iPhone 3GS iDongle Jailbreak Hardware Solution Announced

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Are you guys trying to prove your hacking skills by jailbreaking the iPhone yourself, but with little success? Well folks, we just caught wind of a new solution that won’t eat much of your time. Dubbed the iDongle, this little piece of hacker-made hardware is what you’ll need to set free and activate your iPhone 3GS or iPod touch on whatever network you want.

The fun thing about the iDongle is that you won’t need a computer to jailbreak your iPhone. All you need to do is plug it into the dock connector and let it boot (a.k.a “tethered boot”) no matter if it’s on a a factory fresh unit or a jailbroken device.

While the creative hackers coming up with the iDongle are not ruling out support for other operating systems, for now it needs your handset to run iPhone OS 3.1, 3.1.1 or preferably 3.1.2. “iDongle can be easily updated through USB. If jailbreak is available, I’ll try and post a free update,” the guys said concerning future updates.

Only a dozen prototypes are available right now, but I’m pretty sure they’ll find a way to take it mainstream as I’ve seen quite a few donations (pre-orders) and a lot of interest in having a jailbreak solution to ease it up for us all.

Oh and I almost forgot. “Does it provide unlock ? Not directly. Look for Geohot’s “sn0w” or Dev Team’s “ultrasn0w” package on Cydia,” they say.

We’re game!