Pwnage 2.0.2 released, for reals this time
By Ryan Block 
posted Aug 9th 2008 4:41AM
posted Aug 9th 2008 4:41AM
Well, judging by the dozens of tips we just got, it's time to once again get your Pwnage on with version 2.0.2 (which was released to counter the, um, "fixes" in iPhone firmware 2.0.1). As usual, hit up the read link.Update: WinPwn 2.0.0.4 is out as well.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Yes! Now iPhone users can once again go against Apple's will and tether their phone to their computer via Bluetooth and get 3G data speeds!!!
Zoom zoom, Jobs.
@ Hexing
Let me know when they release an anti-blowing patch to make you less gay.
@Hexing
WHOA!!! What makes the iPhone so homosexual? Does this phone come in multiple genders so as to give it the chance to express its nonlinear-ness? Lay off the homophobic remarks, it makes you look ignorant and incapable of properly expressing your thoughts.
You guys are talking to yourselves.
@Chris
He (Hexing) got himself booted/banned, and he took his posts with him. I'm glad, he was a jerk.
You can download it quickly from this mirror http://www.iphone-hacks.com/downloads/file/129
I'm going to miss seeing "by Ryan Block" beneath the headlines.
Same... will miss you Ryan mate.
Ryan,
If I send you a cookie, will you stay?
@MastrCake
Judging from your name, I would assume that if you made a cake, it would be better than a cookie
Wait...where's Ryan going?
Aw, thanks guys! I wouldn't sweat it, Peter and I are still going to be working for the gadget fans, more on what we're up to soon!
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/some-news-from-the-editors-desk/
D:
Great news! Now iPhone owners can invalidate their warranties and possibly brick their phones to do stuff that other smartphone users can do as a matter of course!
Such as? I don't see you guys playing Crash Bandicoot on your smartphone without hacking in some way. The App Store rules!
O RLY?
http://www.mobiles24.com/downloads/s/123721-183-crash_bandicoot_nitro_kart_3d_240x320
Now excuse me, I'm off to play Quake.
lol i play Quake on my iPhone.
OK, so you can play a ported version at 320X240 resolution, that is soooo cool. With a jailbreak, we can play Playstation, NES, Gameboy/Gameboy advance, Genesis, Doom, SNES, and a multitude of other ORIGINAL games at twice the resolution as you, with integrated (optional) accelerometer/vibration usage, and all of that can be installed with a couple taps of your finger on the screen, no computers, no cost, and nothing better.
So umm... other smartphones can't even compete with the iPhone in functionality, sorry to burst your bubble.
Pay attention:
The N95 has an accelerometer and vibration function. In addition to the huge catalogue of games, including the NES, Gameboy, etc it also has all the original games available through N-gage and the other independent application sites. Most of these can be directly installed to the phone. I don't think there is a PSX emulator yet but there are ones for WinMo phones.
In addition they have one thing your iPhone is lacking - a tactile keypad so you don't skite all over your screen in a futile attempt to make your character move forward whilst under fire, thus avoiding any number of gratuitous and untimely deaths.
In other words, we have loads of games, available from different sources which don't require you to fuck up your warranty to install. In the meantime you have whatever uncle Steve allows you to download from the app store (provided he doesn't remove it for no apparent reason later) or you have the option of invalidating your phone by jaqilbreaking it.
Please try to understand your iPhone, whilst quite nice, isn't in any way shape or form original as far as downloadable content goes.
Once again, you, just like every PC user, list features from multiple devices and compare all of those features again the iPhone. Pick one phone, compare it to another phone. Not that hard. The iPhone vs. the N95 AND WinMo phones is not a fair fight (although the fact that you had to do that just shows that the iPhone is better than them both individually).
You act as if the touch screen is hard to use, and if you happen to have a handicap that affects your coordination, I see your point. Otherwise, I personally don't see how a person without a disability could have so much trouble playing on the iPhone's screen and would feel the need for buttons. (I beat the original Spyro PS game on that screen!)
Sure it ruins your warranty to jailbreak. On the other hand, who's going to find out? Just back up your jailbroken iPhone and click restore in iTunes before bringing/sending it into the shop! As long as you aren't stupid, you'll be fine!
So just recap, in case you didn't 'pay attention':
1. The iPhone beats the N95 and WinMo phones individually.
2. Buttons are for retards.
3. You have no clue what you are talking about.
Good day, sir!
Why do the iPhone trolls have to appear on every single iPhone related post? Get over it, you're not going to make someone suddenly decide to return their iPhone just by posting something like "LOL BUT DO YOU HAVE COPY AND PASTE?"
