Those crafty kids on the iPhone Dev Team have
already hacked the 2.0 firmware, but now they're getting ready to release the oh-so-creatively-named PWNED tool, which takes iPhone hacking to the next level by patching the bootloader to let you load any firmware image you want -- even images not signed by Apple. That means custom patched firmware can now be loaded directly from iTunes, which simplifies the jailbreaking / unlocking process tremendously, and also means that a patched version of the 2.0 firmware is coming soon. We're putting the tool through its paces right now and we'll have a hands-on with it (and the Dev Team's patched 2.0 firmware) as soon as we get it all working, but check out some highlights after the break, and hit the read link for more info.
Update: Looks like PWNED / Pwned Tool / Pwnage Tool / Pwnage / whatever they're calling it is being
delayed for a week. Bummer. Thanks, Neophytos.
posted Mar 29th 2008 8:38PM
This is a battle Apple is never going to win.
I wish they'd get the message and just release the damn thing for anyone that wants it, instead of playing Gordon Gekko and snagging revenue via the operator. It's insane that people have to pay $15 a month more on their plan just because Apple wants more money. They'd sell a hell of a lot more if they just sold them everywhere to anyone that wants one.
Yes, they would sell more, but they wouldn't make as much money on each one. This way they don't have to worry about running out of units to sell, and they still get to milk the consumer for every penny they've got. Excellent!
Yes, I feel so ripped off. My $80 a month plan with 900 rollover minutes + unlimited data is ridiculous. If only I wasn't locked into AT&T, I could go back to paying Verizon $100 a month for 900 minutes and unlimited data.
or you could go t-mobile and get 1000minutes + unlimited data for $60 (unlimited data via t-zones + proxy)
Or you could have been grandfathered into a plan like mine 1,000 mins plus free nights and weekends for $39.99 plus $5.99 for T-Zones data (all before tax). I have had it for so long now that it is month to month. I was NOT leaving T-Mobile for any phone. So for my birthday I received a 16GB iPhone. I jail broke it and unlocked it and could not be any happier!
You kids will never match $15 unlimited EVDO
@ ScOObyDoo
Except there are these things called contracts. Apple in order to get some revenue kickback signed one with ATT promising iPhone exclusivity for a certain amount of years. Even if Apple "got the message", legally they would be in some bad water if they tried to act upon "the message" due to contracts.
When will people learn that "opening up" a device is not in Apple's nature (and I like Apple).
Why people worry what Apple does? seriously. you don't like their rules don't buy an iPhone. They design it, manufacture it and sell it the way they want. Look at another product.
Hope you all enjoy this! :)
Waouwww...
Hmmm.... any 'free' way of getting the 1.2 or 2.0 betas?
the possibilities are endless.
Will this break the warranty?
Might be hard to explain...
It's quite easy to explain: I want to use the full potential of the phone that I paid you multiple hundred dollars and spend ridiculous amounts of money using it on your Fascist phone network.
Wow, your poor usage of the word "fascist" has completely invalidated your comment.
Would totalitarian be a better word to describe them?
meist3r,
Perhaps you and I don't shop at the same electronics stores, but the iPhone I got does everything it did the day I bought it, and more. What reason did you have to expect that the product you bought would be able to cook your soup and do your laundry in a year's time?
And why is it that the iPhone is the only cell phone that causes the rabid to include the service plan as part of the cost of the device? It seems like that would be valid if the plan was more expensive than others, but that is not the case.
I can't wait :D
The security code is 1,2,3,4
damn. Now i have to change the combo on my luggage...
Spaceballs, ftw! :D
You forgot the 5...
Now that's sticking it to apple lol
already saw these news 2 h ago, on hackint0sh.org!
oh man, a full two hours.
So, you're saying that Engadget sucks just because it posted an article 2 hours after another blog?
Simply wow.
did I say that engadget sucks? NOT ONCE, that's just ur wild fantasy going thru with you. I just posted this comment as a general thought!
Does any1 know what steve was saying at the end???
he was saying BOOM in russian. :)
Steve says "hi", "hello", but in a joking manner.
About the vid, I'm happy about that software, cos I want to develop games for ipod touch/iphone, but you know the situation with European and other non US developers...
surprised no one asked for a translation of the speech bubble at the end
So please what does it say?
Also I hate the Iphone, it's just fun watching the hacking of it since Apple is too stupid to let people do what they want with it
Go hackers
dang beat by comment i couldn't see yet
see my post. it says Pawned at the end
in somewhat related news nullriver.com is down and installer.app isn't loading any sources.
hopefully it's just maintenance.
my russian isn't that good but I think Steve is saying Pawned' or the literal translation Perved' at the end in the "Connect To iTunes" screen
Steve says a slang version of "Hello" in Russian.
How long did it take before the PSP got custom firmware? Pretty soon you'll be able to search eBay for iPhones with custom firmware. Awesome.
Gah, stuff like this makes me want to join the crowd and get an iPhone/Touch
Will they just come out with a software unlocker so I can get this thing on T-Mobile without having to crack the thing open?
Umm, yeah those have been around for ages. iLibertyX, ZiPhone.
You are way behind the times
it says "превед" pronounced pr-yEv-yed a twist on "hi" to mean something like surpise...
Not that I'm taking the iPhone hacking community's work for granted. But with Apple signing a contract with a giant telcom company should actually be a good thing. Cuz, think about the price Apple would've charge for an iPhone if it was selling it unlocked. The telcom company is subsidizing us! So, in that sense: AT&T rocks! And go hackers!!
i was under the impression that it was NOT subsidized, hence the cost. If it was being subsidized, wouldn't ATT be offering deals like "Get an iPhone for $199 with 2 year contract!"?
