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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. [iPhone Dev Team]
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Now, we're talking!
yay! I've been waiting for this!!!
Now i just need to wait for the windows release- which the Dev team says should be out within 24 hours or so.
Here is to hoping.
In Lecture.... and downloading it now via HSDPA with my nokia e90.... i know i generally complain about the iphone but this is worth downloading just in case + plus as the geek of my class one has to be on top of things. Its fun seeing reading and making a fuss with the apple funboys anyway.
Currently testing now. I recommend before using the Pwnage tool to restore your firmware so that any previous unlocks (specifically the anySIM & ZiPhone variety) aren't causing conflicts. I got a failed NOR flash, and had to restore my firmware in order to get it working.
Update: Confirmed working!
For those that don't know how to use the tool, I suggest watching and taking notes on engadget's complete walkthrough: [www.engadget.com]
It took me about 15 minutes to complete total. THANK YOU DEV TEAM!!
@dagamer34: thanks... ^^,
Can't wait to try it ^_^
I'm one of the poor sods up in Canada who's had to struggle day in and day out without a precious iPhone to keep me company...haha...
I'll be visiting the states in the coming weeks and I am pretty psyched to buy an iPhone and try this out...
Do you think it's worth it?
Also, I'm a bit confused about the firmware part... does the Pwnage Tool include a unlocked copy of the 1.1.4 firmware?
And where can we get a version of the unlocked 1.2 (2.0) firmware?
Thanks
Can't wait for a Windows version, but this is great news!
Does it work for the Touch as well?
and ditto on wanting a Windows version posthaste.
WTF where is the 1.2 2.0 leaked firmware... the pwnage tool is sorta useless without it since ziphone does it easier for older firmwares
@dagamer34:
Comment on Pwnage iPhone Unlocking and Hacking Tool Now Available, Works Great Hi dagamer34. I'm running into some trouble. The ipswbuilder asks for the two bootlaoders. Where did you find those?
works beautifully on my iTouch <3
@dagamer34: Did you also unlock the Baseband? If so how where did you find the two bootloader images needed?
Wait, this works on touch already? Is it the same firmware??
Apple is going to have to open up to other networks sooner rather than later. The number of unlocked phones on the market will do nothing but increase. People want network choice.
Got to give the people what they want! Bored? Google "Budcase"
@phantam: stay away from ziphone. zibri just copies other peoples work and passes it off as his own. plus it does more damage to the iphone than it's worth if you want to unlock it. use iLiberty.
@izim1: agreed! Ziphone is not very polished anyways.
So I need hacked firmware to use this tool to install hacked firmware?
the question remains, where does one get this hacked firmware?
@Chimera: different firmware. don't know if i'm allowed to post linkage. modmyifone.com will help if you check it out.
Can we start calling it Pure Ownage please :)
@tallboy: you dont. i think giz (or jesus diaz) is misunderstanding. you use one of your old FWs. if you've so much as upgraded or just restored your phone the files are in your itunes folder. once you have it, pwnage gives you the "options" of what to do with it, hence the "IPSW builder" button. it has the options to add unlock, activate, upgrade baseband, bootloader(provided you have the 3.9 and 4.6 img's) to the FW. then after it's done it loads the "modified" FW to your phone.
@izim1: I meant for 2.0.
@dagamer34:
Thanks for the link Dagamer, I was about to comment, "any chance we could get a complete walk through on how to use this?"
My problem is that I'm still running 1.1.2.... so I think I need to update to 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 before doing this?
@Jesus Diaz: You might want to clear that up in the article. I just had to spend 20 minutes explaining to my friend that you don't need to use a hacked version of the firmware and that the software patches the firmware.
@Jesus Diaz: sure you did, Jesus. Suuuuuure you did ;) .......
@Keebler: yup. Either .3 or .4.
@Joseph: he shouldn't have ever said "hacked firmware"
1) any version people find on the net of 1.2/2.0 is a hacked version. No need to say you need a hacked version of it. (its like saying you need a watermelon that tastes like watermelon)
and
2) in his first step he says "after getting your hands on A HACKED FIRMWARE".
