Everyone’s favorite iPhone dev team - err - the iPhone Dev Team, has released the Mac version of its latest conquest. That’s right people, just like we told you last week the Dev Team has made quick work of Apple’s 2.0 firmware and the latest version of its Pwnage Tool is now available to the public. Have you been feeling restricted by Apple-authorized apps? Not having the ability at this point to run authorized third-party apps in the background makes plenty of applications such as IM and music streaming apps (Last.fm, Pandora) pretty much useless. Beyond that, in some countries you might not even have access to the app store! Enter the Dev Team. Using the Pwnage Tool, you can add Installer and Cydia to complement Apple’s App Store app and enjoy the tremendous number of unauthorized apps out there alongside Apple-authorized apps with no problems. The Pwnage Tool doesn’t yet unlock the iPhone 3G however, so you’re still bound to whichever carrier you picked up your phone from. Also, the new Pwnage Tool is only available for OS X right now so Windows users will have to wait a bit longer to join in on the fun.
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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 use Pwnage. [iPhone Dev]
credit -http://gizmodo.com/5039822/quickpwn-for-windows-now-supports-iphone-os-202
Add iPhone 2.0 to a Jailbroken First-Gen iPhone
If
you're an original, EDGE-only iPhone owner who doesn't mind twiddling
with hack-level software, you're in luck. Guides for adding the iPhone
2.0 software to your original unit have popped up on the APC Magazine
and iPhone Hacks sites. Mac users should check out the link below,
which utilizes the "PwnageTool," BootNeuter 2.0, and some manual
hardware resets to enable Cydia, an Installer.app-type program that,
well, doesn't have a lot available right now. If you're a Windows
owner, head over to iPhone Hacks' guide, which is similar but requires a few more steps. We
haven't had the chance to test either of these solutions yet on an
original iPhone, but even if we had, we'd recommend syncing and backing
up your iPhone before jumping into work-around hacks like these. Update: Here's what happened when we jailbroke the iPhone 2.0 software.

We’ve been all over the jailbreak/unlock situation for both the iPhone 3G and the original iPhone 2G updated to 2.0, and here’s the latest.
The iphone-dev team’s pwnage hasn’t been released yet, but will be soon. According to their blog, Apple’s firmware update slowed them down a little, as has the 3G baseband, so what you’ll get short term is:
iPhone (1st Gen) with 2.0 - Activated, Unlocked & Jailbroken, (with support for third party applications). iPod Touch with 2.0 - Activated & Jailbroken, (with support for third party applications). iPhone (3G) with 2.0 - Activated, Jailbroken (with support for third party applications).
Can’t wait? Willing to risk mail order? Engadget Mobile says you can order a $1000 worth of unlocked iPhone 3G now:
According to the [Alibaba.com] wholesale goods supply site, you can just order up the “original” Apple device direct from a company called Union Camera and have them sent to whatever poorly lit dock, abandoned warehouse, or suburban safe-house you desire. The best part? They’re network unlocked.
credit - the iphone blog
Jailbreak the iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware for Third Party Apps
Third party iPhone app lovers who also
want the latest and greatest Apple firmware rejoice, as iPhone hacker
extraordinaire Nate True has released a new jailbreaking application
for the recently released iPhone 1.1.3 firmware. Currently the software is Windows only, but Nate says a Mac version is on its way. UPDATE: An OS X version of the jailbreak application has also been released. Details after the jump.
Happy to throw myself at the mercy of a new jailbreak, hit the jump for
a step-by-step look at how to get a jailbroken 1.1.3 firmware running
on your iPhone.
NOTE: If you were patiently awaiting the jailbreak before you decided to upgrade your iPhone, you are now being rewarded—the 1.1.3 jailbreak comes in the form of an upgrade, meaning that you need to be running a jailbroken 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 version of the firmware to update to the jailbroken 1.1.3 with Nate's method. If you're not running a jailbroken iPhone with one of those firmwares, this method won't work for you.
Before you get started, be sure you've got at least 1GB of free space on your computer, 300MB of free RAM, and 300MB of free space on your iPhone. Got all that? Then let's do it. I'm just going to document the entire jailbreak with Nate's iBrickr application, so we're talking lots of pictures (the app walks you through the process wonderfully, but pictures are always comforting).
First go download the iBrickr Special 1.1.3 jailbreak edition
to your Windows computer (this works on any iPhone, whether you
regularly sync it to a Mac or Windows PC, by the way) and unzip the
archive or grab the 1.1.3 Package Maker for OS X
(also available from Nate True's site).
If you're running the jailbreak on Windows, proceed with the details below. I haven't tested the Mac version, but you should be able to follow the onscreen instructions.
Plug your iPhone into the USB port and run iBrickr.exe. Here's what you'll see:
Click
that big "Check my phone!" button (all of Nate True's buttons are big)
and if you're all prepared (that is, if you're running a jailbroken
1.1.1 or 1.1.2 iPhone), you should see this screen:

