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A few months ago I spoke about a nice piece of tool by the Dev Team which let you jailbreak your iPhone to load whatever firmware and unauthorized software you wished in your iPhone. During this lapse of time the Dev Team’s work has gone further and now, thanks to their new PwnageTool 2.0.1 you can  activate, jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 2G in order to  use whatever SIM you wish, and jailbreak your iPod to run whatever unauthorized third party and nor supported application software you want. As far as iPhone 3G, the Dev Team Tool doesn’t support such a phone yet( edit: the tool to jailbreak the 3G iPhone should be ready. To know more visit the Dev Team’s website). I have already spoken about this tool when it was in its 2.0 version. Here is the link to read the article of mine and watch a brief video by the Dev Team, explaining how to pwn the iPhone firmware 2.0 and iPhone 3G. Anyway, since the tool was a little buggy, a version 2.0.1 has been recently released for everybody to download and use. This new release, as stated in the Dev Team blog, fixes several bugs and contains a lot of enhancements. Here is the complete list of changes:

• It auto-finds the bl39 and bl46 files better, if they’re on your computer.
• It creates the ~/Library/iTunes/Device Support/ folder if not present, which should help with some 1600 errors people have been having.
• Many people have reported the PwnageTool not starting up at all (the icon never stops bouncing). This issue should be resolved now.
• The Sparkle AppCast URL is fixed in this version, so automatic updates should work for future releases.

If you wish to download the PwnageTool v2.0 and v2.0.1, here are the links:

• As far as the PwnageTool 2.0.1, you can download the files  on this server here at _BigBoss_’s repository, or also at Hackint0sh.
• If you wish to download the PwnageTool 2.0, just follow these links: PwnageTool_2.0.zip (mirror)

The official PwnageTool works on Mac OS X only. (But there is also a nice tool which works on Windows only. If you want to know more infos, read the complete instructions and download the tool, here is the link to the WinPwn.com website). What follows instead is a complete list of errors you might face while using the tool:

• Error 1600 from iTunes or “failure to prepare x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw” in the log. Fix the error or problem by creating the Device Support directory using mkdir ~/Library/iTunes/”Device Support” command. If the directory already exists, remove any files in it. Then re-run PwnageTool.
• If DFU restores are giving you trouble, another route to pwned 2.0 for 1G owners is to use our first pwnage at 1.1.4. Once you are pwned there, you can do a normal recovery-mode restore to your custom 2.0 ipsw. BTW the iPhone does *not* need to be pre-pwned to be able to DFU-restore into a pwned ipsw — it needs to be pre-pwned only for normal recovery-mode restores of custom ipsw’s.
• Mail application not working at 2.0? Please restore to your custom ipsw (you don’t need to DFU restore if you are pwned, normal restore will work now too) but then select “Set up as a new iPhone” when iTunes asks. Your first sync will bring back all of your settings anyway.

Of course it was going to happen, but I didn’t expect it was going to hit us all so quickly. As a matter of fact, after the Dev Team managed to crack the iPhone (they even released a nice tool to hack Apple’s phone), it looks like a Brazilian team has just successfully managed to hack (read unlock) the new iPhone 3G. The system these guys use consists of a thin, really thin card that piggybacks on your SIM while in the phone. No extra software difficult to get or special knowledge is required. The trick used by the team dwells in the software contained in the small card which tricks the iPhone into believing that a test SIM has been inserted. At this point the iPhone allows any kinds of services, and functionality is handed back to your SIM. Here is a quick video which explains how the DesbloqueioBr’s hack works.

Source: Engadget.com

If you are wondering about the famous Dev Team and what they are doing and where they are going (no, they are not going on vacation!) and such, well your wonder has just come to an end. As a matter of fact it is right for you to know that they were working hard to release the crack of the new iPhone firmware 2.0. Well, the crack has not been  officially released yet, but they Dev guys were so kind to release a video showing their work on the new iPhone firmware. Anyway, if you want to know more about the team and when the new crack will be released, visit their official website here.

