Custom firmware images–Jailbreak and more through iTunes
March 8th, 2008 | by Justin Nolan |
Instead of dealing with all these jailbreaking tools, wouldn’t it be nice to build a custom image –pre-hacked and pre-loaded with software–and simply load it on your phone via iTunes? Thanks to the iPhone Dev Team, this will soon be a reality.
In what they are calling the “Pwnage Project“, you will be able to modify a stock .ipsw file. That includes pre-jailbreaking, pre-unlocking, pre-activation, and loading custom software. Then simply use iTunes to restore your custom ipsw to your device, as you would any other firmware. The only catch is you must first “Pwn” your device, using iPwner. iPwner is a tool you run just one time to enable the vulnerability on your phone. You can then use iTunes to load custom firmware to your hearts content (unless you restore a stock ipsw, in what case you need to run iPwner again).
There is no release date yet, but the Dev Team promises “both tools are undergoing intensive developing and soon will be ready for public consumption.”
The implications here could be huge. Between this and the SDK, it’s definitely a good time to be an iPhone/Touch owner.
6 Responses to “Custom firmware images–Jailbreak and more through iTunes”
By Josh Ray on Mar 13, 2008 | Reply
They can download it at http://ipluspwns.com/ Right now it only supports iPhone but the next version is supposed to work on the iTouch as well.
By abhinay on Mar 14, 2008 | Reply
i want to unlock my iphone…..and the itunes isn’t not installing….on the computer it says it requires quick time player….But when i downloaded itunes you get quicktime player with it…..but when i install it, it says it requires
quick time.
By Josh Ray on Mar 14, 2008 | Reply
abhinay - you are probably downloading the stand alone version of iTunes that doesnt come with Quicktime bundled in. If that doesnt work try downloading Quicktime independently from http://www.quicktime.com then install the iTunes. Hope that helps.
By Josh on Mar 31, 2008 | Reply
As I was, this will be released at the end of this week. ipluspwns is just an alternative jailbreak to ziphone.
By kadian on Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
Hey i saw your link on zodttd forums and i like your site
gotta quick question can u add me to your link sites
my site is http://www.ihack101.blogspot.com
By Dale Black on Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
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