PwnageTool 4.01 Available to Jailbreak iOS 4

PwnageTool 4.01 Available to Jailbreak iOS 4
The infamous iPhone Dev team is working really hard. After the debut of ultrasn0w and redsn0w beta, the team has just released PwnageTool 4.01 to support jailbreak of iOS 4. As usual, PwnageTool is for Mac OS X only. The latest version of PwnageTool adds the jailbreak support for iOS 4. For Mac user, you [...]

The infamous iPhone Dev team is working really hard. After the debut of ultrasn0w and redsn0w beta, the team has just released PwnageTool 4.01 to support jailbreak of iOS 4.

As usual, PwnageTool is for Mac OS X only. The latest version of PwnageTool adds the jailbreak support for iOS 4. For Mac user, you can use the tool to jailbreak iOS 4 for your iPhone 3G and 3GS.

Before you go ahead to download the tool and kick off your jailbreak, as advised by the team, please read through the notes carefully:

Supported Devices

• PwangeTool 4.01 only provides jailbreak support for iPhone 3G, 3GS (with old bootrom) and iPod touch 2G. For other devices that are not on the list, please DO NOT USE the current version of PwnageTool.
• The tool only recognizes the official firmware file of iOS 4. Please do use the developer version of iOS 4 even if you got one.

For iPhone 3GS

• For iPhone 3GS user, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom. If you are using newer version of bootrom or you haven’t jailbroken your iPhone 3GS before, the tool is not for you.
• If you got a jailbroken iPhone 3GS and you did not use Spirit for the jailbreak, you can use PwnageTool 4.01 to create a custom firmware file (.ipsw) and restore your iPhone via recovery mode.

For iPhone 3G

• Unlike iPhone 3GS, PwnageTool supports both jailbroken and out-of-the-box iPhone.
• If you are using jailbroken iPhone 3G running OS 3.1.2 and you did not use Spirit for the jailbreak, you can use PwnageTool to create the firmware file (.ipsw) and restore your iPhone via recovery mode or DFU mode.
• For those using out-of-the-box iPhone 3G (i.e. you haven’t jailbroken before), you can create the firmware file and restore it via DFU mode.
• If you are using jailbroken iPhone 3G running OS 3.1.3, you can also use PwnageTool to create the custom firmware to upgrade and jailbreak iOS 4. However, you may be a bit tricky to select the restoration mode. According to the iPhone Dev team, first try to use recovery mode. If it doesn’t work, use DFU mode to restore the custom firmware.
• As for iPhone 3G users, you may consider to use redsn0w. The latest beta version of redsn0w also supports jailbreaking on iOS 4.

Make sure you understand the above points before jailbreaking your iPhone. If you are ready, you can download the tool from here or here.

For the usage of PwnageTool 4.01, it should be very similar to its predecessor. I will put up a detailed guide in upcoming post. But at the mean time, you may check out the earlier guide as reference.

Lastly, if you are unsure about anything of the above, feel free to leave us comment. We will try our best to help. And, don’t forget to subscribe to our RSS feed or join us on Facebook for any update about jailbreaking.

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