@supersexyerik, "you dont even have an app store!", umm yeah, all of us Windows Mobile and Nokia folks have thousands of FREE applications to choose from...so we really ARE losing out because we dont have to pay for apps! I dont know why I didnt see it before! Im gonna go buy some software that I could get for free right now!
@who?
So basically you'd thought you'd cover your grossly stupid and incorrect assumptions with a stream of pointless rhetoric?
OK.
back @supersexyerik, sure, apps for WinMo phones and handhelds may not all be professional, but THE most important fact is compatibility, and shear availiblity. There are hundreds of thousands of WinMo apps out now, the majority of which are quite well done and free, or with a donation suggested if you like them. And as far as compatability is concerned, Windows Mobile will automatically scale whichever app you run on it to fit your screen size, and most of the time, your button or key layout aswell. So your accusation about apps needing to be made specifically for a certain device does not hold water my friend. Next argument please!
@Mark
And you said that because you have no response.
@both of you
"Stop Whining!"
Why buy a device you have to fix in the first place?
So installing a new program is the same as fixing a device?
Oh, god! My computer, cell phone, iPod, -all broken! Why didn't I see it before?!
I agree with you, but it does count as fixing when you gotta jump through hoops to use features that should have already been there.
Cause the web browser pwns, and the original iPhone data plan was much cheaper than any other data plan with unlimited internet usage.
@Ellianth
Who decides which features 'should have been there' and which ones can be left out? I think we can all appreciate the varied features in the smartphone market, as that is the reason people buy different phones, differing capabilities. If the iPhone had everything, it would give Apple a monopolistic hold on the smartphone market, so I am glad that they don't offer everything on that one device!
I will also miss Ryan Block, good luck man!
As for the update and Pwnage Tool, not flawless but close;)
I always love to see the Apple haters out there. Just confirms who the followers are and how happy I am not be one of them!
iPhone bitch
Apple haters huh? I guess I would fall into that category, though I think we are incorrectly called such. I hate the whole concept that apple puts something in a "cute" package, charges an outrageous price for something that is already out there and people flock to it, even though it doesn't work as well, or have all the functions unless you pay more for an app. I guess they are the most brilliant people in the world because they also get a blind following. So everyone that has something to do with this model enrages me, the consumer and the smack dealer.
@Applehater
I bought an iPhone primarily because of the browser and the UI, which are unparalleled IMO. But if you think it "doesn't work as well" then I'll wait for you to identify a better option. I spent a couple of years dealing with the daily crashes of Windows Mobile (and the horrid UI) and then a year or so with a Blackberry which couldn't load a real web page or render HTML emails. I'm not exactly sure what you mean when you imply the iphone doesn't work as well, but my experience has been anything but that.
@ applehater?
becoming enraged at someone or something because it is successful is the definition of a hater
@applehater
so 200 dollars is an outrageous price i guess.
Genius, did you happen to factor in that extra 30 dollars a month for 2 years. Guess not.
Don't jump on my back, i don't hate apple at all. I have an ipod touch and a macbook pro penryn. I'm just stating, that perhaps if your going to defend a company, that people protect like its Jesus Christ the Saviour, then have some truth in your words.
No.
Possibly. What are we talking about again?
Yay for firmware 2.0.1. + 3G + Cydia!
*downloads*
Only problem is Cydia is not working for a lot of people on the 2.0.1 firmware using Pwnage 2.0.2. For me and others it starts then crashes back to the main screen.
Why is everyone talking about Ryan Block?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/22/some-news-from-the-editors-desk/
Soo.. wont work with the iPhone 3G 2.0.1 yet? Does anyone know if there EVER is gonna be a unlock tool for iPhone 3G? :S
Eventually, there will be. Obviously it's not as easy as the older models, and with the required activation at the time of purchase anyway, demand is somewhat less for a 3G unlock. But they are working on it, so it will eventually happen.
I also wonder what's keeping them from getting the firmware from a country where Apple is required to sell unlocked phones, and just distributing that. I'm sure that there are smarter people than me who know why that is not feasible, but it certainly seems like it would be. Theoretically, it should just be as easy as doing a factory restore with a jailbroken, foreign firmware.
Yeah well I got mine in Sweden but because of the stupid lock I cannot use it where I live in Malaysia. So Right now its just an "i" I guess, without the phone T_T
can ne1 wid a mac upload a prepwned image with firmware 2.01 and installer 4 beta for all us windows users
Oh, the irony
if you can say that in English.
Can someone please send Prutal the keys he is missing from his keyboard!
an Apple fanboy running windows, how nice! I'm sure Steve is honored!
