OS 3.1 Has Been Jailbroken!
by Vaelek on Sep.15, 2009, under Jailbreaking
The Dev-Team has wasted no time getting the 3.1 jailbreak working. Just posted to there blog is the announcement that PwnageTool has been released for 3.1. Before you get too excited, as always, the first release is the Mac version. Shortly we will have a Windows version, and then finally Redsn0w to make the process a breeze. There will be no need to wait for an updated Ultrasn0w as PwnageTool will preserve your baseband.
The other bad news, it is not yet ready for the iTouch 2G & 3G, or the iPhone 3GS. While some of still have to wait, things are in motion and we are well on our way now.
If you are a Redsn0w user, and rely on the ability to have an unlocked phone, then now is the time to move to PwnageTool. Going forward, each time a new firmware is released, you will need to rebuild it with PwnageTool in order to keep the vulnerable 04.26.08 baseband. Which, for the curious, you can view in Settings by going to General > About, and scrolling down to modem firmware. I am going to repeat it one more time, if you update to 3.1 (or for now, any version beyond that) with the official ipsw and not a custom PwnageTool one, you WILL lose the ability to unlock your phone, possibly forever.
So if you’ve got a Mac, head on over and get your Pwn on 
One other thing worth noting, is that everyone except us 3GS owners should be able to use a custom firmware generated by anyone else. So you folks without Macs may want to keep an eye out for someone to post it, as always happens.
If you’re heading over there now, or if you’ve already been through it, let’s hear how it went? Any hiccups?
