Windows iPhone 3G jailbreak tool released
By Nilay Patel 
posted Jul 24th 2008 12:16AM
posted Jul 24th 2008 12:16AM
PS.- As usual, you run the risk of totally destroying your phone mucking around with this stuff, so don't say we didn't warn you.
Update: winpwn.com is down already, mirrors in the comments!
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Mirrored at theiphoneproject.org :) A great, great piece of software.
Meh i already got 2.0 on my 2G iPhone and i a windows user how? i just pwned 1.1.4 :) then restored using a custom 2.0 firmware built on a mac, worked fine :)
Wow that's so cool.
If you keep up awesome stuff like this the mayor just might give you the key to Engadget City.
Is this gonna have Cydia instead of installer.app? There's a NO for me if thats true.
You can download it faster from this mirror: http://www.iphone-hacks.com/downloads/file/115
too bad there's still no reason to jail break yet unless your into command line shit or really want to teather.
the NES emulator has been rewritten for 2.0 so there is one reason
I'll totally be upgrading to 2.0 once the software and the App Store apps are at least as stable as 1.1.4 and the Jailbreak apps.
Oh, and once the majority of the App Store apps aren't "Turn your iPhone into a flashlight!!!"
@ phoomp
For USD5.99 no less!!!
Actually the jailbreak version of the flashlight app on 2.0 increases to brightness to max, just like it did on 1.x.
Apple forbids devs from increasing the brightness via their apps
Digg it:
http://digg.com/apple/Windows_iPhone_3G_jailbreak_tool_released
Any idea on when they are putting out an unlocking version?
How much longer until the SIM is unlocked?
eh, sorry.. http://theiphoneproject.org/index.php/downloads .. didn't see an edit button :)
You didn't see it cause engadget believes "edit" buttons are soo Web 1.0.
You didn't see because there isn't one. Engadget believes "edit" buttons are soo Web 1.0.
your apparently saw the "add you comment" button twice though
Gotta love the hackers! Thanks!
Engadget please stop telling people that you can "destroy" / "brick:" your iphone with this and other applications, The only way to "brick" the iphone is to reflash the underlinig DFU OS with an incomplete image, which can not be done with this method or any previous released method. And even if that did somehow happen the iBooter interface should allow you to reflash it back to normal
wow they even have an iBooter?
yes they do and i would link to the iphone linux site so you can read about the inner workings but since its cohosted on the same server as winpwn its not loading at the moment so heres an aritcle on it http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/03/24/ibooter-firmware-console-released-for-iphone
and http://www.iphonelinux.org/index.php/IBooter if it will work for u
Ah yes, the iBooter. The world has no idea what it is, but it's definitely trendier than just a "regular" Booter. Also comes in pearl white, and enjoys volkswagens. Black versions will cost extra.
Maybe not to you, but winpwn has wrecked many iphones i know of. TOTALY bricked them and it allowed the bad image to be written soo.....
i think they are just trying to cover their legal asses
whats wrong with pwn?
i vote we revert to "own"... "pwn" is so xheesy...
my IPSW builder button is greyed out, I dont get what I have to do
did you install it over winpwn 1
or did you read the instructions where it says
"Do not install over winpwn 1.0, uninstall 1.0 then install 2.0
Ive never done this before. Its on my new 3g iphone.
i would recommend going to the winpwn forums at cmw's other site and project @ http://iphonelinux.org/forum/ but its down from the sheer number of people download from his server
I would wait for ziphone to support 2.0, this is serious stuff and you don't want to mess up your shinny new iphone.
For some reason winpwn isn't workin for me I keep browsing for the ipsw and I'm getting an unknown file error
can anyone help me out?
Considering the error is "unknown" sorry i cant help :)
Im gonna wait for a new ziphone version, no matter how long it takes. was easiest one to use and unlocked all my friends phones with it.
while i agree with you that ziphone was THE simplest way to jailbreak and unlock the last generation of iphones I wouldn't count on zibree actually releasing a new version
Ziphone is TRASH, read up a little you'll realize why.
I've never had a problem with Zi.. I jailbroke my ipod touch twice with it and plan on jailbreaking my 1st gen iPhone once I get it...
have fun joining a wireless network that also used ziphone. ZiPhone changes your mac address to something like 0z:0i:0b:0r:0i, and thats on every phone. Joining a network with the same mac address = problems. There are more things that makes ziphone horrible, read up on it
Okeey so this nice tool just erase all my music and make my ipod touch unredeable for itunes, thanks!
if ppl insist on posting comments on shit they dont know about, could they at least use better spelling?
I'm new at this and ive got an iPod touch running 1.1.4 f/w I'm just wondering if this pwng tool will let me jailbreak it and allow
for me to get f/w 2.0 and if so how do I use this pwng tool?
Download this than go to the http://thepiratebay.org/ and search for ipod touch firmware 2.0 and download it (you may have to get limewire, it'll ask you what you want to open the file with and thats what I clicked.) Let it download and save it to your desktop. Open winpwn and click IPSW builder and check "Install Cydia" than go to all the other settings and uncheck them. Then click "build ipsw" and find the ipod firmware you downloaded to your desktop and let that complete. Once thats done click ipwner and connect your ipod touch and let that do its business. Once thats done and your ipod is working fine, go into itunes and click restore and hold down shift at the same time and find the pwned pod firmware and it should work.
thanks so
much :D
I pwned my iphone (1st gen) to 2.0 using the mac pwn tool, and works great. The reason? So I'm not just locked to the appstore, and can use cydia (which is an installer competitor), and can download many other utilities free.
