Articles Tagged ‘geohot’
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Famed Jailbreak Hacker Arrested For Marijuana Possession While Travelling To SXSW
BY Joe White on Thu March 15th, 2012
George “geohot” Hotz – the famed hacker responsible for unlocking the first-generation iPhone – was recently arrested for cannabis possession while en route to SXSW.
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Jailbreak Experts Comex, Geohot And Many More Spotted Together At DEFCON Party
BY Alexander Vaughn on Mon August 08th, 2011
This might make you feel like you're reading AppAdvice-TMZ for a minute, but you'll be thrilled to hear that many top jailbreakers made it to DEFCON this year in Las Vegas and took the occasion to meet.
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First iPhone Jailbreaker Goes Legit, Working For Facebook
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Sun June 26th, 2011
The guy behind the LimeRa1n exploit is probably not going to be jailbreaking again anytime soon. George Hotz, otherwise known as GeoHot, is now a Facebook employee.
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Jailbreak Only: George "Geohot" Hotz To Release Untethered Solution For iOS 4.2.1?
BY Joe White on Mon January 03rd, 2011
George “geohot” Hotz, the mastermind behind the iOS 4.1 limera1n jailbreak tool, reportedly has an untethered solution for iOS 4.2.1. The information came to light in a Twitter conversation.
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Jailbreak Only: George "Geohot" Hotz Is Saving "Rubyra1n" For Another Day?
BY Joe White on Wed December 29th, 2010
George “geohot” Hotz, the jailbreak mastermind responsible for limera1n, is also the proud owner of an interesting domain. The domain, http://rubyra1n.com, is not live – though it does point towards the release of a future jailbreak tool.
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Chronic Dev Team Releases Greenpois0n For Mac!
BY Joe White on Sun October 17th, 2010
Great news, Mac OS X fans: the Chronic Dev Team has just released a Mac version of greenpois0n - the jailbreak tool which can "liberate" your iOS 4.1-running iDevice. Limera1n, too, is available in a Mac version. Both jailbreak tools take advantage of the same exploit. Read on to find out more...
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MuscleNerd: All Future A4 Firmware Versions Will Enjoy Untethered Jailbreak!
BY Joe White on Sat October 16th, 2010
Earlier today, Dev-Team member MuscleNerd posted some interesting jailbreak-related news to his Twitter account. Currently, the Team thinks they may be able to jailbreak every future version of the iOS running on A4-powered devices. This should work until Apple fixes geohot's exploit on a hardware level. Read on to find out more...
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George Hotz Gets His Own Movie Trailer Spoof
BY Alexander Vaughn on Wed October 13th, 2010
Like him or not, George Hotz is undoubtedly a genius. Whatever Apple did, with new iOS versions and patches, he was able to work around it and jailbreak or unlock our iPhones over and over again. His fans have just put together a spoof trailer covering his accomplishments.
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New Jailbreak Works On Apple TV!
BY Joe White on Sun October 10th, 2010
Yesterday, we told you about the release of limera1n: a jailbreak solution which is able to "liberate" iOS 4.1 devices. Today, we've heard limera1n can also jailbreak the recently released Apple TV - though, as of yet, there's not much point in doing so. Read on to find out why...
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Geohot Defies The Dev-Team - Releases The iOS 4.1 Jailbreak [Update: Video How-To]
BY Alexander Vaughn on Sat October 09th, 2010
In a surprising turn of events, George Hotz, the jailbreaker extraordinaire who long led the jailbreaking efforts and recently retired, has returned to the scene this weekend. There is a lot of controversy around his return, but let us cut to the chase. George Hotz just released Limera1n, a new jailbreak solution that works with iOS 4.1 and beyond.
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Geohot Leaves Jailbreaking Behind
BY Mitchell James on Mon July 12th, 2010
Geohot, a well-known iPhone hacker, announces LimeRa1n, a jailbreak for the iPhone 4. The bad news? He's leaving.
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George Hotz Is Back With Untethered Jailbreak For Every iDevice (iPad Too?)
BY Alexander Vaughn on Thu March 25th, 2010
The incredible iPhone genius George Hotz has just announced on his blog that he has managed to develop an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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George Hotz Offers To Fix The 3.1.2 WiFi Issue
BY Alexander Vaughn on Tue November 10th, 2009
Every firmware update brings its load of issues, bugs and complaints. Most of the time a restore or resetting the network settings does the trick but it seems like the last update really pushed all
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Blacksn0w Is Live
BY Alexander Vaughn on Tue November 03rd, 2009
As we've been announcing for a couple of days now, George Hotz (Geohot) just released a new Jailbreak (Blackra1n) and Unlock (Blacksn0w) solution. So if you want to jailbreak your phone or unlock it here
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Today Is Sn0wday
BY Alexander Vaughn on Tue November 03rd, 2009
George Hotz just accelerated Blacksn0w's schedule and will be releasing his new Jailbreak/Unlock solution in just a couple of hours from now. Here is his official announcement : At Noon EST, I will be making
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Blackra1n RC3 Sneak Peak
BY Eric Norwood on Mon November 02nd, 2009
Blackra1n's next update, RC3, is less than two days away -- and now we know what it will look like. Geohot has been judging potential logos, setting up support lines, mounting information campaigns, and now
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Design the Blacksn0w Logo
BY AJ Craig on Mon November 02nd, 2009
In anticipation of blacksn0w's imminent release, our favorite iPhone hacker called on graphic artists to design the blacksn0w logo. The logo contest just recently announced two winners, but may not be over just yet. Geohot
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Blackra1n Support Line
BY Eric Norwood on Mon November 02nd, 2009
George "geohot" Hotz, the iPhone's John Brown, is releasing his blacksn0w unlock in about 48 hours. The highly anticipated baseband unlock is for both the iPhone 3G and 3GS, and will be released along with
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George Hotz Declines The $10'000
BY Alexander Vaughn on Sun November 01st, 2009
As you probably heard yesterday, Geohot unlocked the latest baseband and is planning to release it on the 4th of November. This means that if you bought your iPhone recently or you upgraded the firmware by
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Geohot Did It Again, 05.11.07 Unlock Coming In 5 Days!
BY Alexander Vaughn on Sat October 31st, 2009
Geohot, the world famous iPhone unlocking genius just did it again, the 05.11.07 baseband has been cracked and the exploit will be available to the public in only 5 days under the name "Blacksn0w". So
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