Download QuickPwn 2.1 and Pwnage Tool 2.1 NOW!

Download QuickPwn 2.1 and Pwnage Tool 2.1 NOW!


Whoa, folks. Just one day after iPhone firmware 2.1 was released, the Dev Team has released a jailbreak already! Do these guys ever…sleep? LOL! Anyways, today they announced the released of QuickPwn 2.1 and Pwnage Tool 2.1 for Mac! Let’s find out some more details, shall we?

By the way we figured out a way to combat iTunes 8 without patches…and we’re waiting to see what Apple tries next. But we think they might want to rethink their priorities. They probably won’t though, and so we get back to the “cat and mouse” game between Apple and the Dev Team and third-party communities.Here are the new versions of PwnageTool and QuickPwn that support the 2.1 firmware. And as we just mentioned, iTunes was not harmed in the process ;-) no patching was required.

This does not address the new iPod Touch 2G device released this week. Partly because none of us even have one yet :)

* PwnageTool 2.1 for Mac OS X via Bittorent - download here
* QuickPwn 1.1 for Mac OS X via Bittorrent - download here

The above download links are via BitTorrent, and I would suggest downloading it that way to ensure you get the official packages.

The Dev Team also stated that there are spammer sites out there trying to make money of their hard work. It’s best to avoid these fakers and stick only to the news you find at the Dev Team Blog.

For an excellent guide, check out the recently released guide by iClarified. Let me know how your jailbreak goes folks! Remember, right now the QuickPwn and Pwnage Tool is for Mac users only! Let the cat and mouse game continue–yet again!!

Top Sources List for Cydia and Installer 4

Top Sources List for Cydia and Installer 4

So of course after the jailbreak, two of the most important applications are Cydia and Installer 4. Cydia has emerged as the source for apps and themes to customize your iPhone. Installer 4 is still in its beta stage so expect a bit more from it coming soon.

Here are a list of my sources for Cydia (some are by default):
- BigBoss & Planet-iPhone: http://apt.bigboss.us.com/repofiles/cydia/
- ModMyiFone: http://modmyifone.com/repo/
- Ste Packaging: http://repo.smxy.org/cydia/apt/
- iSpazio: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt
- Telesphoreo Tangelo: http://apt.saurik.com/
- ZodTTD: http://www.zodttd.com/repo/cydia/

Other notables:
- intelliborn: http://intelliborn.com/cydia
- FreeCoder: http://iphone.freecoder.org/apt/
- Hack&Dev.org: http://iphone.hackndev.org/apt/
- SaladSoft: http://nickplee.com/cydiasource/
- Urbanfanatics.com: http://urbanfanatics.com/cydia/
- iPhoneCake: http://cake.mapleidea.com/cydia/
- WeiPhone: http://app.weiphone.com/cydia/
- iFoneTec: http://app.ifonetec.com/cydia/
- iSpazio: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt
- Andy Dam: http://repo.gafoogle.com/
- Steffwiz: http://steffwiz.webs.com/iPhone/Repo

To add sources: Launch Cydia—>Manage—>Sources—>Edit—>Add—>enter the URL—>click Add Source

Here are the sources for Installer 4 so far:
- RiP Dev - http://i.ripdev.com/
- BigBoss’s Apps and Things. - http://apptapp.thebigboss.org/repofiles/installer4/
- iSpazio Official - http://repo.neolinus.org/ispazio/
- Ste Packaging - http://repo.smxy.org/installer4/
- ClubiFone - http://www.clubifone.com/repo/
- iPhone-notes.de - http://sendowski.de/iphone/
- a27 Dev Team: http://a27dev.com/installer/repo/
- Hackmyiphone: http://hackmyiphone.net/installer/
- Wildcat: http://iphone.handheld.com.vn/installer
- iClarified: http://installer.iClarified.com
- Modmyifone: http://i.modmyifone.com/

To add sources: Launch Installer 4—>Sources—>Edit—>click the “+”—>type in source URL—>click Done

Big thanks to the MacRumors forums and iPodTouchFans forums for helping with compiling this! I haven’t tested all of these sources so be wise about it! :) If you have some sources that I did not list, feel free to add them in the comments.

How to: Newbie’s Guide to WinPwn 2.0(.1) Jailbreak

How to: Newbie’s Guide to WinPwn 2.0(.1) Jailbreak

Author: Andrew Robinowitz | Posted under: How-Tos
Tags: how-tos, jailbreak, pwnagetool 2.0, winpwn 2.0

UPDATE (8/09)

New WinPwn now available (2.0.0.4). Will successfully ‘pwn’ iPhone firmware 2.0.1. Firmware links in Step #2 now download iPhone 2.0.1 version.

