You’re new to the iPhone or new to the world of jailbreaking the iPhone, whether you bought the latest brand new iPhone 3G or found an absolute bargain for the first generation iPhone (2G) off eBay and mistakenly updated its firmware after switching it on the first time, you might find the links below useful to sort out your current problem.
For the iPhone 2G on firmware 2.0:
- Unless you wish to, you no longer have to downgrade your iPhone from 2.0 back to 1.1.4 in order to re-jailbreak or re-unlock (exception for Windows users, see below)
- For Mac users: The Pwnage Tool released by the iPhone Dev Team is what you need to jailbreak, unlock and activate the first generation iPhone. The first version, 2.0 received a number of complaints regarding errors, however if you’ve successfully run the Pwnage Tool 2.0 and have had no problems then you should not try to jailbreak again using the latest version 2.0.1.
- Windows users: Update (27/07/2008): iPhone users have come up with a way to jailbreak, unlock and activate your first generation iPhone. As you are aware, the Pwnage Tool isn’t compatible with Windows, instead a WinPWN 1.0 2.0.0.3 has been released to do this job. You can download this here. Unfortunately for Windows users, its abit more complicated because the WinPWN is used to pwn firmware 1.1.4 and not 2.0 directly, so you will need to get your iPhone back to 1.1.4 first before proceeding. Follow all the instructions precisely here, it’s a few extra steps compared to Mac users, but in the end you will be able to jailbreak, unlock and activate your 2G iPhone and run firmware 2.0. This new version of the WinPwn tool is much less complicated than its previous version and will jailbreak and unlock your first generation iPhone. Also you no longer need to be in firmware version 1.1.4 to start off with, you can be using 2.0 and the WinPwn tool will support it. For more info, here is where you need to go.
For the iPhone 3G (firmware 2.0 of course):
- For Mac users: The Pwnage Tool, latest version 2.0.1 is what you need. Though it is the latest version of the tool, the tool still cannot unlock your iPhone. The Pwnage Tool 2.0.1 will however be able to jailbreak your iPhone 3G so that you can run all the apps you like, click here for the link for further details.
- For Windows users: Folks at Whirlpool.net.au Forums have figured out a way to jailbreak iPhone 3G using Windows, again this does not unlock the iPhone 3G. This process does not involve using any kind of Pwnage Tool, it involves downloading some recovery files and custom restore files, you need to follow the link here. Update (27/07/2008): the latest version of WinPwn has been released: version 2.0.0.3 is currently the best and most stable. However, the WinPwn, like the Pwnage Tool for Mac will not unlock your iPhone 3G but will jailbreak it. More info here…
So that’s all for the moment, remember the iPhone 3G can be jailbroken with the present methods above but not unlocked yet. By using any of the methods, you will always run the risk of getting your iPhone bricked! And as always, we’re not the one who created there methods, credits should be given to the respective members of the online iPhone community, we cannot be held responsible for any problems caused by the methods above, because we’re also just readers and reviewers ourselves! Feel free to leave your comments or suggest any corrections.
I don’t know if anyone has seen this, it’s been digged in quite a few other sites, but I had to show it here!
[via Fosfor]
Have a look at these special edition iPods, engraved on them are our favourite family from Springfield, the Simpsons! iPod Shuffle (2 or 1GB), Nano (8 or 4GB), Classic (160 or 80GB) and Touch (32, 16 or 8GB) are available in three different custom engravings, each with a limited quantity of just 2000 pieces. The three engravings include Bart Sk8? logo, Homer saying D’Oh! and a ‘Homer Tested’ insignia and below each of these is also a number dedicated to your iPod to further express how treasurable they are!
If you’re not like many tech fanatics nowadays who just rely on mobile phones to check time, this timepiece concept may interest you. As you can see, its not got the most modern look of all designs, just a simple LCD display, but the strap does look very geeky, it made of PC ribbon cable with one of its end connected to USB. This USB bit of the watch is normally hidden away when worn, but that’s not to say it doesn’t have a purpose. The concept is that the Timeless Watch is actually powered via USB, while the watch isn’t worn, plugging it into your PC will apparently charge the watch up!
To make this design even more geeky, I suggest maybe giving it some sort of memory stick / flash drive component? More pics after the jump…
Hey everyone this was just some random find off the internet, it seems some rich person (woman I presume from the look of the spoiler) decided to make abit of adjustment to her Porsche 911 Convertible completely with gold. This adds 50 pounds more to the weight of this pretty car, but then again, I suppose this particular driver didn’t really care about driving fast, just the shiny looks! After reading some comments, people are saying that the pics below were taken in Russia and that the gold is 24-carat gold.
I think this 911 looks alright afterall with the black alloys and black top but just imagine the dreadful feeling of getting this deco scratched or even worst, a car accident?
Check out these very cool LED lamps that changes its colour according to the environment its in, thus the name Chameleon as many is calling it. The idea behind this is quite clever, but it seems as though applying it to a lamp seems rather pointless to me. And at £100 each, it would be a bit difficult to persuade a purchase off me!
Created by Japanese designers Makoto Hirahara and Shinya Matsuyama, this 2.5″ LED lamp sports red, green and blue lights and operates like a one-pixel camera. How it works is, by pressing the top bit of the lamp, the LEDs will measure the amount of reflected light from the surface it’s sitting on to find out what the colour is They then change their intensity to recreate that colour on the top.
I wonder what happens if you place it in between two different colours? Watch the LED lamp demo after the break…
Remember the iRing concept we talked about possibly half a year ago? The designer has released further pics of the gadget concept, though there are no new information about it being put into production, check out the pics below…
Full gallery after the jump…
