Posts in category: iOS

The smartphone segment is experiencing a groundbreaking revolution which PCs had experienced couple of year back. Even a 3D technology has debuted on mobile platform bringing 3D content including games at your fingertips. This has lured people like me into buying 3D capable device like HTC EVO 3D to taste the nerve wrecking and blood sucking 3D games. It wouldn’t be exaggerated if I say that smartphone industry is going through best phase of revolution. The caprice of mobile segment is that people witnessing smartphone manufacturer’s fight for number of cores it carries as well as number of unique features it has to offer. All such madness was triggered by the introduction of iPhone by Apple back in 2008.

Jailbreak community hackers often seem to work at the drop of a hat, at least this time around. Just in the time when iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak arrived, Apple dropped new build 9B208 of iOS 5.1.1 for iPhone 4 GSM users. This yield the just released Absinthe exploit render useless for those who just upgraded to new firmware. However, as always is the case, pod2g and his team member turned the table and quickly updated their respective tool to incorporate new changes.

iH8sn0w, a developer and hacker of iOS community who vigorously works on Windows utility called sn0wbreeze, has also quickly incorporated the same exploit and updated his tool to sn0wbreeze 2.9.5. Sn0wbreeze is a simple to understand tool and popular among users who love to cook their own custom firmware using stock IPSW firmware. Those who still in dilemma can refer our guide on how to download iOS stock firmware directly from Apple. All you have to do is just utilize the stock firmware during the process and it will take care of the rest. The best part about sn0wbreeze is that preserving of your baseband is almost guaranteed provided you haven’t made any mess during the jailbreak process.

Ever wondered how easy is to download iOS firmware from Apple server. But before moving onto providing the ways to download iPhone firmware directly from Apple server, let us take this opportunity to define what IPSW is. The IPSW is an acronym for iOS firmware. When you fire iTunes on your desktop, it usually checks for latest IPSW on Apple server and compares it with the current version running on your device, provided you’ve connected your device to PC.