Apple on Thursday released an update to the iPhone OS, bringing it to version 3.1.2. The minor update reportedly fixes a handful of issues with the software. 

According to Apple, the update — which applies to the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS — has the following improvements: 

• Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep
• Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart
• Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming

The update, which weighs in at over 200MB, can be downloaded through iTunes. A corresponding update for the iPod touch was also released. 

A month ago, Apple released iPhone OS 3.1, which debuted a number of new features, including a Genius recommendation system for software in the App Store. It also added ringtones from record labels, directly into the iTunes application on the phone. 

Of course the iPhone Dev Team has to have their say on 3.1.2…

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Yesterday, the Dev-Team tweeted about their concern with the release of Snow Leopard and jailbreaking. They said,

“If you get both Snow Leopard & iPhone on Fri, easiest to jailbreak 1st, update to Snow 2nd  Til any kinks are worked out.”

However, a little later they tweeted,

“Lots of tweets that redsn0w and PwnageTool work great on Snow Leopard, so *should* be kink-free Friday! Thanks twitterers!”

So, if you are getting (or got) Snow Leopard today, you should be good to go.

(via AppleiPhoneSchool.com)

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A new version of Facebook for iPhone OS 3.0 is available now with many new features and improvements. 

The App Store description still contains information for version 2.5; however, the actual download is now version 3.0. I simply deleted my previous Facebook app from Applications then redownloaded it to update to the new version. 

So Whats New in This Update? 
1. The “new” News Feed 
2. Like 
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP) 
4. Notes 
5. Pages 
6. Create new photo albums 
7. Upload photos to any album 
8. Zoom into photos 
9. Easier photo tagging 
10. Profile Pictures albums 
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications 
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen 
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply) 
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page 
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call 
16. Video uploads for the 3GS 

one feature they don’t seem to mention is the mini-browser (like IM+) where you click links & it now loads in the Facebook app vs closing it & launching Safari in the previous version

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Apple on Thursday released iPhone OS 3.0.1 which contains a patch to fix a discovered exploit in the SMS system whereby a hacker had to simply send a single character SMS in order to gain control of the iPhone. 

This is the only change between this & 3.0.

As far as jailbreaking is concerned redsn0w (confirmed by the Dev Team) does work with 3.0.1. Only change to make note of is to select the 3.0 firmware when doing the jailbreak not the 3.0.1 firmware.
“Restore to 3.0.1, run redsn0w, select the 3.0 file… Bang zoom.”

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Last night we released updated versions of our redsn0w jailbreak and ultrasn0w carrier unlock. These versions are now compatible with the iPhone 3GS running at 3.0. Welcome aboard, 3GS owners! (The tools of course remain compatible with all of the other platforms too.) Also last night, saurik released 3GS-compatible versions of MobileSubstrate and WinterBoard, components that enable many different add-ons and themes. 

We realize we upset some folks (e.g. existing 3GS owners) with our earlier announcement that we wanted to hold onto the 3GS iBoot-family hole until 3.1 was out. Our aim there was to get as many people as possible onboard (within reason of course) before revealing the hole, since Apple will fix it immediately. But all of that became moot when the purplera1n release was made, since it uses the same hole. 

For those of you who already own 3GS phones, the outlook is bright. As long as you have your personalized (signed) dfu/img3 files, you’ll always be able to jailbreak (even if you slip up and install stock Apple firmware in the future). For those of you without 3GS phones, it’s a race against the clock to use this particular hole. There’s nothing we can do about that, but we will always be looking for new holes. 

ultrasn0w unlockers — You all must remain particularly vigilant against upgrading your basebands, since doing so will kill the unlock (for most phones, there’s no going backwards in baseband version). Apple has gotten very serious with the latest baseband — they’ve removed 180 (!) commands in an effort to cut down their exposure to holes. So please always stay away from stock Apple IPSWs and instead use our tools as we release them. These tools let you update your firmware without updating your baseband. 

Those installing ultrasn0w will probably also need to do a single run of Settings->General->Reset->Reset Network Settings. We’re testing various fixes for that particular glitch. 

Once again, thanks to @Oranav for finding the new injection vector that allowed us to transform yellowsn0w for baseband 02.28 into ultrasn0w for baseband 04.26, and for not revealing it to Apple before it could be used where it would be most effective — firmware 3.0. 

redsn0w platforms — This is the first redsn0w release that also supports linux! It’s the newest version of the bunch, so any feedback would be appreciated. But right now, redsn0w should work on OS X, Windows, and linux. 

