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dev.org | The man from DelMonte - He say Yes!
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. Read item 1 again and again. At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the ...
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iPhone Firmware 2.2 Jailbroken! QuickPwn 2.2 Released! [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... should take care of everything, unless you're one of those unfortunate owners of the second-generation iPod touch, in which case you're out of luck at the moment. But everything else seems to be running fine—anybody here broken the new firmware yet? Let us know in the comments. [iPhone Dev, thanks Mehmet!] ...

PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.2 released
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... The dev team has released PwnageTool and QuickPwn for iPhones and first generation iPod Touch devices that want to upgrade to firmware 2.2. ...

iPhone firmware 2.2 gets QuickPwn and PwnageTool, of course
Engadget — In case you haven't noticed the trend, when Apple releases a new iPhone / iPod touch firmware, it has a tendency to fall to the jailbreakers at mind-boggling breakneck speed. QuickPwn and PwnageTool have now both been updated to support 2.2, though there's a critical note in here from the iphone-dev team: if you have any interest in unlocking your iPhone 3G in the near future, only use PwnageTool, not the more painless QuickPwn. You've been warned! [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Filed under: Cellphones iPhone firmware 2.2 ...

OK, Jailbreakers, time to update
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... OK, that took a litlte longer than 24 hours but it's a weekend so we'll give the Pwnage crew a break.  There is now a jailbreak for the new 2.2 version of the iPhone and iPod touch.  ...

PwnageTool and QuickPwn for Firmware 2.2 Released
Touch Podium — ... Proving that the Dev Team aren’t just on the ball, they’re dribbling it and shooting three-pointers with their feet, QuickPwn and PwnageTool have been released for Firmware 2.2. ...

iPhone Dev Team delivers 2.2 jailbreak with a warning
iPhone Buzz — ... As promised the iPhone Dev team has delivered the 2.2 firmware jailbreak in the form of the Pwnage tool and Quickpwn for both Mac and Windows machines. This update seems to be the real deal breaker in regards to future unlocks. ...

iPhone Dev Team delivers 2.2 jailbreak with a warning
Top iPhone News — ... As promised the iPhone Dev team has delivered the 2.2 firmware jailbreak in the form of the Pwnage tool and Quickpwn for both Mac and Windows machines. This update seems to be the real deal breaker in regards to future unlocks. ...

iPhone jailbreakers: Problems with QuickPwn?
The Apple Core — ... On Friday, the word came out from iPhone jailbreaker community to avoid update to the iPhone 2.2 firmware. The next day, the team at blog.iphone-dev.org warned that use of QuickPwn could bring problems with Apple’s iPhone Firmware 2.2 update released on Friday. Here is the note : 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. The previous note titled ...

iPhone Dev Team delivers 2.2 jailbreak with a warning
Top iPhone News — ... As promised the iPhone Dev team has delivered the 2.2 firmware jailbreak in the form of the Pwnage tool and Quickpwn for both Mac and Windows machines. This update seems to be the real deal breaker in regards to future unlocks. ...

Jailbreak is Available for 2.2 iPhone Software
iSmashPhone — ... Read Dev Team post to understand some of the requirements and limitations of 2.2 jailbreak.  Well everything is still the same from 2.1 jailbreak. ...

iPhone 2.2 firmware jailbroken once again
Infinite Loop — Over the weekend, the iPhone dev team announced its 2.2 jailbreak , releasing new versions of QuickPwn and Pwnage. These tools bypass Apple's Unix "jail," which limits read-write access for users to a fixed portion of the iPhone memory. Once pwned, users can read and write the entire Unix file system, allowing them to download and install a full Unix distribution as well as third-party applications outside the App Store. I downloaded the newest Pwnage, which I am happy to say continues to improve with both stability and GUI enhancements, and jailbroke my first-generation ...

iPhone 3G Unlocked, Free Software Coming On New Years Eve [IPhone]
Gizmodo — ... jailbreaking tool and against updating via official firmwares without first waiting for Pwnage Tool to work with it. More guidelines for that are here. ...

iPhone Dev Team to unlock iPhone 3G for New Years
AppleInsider — ... baseband unlocker. An public release is slated for December 31st, New Year's Eve. The unlock will require a jailbroken iPhone 3G that's running baseband version 2.11.07 or earlier. To ensure that an iPhone preserves an unlockable version of the baseband, the Dev Team recommends that users refrain from using the QuickPwn tool or applying any of Apple's iPhone software updates that aren't already supported by the ...

3G iPhone Unlocked: GUI Tool Available New Year's Eve
iSmashPhone — ... from Dev-Team Blog We have been working hard on a few other things. The main one being the 3G unlock codenamed “yellowsn0w”. This is now completed and is currently being packaged into a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in QuickPwn or BootNeuter. The target release date for the unlock is New Year’s Eve 2008. This unlock method is available to iPhone 3Gs that have 2.11.07 baseband or earlier, we did warn you. The unlock requires a jailbroken 3G iPhone. ...

'Tis the Season for Unlocked 3G iPhones.
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... with the latest OS X update. Dev Team has provided a naughty or nice list of guidelines that can be viewed here. Although Dev Team is claiming a successful unlock, they still need to give this bad boy a nice user interface. Expect the first launch of a user-friendly software on December 31st.

iPhone 3G Unlock to be Released on New Year’s Eve
Planet iPhones — ... was announced today by the Dev-Team:       “We have been working hard on a few other things. The main one being the 3G unlock codenamed “yellowsn0w”. This is now completed and is currently being packaged into a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in QuickPwn or BootNeuter.       * The target release date for the unlock is New Year’s Eve 2008.       * This unlock method is available to iPhone 3Gs that have 2.11.07 baseband or earlier, we did warn you .       * The unlock requires a jailbroken 3G iPhone.”      It looks like ...

iPhone 3G Unlock Coming Dec. 31!: Codenamed Yellowsn0w
Top iPhone News — Straight from the iPhone Dev Team: The target release date for the unlock is New Year’s Eve 2008. This unlock method is available to iPhone 3Gs that have 2.11.07 baseband or earlier, we did warn you. The unlock requires a jailbroken 3G iPhone. Our Secret birdie has been right so far and told us that the unlock would be out before 2009.  Lets keep our fingers crossed!  Hopefuly the unlock will aply to the 32GB 3G iPhone that is rumored to be announced at MacWorld early Januarary. ...

The Man from DelMonte Lied.
Planet iPhones — ... been told that it would be available to the public on New Year’s Eve, iPhone users from around the world repeatedly asked the Dev-Team why it wasn’t released yet due to the fact that it was 2009 before Yellowsn0w was released. The Dev-Team posted a bunch of binary, which translates to “vtaber 61060174″.”Vtaber” is “ignore” in Rot13, and “61060174″ is the blog post number of the Dev-Team’s “The Man from DelMonte - He Say…

Dev-Team Release PwnageTool 2.2.1 Bug Fix; QwkPwn 2.2.1 Also Available
iSmashPhone — ... Fresh from the Dev-Team comes the releases of a bug fix for PwnageTool 2.2.1 for the Mac.  The fix nails a bug related to running in "Simple Mode."  Before this fix, Simple Mode only worked for the iPod Touch.  Cautions the Devvers: ...

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