Right, but considering what they charge for the "unlock" version in Europe (in France or German I forgot, and about $1000?), I think we are being somewhat subsidized. Besides, other iPhone comparable high-end smart phones are selling at above $700 (Nokia N95 8G, etc). So it may or may not be true that we are being subsidized. But thinking that we are makes me feel better, haha!
I don't think it is being subsidized because the ipod touch, which is almost the same device, and is definitively not subsidized is 100 dollars cheaper, so you are paying 100 for having bluetooth, camera, and calling.
I know they look the same, but I think the calling part makes a lot of difference in this discussion. Comparing iTouch with other high-end PMP would be more appropriate.
Think in the sense of financial multiples for firm value evaluation; the comapnies have to be at least in the same industry/ function to be comparable. But then, we are back to the long battled discussion of whether iPhone and iTouch are comparable. And in my mind, they aren't.
Does it come with the headache-inducing soundtrack or is that a separate download?
If I'm not mistaken the background song should be "Sandstorm" by Darude. It's not very headache-inducing =]
You're probably right, but to me it sounds like something from "101 Classic Keygen Melodies." I must be getting old and grumpy.
Totally freaking awesome!
Why isn't the name IPWNED, still great job all you hackers out there.
This video makes me want to get an iphone...but I love my mogul.
i hope this is on windows within the next week
yeah i hope they release it for windows soon too!
well they did delay the release a week and they are saying it's to add some new graphics to the GUI and make a windows version to release at the same time
now that is some serious pwnage
A bootloader that loads unsigned firmware? Now, all we need is a free firmware (GnuPhone?)
Zibri is also going to release a new program as well soon? I wonder how that will be?
All in favor of Android support say "yay".
yay
I was like you a while back......until my contract with Sprint was up and I just couldn't help my self. $400 later I don't have any regrets(fine, a few but no phone's perfect!)
I hope you really like the phone you have now cause you still have quite the wait for android phones.
Android is still just an OS. It has been reported to have been ported to other phones (one being a Treo, I believe). With the massive popularity of the iPhone, I could see it being the first to be Android modded.
cool video....anyone know the name of the song?
Sandstorm by Darude
Sandstorm (techno)
Its a very dull repetitive tune to me, like when some idiot invented anthem trance and ruined it for the rest of us!
thanks for the song information, guys!
cant wait!!!
"which simplifies the jailbreaking / unlocking process tremendously"
The jailbreaking process was already about as easy as you can possibly get. You literally went to a website on your iPhone and hit OK. That was it.
@Bob: The iphone is Pawned? Now, did they just get a loan, or did they sell it to the pawn shop?
Bob: PWNED
IPwner... I like it, has such a nice ring to it!
@Jeremy: Unless you had upgraded to the newest firmware, then going to the website didn't work. If you had to downgrade your firmware then you might get lucky and it'd just flash, other times you might get an error. And most importantly, it'll "let you load any firmware image you want -- even images not signed by Apple" Right from iTunes....
Jeremy: PWNED
I don't see how they will ever win since they're so high profile, they make such an easy target for hackers looking to have some fun. But one thing I don't understand is what exactly the process which they're going through achieves... if someone could enlighten me to that, I would greatly appreciate it. (And if someone knows the name of the song in the background, that would be appreciated too. ^_^)
It's Sandstorm by Darude
Thank you for that information! (BitTorrent, here I come. ^_^)
I wonder if this will allow you to upgrade a 3.9bl phone to 4.6bl then unlock. I used ZiPhone on my 1.1.3 OTB phone to unlock it, I wonder if I could restore the BL to 4.6 so apple couldn't tell I unlocked it.
Ditto!
TOOO MUCH PWNAGE
Nice, but I still don't want one. Screen resolution is medieval compared to things like Nokia's Internet tablets and there's no memory card slot. Not one!!
lmao..... it has just about one of the best screens on a any phone look @ the N96 240 x 320 iphone 320x480 the screen is awesome on the iphone...yeh I know the N800 has a higher res screen but, its a bigger screen and its.. well not a phone. The iPhone does everything that "Nokia internet tablet" can do and better...yes even the INTERNET it does better.......
If you're trying to convince me to get an iPhone (), you're obviously wasting your time. Right now I'm saving up for a Pandora and my next phone -- should my SE P910i ever decide to croak, which it sofar has stubbornly refused to do -- will almost certainly be a Mark II OpenMoko.
So, no room for blingy semi-smart phones (AKA iPhone ()) in my pockets...
wow someone's in denial...semi-smart? try a computer in your pocket.....anyways no one cares what phone you want and no ones trying to make you get anything but pls dont post stupid things about a phone in which you obviously have no clue about.
Uh-oh! a fanboi. *plonk*
um... since when do u have to be a fanboy to like a phone??
The ATT network is very unreliable here in the midwest. Bhadresh Gohil
They delayed the launch until sometime next week
http://iphone-dev.org/news:pwnage_delay
Where is the hands on Engadget promised?
Delayed or not I want to know what it is like to use and all about it!
You promised!
Man, these teaser videos is whats making 2.0 worth while (least I hope so).
I can't wait for the next video showing what else the hackers have done. All hail the Dev Team!
It said u need an iPhone with 1.1.3/4, what to do if i have the very first bruch of iPhone (first release), and i have unlocked it (using T-moible sim card, not At&t). How would it work for that??? is there any way??
"All your iphone are belong to us" ... that is awesome.
Does anyone know the name of the song that is playing in this video. I know it's off topic but thanks.