Many blogs have been talking about it in the previous weeks and now it’s finally released. The iPhone Dev Team have released their secret jailbreak weapon the iPhone Pwnage Tool (also works for iPod Touches), as you would imagine what it does is jailbreaks your iPhone so that it will be able to install and run any of your favorite native iPhone application as well activate and unlock your iPhone to use it in any compatible GSM networks.
As the iPhone Dev Team describes, the Pwnage Tool involves two basic but clever components:
Pwner – tool to make your iPhone/iTouch “pwned”. You will have to use this tool just once.
IPSW Builder – by using this tool you will be able to modify the .ipsw filesystem, i.e. pre-jailbreak, pre-unlock, pre-activate, and create a complete custom .ipsw installation. In case you are already unlocked you can even tell it to disable the baseband update, just in case. Restore or Update from iTunes with custom .ipsw file.
In order to use both of those above all you need is an iPhone / Touch running firmware version 1.1.3 / 1.1.4, then use the iPwner tool to “pwn” your iPhone, use the IPSW builder tool to create a custom .ipsw installation which is jailbroken, unlocked and will come bundled with additional software which can then be used to restore or update your iPhone from iTunes to give you a jailbroken, activated and unlocked iPhone.
The iPwner and IPSW Builder are both very simple to use, available as simple buttons when you launch the iPhone Pwnage tool.
It is important to note here that before hacking your iPhone it is always a good idea to take a backup of your iPhone in iTunes so that in the worst case situation if things goes horribly wrong you can always restore the iPhone as if nothing ever happened! 
As you will be aware from this post title, the Pwnage Tool for Windows users isn’t yet available, however, we know it is currently being developed at its later finishing stages and should be released in no time! Stay tuned!
Meanwhile, check out how the iPhone Dev Team uses their Pwnage Tool in this video:
Click here to start “Pwning” your iPhone / Touch now!
[via iPhoneHacks, iPhoneDevTeam]
Due to some of the problems users have been experiencing in the last few days regarding the latest Official 1.1.3 Upgrader, the iPhone dev team has further released an improved version of the Official 1.1.3 Upgrader.
If you’ve been having the problems below, this quick update will definitely help fix some of your problems:
- ?Main Script Error? when attempting to install apps through Installer.app Make sure that Installer.app is updated to the latest version before applying the jailbreak.
- Ringtones broken Download ?Ringtone Fix? from Installer.app.
- Inability to use the Google ?Locate Me? function Try installing Navizon through Installer.app, running it once, then attempting the Google ?Locate Me? function again. Or install ?Locate Me? from Installer.app
- Broken EDGE connectivity Tap Settings, Tap General, Tap Reset, Tap Reset Network Settings. This will cause your iPhone to restart, and will delete any stored Wi-Fi passwords as well as DNS settings and more. It may, however, restore your ability to pair with and use Bluetooth devices. If this fails, try resetting all settings.
- OpenSSH broken Uninstall then reinstall this application and the BSD Subsystem via Installer.app.
- Some third-party applications not working Some applications have not yet been updated to work with firmware/software 1.1.3. These include ?Customize? and ?SummerBoard.?
If you’re looking at this post, you are probably still pondering about whether or not to upgrade to the recent iPhone / iPod Touch 1.1.3 update and go for the 1.1.3 jailbreak which was released last week. Like many, the chances are that you must be worried about problems such as bricking or locking up your device. Hopefully in this post, by explaining and introducing the “Official 1.1.3 Upgrader” we will be able to help you make up your mind
So here is how it works, if you already have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch running the last firmware: 1.1.2, the iPhone dev team has now released a quick and easy way for you to upgrade straight from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3. The Official 1.1.3 Upgrader is an automatic, graphical method for upgrading to a jailbroken 1.1.3 device without any host computer interaction.
You might have read about something similar to this called ?iJailbreak?, it’s another similar jailbreak method not requiring any host computer at all but rather a solution not recommended by the iPhone dev team – so definitely don’t opt for the iJailbreak! What iJailbreak does is that it uses the same process as Nate True’s hack, meaning it breaks Nikita. (Nikita is the crucial component on the iPhone / iPod Touch responsible for installing signed official software, such as the iPod App Pack and SDK applications in the near future. And it is this component which ?Nate True?s jailbreak has disrupted.)
Anyway, the new method that we’re explain: Official 1.1.3 Upgrader, preserves Nikita and is also less prone to error. So here is how to use it…
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If you’ve been paying close attention to our posts about the iPhone / Touch 1.1.3 update jailbreak recently you’ll know we’ve been dwelling on it abit too much – sorry! But just in case you’ve encountered some problems, or got stuck in some of the steps in installing the recent 1.1.3 jailbreak released by the iPhone dev team, here’s a very newly uploaded video which may help you reinforce what you’ve just done:
Just to repeat myself once more, if you’ve still got ‘Nate True’s’ version of 1.1.3 jailbreak on board, you really should switch over to the iPhone dev team’s, for exact reasons, click here…
As you may be aware, the latest 1.1.3 jailbreak for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch on Windows and Mac have raised awareness that it was released by ‘Nate True’ and not the iPhone dev team. Many feel concerned that there may be a possibility that both these methods may prevent the future installation of official third party applications (with good reason, read on below) which will be created by the soon to come Apple SDK, software development kit… this makes Nate’s jailbreaks not so good, I’m sorry to say.
However, now that the official 1.1.3 jailbreak from dev team have been released, I strongly recommend you take the necessary steps in switching over to this jailbreak. A few reasons, one mainly being the jailbreak method released by ‘Nate True’ is tantamount to software piracy or copyright infringement and I strongly suggest this should be avoided. Secondly, if you choose to use this official iPhone dev team 1.1.3 jailbreak, there will be much more support in case anything goes wrong in the near future. Plus, dev team is already ‘secretly’ working on a future update which has been said to NOT cause ‘Nikita’ to breakdown. Nikita is the crucial component on the iPhone / iPod Touch responsible for installing signed official software, such as the iPod App Pack and SDK applications in the near future. And it is this component which ‘Nate True’s jailbreak has disrupted.
The iPhone is once again free! Following the not so hopeful jailbreak for iPhone v1.1.1 yesterday by a non-Dev Team (possibly called the ‘Elite’ iPhone Team), we now have one that does a much better job of breaking free the Apple iPhone firmware v1.1.1.
However, before I go on to summarise this new v1.1.1 unlocking method there is one bad news… this new hack is not applicable to those who used anySIM or iUnlock to unlock your iphone, if you do use it, it will brick your iPhone! (<–See update at the bottom) For everyone who used hacks like TurboSIM, IPSF Paid solution, etc… you will be able to use it.