Download it HERE or HERE.
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UPDATE (7/25 12:45 PM)

New WinPwn now available (2.0.0.3)

From the WinPwn page:
“2.0.0.3 fixes the Ipwner crash problem and 16xx errors. It will also fix the iPod ipswBuilder failure bug.”

Download it HERE or HERE.
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UPDATE (7/24 1:25 AM)

Step 12 has changed. Make sure to UNCHECK the “Activate Phone” option (it is selected by default) if you have a carrier-specific iPhone that has already been activated. After you restore with the custom IPSW, your iPhone (connected to your PC with iTunes open) will automatically Activate correctly. Otherwise, you will have no carrier information and no signal (** see screenshots at bottom of post).

Thanks to everyone in the comments for their help in resolving this!
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Here’s our step-by-step comprehensive guide to jailbreaking your iPhone using Windows, with WinPwn 2.0 (Mac users check our How to: Newbie’s Guide to iPhone 3G Jailbreak, which is a Mac only jailbreaking tool).

This wasn’t quite as easy and intuitive as the PwnageTool 2.0 jailbreak for Mac, so make sure to closely follow the outlined tutorial and proceed with caution and at your own risk!

For reference, we used a 1st generation iPhone, WinPwn v2.0.0.2 (use v2.0.0.3 or latest available), and went for just the jailbreak (not unlock). Make sure you have iTunes 7.7 installed and have your iPhone plugged into your PC.

First off, some starting notes from the WinPwn site:

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

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1. Download WinPwn (latest version) - Currently WinPwn 2.0.0.2 2.0.0.3, 2.0.0.4 (for Apple’s 2.0.1 Firmware) but check WinPwn Site for updates.

2. Download .ipsw for your iPhone, save to desktop:

• for 1st generation download (UPDATED: 2.0.1 firmware link) HERE
• for 3G download (UPDATED: 2.0.1 firmware link) HERE

3. Run WinPwn .exe and install.

4. Close readme which automatically opens.

5. Finish install.

6. Open WinPwn.

7. Click ‘Browse .ipsw’ and select .ipsw file downloaded in step 2.

8. Click ‘IPSW Builder’.

9. 1st tab, Applications:

• Cydia - you probably want this if you’re jailbreaking, since you’ll need it to install apps, so check it.
• YouTube Activation Fix - from the WinPwn Site: “If you already have service with AT&T do not activate or install Youtube Fix,” so I left this unchecked.

10. 2nd tab, Custom Images:

Here you can set custom images for your Boot/Loading (default: Apple) and Restore (default: dock-connect) screens. You can browse your computer for images, and also the online catalog (unless the terminal displayed “Failed to Load Image Catalog” when WinPwn started up).

Not clicking anything will set you up with the default Apple/dock-connect screens, which is what we opted for…

11. 3rd tab, Custom Payload:

Most likely you should leave this blank (which we did). In summary, you can add other applications to your install process so you’ll have them on your iPhone right when the jailbreaking process is complete. For instance, if you checked Cydia install in the first tab, you’ve already created a custom payload that will have Cydia waiting on your Springboard upon jailbreak.

You can browse your computer for them (.tar files) or get them from the online catalog (unless the terminal displayed “Failed to Load Payload Catalog” when WinPwn started up).

12. 4th tab, Advanced:

For this section, just leave ‘Activate Phone’ checked (which is default).

Uncheck ‘Activate Phone’ and continue to next step if you have a carrier-specific iPhone that has already been activated — failure to do this will result in a loss of carrier information and no signal (** see screenshots at bottom of post). Your iPhone will automatically activate itself in iTunes upon completion of the restore.

Unless you are trying to unlock (which we’re not in this tutorial), you don’t need to worry about bootneuter, baseband updates, or bootloaders.

13. Click ‘Build .ipsw’ in the bottom left.

14. Click ‘OK’ once you receive the ‘Successfully Created IPSW File’ message.

15. Now click ‘Ipwner’ button in WinPwn and browse/select the custom IPSW you just created. Click ‘OK’ after receiving the ‘Your Itunes has been Pwned!’

NOTE: If you have tried the WinPwn process and received the 06, 1600, 1601, or 1602 error messages, you probably skipped this step (as we learned the hard way after an hour of frustration).

