Our friends at Boing Boing Gadgets showed us an interesting piece about master Vietnamese phone-unlockers. The author reports that the iPhone virtuosos of desoldering manage to painstakingly unlock iPhones so that they can be used on any network. Not for the faint of heart though…
Once again the Dev Team has pulled through with some very important updates to both the Pwnage Tool and QuickPwn. Their latest comes in the form of PwnageTool 2.0.3.1. You can download it here.
Also, QuickPwn Release Candidate 3 has been released. Supposed to be fixed in this release is the issue for 64-bit Windows users and the new version is supposed to work for all Windows versions. Download QuickPwn RC3 here.
If you’ve been having a problem with jailbreaking, these releases should address your issues and as always, as much as we love the dev team we cannot guarantee that they will work properly. Please understand that you will use these programs at your own risk.
When the iPhone 3G and the App Store were released it was not long before some people began questioning whether it was still necessary to jailbreak the phone. The new firmware and App Store now allows users access to Apple’s huge library of applications but the question we ask is why would you not want to jailbreak your iPhone?
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Not glued to the iPhone dev team’s blog? Oh, you are? Oh well, for the rest of you about an hour ago they announced that a GUI version of their latest Windows release, QuickPwn, is ready for you to download. We’ll have some instructions on this very quickly. In the meantime the following is the post from the dev team:
Last night we got the PwnageTool 2.0.2, today we get WinPwn 2.0.0.4. Both built with support for firmware version 2.0.1 for the iPhone. As with the PwnageTool, the operation of the new version of WinPwn is the same as previous versions however, this release will only support the newest firmware version. If you need help operating WinPwn you are welcome to join in our discussion here.
The DevTeam announced that their PwnageTool 2.0.2 will be released at some point today. This article contains information that you really need to know about the new PwnageTool. The following is a guide to some information that you will need to read before PwnageTool 2.0.2 is released.
So it’s been 22 hours now since we recieved the last information from the DevTeam concerning the release of their new PwnageTool 2.0.2. The DevTeam delayed the release of the new jailbreaking tool yesterday when they got word from RipDev that installer.app 4 was ready for release. The DevTeam wanted to make sure that the new installer will be included with the new PwnageTool. We are continuing to monitor this expected release and will bring you updates as they come in.
For once we get a delayed program release that we are happy for. The iPhone devteam announced today that they are delaying the release of PwnageTool 2.0.2 (previously scheduled to be released today). According to their message, the devteam recieved word from RipDev that they had installer.app 4 ready to go. On this word, the devteam decided to include it in their latest PwnageTool, hence the delay.
Some time ago Qik announced that they were working on a video broadcast client for the iPhone. At the time of their initial announcement, Qik was only offered in a limited beta version for jailbroken phones. The company has now announced that all jailbroken iPhones running 1.1.4 will be able to get the client through Installer.app. Apple still will not allow streaming video via the iPhone’s camera so jailbreaking is the only way to use Qik.
You heard (read) right! Apple put out 2.0.1 firmware. Do not upgrade yet. It cannot be jailbroken. I’ll have more news on this new firmware soon but for now I recommend that you avoid it. (There are no decryption keys for it yet).
Read more for the latest updates.
Here is the link for the installer.app 4 beta download
Please acknowledge that this is an application that is currently in early beta status. We do not recommend installing this application unless you really know what you are doing and are willing to risk real and irreversable damage to your iPhone. We are providing this download as a service only and will not provide public support for the beta version. Members who opt to participate in this beta will be discussing it in the app forum.
UPDATE: It seems our download source has been knocked offline due to high traffic. Please check back regularly as we plan to have the download link back active as soon as it comes back online.
UPDATE 2: It’s back online (for now).
UPDATE 3: Download process seems stable now.
UPDATE 4: Remember when Cydia came out and there were not many apps for it? Well, it’s the same story here. There aren’t many apps listed in Installer right now. It’s important to note that just because the installer has been updated version it doesn’t mean all the applications will work with 2.0. They will still have to be ported to work with the new firmware.
UPDATE 5: Just posted an instruction guide for installing the installer 4 beta.
The guys at InstallerApps claim that they’ve come across a leaked early version of Installer.app 4. That’s the version of installer.app that has been in the works for the iPhone 2.0 software. It appears that the download link works, but the installation process requires SSH and command line work to install and is apparently still an early rough beta.
RipDev has announced that they are on the verge of releasing their much anticipated installer 4 (Ugh, that’s installer.app. You know, the one all you guys have been hammering my email over). In a call to repository owners around the world, the RipDev (Russian iPhone Dev) team announced that they are ready to release a beta of their new installer.app. Jailbreakers were disappointed to find that the latest jailbreak adventure included the installation of Cydia instead of the more familiar (and more developer supported) installer.app. That realization has sparked a call from jailbreakers around the world for an installer that works with their new 2.0 firmware.
The latest in the Jeweled custom iPhone craze is the Beijing Olympic iPhone by De Vere of London. De Vere’s $8,219, diamond-studded iPhone shows some real thoughtfulness on the part of the De Vere designers in that the jewelery is limited to the only part of the device that can reasonably set it, its metal trim. One may increase or decrease the number of diamonds, and the price, as desired.
Yesterday Cydia got a new look and some really nice new features. You’ll first notice the change when you enter the “manage” page. You will be given choices between mananging your packages and managing your sources. Note that manageing sources does not mean that you can add old installer sources. You still have to have a valid apt source for Cydia.
