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iPhone 2.2.1 Pwnage Jailbreak Is Here

The Dev Team just released the Pwnage app, which jailbreaks 2.2.1 iPhones on Macs. If you’re ever going to SIM unlock your phone in the future (use it on another network), use this, not QuickPwn. For people with 10.5.6, you’re going to have to re-enable DFU mode in order to run Jailbreak. The Dev Team…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 30

Meet the iPhone Dev Team

The international team of code-monkeying playboys known as the iPhone Dev Team gave a talk at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin recently, where they presented a comprehensive history of iPhone hacking to date. Yes, all we have here is an annotated hour-long PowerPoint, and yes, almost all of the content is of interest only…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 29

Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak

A warning for all you iPhone jailbreak enthusiasts: Apple’s newest OS software update contains quite a stink bomb-10.5.6 disables the Pwnage tool, making you unable to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone or iPod Touch. The update prevents jailbreaking by disabling the software at the computer level, a step up from what the company usually does:…

Tech News Elaine Chow Dec 16

New MacBooks Disable Pwnage Tool, Open Second Front in War on Jailbreaking

It’s a given that each firmware update for the iPhone and iPod Touch will seal up exploits used by the Dev Team to ‘Pwn’ the devices, but nobody expected the new MacBooks to present a problem for would-be Jailbreakers. Users over at HowardForums and iPodTouchFans are reporting problems running the Pwnage tool on the new…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 3

Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2.1 Firmware Now

Using QuickPWN for Windows, you can now follow about 13 not-too-tough steps to be on the leading edge of the iPod touch 2.1 jailbreak curve, if that’s your thing. There is a good chance that iTunes 8 won’t recognize it though, since it can now detect custom firmwares. So if you’ve upgraded to 8 you…

Tech News John Mahoney Sep 12

Apple Pwns Pwnage, Pwnage Pwns Apple Back

Since they can’t avoid hacked iPhones no matter how hard they try, Apple seems to have prepared iTunes 8 to avoid pwning, disabling this ability in mint iPod touch and iPhone devices. But don’t fret, because the iPhone Dev Team has already launched a counterattack: The nice thing about iTunes decisions is that we can…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 11

QuickPwn Tools Released For Firmware 2.0.2 on Windows and Mac

Just a few days after the Dev Team released its jailbreak tool for the 2.0.2 firmware to Mac users, WinPwn 2.5 and the QuickPwn Tool for Mac have both appeared at about the same time, offering the ability to QuickPwn the latest iPhone and iPod Touch firmwares. In other words, not only can you jailbreak…

Tech News John Herrman Aug 29

iPhone Dev Team Releases PwnageTool 2.0.3, Jailbreaks Latest 2.0.2 Firmware

This release adds support for Pwning the 2.0.2 5C1 firmware on the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as an update to the latest version of Installer.app. Mac-only for now but, as usual, just sit tight for a few days. [iPhone Dev Team via TUAW]

Tech News John Herrman Aug 25

QuickPwn for Windows Now Supports iPhone OS 2.0.2

If you want to upload to the latest 2.0.2 version of the iPhone operating system, and you have a PC, check out the new QuickPwn for Windows, which now supports it. Yippee Kai Yay and all that. Mac users, hold on because they are working on the Mac version too. Until then, you can always…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 21

iPhone Jailbreak Now QuickPwned: No Need for iTunes-Based Restore

News is just out of a new way to jailbreak your iPhone, and this time the tool is specifically designed to work “quickly and easily, without requiring a full restore.” Quickpwn has been released as a beta, intended to complement the main PwnageTool. It works with iPhones and iPod’s running 2.0.1 firmware, and operates very…

Tech News Kit Eaton Aug 18

How to Disable the App Store Kill Switch Using Your Jailbroken iPhone

Stephen Colbert spoke, and the people listened: The kill switch that lets Apple remotely remove applications on your iPhone can be disabled with the push of a button. All you need is a jailbroken phone and the updated BossPrefs app found on Cydia. Simply choose “Disable Apple App Killswitch” in BossPrefs and Bob Barker that…

Tech News Benny Goldman Aug 17

iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0.2 Available Now (Jailbreak and Unlock)

