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Originally Posted by Biggzz
Thanks! I dont need to unlock anyway. I just remember reading that you needed to ssh in order to theme. Is that true?
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SHSH Blob and SSH are 2 different things.
Saving your SHSH Blob means basically saving a copy of your Apple signed OS on Saurik's server (the guy who owns and runs Cydia). This enables you to downgrade sometimes when you accidentally upgrade an OS to a non-jailbreakable version. While you may still want to do this, having a jailbreak that can jailbreak ANY new version of your current phone (until they make hardware changes on new phones) makes it not as important.
edit: since iOS 4.1.1 is on the way, it apparently patches part of the new jailbreak. GeoHotz used some of Comes's code to make the jailbreak untethered (meaning you don't have to connect the phone to your PC every time you restart it), but 4.1.1 patches that, so you can still jailbreak it, but it will be tethered, so log into Cydia now and back up your SHSH blob. You can also use Tinyumbrella.
SSH (or Secure Shell) is a way to get into your phone once it is jailbroken by basically using an SCP client (pretty much like using an FTP client to upload/download files) to "hack" into your own iPhone.
This allows you to place certain folders in your phone that Winterboard can then recognize and theme your phone. It IS necessary to SSH into your phone to put these awesome themes on there. The instructions on how to do this have not changed and you can find them in the first post in this thread, it's actually pretty easy.