16. You’re ready to set iPhone into DFU Mode.

To do this, hold down the ‘power’ and ‘home’ buttons at the same time for ten seconds (turning your iPhone off), and then immediately release the ‘power’ button and continue to hold the ‘home’ button for another ten seconds. Your iTunes should recognize your device and your iPhone screen should be ALL BLACK. If you see the docking screen, you have hit the actual ‘Recovery Mode’ and need to repeat the process until you get the blank ALL BLACK iPhone screen.

17. iTunes should automatically load and now you must Shift-Restore (hold the ‘Shift’ key on your keyboard while clicking the ‘Restore’ button in iTunes) and select the custom IPSW you just created.

18. Wait for the restore to take place and complete, wait for iPhone to activate automatically, note Cydia & App Store on your Springboard, and rejoice… congratulations, you’re iPhone has now been pwned!

** Here you see a successful activation (by unchecking “Activate Phone” under the Advanced tab, step 12)…note the upper-left corner with carrier information & bars.

** Here you see an unsuccessful activation by leaving the “Activate Phone” option checked. Note the upper-left corner with 1 bar (alternates with ‘no service’) and lacking carrier information.

How to Use Cydia: A Walkthrough

How to Use Cydia: A Walkthrough

Author: Nic Elder | Posted under: How-Tos
Tags: 2.0 firmware, cydia 2.0, how-tos, installer 4.0, jailbreak, saurik

If you have used Installer.app in the past, Cydia should look somewhat familiar and be fairly straightforward to use.

Here’s a basic walkthrough to help you navigate through and get the most out of Cydia.

NOTE: This only works on jailbroken phones, see our 3G Jailkbreak Tutorials for Mac Users & Windows Users.

1. Click the spiffy new Cydia icon on your Springboard

You’ll see loading while it updates the sources and loads the welcome screen.

2. Upgrade Cydia

From here if you haven’t run Cydia in a while, or this is your first time running, you may get a notice about ‘Essential upgrades’. These are upgrades to the Cydia application itself that may be required for installing new packages and apps:

• Press Upgrade Essential
• Press Confirm to begin the download and install
• Wait for Complete and press Close Window
• Press the home key, and then re-open Cydia to continue

NOTE: After installing essential upgrades, it’s always a good idea to restart Cydia to make sure the new packages are reloaded. Repeat Step 1 to open Cydia again (though you probably already guessed that).

3. Update Applications

If you’ve installed applications previously you may see a numbered notification next to the “Changes” menu. This indicates that there are updates available for currently installed applications. For our walkthrough I’ll update the NES emulator I downloaded a couple of days ago.

To update applications:

• Press Changes
• Press Upgrade All (#) [top right of screen]
• Press Confirm to begin download and installation

You’ll notice on the last shot that NES has disappeared from the list and the notification
(red 1) on the changes option has been removed.

NOTE: Changes also contains applications that have recently been added or changed, this is a good place to go to find new applications on a regular basis.

4. Installing New Applications

Let’s install something new. I love Pac-Man, and it just so happens that the developer of Mac-Man, a great Pac-Man clone, is available on Cydia under the games category.

To install an application:

• Press Install [on the bottom]
• Browse through categories to Games
• Press Macman
• Press Install on top right
• Press Confirm to begin the download and installation

You will see it run through a series of steps . . . Downloading . . . Preparing . . . Complete.

• Press Close Window

Now Macman is successfully installed, you should be able to hit your home key, wait for your homescreen to refresh, and a tempting new Macman icon will be waiting for you.

Let’s go eat some ghosts!

5. Removing or Reinstalling Applications

Ok, so now you have an application installed, but you don’t really want to play it anymore. Removing it is as simple as a few taps:

• Open Cydia again
• Press Manage
• Scroll and find Macman
• Press Macman
• Press Modify [top right of the screen]
• Press Remove (you could reinstall if you were having issues with the application, like it wouldn’t start)
• Press Confirm to begin removing the app
• Once you see Complete, press home and the Macman icon should be gone

6. Searching for Applications

One of my favorite features of Cydia is Searching.

I can find an app without having to go through countless categories because I can’t remember where it was located:

• Press Search
• Type part of the application name or description in the search box at top

The list is filtered as you type, and all matching applications are shown. Select one to install and follow step 4 above.

Remember a lot of applications you might have seen in Installer.app previously are not yet available because the developers haven’t updated them to work on the new 2.0 software.

Check the Changes section in Cydia daily for updates. Three new applications have shown up just in the time it has taken me to write this tutorial!

