XWinPwn vs WinPwn - Winner is......

Well, yesterday I wrote about WinPwn 2.0 been released and I was going to try upgrading my 1.1.4 to 2.0. I tried today using WinPwn 2.0 and spent the best of the afternoon understanding and finally taking the plunge....only to encounter error 1600/1601 at the critical stage of upgrading the firmware. I thought that it would hang up my whole phone and make it unusable.

I spent almost three hrs trying WinPwn and was almost giving up when I chance about XWinPwn. A French boy (yes BOY..15 years old) wrote this using VB and release this before WinPwn 2.0. I was hesitant about using it but I still took the plunge.

It was easier than I had thought and was so much smoother and easier than WinPwn. The whole process of pwning it took about 15-20 mins only and I was up and running with v.2.0 on my 2G iPhone already. I am very glad and happy. So far all apps is working fine - jailbroken and unlocked. I was able to download apps from the App Store as well.

The WINNER is : XWinPwn..hands down

Here is how you go about upgrading it :

Prework :
1) download the v2.0 firmware for 1G/2G iPhone first. Don't choose the wrong FW.
2) Ensure your itunes is the latest ver (7.7)
3) Download xWinPwn
4) Install xWinPwn. Note the folder it is installed to.
5) Copy the 2.0 firmware you downloaded in step 1 to the same folder as step 4.

Upgrading :
1) Open xpwn.exe
2) Under 2G iphone, select "1. Create custom IPSW"
3) A terminal should appear and start building the ipsw
4) When the terminal disappears, click on "2. Start Pwnage" and follow the instructions on screen from here. The instructions are very clear and will advice you when to start itunes, when you connect your iphone, when to start DFU mode etc....
5) Once started, it will take about 15 - 20 mins before the whole upgrading completes
6) You are on Ver 2.0 NOW !!! Enjoy

If you have any issues, you may check back with me or comments in here. Good Luck !!