Pwnage iPhone Unlocking and Hacking Tool Now Available, Works Great

After some delays, the iPhone Pwnage tool—which is used to flash your iPhone with hacked firmware that will allow you to run any application, use it unlocked in any compatible cellphone network, and basically do whatever you want do to with it, is now available for download. I have been testing this and previous versions for a few weeks now and it works well, but you will need a 2.0 version of the iPhone firmware to try the latest and greatest.



Pwnage is extremely simple to use. First you have to back up your iPhone data using iTunes.

Then, connect the iPhone, select the firmware from your hard drive and iPwn the iPhone. Pwnage will upload the new firmware to the iPhone and that's that: the tool will take care of everything and, in a few minutes, your iPhone will be ready to go.

I tried this with the latest modified version of iPhone firmware update 1.2.0 and it works as good as with the previous version. So go ahead, punks, and make Steve's day.

Note: if by any chance you come across a pwned version of the latest 2.0 firmware, my advice is not to use this version, as this Apple beta is not as stable as I wish. Instead, use the previous beta, which worked perfectly.

Via gizmodo.com.

Instant iPhone and iPod touch jailbreak! Just navigate to jailbreakme.com

A crew of hackers (including hdm/metasploit, rezn, dinopio, drudge, kroo, pumpkin, davidc, dunham, and NerveGas) have introduced a one-touch instant jailbreak for both iPhone and iPod touch. The jailbreak opens your iPhone for full disk access and installs Installer.app so you can add pretty much any third party application you like.

To use it, open Safari and point your browser to jailbreakme.com (which we aren't linking to so folks won't install this by accident, but you are prompted to confirm). Once there, read the directions, scroll to the bottom, and tap Install AppSnapp. If Safari disappears and you return to the main Home screen, you're good. Just wait a minute more for your unit to restart--don't touch anything until you see the slide to unlock screen. If Safari hangs, just quit out (press and hold Home for 4-8 seconds) and try again.

Once you get to slide-to-unlock, go ahead and unlock your iPhone or iPod touch. You'll return to your home screen which will contain a new Installer.app icon. If you'll want to ssh into your unit, install the BSD subsystem, Community Sources, and then install Open SSH--you may need to upgrade Installer.app (thanks Ste). With Open SSH and sshfs (part of Mac Fuse), you can open Finder windows that offer direct drag and drop access to your phone or touch.

The jailbreak really is as easy as it sounds. I restored my iPod touch and jailbroke it just a few minutes ago and it worked great.

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Hundreds of hacked iPhones!

See what others are doing with their iPhones. Check out this huge Flickr screenshot pool for great hacks of all different kinds with themes, apps, icons and games all included. An interesting browse indeed.



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Apple Forced to Sell Unlocked iPhones in France

Apple may have a problem selling to the French even after finalizing a deal with Orange. Apple shares with the revenues of the wireless company that has won the right to sell the iPhone, but French law dictates consumers must have the choice of choosing to buy an unlocked version. Apple may choose to price unlocked iPhones exorbitantly...



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iPhoneSIMFree Releases First 1.1.1 SIM Unlock - The iPhone Is Free Again!

iPhoneSIMFree, the company that released the first GUI iPhone SIM unlock, has just provided an updated version of their SimFree unlocker for iPhone 1.1.1 phones. Anyone who previously unlocked their iPhones with iPhoneSIMFree can now upgraded to 1.1.1 and enjoy an unlocked phone complete with all of 1.1.1's functionality.



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Preliminary iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak

The iPhone/iTouch Dev guys have been hard at work for weeks and have finally managed to jailbreak 1.1.1. Right now, they're nowhere near releasing a general-use tool but the first steps have been made. Congratulations to dinopio, asap18, netkas, Martyn, mjc, Niacin, BloomFilter, pytey, tE_gU, pumpkin, roxfan, sam, SmileyDude, NerveGas, Nate True, Arminius, DirectriX, ixtli, kroo, xorl, and the rest of the team.



So what does this jailbreak mean?

* Third Party apps run. Kind of. We probably have to recompile many of them for the new frameworks because many of them crash.
* Springboard no longer recognizes DisplayOrder.plist. And the list of "whitelisted" apps (that is, the official Applications including Safari, Photos, Calendar, etc) seems to be hard-coded into Springboard.app
* The iPhone has been activated via third-party workarounds.
* The 1.1.1 binaries barely work with 1.0.2 -- at least not well enough to run the music store without major hacking.
* The Mobile Terminal App works on 1.1.1.
* The entire bsd suite still works -- as do standard command-line utilities compiled for ARM.
* 1.1.1 references both com.apple.mobile.radio and com.apple.mobile.nike.
* The jailbreak method is nowhere near ready for prime time. So please be patient.


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iPhone Re-Reviewed by Gizmodo Verdict: Don't Buy

Apple has recently updated its firmware. What new things are in iPhone? Is it so good and so useful? Do you need to buy iPhone? What is there inside? Why to pay. Here is a new updated review done by Gizmodo. Read it and make your decision. Be careful, don't get into iPhonemania!

Other materials about iPhone:

1. Check out a new iPhone review at Pocket-lint.

2. Detailed iPhone review, part 1: Hardware, interface, keyboard

3. Is it legal to have unlocked iPhone? Why you don't have to worry about your unlocked iPhone? Read why Apple Has No Right to Break Your Unlocked iPhone (See Proof).

4. Want the iPhone for free? Participate in this program and get your iPhone with no fee! Get iPhone just for participation.



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How to Unbrick a Bricked Unlocked iPhone: the JesusPhone Walks Again

Here's a very easy method to defeat Apple and bring your bricked unlocked iPhone back from death. If you have an unlocked iPhone and you updated to firmware 1.1.1, you now can revive and bring all your third-party applications back by following these steps to restore firmware 1.0.2. This method has been confirmed by the Dev Team, that are testing all the features after the procedure. You can try now and bring your iPhone back to life. See step by step instructions on unlocking iPhone here.

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