Pwnage 2.0 Tool – The Long and Short
Ok, so I finally upgraded to firmware 2.0 after the iPhone dev team released Pwnage 2.0 last night. Here’s my initial thoughts:
The reason I liked ZiPhone was because it required no DFU mode. If you’ve never dealt with the whole DFU mode, you’re lucky, because it sucks. There are several really good videos on YouTube on how to put your iPhone into DFU mode. This may still not work, as the Pwnage tool requires a restart of the iPhone between the install of the custom firmware and setting it back into DFU mode. To install the custom firmware, you need to hold down the “alt” key when clicking restore in iTunes. I suggest reading the comments section, in detail, before using the new tool.
The good news is, that my iPhone is now running 2.0 with Jailbreak. The bad news is, that there is currently no Installer for 2.0. Wish I would have known that before hand. All the Cydia apps work, but most of the stuff I used came from the Installer community, not Cydia.
I do now have access to the root file system of my iPhone, and 2.0 Apps from the App Store running at the same time. Much like every other Jailbreak I’ve used, this one broke the Mail app. The fix is easy enough after installing OpenSSH. Just change the permissions on the /var/mobile/Library/Mail directory. Mail will work the next time you open it, with all your previous mail settings back in place.
There is still no Summerboard, so the Springboard looks horrible. How do regular iPhone users tolerate how ugly the iPhone interface is. A couple of hacks are working, such as the Battery, Notes and Dialer, but hacking Summerboard is way more important to me at this point.
I’ve done several syncs, and have imported pictures, etc. All seems to be going well. I am already missing several key apps that I simply can’t do without, and hope the Installer issue is resolved soon.