Dev Team to Soon Release PwnageTool to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1 for iPhone 3GS Users

We finally have some good news for iPhone 3GS users who have been patiently waiting for iPhone Dev team to release their PwnageTool that supports iPhone 3GS.

According to MuscleNerd, member of the iPhone Dev Team, they’ve completed testing of PwnageTool for iPhone 3GS users to that they can safely upgrade to pre-jailbroken iPhone OS 3.1  and also preserve the baseband so that they can unlock their iPhone.

iPhone Dev Team had released their PwnageTool 3.1 for iPhone OS 3.1 but it only supported iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G and did not support iPhone 3GS. (You can checkout our step-by-step guide to jailbreak iPhone 3G using PwnageTool 3.1 for iPhone OS 3.1)

However, the good news is that MuscleNerd has just announced that they’ve completed testing of PwnageTool for iPhone 3GS users and are getting ready to release it shortly.

So here are some details about the new version of PwnageTool, which will answer some of the commonly asked questions:

1. It will allow users who had jailbroken/pwned their iPhone 3GS earlier (also check point 3) to upgrade to a pre-jailbroken iPhone OS 3.1  and also preserve the baseband so that they can unlock their iPhone 3GS.
2. If users have already upgraded their jailbroken/pwned iPhone 3GS (also check point 3) to iPhone OS 3.1 then the baseband of their iPhone would have also got upgraded to 05.11.07, so they will be able to jailbreak their iPhone but won’t be able to unlock it as the iPhone Dev Team hasn’t been able to unlock the baseband that is bundled with iPhone OS 3.1.
3. You might also need the iBSS and iBEC files for PwnageTool to work with iPhone 3GS but we don't have a confirmation on this one.
4. The new version of PwnageTool will NOT work for the OOTB (out of the box) iPhone 3GS that had iPhone OS 3.1 already installed.
5. It will be available for Mac users. But since the only way to update to iPhone firmware 3.1 and preserve baseband is by using the PwnageTool, Windows users who want to unlock their iPhone 3GS should either get the custom firmware created by the PwnageTool on a Mac from someone they trust or borrow their friend's Mac.

We’ll let you know as soon as PwnageTool for iPhone 3GS is released.

Update 1:

Updated the post with some more details. They have been highlighted in bold.

Update 2:

PwnageTool 3.1.3 Released to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1; Adds Support for iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G

Please feel free to drop us a line if you have any further questions in the comments section below.

[via MuscleNerd’s Twitter page]

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