How To Guide To Update and Jailbreak iPhone 3G 3GS and 2G iPhone and All iPod Touch Versions

Here is the video:



And here are the links and information:

Redsn0w v0.8:
http://thebigboss.org/hostedfiles/redsn0w-win_0.8.zip

Select and download 3.0, NOT 3.0.1 firmware for your device. This is needed by Redsn0w to jailbreak your device:
http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/



ONLY if you have iPhone 2G: Download bootloaders for unlocking iPhone 2G: http://www.mediafire.com/?9mdezqi2jem

Add this source to Cydia to unlock your iPhone 3G or 3GS and install Ultrasn0w: repo666.ultrasn0w.com

Written instructions:

http://www.iphoneinquirer.com/2009/07/how-to-unlock-and-jailbreak-firmware.html

Credit for this video and links goes to: iPhone Inquirer. Thanks :)

You can visit his website to get all these download links and more:

http://www.iphoneinquirer.com/2009/07/downloads.html

iPhone 3.0 Network and SIM Unlocked for All Carriers and Jailbreaked, Plus Cydia Installed

YellowSn0w is now UltraSn0w! So, if you have an iPhone 2.2 or prior with YellowSn0w SIM Unlock, you can restore and upgrade to firmware 3.0 now :)

You FIRST need to restore and upgrade your iPhone to firmware 3.0 in iTunes.

Then you have to Jailbreak your iPhone and install Cydia on it.

Instructions For that can be found here (don't worry about the yellowsn0w warnings!):

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/126908912/redsn0w-in-june

You will then need UltraSnow which you can download from Dev-Team:

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/128573459/ultras-now

That is all :) Enjoy your newly unlocked 3.0 iPhone goodness :)

MobileInstallation Patch For iPhone 3.0 (7A341)

Here is where you can get the file:

http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2009/06/20/mobileinstallation-iphone-30/

Alternatively, go to Cydia and add the following source: http://cydia.hackulo.us.

Then install the application called AppSync. This will patch your MobileInstallation file.

10 ways to secure your iPhone

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) now has a guide for securing the Apple iPhone. The complete document can be found at the CIS benchmark portal. You can download the guide from there:

https://community.cisecurity.org/download/

Or read an article with the jest of the security benchmark from ZDNET:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=19586

Can't find iPhone restore file iTunes download location?

The location where iTunes saves its downloaded restore and update files is here:

PC:

C:\Documents and Settings\*** USER***\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates

Where ***USER*** is the user name of the login you are on.

You need to have hidden files showing... To do this, go to:
tools > folder options > view > un-check "hide hidden folders".

Mac:
Library > iTunes > iPhone software updates

You can also download the latest iPhone restore images from the link below:

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=750