After the release of the new firmware version 2.0 for iPhone, it looks like Apple has decided to give you guys another incredible surprise. As a matter of fact since yesterday it is available on the Apple website the new App Store to download hundreds of games and applications for your iPhone. There is really a lot of interesting software available like for example games, business, education, entertainment, finance, fitness, social networking and so on. For most of them you will have to pay some bucks, of course, but Apple assures you that among them you will be able to find some little pearls which come for free like for example the wonderful application which turns your iPhone and iPod into a remote control for Apple TV and iTunes (here is the iTunes URL). The majority of these applications takes advantage of the iPhone features such as Multi-Touch, the accelerometer, wireless, and GPS. The App store works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi so that you will be able to buy and download whatever you want from anywhere you are. Are you interested?  What are you waiting for? Try the new App store now!

Edit: Keep in mind that, in order to take advantage of the new App store, you need to update your iPhone  firmware to version 2.0

The new iPhone firmware 2.0 is available for download right now. Apple has posted a little warning about this update so, before proceeding, read it carefully: ” Normally if you choose to update, the iPhone or iPod touch software is updated but your settings and media are not affected. If your device currently has a software version prior to 2.0 (1.x) and you are updating to software version 2.0 or later, all data on your device will be erased in order to perform install the new software. In this case, iTunes will offer to create a one-time media backup of your device depending on what content is on your device and what content is stored in the iTunes Library you are connected to. You should ensure that you have enough free space on your Mac or PC to accommodate a backup that matches the capacity of your iPhone or iPod touch (4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB) if you proceed with the this backup.” You have to install the new firmware update  manually by pressing the Option key when pressing the “Check for Update” button in iTunes. If you want to download the update here is the direct link :iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw (download link)

Source: macrumors.com

Apple has just unveiled it new iPhone with 3G wireless technology, GPS and new store applications letting users buy a lot of software ranging from games to business, from entertainment to health. “Just one year after launching the iPhone, we’re launching the new iPhone 3G that is twice as fast at half the price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “ iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year.” The new iPhone sports a new integrated software (iPhone 2.0) whoch gives user a bunch of new features including Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide push email, calendar, and contacts sync. “iPhone 3G delivers an amazing 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours using 3G, with up to 5 to 6 hours of web browsing, up to 7 hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback,” according to the company. “iPhone 3G takes advantage of MobileMe, a new Internet service that pushes email, contacts, and calendars from an online “cloud” to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. With MobileMe email, messages are pushed instantly to iPhone, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads, and push keeps contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically updated on other devices. With iPhone, you can even snap a photo and post it directly to a MobileMe Gallery to share with friends and family.” The new 3G iPhone’s features include Continue reading »

Ok, don’t get too thrilled about this. As a matter of fact to make this skin work on your iPhone you need a jailbroken iPhone (download the software to hack your iPhone here) with Summerboard and a few other apps. The theme include 90 Vista icons, custom boot and restore images, sliders, Vista login/logoff (lock/unlock) and sound effects, everything packed and arranged for your nice iPhone. The guy who has created this skin is at work to release a new version to make the whole procedure an easy task and not a pain in the butt like it is now! If you want to read the whole guide about this nice piece of hack, click here.

A new version of iPhone software (named 2.0 beta) has recently been released to a small group of enterprise partners in order to test its new features. The most important ones are the new “Location Services” which let iPhone take advantage of its camera and Internet connection to use GPS-based Google Mapping along with Geotagging…but what the heck does it mean? Basically “geo-tagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to media files such as latitude and longitude coordinates — or even names of places — so that those files can later be referenced, searched, and grouped based on their origin.” Furthermore , rumors report that The new iPhone software adds a new function to the general Preferences pane to enable/disable Location Services letting users decide if they want to get advantage of this new function in their camera application and want to send data over the Web. This service is not a novelty among cellphones, since a lot of them have already used it successfully for a lot of years. Anyway as the old saying goes…better late than never! So, well done iPhone!

Source: Appleinsider.com