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How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 3GS Using PwnageTool (Mac) [4.2.1]

by Tsukhiumong on March 25, 2011 · 0 comments

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Here are the instructions that has to be followed in-order to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS on iOS 4.2.1 while working on PwnageTool for Mac.

Step 1.
Here, in-order to follow this steps, you are require to have 4.2.1 iPhone firmware.
4.2.1 (3GS): iPhone2,1_4.2.1_8C148a_Restore.ipsw

Step 2.
Now you double click to run PwnageTool and then drag the PwnageTool icon into the Pwnage folder.

Then from the Pwnage folder double click to launch the PwnageTool application.

Step 3.
Now tap to choose Expert Mode from the top menu bar

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Now click to choose your device.

Step 5.
You will be brought to the “Browse for IPSW” page. Click the Browse for IPSW… button.

From the popup window select your firmware from the Pwnage folder then click the Open button.

Step 6.
You will then be brought to a menu with several choices. Click to select General then click the blue arrow button.

The General settings allows you to decide the partition size. Check Activate the phone if you are not with an official carrier then click the blue arrow button.

The Cydia settings menu allows you to create custom packages so you do not have to manually install the necessary them later.

Click to select the Download packages tab. Then click the Refresh button to display all the available packages. Double clicking the package you want will download it and make it available in the Select Packages tab and checkmark the ones you want then click the blue arrow button.

The Custom Packages Settings menu displays listed package settings for your custom IPSW. For know leave these settings as is. Click the blue arrow button to continue

Step 7.
You are now ready to begin the pwnage process! Click the Build button to select it then click the Blue arrow button to begin.

Step 8.
You will be asked to save your custom .ipsw file. Save it to your Pwnage folder you created on your Desktop

Your IPSW is now being built. Please allow up to 10 minutes.

You will be asked to enter your administrator password.

Step 9.
Once your ipsw has been built you will be asked to connect your iPhone to the computer. Once it detects your device PwnageTool will guide your through the steps to putting your iPhone into DFU mode.

Note: How to Put an iPhone Into DFU Mode refer the previous tutorial
http://theapplebites.com/2011/03/04/how-to-put-an-iphone-into-dfu-mode-2/
Once your iPhone is successfully in DFU mode, PwnageTool will prompt you to launch iTunes.

Step 9.
Once In iTunes, hold the Alt/Option key and click Restore.

Step 10
Once In iTunes, hold the Alt/Option key and click Restore.

Step 11.
Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop using the dialog window that appears. Select the custom IPSW that was created and click the Choose button.

Step 12.
iTunes will now restore the firmware on your iPhone. This can also take up to 10 minutes. Once done you will be rebooted into jailbroken iOS 4.2.1

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http://www.iclarified.com

PwnageTool 3.1.3 Released to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1; Adds Support for iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G

by tABStaff on September 30, 2009 · 0 comments

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PwnageTool 3.1 that iPhone Dev Team had released for iPhone OS 3.1 couple of weeks back only supported iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G.

As reported earlier, iPhone Dev Team has released PwnageTool 3.1.3, which adds support to iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G.

PwnageTool 3.1.3 will not support OOTB (out of the box) iPhone 3GS, which had iPhone OS 3.1 pre-installed or iPhone 3GS that had not been jailbroken or pwned earlier.

The iPhone dev team has published the following details on their blog about jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.1:

  1. GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a iPhone 3G or iPhone 3G(S) with ultrasn0w and rely on ultrasn0w to obtain cellular service then you should only update your device with an .ipsw that is made with the new PwnageTool. There are no second chances with this. You need to remember that PwnageTool will provide an upgrade path to newer versions of the iPhone software in the future.
  2. Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
  3. Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
  4. At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the 3.1 capable version of PwnageTool.
  5. PwnageTool will work for the iPhone 3GS assuming you have already Pwned it at 3.0 or 3.0.1
  6. PwnageTool will work for the iPod touch 2G assuming you have already Pwned it at 3.0 or 3.0.1
  7. PwnageTool WILL work for Original iPhone (1st Generation), the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G(S) and the iPod touch (1st Generation and 2nd Generation) but NOT the iPod touch 3rd generation.
  8. For 3G and 3G(S) users who are Pwned, PwnageTool is your key to updating in the future, just remember to never install an update directly from Apple, always use an .ipsw that has been created with PwnageTool.
  9. There is no Windows version of PwnageTool it is a Mac OS X tool only, we are not developing a Windows version of PwnageTool.

