iPhone Dev-Team Hacks iOS 4 for Jailbreaking

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Bryan Chaffin

3:56 PM, Jun. 23rd ET, 2010

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The iPhone Dev-Team announced Tuesday that it has released PwnageTool 4.0, which was quickly upgraded to version 4.0.1, software that will allow iPhone owners to hack Apple’s newly released iOS 4, and thus jailbreak or unlock their device.

iPhone 2G (the original), iPod touch (1st and 3rd generation) are not supported, and the iPhone Dev-Team encouraged users to make sure they followed directions for their particular (supported) device, “as there are known upgrade traps and different upgrade scenarios that need to be fully understood and considered before using these tools.”

Jailbreaking one’s iPhone is the process of removing Apple’s controls on the device so that apps outside the App Store can be installed on the device. A jailbroken phone also allows users to modify the OS on the device and otherwise tinker. It is not something supported by Apple, and one uses such tools as PwnageTool at one’s own risk.

iOS 4 was released just two days ago, making this a swift hacking process for the iPhone Dev-Team.

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3 Observer Comments

Tiger

said on June 23rd, 2010 at 8:08 PM:

“It is not something supported by Apple, and one uses such tools as PwnageTool at one’s own risk.”

Something tells me the risk level needs to go up a bit.

UpQuark said on June 24th, 2010 at 4:50 AM:

TMO’s own Dave H. was anxiously waiting for this to come out.

ry said on June 24th, 2010 at 3:51 PM:

Caveats for 3GS owners:

- if you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode.

- If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.01

Stay tuned…

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