WinPwn 2.0.0.4 has been released for the iPhone 2.0.1 firmware and it includes Installer 4 beta support.

Download link: Winpwn_2.0.0.4_Setup.zip

Release Notes

- Support for both 1.1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1
- Root partition resize support
- Installer support
- Support for WinXP and Vista 32/64bit.

Notes:

- You MUST do a full uninstall of winpwn before installing the new version
- Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes ( Currently 7.7)
- WinPwn uses 300MB of ram at peak due to the ipsw being extracted in memory
- You must first click browse and load an IPSW to use WinPwn (i thought this was clear)
- For 2.0 only the *5A347_Restore.ipsw files are valid. The 345 image will not work
- If you see Failed to load image catalog/payload catalog, this is fine and won’t cause problems
- If you already have service with AT&T do not activate or install Youtube Fix

Download, Install, and Enjoy!!!

Step 1. Download PwnageTool 2.0.2 here.

Step 2. Backup your iPhone to iTunes

Step 3. Open iTunes, and from the iPhone -> Summary tab, download (do not update) the latest iPhone firmware 2.0.1 (iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw).

Step 4. Open PwnageTool 2.0.2.

Step 5. Select iPhone and click on next arrow.

Step 6. Select the iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw

Step 7. Select Yes to create an .ipsw restore file.

Step 8. Select No if you don’t have an iPhone contract with an Apple appointed Cellular Service Provider.

Step 9. Wait while the PwnageTool builds the Custom IPSW file.

Step 10. Enter your Password when prompted and wait for the new IPSW build to finish.

Step 11. Select Yes if you have Pwned your iPhone before.

Step 12. Turn off your iPhone.

Step 13. Close PwnageTool.

Step 14. Close iTunes.

Step 15. Place your iTunes is Recovery Mode. Do this by doing the following:

- After you turn off your iPhone, unplug it from your Mac.
- While holding the Home button, plug in the cable.
- Still holding the Home button, wait for iTunes to open (you should also see the Steve Jobs cartoon on your iPhone screen).

Step 16. On your Mac, select Check to identify your device.

Step 17. While holding the Option button, click Restore.

Step 18. Select from Finder the Custom IPSW file created by PwnageTool on your desktop (iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Custom_Restore.ipsw).

Step 19. Select whether to Restore your iPhone from a backup or Setup as a new iPhone.

Step 20. Your iPhone will reboot and you’re done!

Link: Jailbreak the new 2.0 iPhone software Video

In other news, well… actually the same news, the next version of the PwnageTool, v2.0.2 is undergoing final checks and will be packaged, signed and should be uploaded to the devteam’s website within the next few hours! This will be available via the PwnageTool software updater that is built in and checked when you start PwnageTool, we’ll also publish a link here for direct downloads.

As always, there is a WARNING:

Warning: If you care about the possibility of a GSM/3G unlock in the future (there is no unlock available as yet), do not update your 3G device with iTunes unless you do it via PwnageTool 2.0.2 (this means you’ll need to create a custom .ipsw with PwnageTool 2.0.2 and install it using iTunes) – If you have updated over the last few days with iTunes, you’ll still be able to Jailbreak using PwnageTool 2.0.2 but it may reduce the chance of you being able to unlock the Phone to be able to use a SIM card from all carriers in the future.

Enjoy !!!! And Good luck for any upgrades…

What’s new with this firmware?

Apple only lists “Bug Fixes” amongst the changes. Early claims:

- Backup process for the iPhone is much faster.
- Netshare still works
- SMS typing faster

Various reports are coming in…

“I just updated took about 15-20 mins”, “Seems a little faster though”, so give it a try and let us know.

Jailbroken, Unlocked? To update or not to update?

We’ve been reading some comments in our previous post and certain people have been a little bit excited and hastily updated using yesterday’s iTunes firmware update without getting the information first

We don’t see any major problems with the release that Apple made, but we have not released an update for PwnageTool for it as yet and therefore PwnageTool 2.0.1 will currently not work!

