Absinthe 2.0 is out! Go get your device onto 5.1.1*. Save your SHSH! And then jailbreak your device.


Simple as that :)


For simplicity I have the links on the right. Or you can go straight to the team's site: http://www.greenpois0n.com


*= If you depend on software unlock (ultrasn0w), BEWARE - If you restore a stock firmware you will likely lose your unlock!


EDIT: I've updated TU for the iPhone 4 (GSM) 9B208 stealth release from apple.

5.1.1 Jailbreak

Planetbeing, pod2g, and members of cdev are on their way to the HitB venue in Amsterdam. I wish I could have joined with them and been a part of the fun. This week is going to be very big for jailbreakers and newcomers to iOS devices stuck on 5.1.1 without any jailbreak.

These guys deserve your donations and your thanks. Pod and nikias did some amazing things. Planetbeing stepped in and resurrected some 'old' things to make them useful for this jailbreak. 

Any updates will be posted on cdev's main blog as well as here. 

Why Jailbreak?

I get this question asked of me many times a week. I've decided to throw a couple great reasons:

• Customization - I can change any aesthetic thing I want on my phone
• Broader App Base - I can install apps that apple approves AND apps that apple does not approve.
• Control - This phone is mine. No matter what anyone says, I know what's best for my phone
• Principle - I'm a hacker at heart. I love being able to tinker. Jailbreaking is the only way you can add tools such as SSH to your device.

Next time someone asks you, 'Why do you jailbreak?'. You can use any or all of those simple (enough for your mom to understand them) reasons.

:)

Moving On...

On Friday I got to experience what many have during this recession. I got 'let go'. It doesn't bother me that the company I worked with let me go. I'm a contractor. I understand the nature of the relationship. They pay me handsomely and in return they have the right to let me go for whatever reason whenever they feel like it.


What bothers me is the classless way they did it. I was sent an ominous meeting invite with just me and my boss attending... at 2:30pm... on a Friday. That left me with the whole day wondering what the hell my boss would want to talk to me about.


I had been with that company for almost 4 years and had bled, sweat, wept, worked, slaved for them during that time. I helped deliver (save) many projects. I didn't expect much. When I was told 'today is your last day at <blank>', I was also informed that I would not even be allowed to go back to my cube to collect any of my personal items. I had to depend on this company, which clearly lacks class and integrity, to deliver to me my personal items. By the way, they accidentally kept some of my personal items; an apple bluetooth keyboard, a router, etc.


That is what was so pathetic. After working for them for so long, I was literally walked out the door as if I was somehow caught doing something illegal (I wasn't and never had done anything untoward). The only thing I was missing were handcuffs.


The hypocrisy is great. If I were to leave them, I would have to give them two-four weeks notice. But they give me zero notice and expect me to be thankful.


I'm not vengeful. In-fact, I've been greeted with a great deal of interest from different companies. I see this as a great opportunity. I'm just sad that a company I worked with for so long was so short-sighted to treat someone in such an inhuman way.


This gives me some time to work on more fun projects anyway :)