Limera1n jailbreak tool for iOS 4.1 now available

The first jailbreak tool for iOS 4.1 has been released, and while it’s a bit rough around the edges, it’s designed to work with the iPhone 4, iPod touch 4th generation iPod touch 3rd generation, iPad, and eventually the iPhone 3GS, although there’s a bug that prevents the iPhone 3GS hack from working right now.

The tool is called Limera1n and it supports iOS 4.1. Interestingly, it comes from hacker Geohot and it was released just a day before the hackers at the iPhone Dev Team had planned to launch their own jailbreak making use of a different exploit in iOS 4.1 Now it looks like the Dev Team will be holding off for a while, rather than bringing two separate exploits to Apple’s attention – making it easier for Apple to patch both exploits at the same time.

While the federal government has ruled that it’s legal to jailbreak, unlock, or generally modify the software on smartphones, Apple isn’t required to make it easy and there’s no rule preventing Apple from patching exploits. In fact, if you’re not a jailbreaker, those patches are probably a good thing since it means that Apple is essentially removing security holes that malicious coders could use to sneak malware onto your phone.

In theory, jailbreaking provides users with deep access to the files and settings that are otherwise unavailable on Apple iOS devices. This lets you install applications that aren’t available in the iTunes App Store, tether your phone to a computer for free, or adjust other settings.

Right now, the Limar1n jailbreak tool only works with a Windows computer, and some users have reported problems — like some apps including the App Store missing after jailbreaking. Proceed with caution.

You should also know that the Limera1n doesn’t support unlocking — and if your phone is currently unlocked, using this tool will relock your device. So if you need your iPhone to work with networks besides AT&T, you’ll want to hold off for now.

Update: Limera1n is now available for both Mac and PC.

via Gizmodo

Brad Linder

Brad Linder is editor of Liliputing and Mobiputing. He's been tinkering with mobile tech for decades and writing about it since 2006. Brad has also worked with NPR, WHYY, PRI, and AOL.

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October 9th, 2010 | Author: Brad Linder

iphone Clues

This is really Good news for ios 4.1 user but still there is not good response from over all iphone user, some user find problem and its only available for Windows user so waiting for some more time to jailbreak my device.
Raghu

I tried on my mobile but its not working!!
Guest

successfully jailbroke my ip 4 4.1 fully functional nice job
Itunes

sucks, does not work, i cant even get the limera1n app thing on my ipod, just does not appear.
Ipod touch 3g 4.1
does any1 no wats going on
Vasu5455

successfully jailbroke my iphone 4 4.1 fully functional nice job. how to unlock
Vijay

Works like a charm!!! Successfully Jailbroke my iphone 4 on 4.1 OS. The Cydia icon appears only after restarting the iphone. This is a known bug.

Thanks Geohot. You rock!!!
Eliechatta

Does it work on ios 4.0.2
jerry

wait so green poison is not releasing tomorrow? because of limerain?
Tristandundalk

thanks for the help but i got one more Q it says my ipod is jailbroken but its not letting me download free apps how does that work
Darkman_6

But after jailbreaking IOS 4.1, how are you going to unlock it? Ultrasnow? It doesn’t work.
Lucinaomf

I just jailbroken my iphone 3GS but my baseband is on 15.14.02 have to wait for ultsn0w to come out with new baseband update
jerry

wait so can it be unlocked or not? cant i download ultra snow and keep my iphone unlocked from cydia?
Modavated

i Really hope that isn’t the case ….
Djdenny13

no, geohot proved himself to be egohot ( a pure d$ck head) and released the jb software before dev team, now dev team dont want to reveal their exploit to apple so they will only try to implement limera1n
Darkman_6

No it cant be unlocked.
Batichicka

Thanks Geohot You definetely ROCK.
PS Don’t listen to garbage! ‘Coz ur the best. We missed you. Glad to have u back
Darkman_6

If you have saved your baseband while upgrading to 4.1, only then you can use ultrasnow. Or else you will have to wait until the release of the new unlock for IOS 4.1 on Iphone 4
jerry

yea thats what im saying if i had saved my baseband will i be able to get my phone unlocked with limerain?
Dorilah

how come it doesnt work for itouch 3g?
ANGRY

DOES NOT FUCKING WORK ON IPOD TOUCH 3G
Kamal Arief

Limera1n does not work for iphone 3gs, no limera1n after re-booting. any further help for this 3gs?.
done4it

when i try it on my 3gs 4.1 it never downloads. working on the 3rd try now
Leobougioukas96

yo thanks geohot u genius little f;;;;; love u dude for jailbreaking my iphone 4
Kisholoy

my phone is already unlocked frm my operator. does it mean that i dont need to worry abt this unlocking thing anymore?
LittleTig3r

