Windows users have practically been given the cold shoulder when it comes to Pwning their iPhone. The WinPwn project launched to try and help out, by porting the Pwnage tool to Windows, which up until now has been a Mac only affair. The beta for WinPwn launched last month, with a final version promised in the next few days.
The promise came about a month late, but it is finally here now. Not only is it here, but it packs a large number of improvements over the beta that we saw last month. The software is totally free, and allows you to take control of your device. Features that it has allows you to load custom ROMs and change out the boot logo etc.
The new version of the tool is available now. You can get it from WinPwn.com. The software does have the potential to brick your device, so please if you do not know what you are doing, read up on the tool, or just avoid using it.
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Written by Chase Higgins on May 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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All iPhones that were bricked after attempting a firmware upgrade from an unlocked iPhone can now get their iPhones back by upgrading to Apple’s latest v1.1.3 firmware. Put the iPhone in recovery mode, and hook your brick up to your computer to start iTunes. After restoring and upgrading, iTunes will not automatically activate your iPhone so you will have to restart your iPhone (Top + Home) to get signal and data connections. The downside is that you won’t be able to jailbreak again and will have to settle with checking your stocks, finding where you’re located, and watching icons wobble as you move them as a jailbreak looks unlikely for v1.1.3.
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Written by Ken Allen on January 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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Over at the Hackint0sh forums, a couple of people decided to unlock their iPhone, little did they know, opening their phone after completing the software, was not such a great idea. At least they now have a door stop, brick, frisbee, and tons of other useful tasks.
We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iphone. The antenna cover was a bit tricky but eventually it came off. Then we started to open the metal cover (after taking out the 3 screws) and PUFF, up it went in smoke, I think my collegue must have touched something. It literally went up in black smoke. I was so hot that when I tried to pick it up I burnt my fingers. So, this is for sure the most difficult part of the whole process. I don’t know what he did, as I had just stepped out of the room to fetch something when I heard a scream…they got such a fright.
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Written by Ken Allen on December 20th, 2007 with no comments.
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So to the simple-minded like myself, what does this mean? It means they are close to an unlock for 1.1.1.
They are also working towards some sort of a solution for the numerous bricks out there. We have already reported the fact that iPhoneSIMFree already has a solution, and that it already fixes your bricked products, so if you have the dough, I’d still recommend using their product since it seems to offer fewer side effects from future firmware upgrades.
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Written by James Allan Brady on October 12th, 2007 with no comments.
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Somehow you are able to use your iPhone’s contact list to access the web. There are 9 steps all of which involve only the iPhone, no computer necessary, and then you are sort of able to surf the web with Safari and your selected WiFi network.
It involves a lot of iPhone freezes, so if your preciously pricey device freezing up makes you queezy, I wouldn’t attempt it. Basically though, it makes use of the contact list, and a glitch in the emergency number only dialing system.
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Written by James Allan Brady on October 11th, 2007 with no comments.
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