"Pwnage" option to unlock iPhone 2G for Windows users released

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Sunday, 20 July 2008 18:27

Your IT - Mobility

Got an original iPhone and want to unlock it, or jailbreak an iPhone 3G using the PwnageTool 2.0 but can't because you're using Windows? A solution has surfaced that's reported to be working!

The iPhone Dev Team has done a great job in releasing the PwnageTool 2.0 to unlock and jailbreak the iPhone 2G, jailbreak the iPod Touch and jailbreak the iPhone 3G loaded up with the iPhone OS 2.0... but PwnageTool 2.0 only works on Macs.

Up until now, users of Windows XP or Vista have needed to wait for the developer of WinPwn to update the software to support iPhone OS 2.0 support, but the delivery date of an upgrade is at present unknown.

However it has been discovered that the customised iPhone 2G and 3G firmware that the PwnageTool 2.0 creates can still be transferred over to Windows-using iPhone owners, and instructions have been posted online.

Sleepers.net is the website that has the details on what to do, listed here, courtesy of a user called “BigBoss”.

Another user called Kinetic-X has created a site called iunlocked.org which also goes into the details of what needs to be done to upload the customised firmware on Windows computers.

The customised firmware has been uploaded to torrent sites and the RapidShare file download system, with users reporting success in downloading and applying the update, and while some have reported difficulties, the comments stream at Sleepers.net has all kinds of answers.

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