You've come this far, so go ahead and click "Do it!"

iBrickr will download the jailbreak patch. It should only take a few seconds before you see:

If you've already downloaded the firmware through iTunes and you want to point iBrickr to that image, click the Find 1.1.3 on disk button. It's probably easier to just click the Download it from Apple button (it's what I did).

This download will take a few minutes because it's a hefty image. Get yourself a drink of water, and when you get back you'll see this:

I told you above that you'd need all of this, so hopefully you took my suggestions seriously and you're ready to click the big old Do you have to ask? button. iBrickr will go through the extraction, decryption, decompressing, and patching process on this new firmware on your desktop, and you'll see those steps over the next few minutes (as seen in the next four screenshots).




Go get yourself a much bigger glass of water this time, as this step could take up to 10 minutes or so. When it's done, you'll see this:

Again, as I said above, you'll need 300MB of free space on your phone. I trust you have this, so keep your iPhone plugged in and click "Ready to go!"

This process is going to take even more time, so you should have plenty of time to relieve yourself of the water you drank already, fill up your cup once more, and maybe get one more bathroom trip in.

(Actually, it probably took just over 10 minutes on my computer.)
When that's done, you're almost done. As the next screenshot says, you now need to open Installer.app and download the 1.1.3 soft upgrade package (if you're doing this now, you can find it easily in the Recent packages).

Once that's patch is applied through Installer.app (again, this one will take several minutes), your iPhone will reboot and you'll be staring at a freshly upgraded and jailbroken iPhone running 1.1.3 firmware, complete with Web Clips, icon reording, and Google Maps faux-GPS.

