This is the low down on our tools for use with the 3.0 firmware from Apple, read the whole post in full before attempting anything. Because of some bugs and unexpected changes this will be a multipart release, starting with the release of PwnageTool for Mac OS X. QuickPwn for Mac OS X and Windows will follow sometime soon, please don’t bug us about it, we are working flat out to get everything finished to release them. - Simon Wicks

Who's doing it right now then? - Simon Wicks

this dude --------->--------- edit: not yet. Windows tool yet to be released it seems. - vijay

Win! - Simon Wicks

YES! - Cee Bee

OK... so what are the top three Jailbreak apps that every adventurous iPhone 3G user should install first? - Andy Bold

Praise the Lord and the dev team! - Josh Haley

I need to try this on my 2G. - Kevin Whalen from email

Andy, Qik and SBSettings. Then Cycorder if you wanna do videos too. Cant think of any others at the moment. - Simon Wicks

I cant download the torrent. I just get 'qprJcnTb.torrent(2).part' come down when i hit the link? - Simon Wicks

They've fixed it now :) - Simon Wicks

Already over 5000 seeds! Its oooonnnnn - Simon Wicks

Dev team have released easter eggs in this version. They have stephen fry saying different things when you trigger different action. Easter Egg #1 - Hold s + f + click the Pwnapple in "About PwnageTool" box.He says ' i love you iphone dev people, i love you so much it hurts' - Simon Wicks

W00t! W00t! Now I have something to do while waiting for blasted #Fedex to arrive! My prediction was wrong for Sunday... See, what the heck do I know? - Walt Ruppar

I guessed it would be today. :) - Simon Wicks

Need Windows version, as I am Mac-less. :( - Josh Haley

Awww, sorry Josh. What you need is a mac, not a windows version though :) - Simon Wicks

Is it just me or does the headband really round out the pineapple logo nicely? - Joshua Schnell

+10 Joshua :D - vijay

My phone is now pwned, currently restoring my backup... - Simon Wicks

What are the advantages to jailbreaking an iPhone? - John Ford

John. Lots of stuff Apple wont let you do. Themes, apps which they have said no too, live stream to the internet, video for the iphones which dont nativly have it now, and a whole load more stuff. :) - Simon Wicks

iPhone now offically running a compleatly un-official version of 3.0. Welcome back my beauty! - Simon Wicks

++Simon - Josh Haley

I see a new icon on my springboard called Icy... i ticked it in the setup not knowing what it does though, so, my fault :) - Simon Wicks

that's the replacement for Installer.app which RIPdev has killed off. - vijay

Ah right. never used that one anyway :) - Simon Wicks

Now to get rid of that damn second battery meter i have and get everything back on - Simon Wicks

PwnageTool keeps crashing on me:( - Shawn Hickman

did you drag it from the dmg to the desktop? - Simon Wicks

Wow, the torrent downloaded in ~3 minutes w/ a 75k max... Almost 6000 seeds now. Can't wait try it! @iphone_dev ROCKS! - Walt Ruppar

And it worked flawlessly... Some pics in my blog post: http://holgr.com/blog... - Holger Eilhard

Simon, yea. It crashes as it is creating the ISPW - Shawn Hickman

i still don't understand the reason they won't allow themes officially... but yay for this! - Robert de Castro

Dont know then Shawn im afraid. :( - Simon Wicks

It's ok. I will wait until later and then try again. Thanks. - Shawn Hickman

Qik wont load on mine, goes back to the springboard after i launch it. Anyone else having this problem? I've restarted a few times, all the same. - Simon Wicks

Been waiting a couple of days for this to drop, today I had to be away and then they release it. I swear they waited until I left the house! All done now, sync in progress, can't wait to get MY phone back. Thank you iphone_dev team - Keith Bennett

All sorted, everything is now back as it was before i updated to 3.0. except from sms borders i had :) Taken all evening, but worth it. - Simon Wicks

Hmmm, previous steps I used didn't seem to work... used AptBackup and I don't think all apps were ready for 3.0. I have a 8GB paperweight right now... LOL! Here's some tips for others: http://thebigboss.org/2009... - Walt Ruppar

Being lazy, so ... Bring on ultrasnow. - Jeff Gamble

Finally got the Jailbreak to work. Found out that PwnageTool was crashing because I have a PPC, so I borrowed my brother's Intel Mac and finished it up. I am a happy man:) - Shawn Hickman

My Visual Voice Mail isn't working with the jailbreak. Any one else having the problem? - Shawn Hickman