facetime over 3G? I tried adding phone and contacts to 3G unrestrictor but still doesn't work.
@gdisaac07
Sweet it worked like a charm!! Now what do I do?
@TinWard
@AdhesiveWombat - This Comex JB is untethered. It's another userland based exploit. Very elegant solution to inject the code too.
@Quietplease What does DFU mean? I can't get that apple off the phone
@Slimm73 its like a failsafe mode for people if they can't boot properly. Just Google it for the key combination
@statickeith
Cydia in general is really slow. I wish they would include Rock to more of these jailbreaks, it works much better. Smaller and faster.
@gdisaac07 here comes apple update 4.0.3.
@That guy 2 Jailbreaking isn't stupid, it's now a legal right. I'm an Android user and I rooted my phone and iPhone users have the same rights to be able to unlock their phones for outside content, etc. now too. So don't troll. Let's all unify in this revolution, regardless of your Corporate loyalty.
It hasn't been this easy since... well, ever. Nice work by comex & all of the Dev Team!
@jack112006 Actually, the first few jailbreaks (back in the OS 1.0-1.1.x days) were done through the browser, too. It was good times. Props to the Dev Team and Comex for finding a way to bring it back.
@Guess Who
Indeed. Tiff for the win, if I'm not mistaken. Good times. And possibly the first good application of that file format for the average user.
lol this jailbreak is a failure.