The one snag I ran into (if you can call it that) is that my previously installed applications weren't available on the home screen after the upgrade but they still showed up in Installer.app. The workaround is simple enough—you just need to uninstall them and then reinstall them. The other catch is that some apps aren't ready for 1.1.3 yet, like the screenshot app I normally use to grab shots of the iPhone (hence the crappy camera pic above). That said, I think the 1.1.3 trade-off is worth it, and hopefully—if Apple puts together a reasonable system for downloading and installing applications once the SDK is released next month and apps don't cost an arm and a leg—this is the last jailbreak you'll ever need.
If you give it a try, let's hear how it worked out for you in the comments.
iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 Video and Confirmation by iPhone Hacker
Here's a video of the iPhone Firmware 1.1.3, with confirmation that the leak is real from Natetrue, famed iPhone hacker. Like before,
the update breaks unlocks and third-party apps, patching previous
vulnerabilities at the same time. The video shows how to move icons
around in the Springboard, wobbling to indicate they can be dragged and
dropped around, which is kind of an Apple-meets-Nintendo touch:
We had some doubts, but now we can tell you we are sure: the new firmware 1.1.3 is real. Or as Nate puts it: "if it is a hoax, they did a buttload
of work." The fact is that it installs normally and it works perfectly.
For those not familiar, Natetrue is one of the most respected and
veteran iPhone hackers and the author of the popular app iBrickr
.
Nate goes on to say that "it installs on the phone no-questions-asked and for that you need to have Apple's private key, which i can confirm that the iphone hacker community does not have—as much as we would love to have it." Indeed, Apple's private encrypted key, used to authenticate all accesses to the iPhone most-private guts, hasn't been uncovered yet by anyone in the world.
In other words, no firmware upgrades can be installed without the knowledge of this key. Furthermore, the idea that someone would have access to this key and spend months to create a fully functional firmware update, with key new features and without any documentation whatsoever seems just absolutely silly.
Effects on unlocks and Third-party applications
The update breaks AnySim's unlocks. Logically, you can't unlock this update using AnySim and there's no alternative to iTunes for activation. If you want to activate, it will only
work using iTunes and a standard AT&T account. Nate says, "that is
the only way we have been able to activate so far." Nate tried to
upgrade an AnySim 1.2u iPhone and it failed. Even while he was able to
force it to boot, the phone refused to activate even with a normal
AT&T SIM card. "I suspect it's due to the fact that the baseband
could not be upgraded to the 1.1.3 'required' version", he says.
Other updates remain untested, like iPhone Sim Free or any of the hardware-based ones, like TurboSIM. In theory, these should work just fine, but jailbreak and activation would be absolutely impossible for the time being. We would have to wait until the update gets released in the open to try new alternative activation methods.
Your favorite third-party apps will be gone too, with no possibility of return for now. The update fixes the bugs which allowed "the jailbreak method we were using for 1.1.2, locking us out again, as expected."
Other effects
Like previous firmware upgrades, whatever is in the user partition
remains unchanged. Only the Apple-owned part is affected by 1.1.3. So
for those of you who claim that this is a fake because it says "Nate"
in the network instead of "AT&T," that's the reason. He changed the
network name in 1.1.2 using a program by Erica Sadun, of TUAW, called
Make It Mine.
New features and future releases
The list of new features are confirmed too: all are correct, but he couldn't confirm if they are the only ones or not.
Many of you would be wondering how this could have happened, knowing the extremely tight security around the iPhone firmware updates. We don't know, but apparently the leak has occurred because "someone wanted to help the unlock effort." The source of the leak is completely anonymous, even to the people who have had access to the upgrade.
Why the update hasn't hit Torrent yet? The code could be watermarked to catch any leaks "so for now it's screenshots and videos." Also, distributing it won't make much sense at this point: according to Nate the iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware update could hit as soon as next week.
Stay tuned for more updates. [Cre.ations.net
- Thanks Nate for your insight and Markus for the tip]
7:05 PM ON SAT DEC 29 2007
BY JESUS DIAZ
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iPhone Dev Team Releases Open Source Unlock Software
As
we told you last Wednesday, the iPhone Dev Team have opened up
the source to AnySIM, the free SIM unlock software for the iPhone
that lets you use your phone on pretty much any GSM network in the
world. The source being open, on the other hand, makes it a lot
easier for Apple to see what kind of vulnerabilities there are in
their code so they can patch it up quicker for the next firmware
release. [Goole
Code
]
4:00 PM ON FRI DEC 7 2007
BY JASON CHEN
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iPhone Dev Team Announce Open Source AnySIM, Talk About 1.1.2 Unlock
After
announcing their intentions and asking the community for input,
the iPhone Dev Team has announced the official release of anySIM as
Open Source software under the General Public License. They also
have further clarified their reasons for this move, which involve
the misappropriation of code by third parties:
The move to Open Source involves both quality-assurance purposes and avoiding the people who have been ripping off their original code. According to Sam, one of the iPhone Dev Team members, "we kept the tool closed so far in the fair hope that our wish [for people to] respect our work would be accepted, but some arrogant punks had to simply continue to rip [us] off."
During the past months a number of individuals have been using iPhone Dev Team code to create their own Frankenstein versions of the software without crediting the original coders. One such case was the release of anySIM 1.1.2u, which was created patching the official version and became highly unstable as a result.
