With the iPhone 4.0 OS coming very soon I decided to Jailbreak my 3.1.3 3Gs while I still had the chance. I did some research and found that with my model iPhone (MC) combined with the Modem Firmware (05.12.01), I only had one option.

Spirit.

I had a really good read on how to do it, what complications could arise (and how to fix them) and decided to tale the plunge. After all, I could simply restore the iPhone with iTunes if anything went wrong and come out the other side no worse than I left off. So I downloaded the Spirit Jailbreak and ran the program.

Was I suprised? YES!

The entire Jailbreak (which comprises of advantage being taken of a security loophole in the Apple software) took 10 seconds! Amazing to say the least. In that time the hack App store Cydia had been installed which gives access to Apps that Apple wish had never been written.

• Change themes
• Enable Bluetooth file transfers (Wouldn’t work on mine – stack issues)
• Change Fonts
• Change message alert tones
• Enable internet tethering without a tethered data plan (also with the possibility of creating a Wifi hotspot!)
• Access to pirate Apps intended to be paid for through the Apple App Store (A service NOT supplied by Cydia or Spirit)
• Plus MUCH more…

Now I must stress at this point that I am not condoning this practice. I merely tried it to see what all the fuss was about. I have to say for my needs the Apple software provided with the iPhone is more than necessary and I regularly happily pay for Apps knowing that 90% of the revenue goes back to the App designers – Plus I still get excited when updates are released for Apps I’ve paid for!

When 4.0 is released I’ll be going back to the official Apple OS. Until then I’m going to keep on hacking!

PS. The Spirit hack also works on the iPad!

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference has been announced today for the 7th June 2010. You know what that means NEW iPhone! Whoop!

Full Press Release after the break…

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The fourth-generation iPhone prototype that leaked its way out into the world over the weekend has found its way to Gizmodo, and they’ve examined it exhaustively enough to prove that it’s the real thing. Not only does it show up in iTunes, Xcode, and System Profiler, but it has different product identifiers than the 3G or 3GS, and it’s packed with Apple-labeled components inside. Unfortunately, they couldn’t get it to boot out of recovery mode, but a number of new features and changes are evident just by looking at it. Obviously, it’s thinner than the 3GS, with smaller internal components and a larger battery inside the metal frame. There’s also a front-facing camera, a larger and better camera with a flash on the back, a higher-res display that’s slightly smaller than the current models, a second mic for noise cancellation, and that new back, which Gizmodo seems a bit confused about but is possibly glass or ceramic. It’s also three grams heavier than a 3GS, with a 16 percent larger battery and the same new MicroSIM slot used in the iPad.
It was also told the phone was found running iPhone OS 4.0 but that it was remotely killed before Gizmodo could actually see it, and that they can’t get it to boot because it requires a bespoke build of the OS.

Apple will be surely after this, although there is some speculation as to weather this is a viral campaign to muster a lot of interest in the product again after the much-hyped iPad. It’s probably working.

There’s very little to go on at this point, just a series of photos posted to a forum by a device repair company, but if their suspicions are correct, this could be the front panel of the presumably upcoming "iPhone 4G." iResQ claims to have obtained the sample part from a "reputable source" that has provided genuine parts to it in the past, parts which iResQ uses for repairing products — even if those products don’t exist yet. Interestingly, the LCD is factory glued to the digitizer on this 4G wannabe (like on the original iPhone), as opposed to them being separate elements on the 3G and 3GS, meaning higher replacement costs. But most notable about this face part is the fact that it’s roughly 1/4-inch taller than previous generations. Your guess is as good as ours as to why it’s taller, since the screens themselves seems very similarly sized. We’re also incredibly curious as to whether this here face would line up with that supposed 4G midboard we saw a little while ago. So, elaborate scam by iResQ to get its name up in lights? Prank played by a fun-loving parts supplier? Earth shattering iPhone form factor change unearthed? And just what is that "reflective surface" supposed to be for?

-Engadget

-Thanks to Blue Rotkev for the heads up.