Just use winpwn 2.0.0.4. there site is gettign hit pretty hard but im sure u can find a mirror
@Kurian
Because he is stepping down from his full time role here @Engadget.
Do I need to fully restore my phone? Supposedly if I just hit the upgrade button it survives the activation and remains unlocked, sans Cydia + it's apps.
If I do, I'll wait for the next version.
train wreck
Ah yes. The Eb n Flo of iLife...
Hey guys.
Here's a download-link for Windows & Mac users for each mirror:
Windows users Press this link (WinPwn 2.0.0.3): http://save.webmok.dk/winpwn_2.0.0.3_Setup.zip
Mac users Press this link (PwnageTool 2.0.2): http://save.webmok.dk/PwnageTool_2.0.2.tbz
- Webmok
Okay, so let me just clear some stuff up -
I have an unlocked iPhone 3G (16GB) on firmware 2.0. If I update my iPhone 3G onto a jailbroken iPSW, and this updates the baseband, will this mess up my unlock?
And if people arn't sure, and I try updating, when I restore to the backup that I have now, will it restore it exactly to where it was before I updated (as in, unlocked ect) just in case it doesn't work?
Thanks
isn't saying "with a capital L" kinda redundant with the "LAME" in capitals already? Or does that just make it lAME since you would have hit the caps key twice?
You have got to be somewhere around 14-15 years old. I mean how else do explain feeling so elevated by purchasing products from a company that charged $400 for an iphone only to have them turn around put it on steroids and charge half as much? Especially when there are other companies out there who would allow you more features, freedom and individuality for a better price? I have an ipod and it is the largest hunk of junk, I felt so bad when my Dad gave it to me as a gift, like wow what am I supposed to do with this? It works as an external hard drive now, though not that well considering the battery needs changed every few months. How do you sell a product like this, you really have to catch a fool and tell him its the trendy thing to do, in some sort of new American way. "If you don't buy what we say is cool then you need Viagra! You don't want that do you?"
All I'm going to say to the people talking about bricking the iPhone is this: It is really hard to brick the phone. You have to try or be a complete moron. By moron I mean that you probably should not be touching a computer in the first place. All you have to do is do a restore & apple will never know you unlocked/jailbroke it. So everyone LYAO @ stupid people who bought the stupid iPhone just to brick it and loose their warranty can stop commenting on that issue. It's null. I thought this was a tech blog. Where are all the tech savvy comments? Anyways just wanted to throw that out there. I'm personally waiting for WinPwn 2.5.
Win users... check this out:
http://winpwn.com/index.php/Main_Page
WinPwn 2.0.4 is out now (site under under pretty high load though)
winpwn 2.0.4 download mirror
http://rapidshare.de/files/40196561/winpwn_2.0.0.4_Setup.zip
i got to it before the high load
is this safe for 1st gen iPhone users with tmobile
?
I'll take my question off the air thanks
The iphone dev team have said that the 1st gen is so pwned that you can do what you like and they can still jailbreak and unlock it.
So with a 1st gen you really have no worries at all.
That was some funny ass stuff:)
Strong manly rod. LOL. One question though, Does that mean my lady has a "STRONG MANLY ROD" also?
hehe
is a way of life
Thank you for all of information.
Does that mean that it fixes the 2.0.1 fix on unlocked phones? Can I update to 2.0.1 and still keep my phone unlocked to T-Mobile?
Yes
I have a 3G iPhone running 2.0 OTB. Can I use PwnageTool to update to 2.0.1 and jailbreak without changing the baseband?
Baseband changes are only done for unlocks, which aren't capable on the iPhone 3G yet. Only jailbreaking is possible.
My bad I meant bootloader. But from what I understand it doesn't and won't effect my future unlocking of the phone
I don’t know why this site brings grief to so many people, I appreciate this information....lol its amazing that the same ones commenting negative but yet they keep coming back....Thanks for the insight!
ME
Is anyone stopping to consider what they're gaining? I don't know if its the lure of the itunes store and likelihood of payment but developers don't seem to be in much of a hurry to port their applications to 2.0+ and make them available via Cydia or Installer 4..Early days though and once you've jailbroken your device you have tethering, Gui customization and a decent nes emulator.. But to be honest with games being written for the iphone that graphically are on a par with the game boy advanced, nostalgia via mario 3 and paperboy starts to look a bit tame..
I ran pwnage this morning, and it worked fine, reallty I just wanted the last fm client mobile scrobbler back but turns out the developer has given up and written a legit last fm client that plays nice with apple sadly it doesn't scrobble as it needs to run in the background..Ho hum.