As I have been able to see myself by looking at code samples, there have been many other of these copy-and-paste behaviors from lone flat-out liars to other development groups making all kinds of claims about "their" software. For example, in the case of the Elite Dev Team "their tool is closed source and this is clearly against our expressed wish," the iPhone Dev Team points out, "in addition to using our code, they also striped out the license and changed the GUI to place their name in bold on it."
According to the iPhone Dev Team, the GPL will help the community avoid these problems. In particular, they note this part of the GPL:
* a) The work must carry prominent notices stating that you modified it, and giving a relevant date. * b) The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released under this License and any conditions added under section 7. This requirement modifies the requirement in section 4 to "keep intact all notices". * c) You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to anyone who comes into possession of a copy. This License will therefore apply, along with any applicable section 7 additional terms, to the whole of the work, and all its parts, regardless of how they are packaged. This License gives no permission to license the work in any other way, but it does not invalidate such permission if you have separately received it. * d) If the work has interactive user interfaces, each must display Appropriate Legal Notices; however, if the Program has interactive interfaces that do not display Appropriate Legal Notices, your work need not make them do so.
The iPhone Dev Team also announced that they are not planning to
release anySIM 1.1.2 until they can "assure a 99% working state in a
sane environment." Hopefully this move to Open Source will help the
software development and testing move forward faster than before,
speeding the release of new iPhone software unlocks as new version of the firmware come out. [Google Code
]
6:03 AM ON TUE DEC 4 2007
BY JESUS DIAZ
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How to Get an IPSF-Unlocked iPhone to Work Correctly with Firmware 1.1.2
The How to Install Applications on iPhone 1.1.2 Video Tutorial
we published last week was only intended for iPhone owners with valid
AT&T, O2, Orange or T-Mobile SIM cards. If you previously unlocked
your iPhone with iPhone Sim Free, however, this was not possible...
until now. Follow this tutorial to get your unlocked JesusPhone 1.1.2
to work:
WARNING: this will NOT work with AnySIM.
If you are abroad and try to follow the video tutorial to upgrade your IPSFreed iPhone to 1.1.2, you will find many problems that will render your iPhone useless after finishing it:
• The SMS screen will crash. You won't be able to send or receive short messages.
• You would be able to call, but the screen will go blank and your iPhone will crash.
• You won't be able to receive calls.
Well, fear not, because thanks to a simple iPhone tweak software you will be able to solve the problems above. Just follow these steps:
1. Launch Installer.app in your iPhone.
2. Go to "Install."
3. Scroll down to "Tweaks (1.1.2)"
4. Click on iWorld and click Install.
5. Go back to the springboard clicking on the home button and launch iWorld.
6. Select the country in which you are in and the iPhone will reboot.
7. Boom! Problems fixed.
Now you will be able to use your iPhone normally except for EDGE, which won't be activated. Apple has removed the option from the menu, so you can't write your own network and password. To do this you will have to copy modified XML files to the iPhone. Fortunately, you can also fix this.
Additional steps to activate EDGE
Although these steps are simple fo follow, if you don't feel comfortable working with the Terminal, please find someone who does:
1. Create the following plain text file called UnknownCarrier.plist on your desktop.
2. Paste the following text, changing the parts in CAPITALS for the values you need:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
AllowEDGEEditing
CarrierName
YOUR CARRIER NAME
IntlDataRoamingSwitch
ShowCallForwarded
ShowCallForwarding
ShowDialAssist
ShowTTY
SupportsNITZ
VisualVoicemailServiceName
ACDS
apns
apn
YOUR CARRIER GPRS OR EDGE NETWORK ADDRESS
password
PASSWORD
username
USERNAME
apn
password
username
voicemail_context
1
2. Save the file and close.
3. Create a new plain text file called com.apple.carrier.plist on your desktop.
4. Paste this and, like before, replace the text in CAPITALS with the correct values:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
AllowEDGEEditing
CarrierName
Carrier
IntlDataRoamingSwitch
ShowCallForwarded
ShowCallForwarding
ShowDialAssist
SupportsNITZ
VisualVoicemailServiceName
ACDS
apns
apn
YOUR CARRIER GPRS OR EDGE NETWORK ADDRESS
password
PASSWORD
username
USERNAME
apn
password
username
voicemail_context
1
5. Save and close the file.
6. Get your iPhone's IP number from its Wi-Fi network panel.
7. Get a secure FTP program to transmit files to your iPhone (like Cyberduck
on the Mac.)
8. Use your IP number to get into your iPhone using the SFTP option in Cyberduck.
9. Navigate to /var/root/Library/Preferences/ and move the com.apple.carrier.plist file there.
10. When it's done, navigate to /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreTelephony.framework/Support/ and copy the UnknownCarrier.plist there.
11. Close your SFTP session and restart the iPhone.
You will find the EDGE menu available again under Settings > Network.
11:10 AM ON MON DEC 3 2007
BY JESUS DIAZ
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Free iPhone 1.1.1 Unlock is Here
The
iPhone Dev Team just released AnySIM 1.1, the free utility that unlocks
iPhones from the not-so-sexy handcuffs of AT&T. The updated version
works on firmware version 1.1.1, but doesn't fix baseband problems
caused by updating an unlocked 1.0.2 phone up to 1.1.1. This means that
for those people who've previously unlocked via AnySIM, you need to
wait until the iPhone Revirginizer is released (which is also being
worked on by the iPhone Dev Team). For everyone else who didn't unlock
their phones, they're free to do so now, but be aware that you might
run into the same problem when the next firmware version comes. [Hackint0sh
via TUAW
]
2:08 PM ON TUE OCT 16 2007
BY JASON CHEN
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Free iPhone 1.1.1 Unlock is Here
