Comments on: PwnageTool 4.0 for iPhone 3GS OS 4.0 Jailbreak Puts Your Device at Risk. Stay Away

By: Drue Christian

Drue Christian — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:13:49 +0000

Thanks, my friend, it is very confusing out there, with many sites claiming unlocks and jailbreaks that aren't really there. Especially confusing with all the different firmwares, phones, bootroms, etc. etc. We appreciate your hard work! And of course, that of the other usual suspects, comex, musclenerd, planetbeing, and all of those good folks.

By: Lfc_sl

Lfc_sl — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:58:48 +0000

for all we know,
this modded version of pwnage tool,
was made by apple so ppl with 3gs get stuck and have to remove there jailbreak

By: Justin Daigle

Justin Daigle — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:28:53 +0000

To everyone asking whether it works or not, no it does not. I HAVE personally tried this. It will jailbreak 4.0, but your 3GS will not be recognizable in iTunes, meaning you'll be stuck at the activation screen, since it has to activate through iTunes. I've posted a tutorial on my blog for downgrading to 3.1.3 if you get stuck on this. However, it has several prerequisites you may not be lucky enough to have, such as an old-bootrom 3GS, a Mac, and SHSH's for 3.1.2. In that case, you'll just have to restore to stock 4.0 and put up with it for now. I highly recommend you do NOT try this. As a reviewer, I had an obligation to, but since most of you are not, follow the advice and stay away.
Really though, people like the Dev Team and KaatjeNL are to blame here. When there aren't any official tools, people get desperate and try anything they can find. It's irresponsible to show off tools like that, getting people's hopes up, and then not release anything. Now, while this doesn't actually work, I believe MuscleNerd is wrong in that it can brick your baseband. I think he's mostly trying to scare people because of his issues with the creator of the PwnageTool mod because of some licensing nonsense that doesn't matter to the end-user. That said, DO NOT use this. While it can't brick your baseband, it can and will put you out anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour in order to restore after you find out it doesn't work.

By: Converseallstar95

Converseallstar95 — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:23:12 +0000

Dose this really work.

I cant find any evidence of it working and I would like to test it.
Please if it works for @Jailbreak iphone Can you provide some proof?

By: George

George — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:21:29 +0000

Good to know …

By: juni

juni — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:27:43 +0000

you are putting a lot cool information for the person like em who are completely addicted to Iphone ……..

keep it up the good work …

By: Jailbreak iphone

Jailbreak iphone — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:16:24 +0000

Thanks for your information..

I just tried the software and it is really work

Glad to find the information here

By: Justin Daigle

Justin Daigle — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:45:00 +0000

You are indeed correct that it will prevent your device from showing up in iTunes, and, as a result, keep it from activating. So while this jailbreak sorta works, it’s useless. It does NOT brick your baseband though. The Dev Team and KaatjeNL are simply fabricating lies because they are elitists who like to show off for months before releasing anything. If you do get stuck in the device not recognized issue, the tutorial on my blog for downgrading from 4.0 will work in this situation as well.