Is that true, though? Doesn't the umbrella thing work anymore or something? I mean I guess I don't see how a new firmware being released has any effect on my getting the ECID SSH file from my iPad running a release firmware.
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iPad iPad 3G jailbroken. Spirit Storm imminent.
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Is that true, though? Doesn't the umbrella thing work anymore or something? I mean I guess I don't see how a new firmware being released has any effect on my getting the ECID SSH file from my iPad running a release firmware.
Apple only signs the current firmware.
Example: If Apple starts with version 1, you can install that all you want. Then they release version 2. At this point, version 1 is no longer signed and you can't install it unless you backed up you SHSH.
The device does not sign it, Apple does. iTunes gets the ECID from your phone and the version of the firmware you are trying to install and sends them both to Apple. If its the current firmware, apple sends back the SHSH file and iTunes installs the firmware. If you are trying to install old firmware, Apple will not sign it, the SHSH will not come back properly, and iTunes will not install it. This has nothing to do with which firmware is on the device.
To the people who refuse to take 5 minutes backing up the SHSH:
No one is saying you have to back up. Just don't blame the Dev Team when something unexpected happens and you can't jailbreak ever again.
No one is saying you have to back up. Just don't blame the Dev Team when something unexpected happens and you can't jailbreak ever again.
Count about 6 posts up and read what I wrote. The exploit could be patched days/hours after the release of Spirit. By then its too late to save the current SHSH files and you'll won't be able to downgrade.
I would assume its cause of the patch Apple will most likely issue once Spirit is out in the wild...
..But then again i've never even heard of SHSH and am still pretty confused as to what all this stuff is (though I have jailbroken before).
And it could take longer. Who knows. Previously, Apple patched an exploit in less than a day.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/apple-patch-sms/
If you purchase an iPad it will come with the current firmware so even if Apple patches it, you should be able to JB it. You just won't be able to start over if things go bad.
That's why I didn't wait for gen 2. Do you remember how long it took before 3GS was jailbroken and unlocked?
Backed up SHSH, and waiting. I think jailbreak is going to be a much bigger deal on iPad due to the innate abilities over iPhone/iPod Touch. Heck, I haven't done a jailbreak on my iPhone in over a year, but am chomping at the bit to jailbreak my iPad.
In the case of iPhone and iPod touch, that is the case. We don't really know why why need to do it for the iPad, but if the pros say do it, I think it's worth spending five minutes of your time to do so.
Jailbreak is not out yet. In the meantime, back up your SHSH with the instructions here: http://www.sinfuliphone.com/showthread.php?t=12729
rumor has it spirit wont come out till end of may, as that is when the international release of the ipad is due...dammit.
I hope so! It seems to fair to allow people who live in other countries to have a chance to acquire a jailbreakable iPad, without needing to pay massive eBay costs and sourcing it from America. And what's a month (just be grateful you have an iPad to play with in the mean-time
)?King Mook Mook
A rumour isn't necessarily fake, if that's what your getting at... But it appears that this one may be half-true. I expect the Dev-Team to release the jailbreak before the international models come out, probably a week before, but at that time, many of the international iPads will already have been made so they will be jailbreakable.
King Mook Mook
It makes no sense to delay the release of the jailbreak until the International release because Apple is making new iPads every single day. It doesn't make a difference whether they release it tomorrow or in a month. If Apple patches it, they will.
What? If they released it in a month, after the international model has been released, than not only would it give more Americans a chance to have a jailbroken iPad but also people living overseas a chance to get one. Apple can't do OTA updates, so they can't patch ones already sent out; One's that are in the factory can be patched before they're shipped so would not be jailbreakable.
King Mook Mook
Yes, I understand what you're saying. The later they release the jailbreak, the more people can run this jailbreak before Apple kills it. But if they think from that perspective, they will never release the jailbreak and wait for OS 4.0 later this fall.
For that reason, I don't think we will have to wait much longer for the jailbreak. @Comex himself also tweeted that the maximum we have to wait from now on are a few days.
was wondering how big is your shsh file? The blog said should be 60-65KB but on Snow Leopard my turns out to be 66KB will this be a problem? My ecid is 16 characters with last 3 characters being letters. I tried submiting twice and both time it gave me the same size.