Good job to everyone on the scene for their hardwork!
Rick
http://FriendSite.com
sweet the mirrors are posted on winpwn.com
Have At It
just wondering if anyone can help answer a few
questions
I have an iPod touch running 1.1.4 can I use the pwng tool to jailbreak it and wen get it to jail break will it give me f/w 2.0?
and how do I use this tool I have downloaded it
Thanks
Doesn't work for me.
Would owning an Apple product increase my chances?
It might, I haven't heard of anyone getting this to work on a Zune!
It works, but you can't make calls.
"..but this is the one-click tool..." - this is still not a one-click tool. still requires all the following steps:
- 1) First create a custom IPSW using the IPSW Builder.
- 2) Click "Ipwner" and browse for the custom IPSW that you just created. This will pwn itunes and allow you to flash
Custom IPSW files via DFU mode
- 3) Once you have pwned Itunes, put your phone into DFU mode. If you don't know how to do this click Here.
- 4) Once you are in DFU mode Itunes will pop up and then you can hold shift and click restore and browse to your custom IPSW file.
we still need a GUI wrapper around it, i guess KineticX from iunlocked.org is working on it - http://www.iunlocked.org/mainsite/?p=21
Is winpwn supposed to freeze right after this happens, I clicked ipwner and selected the custom pwned firmware and it opened itunes than froze a few seconds later and when I open it the ipwner button is greyed out.
Is the install app working?
Why would I want to jailbreak my 3g phone if I can't do anything yet?
Direct Link:
http://nvsx.net/winpwn_2.0.0.1_Setup.zip
getting Apllication failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)
didnt have 1.0 installed
anyone else having this problem when trying to run winpwn after install?
any suggestions?
Download .NET Framework 3.5 from Microsoft.
Thank you.
That work
[too bad no one's come up with a better name than "pwn" yet. Please, people. Let's do better.]
iPhwn?
I tried using winpwn to modify the firmware downloaded from Apple. When using the IPSW Builder I get a failure just after 'extracting root file system'. Hmm.
this makes no sense to me, i thought this was a one click process... what does it need for ipsw 1.1.4 or the new 2.0?
I made my custom IPSW and when I put my iPhone into DFU mode and try to install the custom firmware it extracts the software and when its preping the phone for restore I get an error six. I kinda remember getting a simalar error the first time I installed 2.0
Any suggestions?
Judging by the comments, this seems to be more trouble than its worth... Just wait for the next release so you dont jack your phone all which way
winpwn.com is up again.....?
Can we get the phone only in apple store?
Hey guys.
New mirror for download:
http://save.webmok.dk/winpwn_2.0.0.1_Setup.zip
Just having a he!! of a time with pwning my ipod Touch. Was pwn'ed on 1.1.4, then did the upgrade to 2.0/7.7 itunes (Paid $10)... now i tried pwning today, and it is a bookend... crap.
Im a well experienced user and it doesnt work for me, despite my best efforts:
24/07/2008 10:07:03 PM - This is winpwn ver.:2.0.0.1 RC1
24/07/2008 10:07:03 PM - Apple Mobile Device Support Version 2.0.0.33 installed.
24/07/2008 10:07:07 PM - Failed to load image catalog
24/07/2008 10:07:08 PM - Failed to load payload catalog
24/07/2008 10:07:17 PM - Unknown file: H:\iPod Restores\iPod1,1_2.0_5A345_Restore.ipsw
If you set to build without Cydia mine seems to build the ipsw file,
soon as you add Cydia it chucks up a error.
I have a feeling this does not work on the Ipod Touch Yet, Anyone got there's to work ?
will this work on a 2G phone ver. 1.1.4 that is using Tmobile? Do I install 2.0 first?
Another mirror with the instructions!
http://etc.k4r1m.com/2.0?#winpwn
Just pay the person who does the iphone contract or sale to not put it through itunes b.o.h
I keep getting an error when trying to restore... Everything up to that point works though
Anyone else got it to work?
anyone got it to work?
http://lifehacker.com/399198/jailbreak-iphone-20-on-windows-with-winpwn
but Falied to build IPSW
Hey, i can create the custom files, but when i click Ipwner and select the custom file, it sais your itunes is being pwnd then Freezes and sais winpwn has stopped working? So it wont allow me to actually put the edited IPSW onto my iphone, How can i make itunes allow it to restore from the custom IPSW?
if you go directly to the winpwn site you can see that there is an update for winpwn which may fix the issues everyone is complaining about...
Will this upgrade my 1.02 first generation iphone directly to 2.0?
After several hours of attempts to use this, but ending up with no signal or such problems, I finally do it.
I have signal on T-Mobile, & everything seems fine, but when I close the phone, it just wouldn't start again. That loading circle just keeps on going over & over again. At some point, the phone just started vibrating and it wouldn't stop. It's like two vibrates, then two more, then two more. At first, this happened, while the thing was frozen with the loading every once in a while, but then it just started happening all together and it wouldn't stop til I force shut down (held the power & home buttons).
Sorry for any hard-to-understand phrases or arrangements of words, but I've been up for a long time, & I'm off to bed now.
I'm reverting back to 1.1.4 tomorrow, if there are any comments, do reply :)