PwnageTool 2.0.1 Not Working for Firmware 2.0.1
August 5, 2008
Those with jailbroken iPhones should proceed cautiously before updating to the new 2.0.1 firmware. Released by Apple yesterday, 3G owners that prematurely updated to the new firmware might find their dreams of unlocking in the future dissolved. The creators of PwnageTool, the iPhone Dev Team, have posted an official response on their blog:
We don’t see any major problems with the release that Apple made, but we have not released an update for PwnageTool for it as yet and therefore PwnageTool 2.0.1 will currently not work!When will that PwnageTool update be coming? Well, the Dev Team doesn't specify, but they do provide a handy breakdown of the current situation for pwners:
If you own a first generation (2G iPhone), no matter what you do now, you don’t have to worry, the next PwnageTool will get you where you want even if it you prematurely updated. 2G is completely pwned at every conceivable level and you’ll always be OK. But if you own a 3G iPhone and are looking for unlock in the near future, don’t use Apple’s update yet! If your 3G iPhone is on a regular contract and you always plan to be with the carrier then you can update but you will lose the jailbreak and access to third party (non AppStore) applications. If your 3G iPhone is not on a regular contract and you plan to use it on an alternative network to the carrier that supplied it then do not update unless you do it with the impending PwnageTool update. PwnageTool v2.0.1 does not work with version 2.0.1 of the iPhone or iPod update from Apple. We will release an update to PwnageTool when the testing has been completed and all applied changes have been checked for safety.