Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 gets the jailbreak treatment]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/iphone-os-3-0-beta-2-gets-the-jailbreak-treatment/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/iphone-os-3-0-beta-2-gets-the-jailbreak-treatment/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/iphone-os-3-0-beta-2-gets-the-jailbreak-treatment/#comments The jailbreakers have managed to keep their speed record intact. Just one day after Apple releases an update to the iPhone OS 3.0 beta, QuickPwn updates its wares to support the new firmware. According to the related writeup, it should work with all iPhone / iPod touch models. After going through the jailbreaking process, you'll need to open icy and follow a few more steps to finish the job. As usual, download at your own risk, and for now, crack is for Windows users only.

Update: The Dev Team has chimed in with the usual list of caveats and warnings. If nothing else, you've now got tacit verification that this release of QuickPwn isn't some malicious hack.

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iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 gets the jailbreak treatment originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applehackhacksiphoneiphone 3.0iphone 3.0 beta 2iphone 3.0 osiphone 3giphone os 3.0iphone os 3.0 beta 2Iphone3.0Iphone3.0Beta2Iphone3gIphoneOs3.0IphoneOs3.0Beta2ipod touchipod touch 2gIpodTouchIpodTouch2gjail breakjail breakerJailBreakJailBreakermobilepwnquick pwnQuickPwnThu, 02 Apr 2009 01:58:00 EST<![CDATA[iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 gets the jailbreak treatment]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/iphone-os-3-0-beta-2-gets-the-jailbreak-treatment/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/iphone-os-3-0-beta-2-gets-the-jailbreak-treatment/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/iphone-os-3-0-beta-2-gets-the-jailbreak-treatment/#comments The jailbreakers have managed to keep their speed record intact. Just one day after Apple releases an update to the iPhone OS 3.0 beta, QuickPwn updates its wares to support the new firmware. According to the related writeup, it should work with all iPhone / iPod touch models. After going through the jailbreaking process, you'll need to open icy and follow a few more steps to finish the job. As usual, download at your own risk, and for now, crack is for Windows users only.

Update: The Dev Team has chimed in with the usual list of caveats and warnings. If nothing else, you've now got tacit verification that this release of QuickPwn isn't some malicious hack.

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iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 gets the jailbreak treatment originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>applehackhacksiphoneiphone 3.0iphone 3.0 beta 2iphone 3.0 osiphone 3giphone os 3.0iphone os 3.0 beta 2Iphone3.0Iphone3.0Beta2Iphone3gIphoneOs3.0IphoneOs3.0Beta2ipod touchipod touch 2gIpodTouchIpodTouch2gjail breakjail breakerJailBreakJailBreakermodmodsportable audioportable videoportableaudioportablevideopwnquick pwnQuickPwnThu, 02 Apr 2009 01:58:00 EST<![CDATA[Dev Team releases free iPod touch 2G jailbreak]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/dev-team-releases-free-ipod-touch-2g-jailbreak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/dev-team-releases-free-ipod-touch-2g-jailbreak/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/dev-team-releases-free-ipod-touch-2g-jailbreak/#commentsWell, that didn't take long -- hot on the heels of the $15 NitroKey Slipstream iPod touch 2G jailbreak, the Dev Team's released their free version. Apparently they'd been hoping to keep the jailbreak-enabling security hole a secret until the next version of the iPhone came out so Apple wouldn't be able to fix the flaw, but NitroKey is apparently based on their code and they didn't want people paying to use it. It's not all packaged up into PwnageTool or QuickPwn just yet, but it should be soon, and there are options for the impatient -- hit the read link for more.

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Dev Team releases free iPod touch 2G jailbreak originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever since the Dev-Team kinda sorta promised that they would have a neatly packaged iPhone 3G unlock ready for release by the year's end, we've all been waiting on pins and needles, counting down the moments until freedom was in hand yet again. Now, a cryptic message on the crew's blog has been followed up with a not-at-all secretive image (shown above), which shows that whatever magic they've got going on will work with the latest (v2.2) iPhone 3G firmware. According to a related writeup at yellowsn0w, we're clearly told that the unlock tool will be made available by midnight PST at the latest, though we're hoping those guys have their AM / PM mixed up -- otherwise, you might be waiting until noontime tomorrow. At any rate, now you've more than a day off and black eyed peas to look forward to tomorrow, right?

Via yellowsn0w and MobileCrunch]

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Dev-Team teases v2.2-compatible iPhone 3G unlock for the New Year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever since the Dev-Team kinda sorta promised that they would have a neatly packaged iPhone 3G unlock ready for release by the year's end, we've all been waiting on pins and needles, counting down the moments until freedom was in hand yet again. Now, a cryptic message on the crew's blog has been followed up with a not-at-all secretive image (shown above), which shows that whatever magic they've got going on will work with the latest (v2.2) iPhone 3G firmware. According to a related writeup at yellowsn0w, we're clearly told that the unlock tool will be made available by midnight PST at the latest, though we're hoping those guys have their AM / PM mixed up -- otherwise, you might be waiting until noontime tomorrow. At any rate, now you've more than a day off and black eyed peas to look forward to tomorrow, right?

[Via MobileCrunch]

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Dev-Team teases v2.2-compatible iPhone 3G unlock for the New Year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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iPhone firmware 2.2 gets QuickPwn and PwnageTool, of course originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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iPhone firmware 2.2 gets QuickPwn and PwnageTool, of course originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With firmware 2.1 now out for the iPhone and iPod touch we bring you the inevitable PwnageTool and QuickPwn response. Apparently, the DevTeam took offense to a previous posting where we questioned the relevancy of continued jailbreaks in the age of the AppStore and official, worldwide iPhone distribution.

So, we'll put it to you dear reader: as much as we respect these guys for their gen-1 iPhone unlocking and pre-AppStore era work, is PwnageTool and the ability to jailbreak your phone still as important as it was?

Update: By a three-to-one margin it's clear that you still love your Pwnage! As such, we'll continue to cover the DevTeam's exploits just as obsessively as before.

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DevTeam releases PwnageTool and QuickPwn 2.1, wants to rumble originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Via Boy Genius Report]

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QuickPwn jailbreaks iPhone without restore, pain originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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