Work great on 2 of my iphone 4 4.0.2 (one is unlock hince I have 1.59.00 baseband, the other is 2.10.04 so I have to wait on the unlock)

The first release had a bug so it did not work for 3GS, but the latest release works perfectly after rebooting the 3GS couple times.
Work great on my 3GS 4.1 05.14.00. However, I have to wait for an unlock for this baseband

Doesn’t matter GeoHot or Dev team, you guys are all rock!!!

Thank you very much GeoHot!!!
Al

fully worked on my iphone 4. great!
Jocaakes

Sweet it worked, Limera1n is basicly a boss (:
Hamada

worked very well to my 3Gs. easy when you follow the instruction. I had to reboot the device after cydia installation to be able to see the cydia icon. cydia it self gave some errors but restarted and everything went fine. the device seems working ok at the moment. Great work.
I have not tried the unlock yet.
Hope that were helpfull
FUCK THIS

i know why the fuck not????? it says it works but it doesnt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flash858

No success on a brand new iPod touch. I had restored from a backup from a jailbroken G2, so going to restore and retry…
Flash858

Confirmed. After a restore, it worked perfectly. Thanks Geohot! – If you have restored from a backup, you may want to try restoring to 4.1, and when iTunes asks you to restore from a backup or set up as a new device, select neither. Just eject the device, and run limera1n on it.
Flash858

See my results below. Restore first, no not set up iPod. Run Limera1n…voila.
notworking

this sucks ive been waiting forever
notworking

what exactly did you do?
cblock

flash858, what device do you have? this does not work for ipod touch 3g. thats what i have and nothing you said works for me
Walkercoufal

So does limera1n not work for iPod touch 3g on the 4.1 firmware???
ChiakiV2

I hope it works when the Non-Beta version comes out..i heard Monday :I
Anonymous

Just used it, works perfect on iPod touch 4G.. had to reboot after installing cydia for icon to show up on springboard .also i found a free ipod converter called “Aneesoft free ipad video converter”,Absolutely free….lol!
Pr0No0B

ipod touch 3G MC model running on iOS 4.1 jailbroken with limera1n on the first trial…..just did exactly as the intruction on the programm told me to….didnt have limera1n icon at first but i rebooted and got it. working great, no bug so far!
Kamal Arief

After updating itune, Limera1n running for iphone 3gs ios 4.1.
Alice Wonder00

It worked on mine, no problem at all.
Alicewonder00

It does work on ipod touch 3g MC. I’ve just done it with no problems at all.
Dr. House

limera1n has problems jailbreaking 4.1 at least on iphone 4, 3gs and ipod touch 4g….if they are on 4.0.2, do not upgrade….just jailbreak them….
Montoyita11

Successfully jailbroke my itouch 4G. thanks for the update!!!
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Vjshah1967

Yes, it works on iPhone 4 ios 4.0.2 , baseband 1.59.00. I was able to jailbreak + unlock. Now it works with my network service provider.
Jbjabba

how do you jailbreak the ipod touch 3g, after i have done what the window says, it tells me that my ipod is jailbroken thinks to comex, but limera1n is not on my ipod?
Jetoni08

Limera1n work good on windows 7(run as administrator) . and I jailbroked my iphone 3gs iOS 4.1. but ultrasn0w, doesn’t support for baseband 15.14.02 yet
Jimmy

Sn0wbrize will jaibreak your 3gs 4.1 I did with my iphone but no unlock yet
mayank

i m using windows 7
and i have ipod 3g 4.1
i tried jailbreaking it
but it didn’t work
can u help me
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Dirtrider219

have same rpoblem
guest

i installed limera1n and cydia, then uninstalled both of them.. but now when i try jailbreaking my iphone 4, limerain goes through the whole process and says its done, but i cant see the limerain app or the cydia app. anybody know what to do.?
Joekerrigen

does anyone know how to fix it when the app is waiting and wont go