A few of my favorite apps already available on Cydia:

MiM (Make it Mine) by Erica Sadun
MiM lets you customize the carrier name on the top left of the phone. You’ll notice in the screenshots above mine has my screenname “w1kedZ.”

NES
NES is a fully functional Nintendo emulator. It loads ROM files that can be found in various places on the internet. It’s great for showing off or if you really love games like Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda.

BossPrefs
BossPrefs is a great app by BigBoss that lets you easily turn on and off different features of the iPhone. Currently, the version for the 2.0 software is only really useful for turning on and off SSH if you have installed the OpenSSH package from Cydia. It also contains Poof which will allow you to hide/show icons on the homescreen; a useful feature if you are like me and don’t want the original Stocks Icon on your Springboard because you never use it.

Hack Attack: A guide for switching to a Mac

by Adam Pash

If Amazon's hot holiday seller list is any indication, a lot of you got new Macs this holiday season. If you switched to a Mac from a PC, you've probably noticed that there are a lot of differences between the two.

When I bought my first Mac a few short months ago, it took a while to figure out how to do all the stuff I already knew how to do on my PC. While it's my job to spend time figuring that sort of thing out, there's no need for you to waste your precious time figuring out the minutia of a new operating system. To ease this transition for all of the new Mac owners out there, I've put together a quick guide for Mac newbies making the big switch.

What follows is a round-up of everything that stuck out to me when I made the move to my first Mac. I'm still a dual-OS fellow, but after I figured out the ins and outs of my Mac, it's by far the place I find easiest to get things done. If you're delving into Macs for the first time, the following should come in handy.

Mac OS X Keyboard symbols

You're a lifehacker and you know all the good keyboard shortcuts on your Windows PC. So the first thing you'll want to do is get familiar with keyboard shortcuts on your Mac. This seems easy enough - except for the fact that Macs use a strange and foreign set of hieroglyphics for their shortcut keys. Some of the most familiar shortcuts are:

The Apple/Command key is the main modifier on your Mac. Contrary to its Windows counterpart, the Windows key, the Command key does much of the work that the Control key does on a Windows PC. So don't go hitting the Apple key expecting a system menu to pop up out of nowhere, because it ain't gonna happen. Instead, plan on using this for your most common keyboard shortcuts.

Like I said above, the Control key on the Mac isn't used in the same way as the Control key on a Windows PC. I use it most often when I'm "right-clicking" on my Mac - often referred to as Ctrl-Click. The Ctrl key also comes in handy in a lot of other ways, like the Ctrl-Tab tab switching in Firefox.

I use the Alt/Option key most often to skip words in a document (and highlight words when used in conjunction with the Shift key) - much like the Ctrl-Arrow functions work on a PC. Like the Mac Control Shortcut, the Option key finds its way into your shortcut workflow here and there (for example, it's also very handy for accenting letters), but not as often as the Command key.

Though Command, Control, and Option are the three main modifiers/symbols you'll see on your Mac, you'll certainly stumble onto several other cryptic communiqués when you're trying to figure out a new shortcut, like the wacky Escape symbol and the big upcase Shift arrow. For a more comprehensive list of the Mac's keyboard symbols, check out this handy reference table.

Keyboard shortcuts

Luckily, when it comes to the actual keyboard shortcuts, a lot of the shortcuts on your Mac are the same as they are on your Windows PC; generally you can just swap Command for Control for a lot of the standards. For example, the Ctrl-C/X/V for Copy/Cut/Paste become Cmd-C/X/V. Simple, right?

Instead of boring you with a long list of keyboard shortcuts like those, I'm just going to highlight some of the less obvious shortcuts.

• Force Quit: When a program freezes up on your Windows PC and you want to force it closed, you hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete. On your Mac, you'll hit Cmd-Alt-Escape. This brings up the Force Quit dialog - a similar tool to the task manager for the purpose of closing unresponsive apps.

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• Window switching: If you're any sort of keyboard junkie, you've used Alt-Tab on your Windows PC all the time to switch between open windows. Your Mac works in a similar manner, with a small variation. Command-Tab switching between running applications, while Cmd-`/Cmd-~ (the backtick/tilde key) will switch between open windows within one running applications (i.e., Cmd-Tab will switch to Firefox, but Cmd-` will switch between open Firefox windows).

