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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3 now available from iPhone dev team

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 6th, 2011)

Jailbreakers hesitant to update to iOS 4.3.3 can now do so without losing their ability to jailbreak. The iPhone dev team confirmed iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to the untethered jailbreak exploit that @i0n1c created for 4.3.1. Released earlier this week, this version of iOS fixes the location ...

PwnageTool offers risky iPhone 3G, 3GS unlock

by Dave Caolo (Nov 29th, 2010)

Those eager to carrier-unlock their iPhone 3G/3GS under the latest firmware (and only the latest firmware) have an option, if the risk of using iPad code does not dissuade them. The iPhone Dev Team has released a new version of PwnageTool that uses the 6.15.00 baseband from iPad firmware 3.2.2, ...

Apple TV jailbreak yields first third-party app

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 21st, 2010)

Only a few days ago , Greenpois0n revealed that it had jailbroken the Apple TV. Yesterday, PwnageTool 4.1 joined the ranks, too. Now we have sights of what appears to be the first third-party app running on a jailbroken Apple TV. nitoTV, a small software development firm, has managed to get a ...

Pwnage tool 4.1 released

by Erica Sadun (Oct 20th, 2010)

Pwnapple heads rejoice. The iPhone dev team has just released PwnageTool 4.1 for Mac OS X. Updated to use the recent geohot limera1n exploit, the new tool provides 4.1 jailbreaks for the Apple TV 2G, iPad (3.2.2), iPod touch (3G, 4G), and iPhone (4, 3GS, and 3G). For download details, please hop ...

Dev team releases PwnageTool 3.1.5 to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 firmware

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2010)

Jailbreakers ahoy! Yesterday brought the release of the Dev Team's pwnage tool for jailbreaking and unlocking iPhones equipped with the new 3.1.3 firmware. As usual, though, there are a few catches: first, if you don't need to update to 3.1.3, the dev team says you shouldn't bother anyway -- it ...

Mouse steals cheese, iPhone 3.1 jailbreak released

by Kevin Harter (Sep 15th, 2009)

The legendary Dev-Team has done it again. It just released the new version of the Pwnage Tool, a desktop application that's used to create custom firmware packages to jailbreak iPhones and iPod touches. Jailbreaking is the act of modifying the official firmware in order to run applications not ...

PwnageTool and QuickPwn updated, compatible with 2.2.1

by Aron Trimble (Jan 30th, 2009)

Early this morning the iPhone Dev-Team announced the impending availability of the latest release of PwnageTool and QuickPwn. The feature most touted was compatibility with the recent update of the iPhone's OS to 2.2.1. The announcement over at the Dev-Team's blog also provides some very useful ...

PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.2 released

by Christina Warren (Nov 22nd, 2008)

The dev team has released PwnageTool and QuickPwn for iPhones and first generation iPod touch devices, for those who want to upgrade to firmware 2.2. Important: If you have a 3G iPhone and you want to unlock it in the near future, you cannot use QuickPwn and must use PwnageTool (currently available ...

PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 iPhone's released

by Christina Warren (Sep 13th, 2008)

For iPhone owners who want the benefit of the 2.1 firmware, but also want to run their jail-broken applications, the iPhone Dev Team has just released PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 devices. Please note: this does NOT work with the new iPod Touch 2g and is for iPhones or first generation Touch ...

PwnageTool 2.0.3

by Cory Bohon (Aug 25th, 2008)

If you are the iPhone jailbreaking type, then you might want to know that Pwnage Tool from the iPhone Dev Team has been updated to version 2.0.3. This version includes the following new features: Support for iPhone/iPod touch firmware 2.0.2 5C1 Updated version of Installer.app beta 6 New .de ...

PwnageTool 2.0.2 is live

by Brett Terpstra (Aug 9th, 2008)

Erica took a look at Pwnage 2.0 recently, recommending that "casual jailbreakers" wait patiently for the kinks to be worked out. Well, Pwnage 2.0.2 has dropped while most of us in American are sleeping. Well, some of us, anyway. Meanwhile, the iPhone-dev team released the much-anticipated update ...

Pwnage 2.0 released

by Christina Warren (Jul 19th, 2008)

The iPhone Dev Team has just released PwnageTool 2.0, thus bringing jailbreak and non-App Store third-party application support to iPhones/iPod Touches running firmware 2.0. First-generation iPhones can also be unlocked. At this time, the iPhone 3G cannot be unlocked or used with BootNeuter. Erica ...