PwnageTool 2.0.3 released, jailbreaks iPhone 2.0.2
Still no baseband unlock, but if you’ve been dying to feel the marginal improvements of iPhone OS 2.0.2 while still rocking those crazy homebrew apps, the Dev Team has come through again with PwnageTool 2.0.3. A new Windows version of the QuickPwn tool is also out, with a Mac version to follow within the week — you know the drill, if you’re brave enough to update let us know how it goes in comments.
Apple’s iPhone 3G Fix: Turn Airplane Mode On and Off
In case any of you missed Adam Frucci’s brilliant piece on Apple ruining his entire life by releasing a moderately buggy iPhone 3G, you may have also missed a tip he got from Apple. If you’ve been having trouble finding reception after losing it (say you go into a building and lose reception, but when you come out still no dice) try turning Airplane Mode on and off. This admittedly sad fix may just find you reception in a bind. And as for Adam, now he can continue bitching to the world about his sorry lot in life. Everybody wins!
Preview of Facebook for iPhone 2.0: More Like Real Facebook
Facebook has posted a huge preview of the next version of its iPhone app. Due in September, Facebook for iPhone 2.0 will look and feel a lot more like the real Facebook. The News Feed will be exactly the same and profiles will use tabs and the combined Wall/Mini-Feed from the site’s latest redesign. Perhaps more importantly, the functionality will be much closer.
You’ll be able to search for people outside of your friends, make/approve/ignore friend requests, and search your inbox and sent folder, for starters. Notifications will also arrive in real time while the app is running. The version of iPhone for Facebook after this will deliver them to you even if the app isn’t running using Apple’s push notification service. Overall, it’s pretty excellent, check it out. [Facebook]
QuickPwn for Windows Now Supports iPhone OS 2.0.2
If you want to upload to the latest 2.0.2 version of the iPhone operating system, and you have a PC, check out the new QuickPwn for Windows, which now supports it. Yippee Kai Yay and all that. Mac users, hold on because they are working on the Mac version too. Until then, you can always use Pwnage. [iPhone Dev]
iPhone firmware 2.0.2 released
Well okay, we don’t know if it’s angry or not, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the 2.0.2 update of Apple’s phone OS is out there for your downloading pleasure (via iTunes, specifically). So far, all we know is that this iteration tackles those pesky “bugs,” but what those exact bugs are, we couldn’t say… nor could Apple. We’re grabbing now and will update with any exciting developments.
Update: Well we’ve got the new firmware up and running, and it’s true — those bugs have been fixed. Which bugs? Well, it’s still hard to say, but our voice suddenly sounds deeper, and we’ve noticed improved grammar during calls.
Pwnage 2.0.2 released
Well, judging by the dozens of tips we just got, it’s time to once again get your Pwnage on with version 2.0.2 (which was released to counter the, um, “fixes” in iPhone firmware 2.0.1). As usual, hit up the read link.
WinPwn 2.0.0.4 is out as well.
iPhone 2.0.1 now available through iTunes
Well, finally. iPhone firmware 2.0.1 has just been released by Apple, and we’re hoping it solves the myriad problems introduced by 2.0: crashing apps, interminable keyboard delays, choppy scrolling — you know what we’re talking about. We’re pulling down the 250MB file now, we’ll let you know how things turn out — won’t you do the same?
Update: Well, it took its sweet time to install, but things seem a little tighter and snappier all around. We’ll give it a day or so of actual usage before we pronounce things A-OK, though — how’s it going for you?
Windows iPhone 3G jailbreak tool released
Sure, it was already possible (if complicated) to jailbreak a first-gen iPhone running the 2.0 software under Windows, but this is the one-click tool all you crazy cats with those extra G’s need if you don’t have a Mac — too bad no one’s come up with a better name than “pwn” yet. Please, people. Let’s do better.
PS.- As usual, you run the risk of totally destroying your phone mucking around with this stuff, so don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Update: winpwn.com is down already
iPhone 3G SIM unlock demoed on video
We’ve already seen the iPhone 3G got unlocked to function on any carrier (and you can already buy unlocked versions in several countries), but we haven’t seen a locked handset get unlocked via software only, and the folks at gsmphone-unlocking have the first video we’ve seen of Steve’s newest baby doing the SIM swap dance without any adapters. Yep, there it is, going from Rogers to Fido. Sadly, the video is more of a shameless ploy for publicity than actually useful information, and until we’re told otherwise, we’re just going to assume that they’ve just gotten hold of an early copy of the Dev Team’s unlocking tool — which should be free to the public sometime soon. So, you know: video after the break, but feel free to ignore the obnoxious phone numbers and URLs.
DataCase App Brings File Browser & Wireless Data Transfer to iPhone & iPod touch
Being able to use the iPhone or iPod touch for basic data storage and file browsing has been a missing feature for over a year now. But an app called DataCase, available July 28, claims it will finally turn the iPhone or iPod touch into a “handheld wireless drive.” DataCase uses Bonjour in the same manner as Air Disk—which means the iPhone’s drive will automatically appear in a Mac’s finder. Once you have files on the iPhone, you can browse, view and even delete them. Since the app works with any “wirelessly capable computer,” PCs and Linux are also supported. For only $7 bucks this apps sounds way too good to be true. Let’s hope it isn’t. [DataCase]