If you absolutely can’t wait then original (2G) iPhone owners can update using iTunes if they really need to, but you’ll lose third-party applications that rely on the Jailbreak, although it is reported that the 2G device remains activated, we have not clarified this.

3G owners can in theory update, but you’ll lose the jailbreak, and you should only carry out this update if you always plan to use the 3G phone with the original carrier, but be warned that there is a baseband update that occurs during this update that could impact the ability to unlock the device (if and when an unlock becomes available), we have not fully tested this baseband update as yet, but we think it is better to be safe than sorry, officially unlocked SIM-Free iPhone 3Gs will always remain unlocked with the updates you apply from Apple, but again the jailbreaks will be lost.

Remember, from a jailbreaking point of view the update process is always reversible, but this isn’t the case for the 3G baseband, so your intended long term future use for the phone should help you decide what you do. If you always going to use the 3G phone with the original carrier then baseband updates are fine, if you are not then hold off.

As soon as testing is finished a PwnageTool update will be released that will allow you to safely update either device with all current PwnageTool features still in place and you’ll have the option to disable the baseband update.

The current version of PwnageTool is 2.0.1 and it does not support the latest ipsw (2.0.1) versions.

~Reported from The unofficial, official blog of the “iphone-dev team”.

So, What to do?

If your 3G iPhone is on a regular contract and you always plan to be with the carrier then you can update but you will lose the jailbreak and access to third party (non AppStore) applications.

If your 3G iPhone is not on a regular contract and you plan to use it on an alternative network to the carrier that supplied it then do not update unless you do it with the impending PwnageTool update.

We will release an update to PwnageTool when the testing has been completed and all applied changes have been checked for safety.

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Well, Since Christmas is coming to a close I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday with their families!!! Big lunches, dinners and loads of presents. We just got the new LG RH7624W DVD Player with a built-in 250GB Hard Drive. So far it is an awesome unit. You can record live TV onto the Hard Drive and then edit all of the adverts out of it, then burn it to DVD that you can then play on any normal DVD player…

Awesome, No ??? What you can also do, it start taping a movie, then when you want to go to make some coffee, you can simply hit the "pause" button, go make coffee, and then when you come back, just hit the "play" button, and the ‘live TV’ will carry on from where you left off. You won’t miss a minute !!!!!!

Region Hack: (List of other DVD Hacks – click here or here) This DVD player, like most others, are limited to only being able to play DVDs from a certain region. So, this unit is set to region 2, which is South Africa. This means that it is not able to play a DVD from another region. (USA, Hong Kong, etc)

• Region 1 – The U.S., U.S. territories and Canada
• Region 2 – Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland
• Region 3 – Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong
• Region 4 – Mexico, South America, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Caribbean
• Region 5 – Russia (okay, former Russia), Eastern Europe, India, most of Africa, North Korea, Mongolia
• Region 6 – China 

UNLESS: You have a DVD Region Hack… Which will then allow you to play DVDs from ANY region !!!! So I found one… and I want to make it known to the world… and anyone else who has one of these units. Step 1: With the unit in DVD (Disc) mode Step 2: With drawer open Step 3: Key in "0" seven times… Step 4: The display will (should) read "Congrats" Step 5: Press enter That is it… Sorted… 100%… You can now play DVDs from any region !!!!!

UPDATE: My Unit started doing exactly what other people have also had problems with… When you turn the unit on, it says "Please Wait…" for quite some time before it eventually switches on. I think that this is a manufacturing problem, maybe there was not enough testing done on the units before they were sent out into the world !!! ??? !!! Anyway, I finally had enough of that, and returned the unit to Marko, where they swopped it out for a new one. It has been working ever since. BUT: If this one starts doing the same as the last one… then I am going to swop the LG out for a different model !!!! Will keep you posted.

Additional Link: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/archive/index.php/t-24182.html