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• The iPhone Dev Team is an independent team of software developers which works on the Apple iPhone's operating system. The team considers Apple's Wireless Networks restriction and security measures unfair,TUAW.com: 'iPhone Dev Team' issues statement (September 25, 2007) and releases software to help users circumvent new security updates for the iPhone.

• Fast Facts

  1. Private group of independent computer programmers
  2. Releases software tools for the Apple iPhone
  3. Specializes in unlocking and jailbreaking tools
  4. Has released tools to circumvent all of Apple's security updates
  5. Does not accept payment or donationsOfficial Blog Post: Donations to /dev/null/ (July 10, 2008)
  6. An online scammer using the name "haRRo" posed as a member of the iPhone Dev Team in an attempt to take donation moneyGizmodo: False Hacker Poses as iPhone Dev Team Unlock Author, Tries to Grab $41,560 Donation (September 12, 2007)
  7. The real team members have stated that they do not accept any payment or donations for their projectsOfficial Blog Post: Donations to /dev/null (July 10, 2008)

• Notable Projects

  1. October 10, 2007: Jailbreaks iPhone 1.1.1 firmwareGizmodo: Hackers Break Into the Latest iPhone Firmware Again (October 8, 2007)
  2. October 16, 2007: Releases AnySIM, a program that unlocks iPhone 1.1.1 firmwareGizmodo: Free iPhone 11.1 Unlock is Here (October 16, 2007)
     • Made AnySIM open source on December 7, 2007Gizmodo: iPhone Dev Team Releases Open Source Unlock Software (December 7, 2007)
  3. January 24, 2008: Jailbreaks iPhone 1.1.3 firmwareGizmodo: iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak is Here! (January 24, 2008)
  4. February 8, 2008: Unlocks iPhone 1.1.3 firmwareGizmodo: iPhone 1.1.13 Firmware Unlock Available, Requires Command Line Voodoo (February 8, 2008)
  5. March 12, 2008: Releases Pwnage, software to jailbreak and unlock the beta version of iPhone 2.0 firmwareGizmodo: iPhone 2.0 Unlocked, Runs All Apps (March 12, 2008)
  6. July 19, 2008: Releases Pwnage 2.0, software to jailbreak and unlock the final version of the iPhone 2.0 firmware;Gizmodo: iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0 Now Available (Jailbreak and Unlock) (July 19, 2008) this version does not unlock the iPhone 3GGizmodo: First iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool Will Not Unlock iPhone 3G, says Dev Team (July 17, 2008)

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