The Neocell 3GS is running perfect with OS 3.1.2 jailbroken using Blackra1n (I <3 Blackra1n). I had some issues from jailbreaking from previous versions brought on from restoring from iTunes backups and other complicatedness. But I did a complete reset of all data and content and, instead of restoring to a backup from iTunes (which would have also brought back bugs from the previous backup), I manually transfered content over. I started from scratch.

Because of that, jailbroken OS 3.1.2 works better than ever. In fact, I now have full working push notifications. And get this, I didn't even have to apply some "push notification fix" to it or nothin'. It just works. For the first time ever, I've got working push notifications.

So then I thought to myself... when a jailbreak is released for OS 3.1.3, why upgrade? I mean, the update offers virtually nothing of value. The only thing closest would be better battery level accuracy monitoring for 3GS's. Ooo, big deal... Why bother possibly messing up everything that's right with OS 3.1.2 to upgrade to an OS that'll give me no benifit at all?

Na, screw that. For the first time since getting the Neocell 3GS, everything's working perfect. I'm not freakin' that up for some stupid bug fixes... bug fixes that don't even affect me. Screw OS 3.1.3.

So what about you? Well there are a group of people who are experiencing issues getting tethering to work. If your not jailbroken but have issues getting tethering to work, then go ahead and upgrade to OS 3.1.3 and hope that it fixes tethering for you. If your jailbroken and can't get tethering to work, wait until a jailbreak is released for OS 3.1.3 and then upgrade and hope that fixes tethering for ya.

A word of caution though... we don't know yet if this update actually blocks tethering profiles from being installed at all. So my real advice is to wait out upgrading for a good, long time, until you start seeing people like me confirm whether or not tethering works for OS 3.1.3.

But I won't be upgrading at all, and my personal advice to you... unless there's something wrong with your OS 3.1.2, don't bother updating.

Peace, JbB

OS 3.1.3 is released today by Apple. It fixes very, very minor security bugs. If your jailbroken, you know the deal. Never, ever, update until your given the green light from the jailbroken community. But if your not jailbroken, I say wait off updating for a few days. Here’s why I’m so concerned…

“A memory corruption issue exists in the handling of a certain USB control message,” said Apple’s advisory. “A person with physical access to the device could use this to bypass the passcode and access the user’s data.”

This could fix the hole that Blackra1n uses to jailbreak iPhones. So just wait off for a few days until we get word. If you aren’t jailbroken, but there could be a 1% chance you may be interested in jailbreaking, don’t update. There’s a chance this could affect your phone’s ability to jailbreak.

Just be cool.

Peace, JbB

Wanna’ know how to browse files on your brand new iPhone 3GS? Well my recommendation is to us iPhoneBrowser, the best browsing system out there. But, if your like me and happened to jailbreak via Blackra1n, then in order to use iPhoneBrowswer you gotta’ go into Cydia and download “afc2add”. Then iPhoneBrowswer will work.

Peace, J

Oh yeah, this is ‘freakin’ tight *** ****. I was able to run Geohot’s Blackra1n. Sure ‘nough, I’m jailbroken now. I’m not 3.1.2, but **** that version, I don’t care about it. I’m simply glad to have a brand new iPhone 3GS and to be jailbroken (OS 3.1).

I included some screen shots of the process of installing Cydia. I’m fully jailbroken now and runnin’ with a brand new iPhone, The Neocell 2.0, and now I’m runnin’ on America’s fastest network. Freak yeah. I got me a lotta’ customization hacking and other goodies to try out. Hello Backgrounder…

Peace, K

Yo I am one depressed and frustrated iPhone owner, let me tell ya… It looks like my iPhone 2G, that I use with T-mobile, is now locked and permanently un-jailbreakable. But let’s start from the beginning…

It all started when I download a free app from the App Store. It said it was “compatible with OS 3.1.2 and up”. I was still using OS 3.0, ‘cuz… come on, there’s really nothing gained from upgrading to 3.1.2 and each time you jailbreak, you run the risk of **** goin’ wrong and who knows what. But when I downloaded this free app, low and behold, the crappy little thing wouldn’t start. I realized then, that it was time to upgrade to OS 3.1.2… I should say, find a way to jailbreak to it.

So I downloaded Geohot’s Blackra1n tool, since it’s the “easiest jailbreak in history” or some crap that he says. It is easy… except for the fact it didn’t do ****. But I figured it wasn’t really the program’s fault, because most attempts to jailbreak don’t go right at first for the Neocell. Seems to always be the case, so I always try over and over again whenever I jailbreak ‘cuz eventuality it’ll work. But no go this time…

I checked online for some trouble shooting, and most people who said they had problems said to upgrade directly to OS 3.1.2 from iTunes (who I DO NOT recommend) and then jailbreak. I did that and well, **** kinda’ went downhill from there.

Once iTunes went through the long process of updating to iTunes 3.1.2, I then lost the ability to jailbreak at all.

Yep… now the Neocell is permanently unjailbreakable. Now, I can’t jailbreak… at all. Tried multiple ways to jailbreak, tried restoring through iTunes… all the same thing. There still could be a way to upload a jailbroken “image” through iTunes manually, but that’s only with an activated AT&T SIM and crap. I’m hoping that I can find some way to still jailbreak.

But man, this sucks. It looks like I may have to get an iPhone 3GS sooner than I thought… and wouldn’t you know, I’d end up getting one of the 3GS’s that you can’t jailbreak. Man this sucks…

Peace, J