iPhone Dev Team publish video of Pwnage Tool 2.0 hacking iPhone Firmware 2.0

I had reported yesterday that the iPhone Dev Team had Hacked, Jailbroken and Unlocked iPhone Firmware 2.0 within hours of its release.

They have now published the video clip of their Pwnage tool 2.0 in action. However, after seeing the video I am a little disappointed.

You can find out why as well as check the video clip of the tool pwning iPhone firmware 2.0 after the break.

So the iPhone Dev Team are teasing us again, as they have published a video of their Pwnage Tool v2.0 being used to hack iPhone firmware 2.0 but are yet to release the tool to the public. It is believed that they are still doing some final rounds of testing so we can expect Pwnage Tool 2.0 to be released over the weekend.

I am not sure if I have got it right but based on the video it appears that with iPhone Dev Team's Pwnage tool 2.0, you will be able to flash your original iPhone running firmware 2.0 with custom iPhone firmware v1.1.4 which is jailbroken and unlocked. So for all those you had updated their hacked and unlocked iPhone to iPhone firmware 2.0, it would mean being back to square one.

Since you are using the tool to flash iPhone with firmware 1.1.4, you will not have access to the iPhone's App Store which is probably the main reason iPhone users will be upgrading to iPhone firmware 2.0 in the first place.

After seeing the video I am a little disappointed as I had expected that with Pwnage Tool 2.0 it would be possible to flash your iPhone running iPhone firmware 2.0 with custom iPhone firmware 2.0 which is already jailbroken and unlocked.

It also left one question unanswered, that is if iPhone firmware 2.0 running on iPhone 3G can be pwned with custom iPhone firmware 1.1.4 , if thats possible it would mean that even though you might not have access to the iPhone's App Store, you will at least be able to jailbreak and unlock iPhone 3G to use it with any GSM carrier (until the iPhone Dev Team figure out how to create custom iPhone firmware 2.0 which is jailbroken and unlocked).

I hope I have not ended up confusing you. If you need any clarifications do leave it in the comments.

Update:

The iPhone Dev Team had posted an update which clarifies some of the concerns I had raised. Here is what they had to say about the text we see in the video which had got me confused:

"Please don’t pay close attention to the wording in the popups of PwnageTool as this is mainly placeholder text while we finalize everything for release. PwnageTool works with 2.0 upgraded 1st gen iPhones if they are activated or not."

Thanks bart and UHerenow for keeping me awake :)

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