With a fan base of nearly 25% of all iPhone users, it’s safe to say that Facebook’s iPhone application is one of the most popular apps on the market.  Earlier today, Joe Hewitt (lead engineer for the app) shared some more details on what’s in store for the upcoming version 3.0

Pictured above are a couple of screenshots from the new version; Nice, right? Besides the new home screen, you’ll also be able to create your own photo albums, RSVP to events, and much more. The one thing lacking?  Push notifications. This is the iPhone OS 3.0, this is the 3.0 Facebook application..  where’s push? When a new feature is advertised and shoved in your face every which way possible, you start to expect said feature to you know – actually get used. While we’d love to have seen push being used in this version, here’s a full list of what the upcoming Facebook 3.0 will bring to the iPhone:

1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like (we like this)
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Pages
5. Notes
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Improved Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people directly from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or get interrupted by a phone call

..and we’re here to guide you through the process as easily and painlessly as possible.  Earlier today, there was a “guide” posted on several sites which more or less directed you to wipe your phone beforehand.  Guess what?  You don’t need to do any of that to Jailbreak and you never will!

Now for starters, there are a few pre-emptive steps to take:

Step One
Create a folder on your desktop (or wherever you’d like it to be).  This will be the folder we use for our redsn0w files, etc.  You can name yours anything you’d like; to keep things simple here we’re naming ours Pwnage.

Download RedSn0wfrom here or here and place it in the Pwnage folder.  Next, download the latest 3.0 firmware from below and place it in the same folder.

3.0.0 (2G): iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
3.0.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

Extract the RedSn0w zip file to the Pwnage folder.  You should now have a similar looking folder with the same contents as the one pictured below:

Step Two

Now that we’ve got everything where we want it, go ahead and launch redsnw0w.exe from the Pwnage folder that you created in step one.

Step Three Once RedSn0w opens, click the Browse button

Step Four
Select the firmware ipsw that we placed in the Pwnage folder, then click Open

Step Five
Once the firmware has been verified, click the Next button to continue.

Step Six
Make sure Cydia is selected and click the Next button.

Step Seven
Please plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF before clicking the Next button

Step Eight
redsn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode.  Don’t worry if you don’t nail this down with split-second precision; there is some room for error and if you completely mess up, redsn0w will simply take you back to this step for another try.

Hold down both the Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.

Release the Power button and continue holding the Home button until redsn0w detects the device.

Step Nine
Your iPhone will now reboot

Step Ten
redsn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk.

Step Eleven
Once this is complete, you will be notified that redsn0w is done.  Click the Finish button.
When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so), it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.  Enjoy!

We will continue to keep everyone up to date on future jailbreak methods, improvements, etc. so stick around!