The latest iPhone OS 1.2 (dubbed 2.0) is currently only available to accepted members of the official iPhone development program, installation of the beta 1.2 OS is only possible via a a special signature from Apple.
However, it is rumoured that an undergroup group have discovered a method of bypassing this special digital signal and installing a modified edition of OS 1.2 through the use of a tool named “Pwnage"which is used to leverage an exploit found in the lower levels of the iPhone/iPod Touch bootloader.
The bootloader exploit will allow those devices to run unsigned code, allowing Pwnage to modify the iPhone OS 1.2 IPSW (installation file), pre-activating and pre-jailbreaking it.
[via iPhone Atlas]
April 13, 2008
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Yeah, it’s right. There’s a leak of 2.0 out already, too. If you look around on torrent sites, one torrent sports both 2.0 for iPod and iPhone. It’s not a healthy torrent at the moment, though.