O BTW guys, be aware that if you let Jesus here, sucker you into using a 1.2/2.0 FW, you won't have the installer.app. (since no one has made and released apps for that version firmware yet)
So I'm assuming we're not allowed to post links to the 2.0 firmware, but could someone at least confirm whether or not it's even possible to find it online?
OK, someone please answer me this...
Does this mean I will be able to use an iPhone with Verizon? PLEASE tell me the answer is YES!!
@GulfVetSAF:
Sorry man, iPhone is GSM and Verizon is CDMA. Impossible.
OK, answered the Verizon question myself... next question- what's the technical reason I can't use the iPhone with Verizon and is there any possibility of a future method of enabling it to be used with them?
Thanks!
@robneal81: I believe it comes in the SDK package you can download from Apple.
@jetexas:
Wow, am I really that dumb? Ouch.
Will this allow me to use my iPhone in Europe?
I think this is really cool_ Having a community where otherwise "shady" software is tested before the bulk of the users can grab a copy and when they are able - be assured that even tho it might go against the grain the of Company ToS - the softeare is reliable_
I remember way back users of hacked of under-ground software had to consistantly remain skeptical until they put in their own time testing other folks hacks_
Awesome
Should've been called the iPhwn. *rimshot*
@GulfVetSAF: like robneal81 says Verizon is CDMA, AT&T is GSM.
No "hacked" fimware necessary Please fix the article. The tool works only with the original unmodified firmware downloaded from Apple, not "hacked". The 2.0 floating around is the same firmware the developers get when they're accepted into Apple's dev program. Here's the list of firmwares supported by Pwnage: iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102 iPhone1,1_1.2.0_5A147p iPhone1,1_1.2.0_5A225c iPod1,1_1.1.4_4A102 iPod1,1_2.0_5A225c
Please fix the article. The tool works only with the original unmodified firmware downloaded from Apple, not "hacked". The 2.0 floating around is the same firmware the developers get when they're accepted into Apple's dev program.
Here's the list of firmwares supported by Pwnage:
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102
iPhone1,1_1.2.0_5A147p
iPhone1,1_1.2.0_5A225c
iPod1,1_1.1.4_4A102
iPod1,1_2.0_5A225c
@Jesus Diaz:
Please fix the article. The tool works only with the original unmodified firmware downloaded from Apple, not "hacked". The 2.0 floating around is the same firmware the developers get when they're accepted into Apple's dev program.
Here's the list of firmwares supported by Pwnage:
iPhone1,1_1.1.4_4A102
iPhone1,1_1.2.0_5A147p
iPhone1,1_1.2.0_5A225c
iPod1,1_1.1.4_4A102
iPod1,1_2.0_5A225c
thepiratebay.org/tor/4114124/PWNED_(iPod_Only)_IPSW_Files_(1.1.4__amp__2.0)
That link might help. i haven't fully downloaded it yet but it apparently contains a 1.1.4 ipsw and a custom 2.0 restore...
@GulfVetSAF: the CDMA vs. GSM functionality is implemented in hardware, not software, so there's no way to make an iPhone talk to a Verizon (or Sprint, for that matter) tower via a software hack. Apple would have to manufacture a CDMA iPhone.
Given the current exclusivity agreement and the fact that most of the rest of the world is already standardized on GSM, I don't find that likely at all until the AT&T agreement expires (in 2012, right?).
Download not working for me from the Dev Team's site, anyone else?
The Ipod/Iphone 2.0 Beta 5a225c link was posted on 4/1
The link for Iphone/iTouch 2.0 Beta 5a225c was posted on 4/1 in engadget's hompage ... supposedly by accident as one of April Fool's jokes.
It is the real thing, no joke. I wont post a link to it, as i dont think Giz allows that, but it's easy to find in TPB (hint search for 5a225c)
@mms1648: yeah me neither, the whole theiphoneproject.org site is down.
Sorry for the triple post ... managed to connect to theiphoneproject.org
posted mirror for the tool is:
[iphonebigboss2.com]
OSX only for now.