If you were lucky, last Friday, you walked into an AT&T or Apple store and walked out with an iPhone 3G that you were told to “activate at home.” You, my friend, are one of the lucky ones who was able to purchase an iPhone 3G will little to no hassle (as far as unlocking goes). The iPhone Dev Team probably had a few of these lucky people, considering that their Pwnage tool will unlock the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPhone 3G with ease.

The software should be available to the public soon, but until then, watch the video after the jump to view the proof.
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Jailbreaking your iPhone is the norm nowadays. I’m pretty sure no one with an iPhone would be caught dead without some sort of third-party application installed. If you’re a fan of keeping it simple or kicking it old school, check out iDial, a rotary phone application for Apple’s Jesus Phone.

Add it to your iPhone and you’ll be able to relive the 1950s all over again. Dial a 4 with an exhilarating swipe of a finger. Fun. Just don’t try dialing whilst riding your bicycle.

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If you’re feeling a bit guilty about playing such havoc on your iPhone by adding third-party apps (or just don’t fear Apple might add in a secret self-destruct feature for jailbreak’d phones), here’s a tool that can reintroduce your iPhone to its original virgin state.

The iPhone Elite dev team has developed an application that will restore your iPhone back to its pre-jailbreak days. Technically, the program restores the seczone section of the iPhone, restoring the initial unlock code to its original contents. — Andrew Dobrow

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A teenage hacker claims to have found an easy way to allow third-party applications to be used on the iPod Touch. While this method doesn’t work on the iPhone (yet), which had its various bugs and app access fixed with the Apple 1.1.1 update, those of you who have bought an iPod Touch will be happy to know that there is an automated jailbreak program now available. We see the iPhone being more complicated, since for the iPod you have no need to unlock the device to use with other carriers (seeing as the iPod touch doesn’t have a phone feature).

So far this method only works for Intel Mac users, and isn’t exactly user-friendly just yet. You’ll have to have some extensive knowledge of the Apple touch platform to work this properly, so don’t go messing with your device just yet unless you know what you’re doing. — Andrew Dobrow

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