Its here finally ! Chronic Dev Team has released Windows version of GreenPois0n iOS 4.2.1 untethered jailbreak for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. And just like the Mac version, Windows version is compatible with iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch 4G/3G/2G and iPad.
I've said before now that we are firmly into 'silly season'. With both iPhone and iPad updates expected to be announced in the coming months, this is the time we start to get all those juicy rumors about specifications, prices and possible release dates. Today we have some more, thanks to Macotakara (via MacRumors).
With Chronic Dev Team releasing GreenPois0n RC5 yesterday much was made of the inclusion of the option to add a custom animated boot logo. That's all well and dandy, other than the fact it doesn't entirely work.
iPhone developer and hacker Joshua Hill of the Chronic Dev Team has confirmed that the Windows version of GreenPois0n will be released by the end of this weekend, which effectively means in a day or two most.
With Nokia's recent issues with poor sales and dodgy software, it's perhaps unsurprising that rumors are once again abound that the mobile phone behemoth is batting its eyelashes at a 3rd party operating system with the hopes of improving its ailing fortunes. This time it's Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.
Yesterday Verizon made the iPhone 4 available for pre-order to its existing customers only, and managed to break the carrier's own sales records in just two hours. Perhaps most interestingly, those orders came in between the hours of 03:00 and 05:00. That's the morning folks!
According to a report by MacStories, Apple could possibly be releasing another major iOS update on 14th of Feb. The iOS version to be released will be 4.3 which will also include potential fixes of several bugs and improved support for AirPlay.
The following instructions will help iPhone 4 unlockers to update to iOS 4.2.1 while keeping the old 1.59.00 baseband, jailbreak it untethered with GreenPois0n RC5, and then unlock it with Ultrasn0w.
We're firmly in rumor territory now, and MacRumors has managed to piece a few tidbits together that certainly seem to point towards iOS 4.3 being released to the public on February 13th, along with a possible iPad 2 announcement.
Members of Chronic Dev Team have just confirmed that the upcoming GreenPois0n RC5 untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 will support animated custom boot logo on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Video after the break.
