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The famous iPhone Dev Team have released another iPhone Jailbreaking utility - "QuickPwn", as the name suggest the Windows only batch files let users jailbreak iPhone more quickly and easily without requiring a full restore, the software is labeled as pre-release developmental snapshot so better handle with care.

Now this is really some hot news on the iPhone front, according to the information uncovered by Jonathan Zdziarski author of the book iPhone Open Application Development and an iPhone Forensics manual, Apple seems to have included has a application blacklisting mechanism in the latest iPhone OS 2.x, using which the device can phone back home and check for unauthorized applications, and disable them if found on the blacklist acting as a hidden kill switch.

While doing extensive forensic examination of the iPhone 3G, Jonathan found a configuration file deep inside the Core Location having callback to the below URL on Apple Site:

After a long wait iPhone 3G is finally getting launched in India, country's leading mobile operator Airtel announced the iPhone India launch date to 22 August 2008 (Yahoo News), Unconfirmed reports are also coming stating Vodafone launching the same on 18 August 2008, there is no announcement regarding the pricing structure but industry experts are expecting price to be anywhere from Rs. 15000/- to Rs. 23000/-.

Apple released beta of its next major iPhone OS upgrade - iPhone OS v 2.1 to developers for testing, this should not be mistaken as iPhone Firmware 2.01 which is also expected to be released soon as an maintenance release fixing bugs appeared with the latestiPhone Software version 2.0 update.

The new beta firmware update supports much demanded Cut, Copy and Paste functionality with notable additions and tweaks to the iPhone GPS system, The new GPS code now allows tracking of direction and speed enabling the device to provide turn-by-turn directions.

iPhone Dev Team released the Mac version of iPhone unlocking utility Pwnage Tool 2.0 few days ago and today announced the release of much awaited windows version of the utility "WinPwn 2.0" for public downloading.

Winpwn does the same job on windows what Pwnage does on Mac, Similar to Pwnage Tool 2.0 Winpwn 2.0 will allow windows users to jailbreak and unlock their 1st Generation iPhones and allow jailbreaking of 3G iPhone and iPod Touch.

Please note that Winpwn 2.0 only supports Windows XP and Vista 32/64bit. Windows 95, 2003/2008 server are not supported.

WindPwn 2.0 Features:

• Support for both 1.1.4 and 2.0
• Custom Payload Support
• Custom Image Support
• 3g iPhone support

If you upgraded to the latest iPhone firmware version 2.0 by mistake and bricked your iPhone or don't like the new upgrade here are simple to follow step by step instructions to restore iPhone or iPod Touch to an earlier firmware of your choice.

1. Uninstall iTunes 7.7 and Install iTunes 7.5.
2. Connect your phone to computer via USB.
3. Turn off the phone.
4. Place your phone in DFU mode (Device Firmware Upgrade) as described below:
• Push and hold Home and Power buttons on your phone simultaneously for 10 seconds.
• Release the Power button but keep holding Home until the computers beeps recognizing the USB device.
• You should be in DFU mode now.
5. Download and save your desired iPhone and iPod Firmware Version Files.
6. Now go ahead with the restore to your desired iPhone firmware using iTunes 7.5, to do so simply Hold down Shift key and press the Restore button in iTunes.
   
   
7. Select your iPhone restore file to continue.
8. Once restored you can Jailbreak and Unlock your iPhone using various other methods.

Here are the video instructions for the steps above.

Finally the much awaited iPhone unlocking and jailbreaking software "Pwnage Tool 2.0" is released for public downloading, a more official announcement with detailed information is expected to be released in next few days from the developers the iPhone-Dev Team.

The new version of the free software "Pwnage Tool 2.0" allows iPhone owners to jailbreak and unlock older iPhones with firmware up to and including the new version 2.0, and jailbreak iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touches (so you can run 3rd party applications not supported by Apple and the new iPhone App Store), 3G iPhone unlocking is expected to be included in upcoming releases.

Pwnage Tool 2.0 is finally released but sadly does not support 3G iPhone unlocking (supports only jailbreaking for the new 3G version), However hackers have managed to unlock the 3G iPhone using a special SIM adapter as shown in the video below.

iPhone Dev Team the leaders in iPhone hacking have done it once again, this time they managed to jailbreak the new 3G iPhone with firmware version 2.0, and a iPhone jailbreaking tool “PwnageTool 2.0" has been developed to enable users unlock iPhone running the new firmware software version 2.0.

The Pwnage Tool 2.0 is yet to be released for public downloading, as the software is still under private beta testing and is undergoing further tests to ensure error free performance, the team posted videos demonstrating the jailbreaking process.

Once your iPhone is jail broken and is fully unlocked the iPhone 2.0 will be able to run unofficial third-party applications, themes and games. The all new version of the PwnageTool features support for both 1.1 and 2.0 firmware versions, custom installer configurations, indexing of .ipsws files, canned web-searches, custom root partitions and much more.