by Simon Ng on October 7, 2008
In mid-Sep, I have reported iPhone Dev Team has released Pwnage Tool 2.1 that lets you jailbreak & unlock your 1st generation iPhone for firmware 2.1. Yes, the jailbreak procedures is similar to older version of Pwnage Tool that I have already covered. But I think it still deserves to write a complete guide, particularly [...]
by Simon Ng on September 30, 2008
Some readers wondered whether we can have our iPhone applications, installed via Cydia, backup and restore after iPhone firmware upgrade. You may be one of the readers. Everyone (I think) loves Cydia and Apple’s official AppStore. For me, I have installed over 30 applications on my iPhone via both Cydia and AppStore. Probably you have [...]
by Simon Ng on September 21, 2008
A week ago, Mac user has the privilege to use QuickPwn & Pwnage tool to upgrade/jailbreak firmware 2.1. And Windows users can just sit there and wait for the next version of WinPwn or QuickPwn to tackle the firmware. Now, the wait is over. While, WinPwn’s creator is still working hard to deliver the next [...]
by Simon Ng on September 18, 2008
I know, for Windows user, you may be jealous every Mac user who have the privilege to upgrade & unlock to iPhone firmware 2.1. For Windows, WinPwn 3.0 is expected to jailbreak iPhone firmware 2.1. But you have to wait for a bit longer. The WinPwn creator quoted in his website that he’s busy [...]
by Simon Ng on August 23, 2008
iPhone Dev Team released QuickPwn yesterday to tackle firmware 2.0.2. You can now use QuickPwn to QuickPwn to upgrade iPhone to firmware 2.0.2. QuickPwn is actually a new tool to jailbreak iPhone running firmware 2.0.1/2.0.2 but it’s much easier and convenient for jailbreak iPhone running the latest firmware.
As pointed out by iPhone Dev team, QuickPwn [...]
by Simon Ng on August 6, 2008
Previously, I have described procedures to upgrade unlocked iPhone from firmware 1.1.4 to 2.0. But that one is for Mac only. If you are Windows user, here is the step-by-step guide to upgrade iPhone to firmware 2.0 using WinPwn. Compared with Pwnage Tool for Mac, WinPwn is less user-friendly and lacks a step-by-step screen wizard [...]