Avoid jailbreak detection?

[tomybomby]

I'm traumatized after plugging in the iPhone to my macbook. Last time it detected the jailbreak and it became unusable for a while.

Is there a way to disable this auto-detect feature in macbook?

[Orby]

I'm traumatized after plugging in the iPhone to my macbook. Last time it detected the jailbreak and it became unusable for a while.

Is there a way to disable this auto-detect feature in macbook?

Would you please elaborate on "detected the jailbreak?" What exactly happened and how was the phone unusable?

As a point of reference, Mac OS X 10.6 and iTunes 10.1 do not detect and block iOS devices that have been jailbroken purely because they are jailbroken--the dozen or so devices I've jailbroken on various flavors of OS X 10.6/XP/7 don't get any flack from iTunes for being jailbroken.

[tomybomby]

What happened is that I plugged it into the macbook. Immedietly a message came up asking me if I want to perform an upgrade. I clicked "yes", afterwards a security warning came up and the phone turned off.

When I turned it back on it had a message, something about "Invalid version" etc. etc. and it would never go to the main screen.

[Orby]

What happened is that I plugged it into the macbook. Immedietly a message came up asking me if I want to perform an upgrade. I clicked "yes", afterwards a security warning came up and the phone turned off.

When I turned it back on it had a message, something about "Invalid version" etc. etc. and it would never go to the main screen.

Ooooh. The upgrade did you in. Upgrading or restoring a jailbroken iDevice will undo the jailbreak. Upgrading a jailbroken iDevice is a NO-NO.

Hopefully Apple is still signing iOS 4.1. Grab TinyUmbrella (The Firmware Umbrella - TinyUmbrella), save your device's SHSH blobs by clicking the "Save SHSH" button.

If you see 4.1 (8B117 or 8B118) in the list of saved blobs, start the TSS server in TinyUmbrella, download the correct 4.1 IPSW for your iDevice (Firmware - The iPhone Wiki), hold down Option (for Mac OS X) or Shift (for Windows) and then click Restore in iTunes. Navigate to the 4.1 IPSW you downloaded, and fire away. If you upgraded to 4.2(.1), then your restore will probably error with a 1004 or 1015 error. If so, use TinyUmbrella's "Exit Recovery" button to proceed.

If you only see 4.2(.1) in the SHSH window, you're stuck at a version of iOS that is currently not jailbreakable or unlockable. If this is the case, a restore is not going to assist you. Please describe the screen you're seeing (a Connect to iTunes logo, Slide for Emergency Calls screen, etc.) so you can hopefully at least have a partially working iPhone.

[tomybomby]

thank you for the love of detail, really appreciate it

[DRFP]

Ooooh. The upgrade did you in. Upgrading or restoring a jailbroken iDevice will undo the jailbreak. Upgrading a jailbroken iDevice is a NO-NO.

Hopefully Apple is still signing iOS 4.1. Grab TinyUmbrella (The Firmware Umbrella - TinyUmbrella), save your device's SHSH blobs by clicking the "Save SHSH" button.

If you see 4.1 (8B117 or 8B118) in the list of saved blobs, start the TSS server in TinyUmbrella, download the correct 4.1 IPSW for your iDevice (Firmware - The iPhone Wiki), hold down Option (for Mac OS X) or Shift (for Windows) and then click Restore in iTunes. Navigate to the 4.1 IPSW you downloaded, and fire away. If you upgraded to 4.2(.1), then your restore will probably error with a 1004 or 1015 error. If so, use TinyUmbrella's "Exit Recovery" button to proceed.

If you only see 4.2(.1) in the SHSH window, you're stuck at a version of iOS that is currently not jailbreakable or unlockable. If this is the case, a restore is not going to assist you. Please describe the screen you're seeing (a Connect to iTunes logo, Slide for Emergency Calls screen, etc.) so you can hopefully at least have a partially working iPhone.

Hmm this is confusing, I come here for good info and I read on the latest blogs that

4.2.1 can be jailbroken now with redsnow
4.2.1 can be unlocked on 11/28 with ultrasnow

what was true yesterday may not be tomorrow

[Orby]

Hmm this is confusing, I come here for good info and I read on the latest blogs that

4.2.1 can be jailbroken now with redsnow
4.2.1 can be unlocked on 11/28 with ultrasnow

what was true yesterday may not be tomorrow

redsn0w 0.9.6b4 can only jailbreak old-bootrom devices (3G, MB model iPT2G, early-run 3GS). Those devices now all have permanent jailbreaks.

The ultransn0w unlock will initially only be for the 3G/S although the Dev Team has some very promising BB crashes for the i4.

While all other devices are still technically jailbreakable, they will be tethered jailbreaks at 4.2.1 and later until somebody puts together another kernel exploit.

And yes, it's amazing how quickly things can turn around in this field.