When I woke up today, I was in for a pleasant surprise: The iPhone dev team have just released the Pwnage tool which can unlock and Jailbreak 2G iPhones. Great effort by the team to find the exploit and create this tool for the enthusiast community. After a few hit and miss opportunities (Really frustating few hours!), I was able to upgrade and unlock my iPhone to the latest firmware. I got stuck at the now in-famous 1600 error code for some time. Eventhough I cleared my ~/Library/iTunes/Device Support folder couple of times, I still got the same error. My fourth attempt was the lucky one.
I tried some of the new applications, including Apple’s own Remote. They all worked like a charm. Will report back when I come across some interesting applications.
Note that with Pwnage 2.0 tool, you can:
- You can Jailbreak an iPod touch
- You can Jailbreak and unlock iPhone 2G
- You can only Jailbreak iPhone 3G as of now
For a comprehensive guide on how to carryout the unlock process, refer to this post.
