FingerRun

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Version 0.1b

This is a treadmill, for your fingers! Currently in BETA!
Humorous toy for your iPhone and iPod Touch. This will count how far your ‘fingers’ have traveled.

iPhone 3G Jailbreak Released

The step by step Jailbreak Guide is now here.

Click HERE for the windows version.

There has been an update to the Pwnage Tool.

PwnageTool 2.0.1

Well, the response was overwhelming. :) The downloads brought down several of our servers, and some of them have yet to recover!

It seems that some people have been having problems with our initial release, so we have PwnageTool 2.0.1 for you. It addresses the following issues:

* It auto-finds the bl39 and bl46 files better, if they’re on your computer
* It creates the ~/Library/iTunes/Device Support/ folder if not present, which should help with some 1600 errors people have been having.
* Many people have reported the PwnageTool not starting up at all (the icon never stops bouncing). This issue should be resolved now.
* The Sparkle AppCast URL is fixed in this version, so automatic updates should work for future releases.

Because of the AppCast URL fix, we recommend that everyone who downloaded PwnageTool 2.0 get this version, if they want to stay up to date automatically.

N.B: if PwnageTool 2.0 pwned your phone correctly the first time, you do not need to pwn again with 2.0.1.

You can download this update here, or here.

If you download it from other mirrors, make sure to verify the SHA1 of the file is 10b6c7dc22286e7b70c3d5a92cda7d117426fda9.

Here is a quick note from the ‘iPhone Dev Team’

We’ll be releasing a more official announcement soon, but we wanted to get the tool out there. We sincerely hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed making it :)

Update 1: Just to clear up some confusion over what this actually does: yes, it jailbreaks and unlocks older iPhones, and jailbreaks iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touches. We only support the 2.0 firmwares.

Update 2: It looks like there aren’t enough TCP ports on that server, so _BigBoss_ has generously offered to mirror it.

Update 3: If you get Error 1600 from iTunes (or if you see in your log a failure to prepare x12220000_4_Recovery.ipsw), try: mkdir “~/Library/iTunes/Device Support” ; if that directory already exists, remove any files in it. Then re-run PwnageTool.

Click here or here or here or here to download the Pwnage Tool 2.0.

Note - There is no love for windows users at this time.

You can click here to subscribe. . .I will be posting as soon as the Windows version is available.

Installer vs Cydia

Taken from here: installerapps.com

I had Cyndia installed some time ago, but i deleted it. Now full story.

When the iPodTouch was first hacked there was a tiny program installed that would let you install other 3rd party applications. This tiny program was known as Installer(or Installer.app) and became the standard for putting those applications on your iPhone or iPod Touch. A few months later an application called Cydia started surfacing. This application boasted that it did what Installer did. . .but better.

It’s really just semantics. . .they both deliver 3rd party applications to your iPhone and iPod Touch. . .and they both work. For most end users. . .that’s all they care about. For the rest, here is a brief explanation.
How Installer Works

Installer uses XML files(RSS) to syndicate those 3rd party applications to your device. Much like an RSS feed delivers blog posts and podcasts. . .it essentially does the same thing on your iPhone. . .Except it’s bringing applications to you(instead of podcasts).
How Cydia Works

Cydia uses the same system that you see on some linux distributions(like Ubuntu). . .APT. This means that Cydia uses dependencies(which makes it better for the developer since there will be less bandwidth).
Differences

The biggest difference is that Cydia is open source and even though Installer /might/ become open source later. . .it isn’t just yet.Cydia uses dependencies so you don’t need to install those runtime packages(like Jiggy) that you see in Installer. It’s the same with the BSD Subsystems package as well.
Conclusion

I am glad there is an alternative to Installer. . .in case for some reason someone decides they don’t like it or want to use it anymore. My biggest issue here is the redundant work being done. With the App Store available as an official replacement to Installer/Cydia it doesn’t make sense to split things up like this. Developers are being forced to managed two repository sources if they want to maximize their audience(sort of like game developers putting their game on multiple consoles).

I just think our progress would be much further if we worked together instead of separately.