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All you Windows-using iPhoners out there can join the Pwnage club with the release of winpwn. Just like the Mac-only PwnageTool released by the iPhone Dev Team, winpwn allows you to “pwn” your iPhone using your Windows machine.
Pwn-ing your iPhone requires that you build a custom IPSW (firmware/OS) bundle and upload it to your iPhone. Once the IPSW is built, you can “pwn” your iPhone by making it accept this un-sanctioned firmware. Uploading a custom OS to your iPhone allows you force iTunes to restore your iPhone with third-party applications already installed and unlocked/activated for use with any GSM carrier. That means you can build iPhone OS files that are pre-jailbroken, saving you the time and (minor) hassle of jailbreaking, unlocking, activating and installing third-party applications on your iPhone.
Grab the winpwn package here. Keep in mind that it’s in beta testing, so don’t be surprised if you stumble upon a bug or two. Oh, and check out this tutorial before you dive in (if you can tear yourself away from staring at that too-cute kitty). Better safe than sorry, as they say.
[Via: hackint0sh]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
