Oh...My...GOD!!!

Can we get a picture of Luke piecing the Deathstar back together just so that he can blow it up again?

This is seriously great. I just hope they're right about it being virtually unfixable by apple.

I can't wait to possibly have the 2.0 firmware before june. i just hope that it doesn't actually require 1.1.3 or higher firmware cause i'd rather not have to update from 1.1.1 just to update to the custom firmware

To bad its only for OSX at for now. Oh well, Ziphone works great until then.

Hey I was just thinking, if the app store is version 1.2.0 and the current one is 1.1.4 then doesn't that mean that apple would have to release 6 upgrades before June to get to 1.2.0 or are they just skiping right to it?

@gamecrazychris:
first, iLiberty+ is more consistent than ziphone. second, they are just skipping to 1.2.0, most likely because they can

OMG this is effin awesome!! I have no idea what this is but I'm about to flip out!!

I am now buying an iPhone (no really, I am)

What does this mean for the future of the iPhone? I NEED one.

Will a Touch work?

Woww Apple really got owned HARD on this one.

love this! but i have a question, excuse my ignorance, but if someone just restores their iphone via apple and then just uses iliberty or ziphone - doesn't it acomplish the same thing and in the same amount of time?

please explain the advanatge to this over just unlocking/jailbreaking/activing thrugh a one step program after using a real apple firmware because iliberty/zipone both take less than 3 min to finish everything after restoring (and iliberty won't permanantly downgrade your bootloader, if you use an 1.1.2-4 OTB)

i do know that doing this allows for editing of the actual firmware, but wondering if there is a difference if one only wants to just unlock/activate/jailbreak

@awperk: Firmware naming isn't based on decimal counting system. The decimals represent a seperation of number meaning. Basically ..

So if apple released a new firmware that pooped bananas and looked like OSX it would add one to the first number (2.0.0) If they added some new apps and increased functionality they would add one to the second number (1.1.0) If they fixed it from texting your pin number to your first contact every hour they would add one to the second number (1.0.1)

This app it's a lot better than ziphone, cause it's allows to make own images.

The future of iphone it's 1.2.0..at least, until the iphone 3G.

@kickace:Nope, with this app ( pwned) you can do everithing that ziphone does, but, it really activates your phone, cause it's firmware update resist, and of course you don't do downgrade again your baseband.

Does anyone know about some irreversible damage done by Ziphone? I heard some folks over on TUAW talking about it.

It's better than ZiPhone and iPlus and whatever else is out there because it's not "cracking" or "hacking", it's a "clean firmware" from the moment it hits your iPhone.

From what I've gathered, Ziphone downgrades the bootloader irreversibly, whatever that means. So, I'm wondering what this means for me, especially in relation to this new Pwnage thing.

Apple could only be protective for so long. Your baby needs to grow up and experience the world. Outside of all the white gloss and apple signs.

What about people saying they don't have it working for people that use AT&T? I have my iphone the official way but that doesn't mean I don't want to enjoy some 3rd party app fun!

Sorry. Is this process reversible?

To put this in perspective for some folks:

Ziphone + other applications allow modification of Apple's own iPhone 'operating system', to run things like 3rd party applications use other carriers etc.

This tool allows future hackers to load their firmware to run modified versions of the iPhone 'operating system' or even others.

Think about it, in the near future instead of performing an official Apple restore then performing the jailbreaking and hacking necessary to modify the iPhone - there would be pre-packaged IPSWs (firmwares) that have these modifications in place.

The major downside to this is that through either malicious intent or poor coding/process, you will be much more likely to 'brick' your iPhone ('bricking' is breaking a device beyond repair).

PWNAGE.

dude wheres the hd porn news on iphone????

isteamy just doesn't fit for me on my iphone(my best friend's iphone i mean....he lets me use isteamy on his phone lol)

I'm waiting for iPod touch support. But this looks amazing! I love the fact it i easily reversible as that was what initially flashing and custom firwaring my PSP.

As always, just waiting for a 3G thing. until then stick with my monocolor 5 year old nokia

that is amazing!

This could actually be pretty bad if you're a developer. If the phone is using an authenticated certificate to validate software can be circumvented, that would mean that anyone could download an application from the AppStore and pass it to pwnaged iPhones. The race to protect against bootlegging and program stealing is back on!

i hope this will be followed with a leak of the 2.0 firmware then ill be happy till then im sticking with ziphone

Actually the new firmware Apple just released this week has been marked at 2.0. The first beta firmware they released was only 1.2 but this one is 2.0. I would know because I'm a developer and I've got the firmware running right now. But a warning to all (and I don't condone breaking the firmware at all, have to say it so apple doesn't think about taking away my developer status), the firmware is a bit buggy in manner aspects so just be forewarned. I've had to deal with plenty of crashes on different things so just and FYI.

as long as it doesn't play that godawful music while your cracking your phone it'll do fine. there has never been a time i was more grateful for the mute button than now

Love it! Good music too!

I see great things for the iPhone platform in the future.

I really just want the rainbow apple...

@Substance_D: Me too.

what's that Steve's saying at the end?

The Dev Team is slowly doing a downward spiral in the public relations department. At first there seemed to be at least some amount of respect for the Apple programmers. But now they seem to be thumbing their noses at them. Or maybe it's the way gizmodo writes about this stuff (and the commenters jeers). Maybe my panties are in a wad over nothing.

Tread lightly and Apple will let this stuff go, act arrogant and they might just try to proove a point and fight back.

I've waited this long, I'll wait a wee bit longer till iphone 3G is released. Then I'll wait 4-6 weeks LONGER just to see if anyone is complaining about something really wrong with it, and if it passed the 6 week wait test, THEN we'll be in sweet iphone heaven :-))

[www.iphone-dev.org] It has been delayed :(

@TheJunkMonger: What about waiting a few months so Apple could drop the price by $200 on the 3G iPhone? *tips hat off*

LOL... legalisties. That means Apple has sent out the good squad.

Legalities? Just fucking leak it please. I don't wanna experience the same feeling that I got when the 3d chrono trigger fan-game was nuked. If you're doing something that could trigger a legal action, don't fucking talk about it until you have it done, then release it over bittorrent, spread the word and THEN say "it was just, the dev team" for fuck's sake.

@Dark-Dx: I just read up a little more about it. I think the issue was with them distributing the Apple logo with the software. That logo is trademarked and they'd be in a real crap storm(Legality) if they shipped their product with another companies trademark. They are also apparently fixing some other issues and making a windows version.

Any word if you can use it on the phones people "bricked"? I'd buy a cheap bricked phone off craigslist or Ebay if it does :)

Anyone know what song that is? :)

@kinezo: Sandstorm by Darude, I think.

If this does work as advertised... Sign me up for a 3G iphone.

@shini: Thanks! That's the one.

It looks like it may be delayed more than a week. The new press relase isn't good:
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