WinPwn for iPhone 2.1 coming soon

Sébastien Page ∙ September 14, 2008

Hey Windows user, don't be so sad that QuickPwn and PwnageTool are only available for Mac users so far for jailbreaking the iPhone 2.1 firmware. \Cmw has been busy lately but according to his website, he and his buddies are gonna be working on a WinPwn update for jailbreaking the 2.1 firmware:

It's been very busy for me recently at work and I haven't had much time to spend on WinPwn.But i'm hoping that planet/squpid and I can get the latest version out soon. I will keep you updated!

Of course, I will report to you when this little piece of software comes out ;-)

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Jailbreak iPhone 2.1

Sébastien Page ∙ September 14, 2008

A lot of things happened with the last 48 hours in the iPhone jailbreak community; this is due to the release of QuickPwn and PwnageTool 2.1 by the DevTeam. I have been posting quite a few tutorials since yesterday on how to jailbreak the iPhone 2.1 firmware and I understand some of you might be a little overwhelmed by the amount of information.

To make it easier for you, I am writing this post to sum up all the iPhone 2.1 jailbreak tutorials that I posted so you can find your QuickPwn guide or PwnageTool tutorial in one place.

PwnageTool 2.1 Guide QuickPwn Tutorial iPhone 2.1 Jailbreak guide
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iPhoneModem: the 10 second iPhone tethering

Sébastien Page ∙ September 14, 2008

It looks like someone finally did it. NetShare had tried but was banned from the App Store. NetShare was not very user friendly but they were the first iPhone tethering application out there.

Yesterday, iPhoneModem, an application for the iPhone that aims at making it really easy to use the iPhone’s Internet connection on your computer, was released in Cydia.

From iPhoneModem.com:

What is iPhoneModem

iPhoneModem is an application for the iPhone that aims at making it really easy to use the iPhone's Internet connection on your computer. iPhoneModem is available for installation jailbreaked devices using Cydia or Installer package managers.

How does it work

On the Mac, iPhoneModem creates a WiFi network to be able to connect to your iPhone and automatically configures the network settings to use a Socks Proxy. On the iPhone it acts as a "Socks Proxy" effectively sharing the Internet Connection.

Why isn't it on the AppStore

Because Apple has not yet (since July '08) responded to our "iPhone Developer Program" application and because it has already shown reluctancy to approve sharing the iPhones Internet connection. The reasons for not allowing sharing or "tethering" on the iPhone are probably related to current AT&T contractual limitations. These limitations are not global, meaning that there are other companies/providers which allow it, and we do not believe that Apple and AT&T will maintain this for much longer simply because it's clearly bad business.

How to Install

1. Jailbreak the iPhone (if you haven't already):

2. On the iPhone use "Cydia" or "Installer" to install iPhoneModem - it's filed on the Networking category. After installing a new App named "Modem" should be available on the iPhone.

If you cannot find it you can add our repository to Cydia. The URL is http://iphonemodem.com/cydia

How to Use it

If you have MacOS 10.5 (Leopard), first download and open iPhoneModem on the Mac, click "Connect" and then open "Modem" on the iPhone. Make sure that on the iPhone you are connected to a WiFi network named "iPhoneModem", created by the Mac application. That's it, you can start surfing the web.

If you are using Microsoft Windows, Linux or a previous version of MacOS, you'll have to manually create an WiFi network between the computer and the iPhone and configure Socks Proxy with the WiFi IP of the iPhone and port 1080.

So far, iPhoneModem only worls for Mac but they say they are working on a Windows version.

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Disapointed by Engadget

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated November 15, 2017

From the iPhone DevTeam blog:

While criticism and competition is fine it should be reported correctly, with all the facts. and certainly minus the FUD. Do you guys think we are “less and less relevant with each passing day” ? We don’t think so, and we certainly prefer our hacks to theirs. ;-)  Though even if the world deems us irrelevant, the iPhone family of devices is still fun to hack!

Unlike Engadget, I think the DevTeam is more and more relevant! Come on people, do you really want to be a prisoner of Apple? You're already are in some ways since you have to battle at every firmware update to keep your iPhone jailbroken. People talk shit about MicroSoft but at least if you have a device that runs on Windows Mobile, you don't have to "hack" your phone to add 3rd party applications.

That is the way Apple does business. Steve Jobs, whom I hate with passion, just wants to lock you in his products. Screw that! I don't want to rely on you Mr Hypocrite! Truth is I have more jailbroken applications on my iPhone than I have App Store approved apps.

If you're reading my blog, you're most likely into jailbreaking your phone so please, go to Engadget and take their poll and leave a nasty comment.

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PwnageTool 2.1 Tutorial for Mac OS X

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated September 29, 2008

[digg-me]That's a lot of work for me this morning with all these news falling... I just posted about a tutorial for QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X and now I'm gonna show you how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G with PwnageTool. This tutorial (or guide) will show you how to use PwnageTool 2.1 and how to update your iPhone to 2.1.

Before we start, make sure you backup your iPhone in iTunes and also download your iPhone firmware from here and save it to your desktop.