What’s a Baseband?

The ‘baseband’ is the generic nickname given to the internal components of the iPhone that handle the phone calls and Internet access. This ‘baseband’ is a tiny and unique independent computer system that runs inside your iPhone, it is separate to the main systemthat handles the applications (such as email and google maps) and it talks to the main part of the phone over an internal communications network.

Think of it like a cable modem or other peripheral that is attached to your home PC that needs occasional updates. When a software update is released and presented to you within iTunes the baseband is sometimes updated (to fix bugs or add new features).

The 3.1 update for the iPhone 3G and 3GS contains such an update, so running the vanilla updater straight away with iTunes will reprogram and update the baseband.

WHICH DEVICE DO I HAVE?

Read the description to identify your device, once you have correctly identified your device follow the specific instructions for that device as listed below.

SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G(S)

This applies if you bought your iPhone 3G(S) for $$$$$$$. This model of iPhone 3G(S) doesn’t have an Service Provider lock (aka factory unlocked) and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service. Your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates, if your device was Pwned at 3.0 or 3.0.1 then you can use PwnageTool to create an ipsw and then use this to update and jailbreak your phone.

SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G

This applies if you bought your iPhone 3G for $$$$$$$. This model of iPhone 3G doesn’t have an Service Provider lock (aka factory unlocked) and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service. Your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates,  if your device was Pwned at 3.0 or 3.0.1 then you can use PwnageTool to create a 3.1.ipsw and then use this to with iTunes to upgrade and jailbreak your phone.

iPhone 2G (1st Generation)

Use PwnageTool to do the magic and then restore with iTunes using your newly created .ipsw ‘nuff said, you don’t need to worry about anything, the baseband will be unlocked, the phone jailbroken.

iPod Touch 1G (Original iPod Touch)

Use PwnageTool to create a firmware image and restore with that .ipsw using iTunes.

iPod Touch 2G

Use PwnageTool to create a firmware image and restore with that .ipsw using iTunes, this will only work if you are already Pwned at 3.0 or 3.1. If you are at 3.1, downgrade to 3.0 and use redsn0w to Pwn 3.0 then you have an upgrade path using PwnageTool.

iPod Touch 3G

At this time PwnageTool does not support this device.

Please take a backup of your iPhone before you use PwnageTool to jailbreak it. Please refer to this post for more details. As with any hack, please proceed with caution as jailbreaking your iPhone could void it’s warranty.

You can download PwnageTool 3.1 from the official BitTorrent link or the unofficial mirror sites:

Unofficial mirror sites:

We would recommend you to wait for initial reports to come in before trying it out but if you are brave and plan to give it a shot, please tell us know how it goes for the benefit of fellow readers.

[via Dev Team’s blog]

Now, Windows 95 Running on iPhone

by tABStaff on July 14, 2009 · 0 comments

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Developers from iSoft, ported Windows 95 on the iPhone with the help of Bochs emulator and original win 95 image.It must be said that the boot stage lasts from 5 to 10 minutes on a 3G iPhone, which stated that they only release the emulator for iPhone 3GS.

If its a fake or not, I have no idea. Best thing we can do is to wait for one of the dudes at iSoft to get online and ask him about this. If he will tell me something relevant about Windows running on iPhone, and how they did it, I will update this post. Here is a video of Windows 95 running on the iPhone:

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Video: Is iPhone 3GS water proof?

by tABStaff on June 27, 2009 · 0 comments

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This is an undocumented feature of the iPhone 3GS. Apparently the new iPhone 3GS seems to be waterproof.

Check out this video, where a guy was trying to take a video near the pool, apparently ended up dropping his 3GS in the pool. What surprised him was that the phone was still taking video, inside the pool.

iPhone 3G S 4x faster than 3G results Benchmark Test

by tABStaff on June 22, 2009 · 0 comments

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fplarge51Since it’s release, the third generation of iPhone, Branded as iPhone 3G S, there has been many speculations on actual speed gain by the 3G S.

A benchmark test performed by AnandTech between iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G S, Palm Pre and G1 to see which of the three was the fastest in app launch and web rendering. Read More →