With f0recast tool you can find out, if your iPhone is tethered, or unlockable

By Mac Hack PC 18 February 2010 View Comments

Update (03/26/2010) – iH8Sn0w just pushed out a new version of f0recast for Mac User- You can download it from here f0recast for Mac

Update (03/12/2010) – iH8Sn0w just pushed out a new revision of f0recast (1.1) – Which adds smarter detection, displays device type and added jailbreakable.

This awesome innovation is from iH8Sn0w, who is the main person behind sn0wbreeze. For folks who are unaware of Sn0wbreeze, is a windows version of PwnageTool with which you can jailbreak your iPhone / iPodTouch.

In simple words “f0recast is a tool for Windows that will check your iPods and iPhones to determine whether it is tethered, or unlockable (iPhone Only).”

A lot of users get confused with Bootloader, Basebands, Version while trying to jailbreak and unlock iPhone / iPod Touchs. So, iH8sn0w created this smart little tool which will give you all necessary information about your iPhone. With the give information you can see weather your device being tethered or able to unlock. As I mention, It even tells iPhone user’s their Boot loader, so if you are an iPhone 3G user with the 5.8 Bootloader, it will notify you that you can downgrade your baseband if you wish to unlock.

One the other note: Whats is Tethered? Your jailbreak will be reset, and removed each time you turn off your iPhone / iPod. You will need to re apply the patch to jailbreak it again.

To use this tool follow the below instructions. (Currently f0recast is available only for Windows.)

Step 1: Download and install f0recast. (To run f0recast you would need iTune 9.0 or higher and .Net Framework 2.0)

Step 2: Connect your iPhone / iPod Touch

Step 3: Open iTunes and let it run

Step 4: Now, while iTunes is still running – Run f0recast

Voila! There you have It! f0recast will provide all your information.

Once you collected all the necessary information and if your iPhone / iPodTouch is ready for Jailbreak and/or Unlock follow any of the below tutorials.

Jailbreak your iPhone OS 3.1.3 using PwnageTool 3.1.5 New 02/07/2010

How to Jailbreak & Unlock iPhone/iPodTouch 3.1.3 firmware using redsn0w 0.9.4 New 02/03/2010

redsn0w 0.9 – How to Jailbreak your iPhone/iPod with default Tethering New 02/02/2010

Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2 using Sn0wbreeze on Windows – New 01/09/2010

Jailbreak your iPhone Using Blackra1n

Jailbreak your iPhone Using PwnageTool

Jailbreak your iPhone Using Custom Firmware

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