Following the release of the blackra1n jailbreak app from GeoHot this weekend, the Dev Team has now released an updated version of their Pwnage Tool jailbreak package. The new Version, 3.1.4, now supports iPhone OS 3.1.2 on the iPhone 2G/3G/3GS and iPod Touch 1G/2G.
This version of Pwnage Tool is Mac only – although once you’ve used it to create a custom (jailbroken) firmware, you can restore to that on Windows or Mac. You just need to keep hold of the – .ipsw – custom firmware file that you create with it, in order to do so.
Here’s are some of the major notes from the Dev Team’s blog post on this latest version of Pwnage Tool:
If you’re already jailbroken (by whatever means), you don’t need to mess around with DFU mode at all. Just create (or get from a friend) your custom IPSW and Option-Restore (Shift-Restore on Windows) to it via iTunes. Don’t enter DFU mode at all. Please make sure you are restoring to the custom IPSW, not the stock one from Apple! For best results, use the latest iTunes (9.0.1) — which includes a nice new application organizer.
This release allows your baseband to remain unlocked at 3.1.2, but it does not unlock a new baseband put there by restoring to official 3.1.x. It is super important that people who need the unlock to understand they can keep it only by starting at 3.0 (or earlier) and updating solely to custom IPSWs that don’t update the baseband. For those who have been onboard the “unlock train”, simply install ultrasn0w via Cydia once you’ve restored to your custom IPSW. Don’t forget to turn off the “3G” setting in Settings->General->Network if you use T-Mobile in the U.S.A.
Note for 3GS users not already jailbroken and stuck at 3.1.x: this version of PwnageTool has a side feature to jailbreak your 3GS. It uses a simple implementation of the usb control msg hole found by chronicdev, geohot, and our very own gray. Now that the hole is public and in use, we expect Apple to close it by the next major firmware update. That’s why 3GS users need to get their ECID hashes for 3.1.x now, and need to stay onboard the “jailbreak train” in all future updates. For more details on what this means, please see our earlier posts or ask in our comments section (moderated by the always helpful @angie and @confucious!).
For the early adopters who ran blackra1n and are having problems with mobilesubstrate, winterboard, diskaid, or ifunbox, you can install a custom .ipsw from PwnageTool to fix these issues. That’s because all jailbroken devices accept a custom .ipsw created by PwnageTool. (However, if you ran blackra1n on a 3G or 3GS that means you updated to stock 3.1.x, and the carrier unlock is now out of reach. We’ll continue to work on a carrier unlock for the latest basebands, but the timeframe for such an unlock is unknowable.)
Note: If you use internet tethering on a carrier that doesn’t officially support it, you’ll lose it by going to 3.1.x. Stay back at 3.0 until a hack for that is developed.
Check out the full post HERE.
I’m glad to hear there’s no need to mess with DFU mode if you’re already jailbroken. I’ve had no problems at all with blackra1n so far – so I’ll be thinking about giving this new Pwnage Tool a go at some point (have already got it downloaded and installed) if I run into any issues, or just for the sake of having a custom firmware available in future.
Have any of you used this latest Pwnage Tool yet? If so, how are your results?
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Can you explain what this is :
'That’s why 3GS users need to get their ECID hashes for 3.1.x now, and need to stay onboard the “jailbreak train” in all future updates. "
Does this refer to the cydia 'make my life easier' option?
If I've done this on 3.0.1 , am I on the jailbreak train already?
Thanks.
I think it is referring to that option, yes – but I have not kept up with that subject as well as I should. I need to look into it for myself as well – so I'm not sure if you need to update your files now for 3.1.
I'm jailbreaked at 3.0.1 and want to update to 3.1.2, using pwnage tool, but the problem is that i dont have a mac to create a custom .ipsw. Patrick do you know where i can get one, that has this options: no hacktivation, no custom boot logo? Thanks for your help.
Sorry Jaime – I haven't ever gone looking for any custom ipsw files. Trying one of the iPhone forums might be a good starting point to get some clues hopefully.
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