Chris Wade Working on Updating Dingleberry Jailbreak for BlackBerry 10
I doubt RIM started jumping for joy on this news but one of the main developers for the Dingleberry BlackBerry PlayBook jailbreak, @cmwdotme, announced that he is working on BlackBerry 10. He is just starting with what he calls step 1 which is extracting RIM’s BlackBerry 10 file system which he provides the tool for…
Dingleberry v4.0 Cancelled And Source Code Released
The Dingleberry PlayBook jailbreaking team has been promising v4.0 for awhile to jailbreak the latest PlayBook OS 2.0 retail build but it has not materialized. A few of our readers pointed out to us that the Dingleberry change log now says that v4.0 is officially cancelled. I am not sure if this is because the…
RIM Explains How They “Manage BlackBerry Jailbreak Issues”
RIM has had some of its stellar security record tarnished when the BlackBerry PlayBook was jailbroken. The current versions of the OS have been holding up but users are still downgrading to gain root access. (Update: The current retail PlayBook OS 2.0 cannot currently be downgraded) RIM’s usually VERY quiet and media shy BlackBerry Security…
Latest PlayBook OS 2.0 Beta Does Not Patch Dingleberry Jailbreak
I have been getting questions from readers asking if the latest PlayBook Beta OS 2.0.0.6149 blocked the Dingleberry root jailbreaking exploit. I have confirmed that my own PlayBook is still jailbroken after the update and @Cmwdotme has confirmed the same. The process still has you jailbreaking the PlayBook on an older OS version and then…
Dev Gets USB Host Working on BlackBerry PlayBook With Dingleberry Exploit
We told you that the Dingleberry jailbreak would start getting interesting once developers started extending the platform beyond what you can do without a jailbreak. RIM has been teasing us with possible USB host functionality on the BlackBerry PlayBook since it launched. They have been slow on delivering features like that though we know they…
Advanced Users: Video Tutorial on PlayBook Jailbreaking & Loading Android Marketplace
Patrick let us know about a video done by MapleLeafsVideos on how to use Dingleberry to jailbreak the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 developer beta and load up Android Marketplace. There really isn’t much end users can do with this more than what they could already do with converted APK to BAR files but still…
Advanced Users: Dingleberry Jailbreak v2.1 Persists Root Access With Latest BlackBerry PlayBook OS
The Dingleberry team just followed through with their confirmation of jailbreaking RIM’s first attempt to keep them out by patching the Samba exploit. The latest PlayBook OS 1.0.8.6067 has been jailbroken in a way using a new exploit. According to one of the devs on the Dingleberry team, @cmwdotme, this jailbreak actually has you downgrading…
Latest BlackBerry PlayBook OS Fix Gets Jailbroken Again… Cat & Mouse Game Begins?
The thing with jailbreaks is that once you have your first then the rest of your code is suddenly open to poke around and find more soft spots to exploit. RIM just patched the Samba exploit that allowed the Dingleberry team to jailbreak/root the BlackBerry PlayBook. Now one of the devs of Dingleberry, @cmwdotme, has…