Apple Counters PwnageTool In iTunes 8, Patches Well Under Way

Edward Kirk · September 11th, 2008, 10:52 AM

While the Dev Team asserts that there is nothing Apple can do short of changing their hardware to remove the bug exploited by their Pwnage Tool, they did try in iTunes 8. The team wrote in their blog today that the new iTunes software will detect when a Pwnage exploit is taking place and prevents it from going through.

Currently, if you connect an un-Pwned device to iTunes 8 and try to Pwn it, you will get the following message:

The Dev Team says they will be working on a complete set of patches for all of the devices to counteract Apple's counermeasure for the next week, and already have the one for the iPod touch finished.

deise boy · September 11th, 2008, 11:15 AM #2

bollox

deise boy · September 11th, 2008, 11:38 AM #3

anyone ancy 7.7.1 again .. why not itunes 8 although backuos in a few minutes its no big deal ..
but a big deal to us looking to make the iphone our phone??????

http://www.mininova.org/det/1653528

deise boy · September 11th, 2008, 11:40 AM #4

sorry about the spelling i was in a rush

September 11th, 2008, 11:53 AM #5

Actually I did manage to bypass the iTunes 8 error, during my third try to jaibreak iphone using Pwnage Tool and custom restore file. So don't give up, keep trying and custom restore will get through.

September 11th, 2008, 04:45 PM #6

September 13th, 2008, 12:09 PM

I got the message box but quitted iTunes, disconnected iPhone, plugged back in and started iTunes. Had no problem syncing. This was on a mac.

doctorb · October 13th, 2008, 04:24 PM

If you do the pwnage process with PwnageTool (v2.1), put your iPhone into recovery mode and try to restore via iTunes 8.x, you'll end up with the error message that has been written about multiple times.
Try the following: Disconnect the iPhone and quit iTunes, start the iPhone - it should still boot on the previous SW.
Then connect to iTunes again and choose "set up as a new iPhone", unselect all options and click "continue".
You now have an "untitled playlist" or whatever you chose to call it.
After reconnecting again, you have the option to restore the iPhone without going though the recovery mode.
Option-click the "restore" button, navigate to you custom-IPSW made with PwnageTool and off you go!
This worked for me several times with an unlocked and jailbreaked US-iPhone (1st gen, 2G) that otherwise I could not get onto iPhone SW 2.1

Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	September 11th, 2008, 04:45 PM #6
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Yawn

Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	iTunes 8 and iPhone pwned - September 13th, 2008, 12:09 PM #7
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	I got the message box but quitted iTunes, disconnected iPhone, plugged back in and started iTunes. Had no problem syncing. This was on a mac.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Apple Counters PwnageTool In iTunes 8, Patches Well Under Way - September 11th, 2008, 10:52 AM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> While the Dev Team asserts that there is nothing Apple can do short of changing their hardware to remove the bug exploited by their Pwnage Tool, they did try in iTunes 8. The team wrote in their blog today that the new iTunes software will detect when a Pwnage exploit is taking place and prevents it from going through. Currently, if you connect an un-Pwned device to iTunes 8 and try to Pwn it, you will get the following message: The Dev Team says they will be working on a complete set of patches for all of the devices to counteract Apple's counermeasure for the next week, and already have the one for the iPod touch finished. __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

deise boy Rocks the Board Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: ireland Posts: 283 Thanks: 46 Thanked 30 Times in 29 Posts	September 11th, 2008, 11:15 AM #2
	bollox

deise boy Rocks the Board Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: ireland Posts: 283 Thanks: 46 Thanked 30 Times in 29 Posts	September 11th, 2008, 11:38 AM #3
	anyone ancy 7.7.1 again .. why not itunes 8 although backuos in a few minutes its no big deal .. but a big deal to us looking to make the iphone our phone?????? http://www.mininova.org/det/1653528

deise boy Rocks the Board Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: ireland Posts: 283 Thanks: 46 Thanked 30 Times in 29 Posts	September 11th, 2008, 11:40 AM #4
	sorry about the spelling i was in a rush

Bojan Guest Posts: n/a	September 11th, 2008, 11:53 AM #5
Bojan Guest Posts: n/a	Actually I did manage to bypass the iTunes 8 error, during my third try to jaibreak iphone using Pwnage Tool and custom restore file. So don't give up, keep trying and custom restore will get through.

doctorb Forum Lurker Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A way to circumvent the problem with iPhone SW 2.1 and iTunes 8 - October 13th, 2008, 04:24 PM #8
	If you do the pwnage process with PwnageTool (v2.1), put your iPhone into recovery mode and try to restore via iTunes 8.x, you'll end up with the error message that has been written about multiple times. Try the following: Disconnect the iPhone and quit iTunes, start the iPhone - it should still boot on the previous SW. Then connect to iTunes again and choose "set up as a new iPhone", unselect all options and click "continue". You now have an "untitled playlist" or whatever you chose to call it. After reconnecting again, you have the option to restore the iPhone without going though the recovery mode. Option-click the "restore" button, navigate to you custom-IPSW made with PwnageTool and off you go! This worked for me several times with an unlocked and jailbreaked US-iPhone (1st gen, 2G) that otherwise I could not get onto iPhone SW 2.1