Download PwnageTool 2.1 from here. in iTunes, go to the summary tab and download (do not update!) the latest iPhone firmware 2.1 Launch PwnageTool 2.1 Select your device and click "Next" Select the right iPhone firmware You will then get a message that says "We will now create an .ispw file that you can use to restore your iPhone with iTunes. This file will be placed on your desktop. Do you want to continue?". Click YES The it will ask "Do you have an iPhone contract that would normally activate with iTunes?". If you are a legit AT&T customer, click YES, if not, click NO Then wait while PwnageTool 2.1 builds the custom .ispw file. It could take a few minutes. Enter your password when asked to. Then wait for the custom .ipsw to be built The it will ask if your iPhone has been Pwned before. Click YES or NO Turn off your iPhone You will then get a message saying: "Close the PwnageTool application, put your iPhone into recovery mode, start iTunes and restore with your custom firmware bundle". Close PwnageTool Put your iPhone into recovery mode (Google it or go to YouTube to see how to do this) Start iTunes. iTunes will say "iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes." Click OK Do NOT just click "Restore". Hold the OPTION key + click "Restore" With Finder, select the Custom .ipsw file PwnageTool created on your desktop Select whether to set up as a new iPhone or restore your it from a backup. I recommend setting it up as a new phone. You will lose all your contacts and everything but these can be synced again later on. Restoring from a backup sometimes created problems. You're done!

How was this PwnageTool 2.1 guide? Hope that helped!

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QuickPwn tutorial for Mac OS X

Sébastien Page ∙ September 13, 2008

Ok, now that a new version of QuickPwn is out for Mac OS X, you don't have any excuse for not jailbreaking your iPhone 3G. I already posted a QuickPwn guide a couple weeks ago called QuickPwn Mac OS X Tutorial. The method is exactly the same so instead of doing it all over again, I'll just put the link to the QuickPwn for Mac tutorial.

Here it is: QuickPwn Mac OS X Tutorial

And here is the PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X Guide

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PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 Firmware

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated November 15, 2017

It's official. It's clean. It's easy and it works without having to pull your hair out! That, my friends, is the new releases of PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X and QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X. The DevTeam worked all day and all night to bring you an easy way to jailbreak your iPhone 3G.

Yesterday, we were presented a way to jailbreak the iPod Touch is a couple shady QuickPwn that turned out to be "fake" tools that were not developed by the DevTeam but used their name anyway. Then, BigBoss released a tutorial on how to jailbreak the iPhone 3G but that was still kinda hard for non geekie guys to use.

I don't like copy/pasting large parts of other people's posts but I think it is very relevant to do this in the case of the latest post on the DevTeam blog:

Some of the popular press and blogs have been backing the opposition. :-)

While criticism and competition is fine it should be reported correctly, with all the facts. and certainly minus the FUD. Do you guys think we are “less and less relevant with each passing day” ? We don’t think so, and we certainly prefer our hacks to theirs. ;-)  Though even if the world deems us irrelevant, the iPhone family of devices is still fun to hack!

By the way we figured out a way to combat iTunes 8 without patches…and we’re waiting to see what Apple tries next.  But we think they might want to rethink their priorities.  They probably won’t though, and so we get back to the “cat and mouse” game between Apple and the Dev Team and third-party communities.

Whatever this guy at Engadget says, I still think jailbreaking your iPhone is more relevant than ever. Do you really want to rely on Apple? I don't! Anyways, this is not the point of this post...

Downloads:

PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X

These can be downloaded from the iPhone Downloads section of my blog.

SHA1 Sums:

PwnageTool_2.1.dmg = 0b2dcb51e224b12590793e8a758dd80c450e5b64 QuickPwn_1.1.dmg = 92487230c66296ec1e414260b5f107e5d351923f

Hey, this is for iPhone 3G only and as you can notice, it is for Mac only. A Windows version is coming out pretty soon. A QuickPwn tutorial can be found here and a PwnageTool Guide can be found here.

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Apple posts fix for iTunes 8 Windows blue screen of death issue

Sébastien Page ∙ September 12, 2008

Apple was quick to post a fix for iTunes 8 issue that caused Windows Vista users to see the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) when plugin an iPod Touch or iPhone.

From Apple:

After installing iTunes 8 for Windows, some users may see a blue screen error message when connecting iPhone or iPod to a Windows Vista computer.

The fix involves uninstalling Apple Mobile Device Support then reinstalling the updated iTunes 8 package. One of my previous posts involved uninstalling Apple Mobile Device Support then reinstalling iTunes 7.7.

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How to jailbreak your iPhone 3G 2.1 firmware

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated November 13, 2019

Wow, again, it didn't take long for BigBoss to come up with a not-so-easy way to jailbreak your iPhone 3G.

Download the 2.1 firmware for iPhone 3G from the iPhone Downloads section and save it to your desktop Install iTunes 8 Update your iPhone to firmware 2.1 with iTunes and make sure it is activated Uninstall iTunes 8 Uninstall Apple Mobile Device Support (From Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel) Install itunes v7.7. - you can find it here Download QuickPwn with the correct 2.1 bundle inside it here Run QuickPwn. Select the iPhone 3G 2.1 firmware that you downloaded in Step 1 Select at least Cydia. You may also select Installer Once finished, your iPhone will reboot, which may take a few minutes. Cydia and Installer will not be visible on your springboard. Don't panik! This is ok. Download TotalCommander and t-pot addon Install TotalCommander and in the left pane navigate to T-PoT.1.1.zip and click on it. It will install t-pot automatically Download the mobileinstallation patch Use Totalcommander to install the patched mobileinstallation file to /System/Library/PrivateFrameWorks/MobileInstallation.framework. Click on the dropdown box [-\-] top left and select network neighborhood then t-pot. Remember to back up your original mobileinstallation first! Still in TotalCommander delete /private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist Reboot your iPhone Done!

This is not the most straightforward method to jailbreak your iPhone 3G but it is the only one so far! As usual, use it at your own risks...

Thank BigBoss

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