How to get the goods: 

The redsn0w torrent seeds are all here. Any direct mirroring help would also be appreciated. 
The updates to ultrasn0w, MobileSubstrate, and WinterBoard are all handled directly through Cydia (after you’ve jailbroken!) 
The Cydia repo for ultrasn0w is http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com (that last o in ultrasn0w is the number 0!)

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Apple has seeded iPhone OS 3.1 to developers along with a new version of the iPhone SDK.

Few details have been provided; however, its likely that Apple has closed the exploit used by ultrasn0w to unlock the iPhone.

Remember not to update when the new firmware goes public.

(via iClarified.com)

Update:
Word from the Dev Team on iPhone OS 3.1:

You’ve seen us give this warning before, and there are only so many ways to say it or come up with a clever title But here it is: ultrasn0w users must stay away from any firmware updates past 3.0 (including today’s 3.1 beta) until we release the tools that let you update the firmware without updating the baseband. For most phones out there, baseband updates are irreversible and you’ll lose ultrasn0w.  The 3.0 jailbreak was one of those (rare) times where both the jailbreak and the unlock coincided (the only other time was 2.2). It’s important that people realize that *most* firmware releases aren’t like that, and you need to take steps (via the tools) to separate the firmware update from its included baseband update.  This warning does not apply to the iPhone 2G, which uses BootNeuter for the unlock, not ultrasn0w.

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Spock said it best: “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…”

Summary:

We can jailbreak the 3GS right now.  But making our jailbreak public at this point in time would benefit relatively few people.  It would in fact be detrimental to many more people than it would help.  So we feel it’s best to keep our version of the jailbreak out of Apple’s sights for the time being.

Details:

If you already have a 3GS phone and have already done a full USB dump or captured your img3’s signed with your ECID, then you’re in great shape.  You will always be able to jailbreak.  But many people who plan on getting a 3GS do not yet have one. For instance, many people are waiting for their existing contracts to mature to the point where they get a price break on the 3GS.  Many people are trying to sell their 3G before they can buy the 3GS.  There are parts of the globe where you can’t even buy a 3GS yet! The reasons are varied, but they are many.

The nature of the 3GS hardware allows Apple to stop IPSWs from being usable unless you’ve already gotten the signed chunks they send to you based on your ECID (a unique chip ID).  You cannot get these signed chunks without knowing your ECID, and you don’t know your ECID until you’ve bought your 3GS.

The jailbreak requires at least one signed iBoot-family img3 for your device.  And that iBoot needs to have an exploitable bug.  It’s an all-or-nothing deal…you either have your signed exploitable iBoot ready to use, for now and forever — always jailbreakable — or you have nothing.

Here’s the critical point, the reason why we’re delaying our version of the jailbreak: Once the jailbreak is out, Apple will fix the iBoot-family bug we use to accomplish it.  They will simply stop signing the old iBoots and only sign the fixed ones.  If you bought your phone after Apple has done this, there’s nothing you can do…the jailbreak isn’t going to work for you.

It is possible that Apple will find the bug we use without our handing it to them on a silver platter (via a public jailbreak).  In that case, we will have delayed our jailbreak for “nothing”.  But we’d rather be safe than sorry!

Apple is surely coming out with a 3.0.1 firmware release shortly. They need to fix ultrasn0w.  They need to fix some UI issues.  3.0 is buggy and 3.0.1 is coming.  We’re going to wait and see what 3.0.1 brings before figuring out the release date for our version of the jailbreak.

In the meantime, we have some remaining 3.0 jailbreak issues to investigate, including push notification.  Thanks for being patient with us while we took a 3GS “timeout”!

(via The iPhone Dev Team Blog)

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MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev-Team has posted a video demonstrating the use of a dongle to boot a jailbroken iPod Touch (Second Generation using Redsn0w) so you don’t need to be tethered to a computer to boot your iPod Touch 2G on every reboot.

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The iPhone Dev Team have released a tethered jailbreak for the iPod Touch 2G named “redsn0w lite.”

Unfortunately, this is a tethered jailbreak, meaning each time you turn your iPod Touch on, you must connect it to your computer, and do some steps over again. The Dev-Team is still trying to find out a way to have an untethered jailbreak.

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