The latest version of the iPhone jailbreak/unlock utility PwnageTool is available now, and includes both Cydia and Installer 4 beta. You still can’t unlock your iPhone 3G with this, but you can jailbreak it to use apps that aren’t purchased from the official iTunes Store. Yeah, you know what to do by now. Go grab…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9

iPhone 2.0 Jailbreak and Unlock Now for Windows

The Windows version of Pwnage, the iPhone 2.0 jailbreak and unlock software for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch, is out now. Like the Mac OS X version, it will free all models to install non-Apple-approved applications, but it won’t unlock the iPhone 3G to liberate you from roaming charges. For unlocking you will need…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 24

New iPhone Unlock Tool Out, Fixes Bugs

If you had trouble jailbreaking and unlocking your iPhone 2.0 with Pwnage 2.0, there’s a new version out there that will make it even easier to free your iPhone, fixing some of the problems which were found in the previous version: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-os-2-0-unlocked-5023971 – It auto-finds the bl39 and bl46 files better, if they’re on your…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 21

iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0 Now Available (Jailbreak and Unlock)

The iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool is now available, weighing in at 19.7MB. It came slightly earlier than expected, but I’m sure nobody’s complaining that they can now unlock their iPhones and iPod touches a day early. Grab it on the iPhone Dev Site. It only jailbreaks, not unlocks the iPhone 3G, so you’ll have to…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 19

First iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool Out Tomorrow

The iPhone Dev hints rather strongly on their official blog that the much anticipated Pwnage tool that’ll jailbreak phones running the 2.0 software so you can install unofficial apps alongside those from the App store will be released tomorrow. Usually I hate Sundays, but apparently not tomorrow. UPDATE: Nevermind, it’s out.[iPhone Dev Team Blog] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-jailbroken-5025415

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 19

First iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool Will Not Unlock iPhone 3G, says Dev Team

The tireless iPhone Dev folks who managed to jailbreak the iPhone 3G within five days of launch have announced that the first Pwnage tool will be released shortly, but it will not support a baseband unlock of the iPhone 3G. The team is still working out the particulars of the unlock and rightfully wants to…

Tech News John Mahoney Jul 17

iPhone 3G Jailbroken

Click to viewAfter unlocking and jailbreaking iPhone OS 2.0, the iPhone Dev Team has now liberated the new iPhone 3G, only five days after launch. This means a Pwnage tool that will allow you to install the unofficial applications that Apple doesn’t want you to have in your iPhone-like video recording apps or game emulators-alongside…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 15

iPhone OS 2.0 Unlocked

The new iPhone OS 2.0 software has been unlocked and jailbroken. It was released just hours ago and it has already been cracked by the iPhone Dev Team. The first one took a couple of months, but this one was actually unlocked before Apple released it to the public. And you have had the proof…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 10

New Version of Pwnage Arrives as Apple Tightens Security

We told you that the new Pwnage—the iPhone Dev Team tool to automatically hack legal Apple firmwares to free iPhone by making them fully customizable, open and unlocked—version was imminent and here it is. Gizmodo got early access to the software and it works great. But there is bad news brewing up: Apple is gearing…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 14

Pwnage

iPhone 2.2.1 Pwnage Jailbreak Is Here

Meet the iPhone Dev Team

Apple Leopard 10.5.6 Update Pwns Pwnage, Breaks Jailbreak

New MacBooks Disable Pwnage Tool, Open Second Front in War on Jailbreaking

Jailbreak Your iPod Touch 2.1 Firmware Now

Apple Pwns Pwnage, Pwnage Pwns Apple Back

QuickPwn Tools Released For Firmware 2.0.2 on Windows and Mac

iPhone Dev Team Releases PwnageTool 2.0.3, Jailbreaks Latest 2.0.2 Firmware

QuickPwn for Windows Now Supports iPhone OS 2.0.2

iPhone Jailbreak Now QuickPwned: No Need for iTunes-Based Restore

How to Disable the App Store Kill Switch Using Your Jailbroken iPhone

iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0.2 Available Now (Jailbreak and Unlock)

iPhone 2.0 Jailbreak and Unlock Now for Windows

New iPhone Unlock Tool Out, Fixes Bugs

iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0 Now Available (Jailbreak and Unlock)

First iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool Out Tomorrow

First iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool Will Not Unlock iPhone 3G, says Dev Team

iPhone 3G Jailbroken

iPhone OS 2.0 Unlocked

New Version of Pwnage Arrives as Apple Tightens Security

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