• Minimize/Hide: You can minimize a window to the dock from your keyboard by pressing Cmd-M. Alternatively, you can also Hide an application by pressing Cmd-H. The difference between a Minimize and a Hide is that hiding an application hides every window of that app, and it does not push anything to the Dock. Instead, all application windows disappear from your view until you switch back to the application. In my experience, the benefit of using Hide over Minimize is that you can Cmd-Tab back to a hidden application and it will be restored to your screen; if you Minimize a window and then Cmd-Tab to the app, the window will remain minimized to the Dock.

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  Opening the selected file: Chances are you've opened a file or program on your Windows desktop by selecting the file and then hitting the Enter key to launch it. If you're anything like me, you do this a lot. The problem is, when you try doing the same thing on your Mac, your Mac thinks you want to rename the file instead of open it (don't ask me why). If you want to open the file, you have to hit Cmd-O (for open).

• Backspace vs. Delete: On Macs, the Backspace key as you know it is called Delete. And the Delete key deletes from right to left, just like the Backspace key. If you want to delete text from left to right (à la the Windows Delete key), you have to press Function-Delete (particularly if you're on a laptop).

  Finally, if you want to delete a file or folder from the comfort of your keyboard, select the file and press Cmd-Delete. It'll go straight to the Trash.

• Closing windows and apps: In the Windows environment, whenever you close the last open window from a program, that program quits. Things work differently in the Mac world.

  

  Cmd-W will close the active window (incidentally, Ctrl-W will also close most - but not all - Windows apps), however - unlike the Windows world - once you've closed the last window of an application, the app continues to run. If you actually want to quit a Mac app, you hit Cmd-Q (for Quit). When you first start working on a Mac, you'll want to keep this in mind so you don't end up wasting your system memory on several apps you're not using.

For a deeper look at Mac keyboard shortcuts, check out our Mac OS X and keyboard shortcuts tags. Specifically, you might want to check out a few secret (and not so secret) Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.

Login Items

Any Windows user worth his/her salt knows about a handy tool called the System Configuration Utility, which, among other things, lets you control which applications you want to run on startup (generally these are system tray apps). Similarly, you can use the Login Items tab of the Accounts menu in the preference pane to define which apps/files/scripts will run every time you start up your computer.

Here's a little further reading on managing your Mac's startup.

Installing apps

This may seem like somewhat of a no brainer for Mac veterans, but when you switch to a Mac from a PC, you may find the installation process of new applications a bit confusing at first. That's because, in general, there's absolutely nothing to it. When you download an application (generally in the form of a compressed .dmg file, which will mount as a drive when you open it), you're pretty much done with the installation process. You can run an application (marked by the .app extension) from anywhere on your computer, and there's really no installation to it. Broadly speaking, the installation of a new Mac app generally consists of moving the new application to your Applications folder. Many apps make this very simple, like the mounted Firefox .dmg above.

Unless you have your own system for arranging apps on your Mac, copying new apps to the Applications folder is a good practice. What you don't want to do is forget to move the app from the .dmg folder to your hard disk.

Hard drive structure

Another slight source of confusion you might encounter when switching to a Mac is the structure of your hard disk, namely what difference there is between the Macintosh HD and the Home folder (named with your login ID). Simply put, your Home folder (marked in Finder by the tilde [~]) is sort of like the C:\Documents and Settings\User section of your Windows PC. All of the user-specific data is kept in the Home folder, like your documents, pictures, music, and Desktop shortcuts. It's not a particularly difficult thing to understand, but it can seem a bit confusing if you're not used to it.

The Dock

The last thing I'm going to touch on is the Dock - that cool little quicklaunch/taskbar rolled into one. You can launch, quit, minimize, and restore applications from the Dock. It's not strictly the same as the Windows taskbar, but in general it pulls a lot of the same duty. If you're a big keyboard shortcut user, chances are you won't use the Dock all that much, but it's a good idea to get a feel for what's going on there.

Further reading:

10 things every new Mac owner should know

Common new Mac user mistakes

If you haven't already seen the amazing things that await Intel Mac owners in the world of side-by-side OS bliss, you need to take a look at how to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side with Parallels and a little side-by-side Windows and Mac OS with Parallels.

If productivity is your goal, you should also be sure to check out Quicksilver. Even if you don't delve into everything QS has to offer, you'll still have one hell of an application launcher.

Finally, I should point out that this is far from the last word on the topic. I did my best to remember what stuck out the most to me when I started working with my Mac, but I'm sure there's a lot more territory that can be covered. If you've got any questions on the subject - say there's some Windows function that you can't seem to find an analog for on your Mac - let's hear it in the comments. If you're a seasoned Mac user with a few tips of your own, we'd love to hear those, too.