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As you all know already, iOS 6.1.3 is the most recent firmware for all iOS 6 compatible devices except for iPhone 5 which has iOS 6.1.4 as the most recent firmware. As of the time of this writing Apple is still signing iOS 6.1.3 and 6.1.4.   It is NOT possible to jailbreak iOS 6.1.3 untethered, it can only be jailbroken tethered on older devices like iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. Therefore, if you have an iPhone 5 or 4S running iOS 6.1.3, you won't be able to jailbreak it. Furthermore, Gevey works best for a jailbroken iDevice, therefore, since only tethered jailbreak is available for iOS 6.1.3, Gevey doesn't function well and its not guaranteed to work with your device. All hope is not lost as it is very certain that iOS 7.0 will have a jailbreak when it comes out by September. This tutorial is to allow you update your iPhone to iOS 6.1.3, Jailbreak and unlock using Gevey for supported devices. Please read carefully before you begin your update! This tu...

iOS downgrade Just recently, Apple released iOS 6.1.3 and many people that loved their jailbroken devices blindly updated only to find out that it is impossible to jailbreak iOS 6.1.3. Desperately, many of sort to downgrade back to 6.1.2 or lower for those with iPhone 3GS & 4 only to end up with a device in soft DFU loop; that is device refuses to boot up. Across various forums and discussion sites, this problem have been reported by those that tried downgrading using SHSH blobs saved on Cydia servers. Those that downgraded using blobs saved with iFaith and TinyUmbrella hardly experience this problem. This problem received little answer as to why it happens. Well, Saurik, the guy behind Cydia offered some insights as to why this problem occur. This you can find here for better understanding.  In summary, what he is saying is that Apple have implemented a kind of mechanism that only allow the restoration to most recent firmwares, more like most recent and two...

Apple have released the next update of their iPad, iPod and iPhone operating system to version 6.1.3. Earlier in the March when the betas were out, it was suggested that jailbreakers shouldn't upgrade to this version should it become live because it patches the exploits used by Evasion to achieve an untethered jailbreak on all iDevices running iOS 6.x. A little definition will suffice. Tethered jailbreak means that when the device is powered off or run out of battery, one will need to connect the device to the computer to boot up again using Redsn0w On the other hand, Untethered jailbreak means that if device is powered off or battery runs down, device will boot up normally without the need to plug into a computer nor boot up with Redsn0w Well, finally, iOS 6.1.3 is out and some people would have failed to heed to warning not to upgrade their devices to the latest version if  they intend on keeping their untethered jailbreak achieved in iOS 6.1.2. All hope isn't lost as...

For one reason or the other one need to downgrade baseband. As of this writing, iPhone 4/4S/5 can't have their baseband downgraded once upgraded through a stock IPSW restore. However, iPhone 3GS can have its baseband downgraded. Follow these steps to achieve a baseband downgrade for the iPhone 3GS. Step 1 Download the latest version of Redsn0w on your computer and extract to your desktop. Step 2 If your device is on iOS 6.1 or 6.0.1, you will still need to download 6.0 IPSW because that is what Redsn0w can support for now. Connect your device to the computer and let Redsn0w detect it. It will also notify you of the device's bootrom and firmware version just at the bottom of the window Step 3 Click on Extras, click on Select IPSW menu and the select iOS 6.0 IPSW that you downloaded. If you have a newer bootrom 3GS click yes Step 4 Go back and then select Jailbreak. Kernel will be patched and then a window will appear where you will check "D...

Evasi0n untethered jailbreak of iOS 6 is still one of the best things that have happened in the jailbreak scene since iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak. While many have quickly jumped and grabbed on the oppurtunity to untether jailbreak their devices before Apple patches again, some have encountered many issues with the jailbroken device. One is the issue of Cydia shrinking in size while some have the Weather app problem although these abnormalities have been fixed with new release of Evasi0n. Just today, I tried to untether jailbreak an already Semi-jailbroken iPhone 3GS on iOS 6.0.1 new bootrom, baseband 5.13.04 (downgraded from 06.15.00). Evasi0n 1.1 noticed that it was jail-broken and advised that I install the untethered jailbreak via Cydia. I fired up Cydia, allow it to download packages, and then install Evasi0n untethered jailbreak files. I was asked to upgrade some already installed programs. I Installed other packages including upgrading Ultrasn0w 1.2.7 to 1.2.8. Immediate...