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Add iPhone 2.0 to a Jailbroken First-Gen iPhone


If you're an original, EDGE-only iPhone owner who doesn't mind twiddling with hack-level software, you're in luck. Guides for adding the iPhone 2.0 software to your original unit have popped up on the APC Magazine and iPhone Hacks sites. Mac users should check out the link below, which utilizes the "PwnageTool," BootNeuter 2.0, and some manual hardware resets to enable Cydia, an Installer.app-type program that, well, doesn't have a lot available right now. If you're a Windows owner, head over to iPhone Hacks' guide, which is similar but requires a few more steps. We haven't had the chance to test either of these solutions yet on an original iPhone, but even if we had, we'd recommend syncing and backing up your iPhone before jumping into work-around hacks like these. Update: Here's what happened when we jailbroke the iPhone 2.0 software.

iPhone 2.0 hack: It took just nine days [via LH Australia]