"PwnageTool, Redsn0w, BlackRaIn Jailbreaks your iPhone or iPod Touch. It also give you the option to install three app servers. One is call Cydia 2 and the other Icy while another is call ROCK. As of now, Cydia is the most popular server. These three servers are like the AppStore but for free/trial and it provides apps that's not on Apples AppStore. These app servers also offer packages which can totally customize your iPhone/iPod Touch (Winterboard), turning it into your own unique looking device".
Fantastic news today from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). After a lot of hard work and mountains of paperwork, jailbreaking your iPhone is now explicitly a permitted fair use under the DMCA!
The first of EFF’s three successful requests clarifies the legality of cell phone “jailbreaking” — software modifications that liberate iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker. More than a million iPhone owners are said to have “jailbroken” their handsets in order to change wireless providers or use applications obtained from sources other than Apple’s own iTunes “App Store,” and many more have expressed a desire to do so. But the threat of DMCA liability had previously endangered these customers and alternate applications stores.
In its reasoning in favor of EFF’s jailbreaking exemption, the Copyright Office rejected Apple’s claim that copyright law prevents people from installing unapproved programs on iPhones: “When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to make the operating system on that phone interoperable with an independently created application that has not been approved by the maker of the smartphone or the maker of its operating system, the modifications that are made purely for the purpose of such interoperability are fair uses.”
The EFF also successfully renewed the existing DMCA exception for carrier unlocking. More on the ruling by the Library of Congress is here and here (and many other places, since this is huge news!). The full ruling is here, and EFF’s history with this case is here (EFF’s servers are understandably getting hammered today!).
This doesn’t mean that Apple will stop their technical attempts to thwart jailbreaking, but it does mean that our iPhone jailbreaks and unlocks are now unambiguously legal under the DMCA.
Due to the influx of forumers posting on piracy everyday and have totally disregard LYN and iPhone subforum Rules, Jailbreak/Unlock and Cydia threads will be locked temporary.
Take NOTE: No jailbreak discussion or creating new jailbreak threads are allowed. Threads made or posted wil be deleted.
1. What is Jailbreak? A: Jailbreak,
to open/hack the system so users can modify or access the filesystem and in another words, gaining read/write access to the devices.. This allows us to use 3rd Party software provided by two applicaiton servers. One is call
Cydia and the other Icy. These two servers are like the AppStore but for free/trial and it provides apps that's not on Apples AppStore. The servers also offer packages which can totally customize your iPhone/iPod Touch
(Winterboard), turning it into your own unique looking device".
*This is an option if you wanna jailbreak or stick with the default iPhone settings. Q: Why jailbreak? Why jailbreak when you have an unlock iPhone?
A1:
http://thebigboss.org/why-jailbreak-iphone/A2: Users choice.
Q: How to Jailbreak?
A: PwnageTool (Mac) and Redsn0w (Mac and Windows) by DevTeam are the applications made to jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Q: What is 3rd Party Applications?
A: 3rd party applications that are not from Apple AppStore which are made from iPhone developers which offers free downloads or via purchase thru Cydia 2 and Icy.
2. How to jailbreak my iPhone?Q: Any guide? I'm new to this?
A: Use the guide provided in this thread below according to the OS you're currently using and follow the guide/steps carefully.
Q: Do i need to insert my simcard in the process of using Pwnagetool or Redsn0w while doing the jailbreak?
A: We recommend that you place your simcard in the simtray before proceeding.
3. Can i upgrade the iPhone firmware when there's a new firmware available?A: Yes you can for all iPhones.
*There is no need to update incrementally one by one if you havent updated for a while.4. Can an official unlock 3G iPhone upgrade to IOS 4 and jailbreak? Q: My iPhone is from Officially unlock from Maxis, Australia, New Zealand etc. Can upgrade and Jailbreak?
A: Yes you can when the tool is available.
Q: Do i need to unlock my iPhone since is an official unlock unit?
A: No. You don't have to. There's no unlock process needed since the iPhone is Officially Unlock (Lifetime).
5. What is the difference between Pwnagetool, Redsn0w and BlackRain? Which software to use? A1:
PwnageTool is for Mac users and is designed to custom build and tailor the ipsw production process, both tools will be actively developed in the future. If you don’t want specific things to happen such as baseband updates then PwnageTool should be used to create a custom .ipsw with your specifics.
A2:
Redsn0w & BlackRain (Mac and Windows) is not a replacement for PwnageTool, they are different tools and provide different features. Redsn0w is for quickly pwning a device.
6. Does Redsn0w/BlackRain erase my iPhone datas after jailbreak? A: No. Redsn0w retails
all your data like sms, mail, contacts, songs and applications accept 3rd parties application from Cydia or Icy.
7. Can a LOCKED 3G/3GS/4 iPhone or a 2G iPhone update to iPhone 3.0 - 4.0 above?A: For Locked 3G/3GS iPhones, use
"Ultrasn0w" patch to unlock the iPhone by following the guide
here and for 2G iPhone users, you will need to use redsn0w or Pwnagetool to unlock/jailbreak.
IOS 4 does not support 2G iPhones (first generation).
8. Can a jailbreak 3G/3GS iPhone update to 3.0 - 4.0 above?A: If you own an official unlock 3G/3GS iPhone and jailbreak before, you can proceed to use the
Update option via iTunes but you'll lose all your 3rd party applications from Cydia. Your data as in sms, contacts etc will be intact. Resync your Appstore applications and install the 3rd party applications again from Cydia. If you prefer a clean installation, proceed to use
Restore option via iTunes. Backup before you proceed.
9. What happens if i purchased a jailbreak 2G/3G/3GS/4 iPhone from GarageSale, eBay sellers and sync with iTunes?A: If sellers installed various applications in the iPhone, when you sync with your iTunes, iTunes will request you to
"Erase and Sync" the iPhone because those applications are not authorized to use with your iTunes as you did not purchase the applications. Other than that, firmware and jailbreak remains intact. For more info on authorizing and syncing with iTunes, please refer to this
thread.10. Can i use 2G iPhone without unlocking and upgrade from Fw 1.1.4 to iPhone 3.0? A1: No you can't. It must be jailbroken and unlock using Pwnageetool or Redsn0w to have a full functional iPhone.
A2: You can upgrade from Fw 1.1.4 to iPhone 3.0.
*There is no need to update incrementally one by one if you havent updated for a while.11. Do i need to repurchase my applications from iTunes Appstore after upgradng my computer OS? A: Apps purchased is one off (lifetime). Reselect your apps, click buy, type your password and it will redownload the apps to your iTunes. Sync to your iPhone. More info
here.12. WarrantyClaim warranty from the country that you bought the 3G/3GS/4 iPhone from if there's defect or hardware related issues.
Online Service Assistance Warranty Check:
https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do*
For those who have jailbreak your iPhone, warranty will be void. Do a full reset "Erase All Content an Settings" to default settings before sending back for warranty.Please do not post links to custom IPSWs in your comments, because the software in them is copyrighted by Apple.Info's, guides and tutorials are provided below. We do not take any responsibility towards your iPhone malfunctioning or fail to boot. You're responsible for your actions. Thank you 
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