Sunday is Funday - Quickpwn and Pwnage tool for firmware 2.2 released!
The guys from the Dev Team have done it again - Quickpwn 2.2 and Pwnage Tool 2.2 have been released for those looking to unlock the latest 2.2 Apple firmware for both the iPhone 2G as well as the iPhone 3G - this DOES NOT include the highly awaited BASEBAND UNLOCK which allows you to use your carrier/telco locked iPhone 3G with any SIM card! However, it will allow you to upgrade to 2.2 and still make use of your TurboSIM or similar SIM 'hijacker'. Currently there is no unlock for 2nd gen iPod Touch users, but that should change in the days to come.
1. GOLDEN RULE: If you have a 3G iPhone and want potential soft unlock in the near future do NOT use QuickPwn, and do not use the official ipsw or the iTunes update process without using PwnageTool.
2. Read item 1 again and again.
3. At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the latest versions of PwnageTool and QuickPwn.
4. These are suitable for the recent 2.2 release.
5. Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
6. The ‘late 2008’ MacBook/air/pro line of computers have an issue with DFU mode, it is possible to go from Pwned 2.1 -> 2.2 but going from stock to Pwned does not work, if in any doubt use a different machine.
7. Choosing the correct tool is crucial. Be warned!
NOTE: ‘Simple Mode’ in PwnageTool currently only works for the iPod Touch. To use PwnageTool for iPhones you will need to use ‘Expert mode’. This is a workaround while we make an update and fix this issue. In order to do this you will need to navigate to the ‘General’ window and change two things: Deselect ‘activate’ ONLY if you are normally able to activate through iTunes (but if you wish to ‘hacktivate’ the iPhone using PwnageTool then leave it selected). You will also need to change the partition size to about 1000MB (type in the value or use the slider).
‘Hacktivate’ means to activate the iPhone yourself without Apple. This is used if you live outside an officially supported region and cannot activate the phone using iTunes. If you have a SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G that doesn’t have an Service Provider lock and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service, your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates, simply upgrade to 2.2 using iTunes and then use QuickPwn to Pwn and Jailbreak. This will add Cydia and Installer too.
PwnageTool 2.2 for Mac OS X
SHA1 Sum - 97ee6096aaa1967498431bf01c36c18d0e877545
QuickPwn 2.2 for Mac OS X
SHA1 Sum - 254b8af0e19870a4660b7b11e3b6f6ae1d6bc66f
QuickPwn 2.2 for Windows
SHA1 Sum - ffdbc561224c61ffc2713cb6a6e696b6d429c4ca
