Apple has just posted on their iPhone Developer News feed, a note stating that applications which makes use of the Location service for advertisement purposes, will be banned from the AppStore. Furthermore, Apple states that the use of the Location feature should be used for beneficial purposes whichever that means.

Apple released the iPhone Software update OS 3.1.3, the latest firmware update contains a baseband firmware update 05.12.01 like firmware 3.1 and it’s is not compatible with Ultrasn0w. Means if you upgrade your iPhone 3G/3GS for OS 3.1.2 to 3.1.3 your baseband also upgrades from Modem FW 04.26.08 or 5.11.04 to 05.12.01, For more details about Baseband and Bootloader check here iPhone Baseband and Bootloader From Basic. Sn0wbreeze team released the updated version of Sn0wbreeze aka pwnage tool for windows. With Sn0wbreeze you can jailbreak and preserve your current baseband …

Georze Hotz aka GeoHot left an important message on his twitter account, blackra1n isn’t compatible with firmware 3.1.3 and blacksn0w isn’t compatible with baseband 05.12.01 at the moment. GeoHot also stated that the untethered Jailbreak is not possible and he don’t know if it will exist when they exist. In simple words there is no ETA on an unlock for Baseband 05.12.01. It is likely that dev team, geohot will not waste another hole on 3.1.3. They will most likely hold it for the bigger update that will come with …

Apple released OS 3.1.3 very unexpectedly, OS 3.1.3 for iPhone 3GS is incompatible to jailbreak with redsn0w/pwnage tool/sn0wbreeze. So as of today, Apple has stopped signing 3.1.2 restore files. That means that if you have a 3GS iPhone you cannot restore any firmware other than 3.13.  If you guys updated to 3.1.3 and wanna get back to OS 3.1.2 or below here is the step by step guide to downgrade your iPhone 3GS OS 3.1.3 to 3.1.2 or below. This hack is useful only for those peoples who saved their …

Dev team already warned don’t upgrade to 3.1.3 and wait for next version of Pwnage Tool to preserve your baseband. Upgrading to 3.1.3 with Ultrasn0w/Blacksn0w installed will cause people to lose their unlock and will be unable (for the time being) to get it back. OS 3.1.3 contains a baseband update 05.12.01 BB for iPhone 3G and 3GS. The latest  Modem Firmware 05.12.01 BB is not down gradable. So if you accidentally updated your iPhone 2G, 3G or 3GS to OS 3.1 here is the handy guide for downgrading.
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Apple unexpectedly released a firmware 3.1.3.  With this new release, Apple update the baseband of the iPhone 3G and 3Gs and as usual the iPhone 2G baseband  is unchanged. You can do this guide on any iPod, and on the iPhone EDGE aka iPhone 2G. Procedure is same like you jailbreaked your iPhone 2G 3.1.2 with a little change described below.
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iPhone OS 3.1.3 Download Here
iPhone OS 3.1.2 Download Here

Step 1. If you have not already, download the original firmware 3.1.2 and 3.1.3 on the …

Apple released iPhone firmware update version 3.1.3 for iPhone and iPod family. For more details about OS 3.1.3 check our previous post Apple Releases Firmware 3.1.3 for iPhone. Latest firmware update is a minor release but if you are a potential jailbreaker then stay away from this update until we have a solid confirmation or new release of jailbreaking tools. Firmware 3.1.3 is a fix for iPhone 3GS battery level reporting, app crashes on launch and for app crashes while using Japanese Kana Keyboard.
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Apple pushed firmware 3.1.3 in wild for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPhone 2G, iPod touch 1G, iPod touch 2G, and iPod touch 3G. Jailbreaker and unlocker are advised to stay away from the latest firmware release. If you don’t care about jailbreaking then go ahead and hit the update button. At the moment Redsn0w 0.9, Sn0wbreeze and Pwnage tool aren’t compatible/confirmed for firmware 3.1.3 so stay tuned with us for preserving your jailbreak and unlock. You can download iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware update for offline use here.

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