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iPhone and iPhone 3G owners still waiting to update their jailbroken smartphone to the iPhone 3.1 OS are in luck today. The iPhone Dev Team has just released their latest PwnageTool update! With the new PwnageTool utility, iPhone users can update to jailbroken iPhone 3.1 OS firmware without worrying about losing the jailbreak (which allows installation of unofficial apps) or the software unlock (which allows the iPhone to work on any GSM network in the world). The bad news is that iPhone 3GS users will have to wait it out a bit longer – the Dev Team is working on an updated redsn0w utility that will allow the iPhone 3GS to be updated to the latest iPhone OS version without losing the jailbreak or unlock.
That’s good news and all for iPhone users without an extra “s” to call their own, but what’s the holdup for iPhone 3GS owners? Apple apparently changed the way they update iPhone firmwares. The new update procedure requires the iPhone to phone home and verify its firmware version. Apple is locking down the iPhone 3GS, and locking it down good.
Still, the Team is working on a jailbreak method that will at least preserve the jailbreak and unlock for the iPhone 3GS until Apple’s next iPhone OS release. It’s a waiting game at this point.
Find the updated PwnageTool utility for iPhone and iPhone 3G here. If you’ve already updated to iPhone 3.1 OS and miss your jailbreak, you’ll do well to hit up saurik’s (of Cydia fame) tutorial on how to downgrade your iPhone back to iPhone 3.0 OS.
[Via: iPhoneDevTeam]
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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...
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