Posted on July 21, 2008 - by Justin Hartman
First iPhone 2.0 firmware Hack in South Africa?
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On Saturday evening the iPhone-dev team release PwnageTool 2.0 for Mac (version 2.0.1 has now been released as well).
This new version jailbreaks and hacks any 1st or 2nd Generation iPhone so you now have the ability to run the latest iPhone firmware 2.0.
When I tried to hack my version 1.1.4 iPhone with the PwnageTool I couldn’t get the damn application to pick up the latest 2.0 firmware file. It turned out that I had downloaded the 3G firmware instead of the 1st Gen firmware and this great tutorial from iClarified really helped seal the deal for me.
The hack took about 25 minutes and was easy to do once I had all the correct files and I’m now officially running firmware version 2.0 (5A347) on my Vodacom SIM card without any problems.
A couple of interesting observations about the new firmware:
- Under the Phone settings you can now use all the forwarding, call waiting and caller ID functions.
- Under that same menu is a Vodacom4me link… I wonder if this in preparation for iPhone launch in SA?
- All my settings were localised to South Africa - and this was before I set the phone up in iTunes.
- AppStore is awesome and I have Google, Apple Remote, Twitterific, Facebook, iYardage and Last.fm apps downloaded and running.
- Install.app is no longer available in 2.0. Instead, Cydia is the new “illegal” application manager and it runs off Debian Apt - VERY NICE!
- Google Maps actually works!!!! It pin-points me to my current location (which is a little inaccurate) and I don’t even have the GPS on my iPhone. It must use the Vodacom cell towers for this but I am super impressed that it works for the first time.
- You still can’t forward an SMS…….. and there is no copy and paste functions. Have Apple learnt nothing about basic phone functionality?
That’s it for now. Not sure if I’m the first SA hack but I’m loving it nonetheless.
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July 21, 2008
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July 23, 2008
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Good to know, I have Ziphone running on mine, will switch over!
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July 23, 2008
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Good to know, I have Ziphone running on mine, will switch over!
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July 26, 2008
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Hi Justin,
I think you are the FIRST indeed! I am trying mine this morning. Thanks for the links. The only difference on my side is that I never took the trouble to update my firmware on my first edition iPhone to 1.1.4, I am still on 1.0.2, so let’s see if it can update from that firmware to 2.0!
I’ll post on my website if it works (or doesn’t….)
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Dion
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July 26, 2008
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Hi Justin,
I think you are the FIRST indeed! I am trying mine this morning. Thanks for the links. The only difference on my side is that I never took the trouble to update my firmware on my first edition iPhone to 1.1.4, I am still on 1.0.2, so let's see if it can update from that firmware to 2.0!
I'll post on my website if it works (or doesn't….)
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Dion
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July 31, 2008
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August 5, 2008
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Howzit Justin
Thanks so much for that, I upgraded my iPhone 1.1.4 to the 2.o using your tips and links and Im stoked, almost gives us 1st Generation users a boost of EGO, who needs 3G anyway, I have a MacBook Pro for that with an HSDPA card. For me, iPhone is really an expensive toy and a means to keep yourself entertained on nights when Insomnia persists
I cant believe nobody at apple’s labs has ever implemented a FWD function on SMS? Oh well….
Thanks!
Dino
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August 5, 2008
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Howzit Justin
Thanks so much for that, I upgraded my iPhone 1.1.4 to the 2.o using your tips and links and Im stoked, almost gives us 1st Generation users a boost of EGO, who needs 3G anyway, I have a MacBook Pro for that with an HSDPA card. For me, iPhone is really an expensive toy and a means to keep yourself entertained on nights when Insomnia persists
I cant believe nobody at apple's labs has ever implemented a FWD function on SMS? Oh well….
Thanks!
Dino
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August 14, 2008
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Hi Justin,
How did you get the GPRS to work after you upgraded to 2.0? I’ve tried everything.
Thanks,
Nic
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August 14, 2008
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Hi Justin,
How did you get the GPRS to work after you upgraded to 2.0? I've tried everything.
Thanks,
Nic
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August 14, 2008
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Hi Nic, check out this post:
http://justinhartman.com/2008/07/31/how-to-change-vodacom-apn-settings-on-iphone-2-firmware/
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August 14, 2008
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Hi Nic, check out this post:
http://justinhartman.com/2008/07/31/how-to-chan...
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October 2, 2008
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i would like to know if it is possible to hack gprs on my n95 8gig, if so could you please email how to do this as i dont want to pay for gprs.
Many Thanks
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October 31, 2008
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