Jailbreaking Your iPhone

Alright here we go.

You have an iPhone.
You are frustrated by the fact that you cannot install 3rd party applications onto said iPhone, or you are familiar enough with how it works and see that the SDK is due out this month but cant wait.

Good.

There is a method to getting 3rd party applications on your phone by a process known as Jailbreaking. See, your phone is "jailed" as it cannot accept applications. You need to set it free.

THIS IS FOR 1.1.2 AND 1.1.3 FIRMWARE VERSIONS, 1.1.1 USERS, go to http://www.jailbreakme.com

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WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR PHONE
DURING THIS PROCESS. PROCEED
AT YOUR OWN RISK!
THIS PROCESS WILL VOID ANY
WARENTIES ON YOUR PHONE
ONCE AGAIN
PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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Frst off, let me tell you what I am running.
OS X 10.5.1
iPhone 1.1.2 OOTB, upgraded 1.1.3 CLEAN

STEPS
1. Download ZiPhone 2.3 OS X GUI version (here: http://rapidshare.com/files/92459629/ZiPhoneOSX-2.3b.tbz)
2. Open ZiPhone.
3. Once it is open, shut down your iPhone. (Hold the lock button until the red slider comes on, then slide.)
4. Hold the home key (the white square thing) and plug your phone into the computer. Hold until the "Connect to iTunes' screen pops up.
5.Ok, now your phone is in recovery mode. You can still go back now. Download iNdependance and just open it to take your phone out of recovery mode. If all else fails, atleast you have a backup of everything on your computer, right?
5.1. With ZiPhone open, make sure that iTunes is closed. It will probably be complaining that there is an iPhone in recovery mode, blah blah blah.
6. In the ZiPhone application, check Jailbreak and Activate (Im not going over unlocking or anything. There is a possibility that YouTube will die, so right now you can still go back, Look above)
7. MAKE SURE THAT VERBOSE MODE IS CHECKED!
7.1 DID YOU SEE THAT VERBOSE MODE IS CHECKED?
8. Click "Start"
9. Wait. The process doesnt take very long, but just deal with it.

Your phone will reboot, and you will see in the feedback thing that the jailbreak performed successfully.

TADA! Your iPhone is jailbroken.


The next post I make will show you how to use the Installer app that just appeared on your Springboard (desktop).