So long story short, I restored my iphone to the legit firmware as frankly at the moment there just isn't anything worth jailbreaking for..
But its up to you, some folk will do it just because they can..meh..
I do it for the custom icons, themes, wallpapers, slider bars, tethering, IM for more than AIM, and MANY more services.
Cheers
:-)
I have spent 1hr jailbreaking the phone with the new 2.0.1 update.
Everything went find and now I think I just screwed up. when the phone restarted, itunes came up with this window asking do I want to setup a new phone or restore from a previous backup.
Now since this is the first time I am doing this I thought that all my previous settings, preferences, songs, movies, apps etc would be there after the jailbreak process was completed.
does that mean that I have to set all that over again?
I choose the option to restore from a previous backup ... does that mean that the iphone 3G would no longer be jailbroken?
can anyone confirm this!
It just means that now you have a jailbroken phone with all of your previous settings intact. You're fine.
Yea, you are correct Y3k-Bug ... the phone was restored back to how it was previously with the exception of the installer icon on the phone.
But itunes keeps bring up that "set up your phone" window. How do I get ride of it or must I restore from the same backup again or choose "set up as a new iphone'?
help
you know there is a whole community for iphone modding. www.modmyifone.com
You know what man? Thats a REALLY weird bug that I've encountered as well. Its a bug from either the new iTunes 7.7.1, or 2.0.1, because I had the issue when I legitimately upgraded to 2.0.1, and also when I did the jailbreak today.
Anyway, to fix it attach your iPhone. You'll see that same screen prompting you to restore. Click the restore button. The MOMENT you see that little box come up that says its restoring your iPhone, unplug the phone from the cable. If you timed it properly, when you reconnect the phone iTunes will see it the way its supposed to.
Apple's software has been quite buggy as of late in regards to the iPhone. Its been really odd.
You know what man? Thats a REALLY weird bug that I've encountered as well. Its a bug from either the new iTunes 7.7.1, or 2.0.1, because I had the issue when I legitimately upgraded to 2.0.1, and also when I did the jailbreak today.
Anyway, to fix it attach your iPhone. You'll see that same screen prompting you to restore. Click the restore button. The MOMENT you see that little box come up that says its restoring your iPhone, unplug the phone from the cable. If you timed it properly, when you reconnect the phone iTunes will see it the way its supposed to.
Apple's software has been quite buggy as of late in regards to the iPhone. Its been really odd.
My bad ... I just noticed that my itunes music, movies, tv shows did not get sync. so the question is, should I restore again?
just sync it dummy.
The backup process only saves your phone settings. Anytime you restore you have to re-sync all of your music and movie content.
1 word: winpwn.
Will this fix the feature that allows Apple to delete our apps from our ePhones?
They can't do that, it was your typical case of bloggers all reporting on something they had no clue about.
The setting your referencing is in regards to preventing apps from getting access to GPS that shouldn't have access.
Ok .. all is fine now, everything is back to normal.
By-the-way, am I suppose to see the Cydia icon on the phone or is it now replaced by "Installer"?
the phone doesn't feel any different, now I just have to figure how to install non-apple apps on the phone.
thanks guys
I think this just about sums the hole thing up!
(watch this short video with David Prager from Rev3 & Diggnation)
http://valleywag.com/tech/iphone/dontcha-wish-youd-come-up-with-this-video-280069.php
Hi peeps,
I can't find any source to add for Agile messenger.. can anybody point me to the right one?
after applying this, it look ok except for location service by only wifi stop.
I did this to 1st gen iPhone located at Japan.
I successfully created a new "custom" firmware file using Pwnage Tool 2.0.2 to use on my 1st gen iPhone. All went well and I am now using the latest Apple software update. Unlocked, jailbroke, and activated.
Is there any technical reason why someone else with a 1st gen iPhone could not bypass all the creation hoopla and simply use the restore file I created?
Just want to say apple did not start any revolution, palm had touch interface way before apple even knew what a mp3 was, they also had the touch interface phone first too. all apple did was take it and make it look a lot prettier and advertise it well.
"SuperSexyErik (^_^) @ Aug 9th 2008 2:00PM
iPhone lacks keyboard?? Umh yeah it has the best in the world. You just keep trying to defend your phone while iPhone continues to outsell it's stock and becomes avaliable in new contries. Lmao! You don't even have an app store. I can't wait till others copy it so you anti-apple fanboys can say that apple never started the revolution, as usual. Apple ftw(as usual)"
@Bill
I think your asking if someone else can use the custom restore.ipsw you made. The answer is yes and they do. Many people upload their custom firmware online for others, they are not hard to find.