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I like the smell of fresh pwnage in the morning

Nov 23, 08 - 10:18 am Comment from: cheese

is it snapier after the update?

buster: I like the smell of fresh pwnage in the morning

...until it'll be you getting pwned eventually...!

Nov 23, 08 - 10:21 am Comment from: cheese

should be snappier, need to fix it before the spelling police catches up on me. haha.

MDN, give us an edit button at least.

Nov 23, 08 - 10:25 am Comment from: Wandering joe

Hi Cheese, no probs with the spelling, just thought you were a Harry Potter fan

Here's a free suggestion, if you aren't sure what a particular software does after pwnage, don't install it. I'd highly recommend not to install any 3rd party app during the unlocking/jailbreaking process with the pwnageTool. You don't want an app, even if it's the greatest ssh in colour, running in the background that may gain a lot of access and keep a monitor on you, while there is no more Apple watching over your back for you.

Free advice, but the fries are extra.

It is a bit too risky isn't it? Personally, the only thing that would tempt me into doing a bit of jailbreaking would be if someone created an app that would download bittorrent files onto the iPhone ready to be transferred to the Mac. Imagine the savings on your power bill if it was only the iPhone running and downloading for a few hours rather than your full Mac setup. Nice.

Nov 23, 08 - 11:07 am Comment from: qka

Imagine the savings on your power bill if it was only the iPhone running and downloading for a few hours rather than your full Mac setup

Talk about a great way to exhaust that iPhone battery that only Apple can replace.

has anyone successfully made a software SIM unlock so i can use different SIMs when in different countries?

Why would you want to unlock a touch?

Nov 23, 08 - 01:25 pm Comment from: JAYGEE

So is the iPhone Dev Team separate from Apple?

Nov 23, 08 - 02:05 pm Comment from: HMCIV

@Jaygee

iPhone Dev Team is connected to Apple in the same way Microsoft keeps its R&D;team in Cupertino.

Nov 23, 08 - 04:02 pm Comment from: JAYGEE

@ HMCIV - iPhone Dev Team is connected to Apple in the same way Microsoft keeps its R&D;team in Cupertino.

*rolls eyes*

Any serious non biased answers?

Nov 23, 08 - 05:24 pm Comment from: Mac Daddy

"So is the iPhone Dev Team separate from Apple?"
...
"Any serious non biased answers?"

The serious non-biased answer would be yes.

They are a bunch of hackers who have no known (or plausibe) connection with Apple since they are circumventing protection mechanisms put in place by Apple, enabling hackable software access and even independence from the official approved networks.

MDN word: "bad"

more like 'good'. jailbroken iphone is so much better than the regular OS

The iPhone hack that made a iPhone a wifi network was pure genius.

Too bad Apple pulled it. It's because AT&T;3G networks performance sucks still.

You see, I didn't mention the annoying glossy Mac screens once!

Copy and Paste anyone, hehhehe.

*kisses his last matte screen MacBook Pro*

Nov 23, 08 - 07:29 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

@MikeR--

It's not just for unlocking; it's unlocking and jailbreaking--jailbreak only for the Touch. The author of this story just doesn't understand the difference.

And yeah... I'm loving me some jailbromen 2.2 so far.

Nov 23, 08 - 07:31 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

Damn it! ...JAILBROKEN.

Here's another vote for an edit button!!!

Nov 24, 08 - 08:26 am Comment from: Demon

iPhone Dev Team = a few Nerds living in their parents' basements with way too much time on their hands.

Geek = Tech savvy, smart, tech hacker, and Developer. Get's paid well for the knowledge and expertise in tech that they have.

Nerd = Tech savvy, smart, tech hacker, and Developer. Do it for free, while either, sponging off their parents, friends etc. or work in some low paying job, like Fast Food or worse for the Geek Squad.

This is a joke!. Right? Why buy an impressive peice of hardware like an iPhone and then mess around with it in this way. I know a fellow who bought several original iPhones for his family and had them unlocked to work with another carrier. Within a year all had failed and, of course, there was nothing he could do about it. But, somehow he thinks he beat the system. Yea. Sure.

At least on my jailbroken and unlocked 1st gen iPhone I have video recorder and the ability to disable Apple's kill the app switch. Oh yeah did I mention copy and paste?

You know, I'm running a pwnage 2.2.1 and it is like Snap, Crackle, Pop!