'PwnageTool'

iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak ready for primetime; no iPad 2 support [video]

By: |Apr 4th, 2011 at 07:30AM
Filed Under: Mobile, Software
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Considering the Dev Team had an iOS 4.3 jailbreak ready and waiting long before Apple pushed out iOS 4.3.1, the 10-day wait for an untethered jailbreak seems like an uncharacteristically long amount of time for our favorite iPhone hackers. Regardless, the day is upon us and PwnageTool for iOS 4.3.1 is now available for download. The new version supports the iPhone 4 (GSM only), iPhone 3GS, first-generation iPad, second-generation Apple TV and the third and fourth-generation iPad touch models. The iPad 2 is ...

PwnageTool 4.1 now available for your pwning pleasure

By: |Oct 20th, 2010 at 09:36PM
Filed Under: Apple, iOS, Software
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The Dev Team announced in a blog post today that the latest version of its iPhone hacking tool is now available. PwnageTool 4.1 does exactly what the name might suggest — it pwns iOS 4.1. Currently available for Mac computers only, the Dev Team’s latest creation will jailbreak any of of the following devices running the latest build of iOS:Apple TV 2GiPad (firmware 3.2.2)iPod touch 4GiPod touch 3GiPhone 4iPhone 3GSiPhone 3GAs you can see, not even the new Apple TV can hide from the Dev Team’s cr...

Second generation AppleTV jailbroken with SHAtter exploit

By: |Oct 1st, 2010 at 07:15AM
Filed Under: Apple, Hacks
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If you picked yourself up a second generation AppleTV, or plan to, it looks like you’ll be able to get your jailbreak on; assuming you’re into that sort of thing. Dev-team member MuscleNerd has posted a one-minute YouTube video showing Apple’s little black-box running a jailbroken firmware. Complimenting that, the dev-team has also managed to decrypt the AppleTV’s encryption keys. Hit the jump to see the video and hit the read link to check out the keys. (more…)

Dev-Team demos beta version of PwnageTool on iPod touch 4G

By: |Sep 27th, 2010 at 07:45AM
Filed Under: Hacks, iOS
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The folks responsible for the development of iOS jailbreaking software PwnageTool — the dev-team — have posted a quick one-minute video demoing their latest iteration of the tool. Using the SHAtter exploit discovered by pod2g several weeks ago, the dev-team has managed to jailbreak one of the new fourth generation iPod touch devices. The dev-team writes:Although PwnageTool was a useful first test of a full iPod 4G jailbreak via SHAtter, it’s really overkill compared to the faster tools being dev...

Dev-Team jailbreaks iOS 4 with PwnageTool 4.0

By: |Jun 22nd, 2010 at 05:20PM
Filed Under: Apple, Hacks, iOS
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Short and sweet was the amount of time it took the iPhone Dev-Team to jailbreak iOS 4, at least as far the previous generation of Apple iHardware is concerned. Adding to yesterday’s release of redsn0w beta, PwnageTool 4.0 was set free this afternoon and promises to jailbreak/hacktivate devices provided a specific set of criteria are met. If you want to get really fancy, you can also use a special version of ultrasn0w to unlock your iPhone, but again, this is dependant upon certain things being just so.Â...

Dev-Team releases PwnageTool for iPhone OS 3.1.3

By: |Feb 8th, 2010 at 05:01PM
Filed Under: Apple, iPhone OS / iPod OS
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They’re back at it again. The iPhone dev-team has released an update to their popular jailbreaking software, PwnageTool, for Mac OS X. The new PwnageTool — version 3.1.5 — boasts the ability to properly jailbreak Apple’s recently released 3.1.3 iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. Before you get too excited, the dev-team does offer up this proclamation, “Unless you’ve personally observed a problem with the reporting of your battery percentage, there’s no reason to update to 3.1.3.R...

iPhone Dev Team Sure Doesn’t Waste Any Time!

By: |Sep 15th, 2008 at 05:47AM
Filed Under: Apple, AT&T, EDGE, GSM, HSDPA, News
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Before anyone could completely list all their praises and complaints about the iPhone’s 2.1 Firmware, the iPhone Dev Team has already released the PwnageTool and QuickPwn for the update. So, if you were sitting on your jail-broken iPhone or iPod Touch feeling like you were left out of all the joyous hoopla (or the disappointment for some), your day has come. Anyone giving this a go?Read