A warning for all you iPhone jailbreak enthusiasts: Apple’s newest OS software update contains quite a stink bomb–10.5.6 disables the Pwnage tool, making you unable to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone or iPod Touch.
The update prevents jailbreaking by disabling the software at the computer level, a step up from what the company usually does: release a firmware update that re-locks the iPhone. Now it’s stopping your Mac from recognising the device in DFU (device firmware update) mode by inflicting new code on the USB ports on Apple computers.
While the iPhone Dev Team is no doubt working to figure out a new hack around this, some are reporting that the simplest way to work around the update for now is to copy some of the 10.5.5 framework files over the newer ones… or not update. [Information Week and Spaziocellulare]
Ben
December 16, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Using any USB hub will allow iTunes to recognize it.
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December 17, 2008 at 5:45 AM
Both Pwnage Tool and my jailbroken iPhone are just fine after the update… Like many things with Apple, it may well depend on individual configurations. But, I can confirm that my 1st Gen iPhone remains jailbroken, unlocked. And Pwnage tool is not disabled.
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