NOTE: Updated 3.0 Jail Break Here. 

Jailbreaking your iPhone leads you into many possibilities; you can run apps that apple has disapproved, run pirated apps, and much more.  If you own an iPhone and use another carrier do NOT upgrade to 2.2.1, you can safely upgrade to 2.2.  For help with that ask us in our forums.
OS X 10.5.6+ Only

1. You will need an account with ADC (Apple Developer Connection) this is free and takes a few minutes to sign up, you should read the terms and conditions carefully and you should only sign up if you are thinking of developing applications in the future – http://developer.apple.com/mac/
2. Download the disk image “IOUSBFamily Log release for Mac OS X 10.5.5 Build 9F33” (yes, that is a “5” in 10.5.5 – this is a developer debug package of the USB kernel extension).
3. Install IOUSBFamily-315.4.1.pkg from within the disk image
4. Reboot your system!

[via: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/74278878/close-the-stable-door]

The Jailbreaking!

1. Ensure your device is running 2.2.1, to check this on the iPhone go to Settings > General > About and look at the Version.  If you are not running 2.2.1 please go into iTunes and upgrade
2. Download Quickpwn. OS X Download, Windows Download
3. Have your iPhone plugged into your computer and run QuickPwn
4. It will automatically detect your device, just click on the picture with a Green Check!
5. It will ask if you want to replace some icons, I chose yes but it doesn’t matter one bit!
6. It will give you instructions such as to power your phone off, it is important to do exactly as it says.  These are instructions to enter DFU mode so it can perform the jailbreak
7. It will say it succeeded and will be doing some work behind the scenes for the next few minutes and then reboot your phone.

My Cydia(jailbreak apps) Recommendation

• Networking – OpenSSH – This gives you the ability to SSH(remote commandline) into your phone from a computer.  You may not use this now but in the future you may need it to do some things such as install pirated apps. (FREE)
• Multimedia – Cycorder – This is a video camera for your iPhone.  It’s amazing you need to jail break to get this feature. (FREE)
• System – Backgrounder – Runs applications in the background, i find this most useful for AIM (FREE)
• Networking – PDANet – This will let you tether your connection from your iPhone to your Pc.  This gives you the ability to get internet on your laptop anywhere you have cell service ($30) - JuneFabrics.com
• System – IntelliScreen – This is a revamped “lock screen” that shows basically anything you want.  Whether it bee your email, calender, text messages, sports, weather or a combination of the above without ever unlocking your iPhone. ($9.99) - intelliborn.com

If you need help or have any questions, please ask us in our Forums!

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