The game of cat and mouse between Apple and The iPhone Dev Team continues. If you have tried to use the latest iTunes 8 to unlock or jailbreak your iPhone or iPhone 3G you may have noticed this new error message when attempting to restore:

The iPhone Dev Team has always boasted that the current hacks they use to achieve a jailbreak cannot be solved unless Apple makes a hardware change. This is still true Apple has not closed the hole in the hardware that allows a jailbreak but instead is trying to detect the hack in the ipsw file before it reaches the device.

From the Dev Team:

one way they can try to combat Pwnage for existing hardware is to program iTunes to detect and prevent the Pwnage exploit.  In fact, they’ve already done that in iTunes 8.

If you need to downgrade back to iTunes 7.7.1 to complete a jailbreak or unlock you can find them in our iPhone Downloads section or use these direct links:

Download iTunes 7.7.1 Windows
Download iTunes 7.7.1 Mac OSX

Luckily the Dev Team was already anticipating this move and are prepared. (more…)

iTunes 8 is now available for download from Apple. Apple iTunes Download Page.

What’s New:

Genius Playlists
Meet Genius: a brilliant way to create perfect playlists. Play a song, click the Genius button, and iTunes creates a playlist of other songs from your library that go great together. Genius playlists help you discover songs in your library you never knew you had — and rediscover forgotten favorites.

Genius Sidebar
While you reacquaint yourself with the music you already own, let Genius introduce you to new music you’ll love. As you select songs in your library, the Genius sidebar displays songs from the iTunes Store that go great with it. The Genius sidebar won’t recommend songs already in your library, and you can preview and buy recommended songs directly from the sidebar.

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You may already know if you’ve launched iTunes recently, that Apple has released a new iPhone System Software Update 2.0.1. This update is just a bug fix patch and gives no new features. Always when a brand new update is released, if you are using an unlocked or jailbroken iPhone it is recommended that you ignore the update until different dev groups have time to update their tools.

Download iPhone Firmware 2.0.1 EDGE/2G iPhone1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw

Download iPhone Firmware 2.0.1 3G iPhone1,2_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw

Apple has released iTunes 7.7.1! According to Software Update, this update includes fixes to improve stability and performance.

Use iTunes 7.7 to sync music, video, and more with iPhone 3G, and download applications from the iTunes Store exclusively designed for iPhone and iPod touch with software version 2.0 or later. Also use the new Remote application for iPhone or iPod touch to control iTunes playback from anywhere in your home — a free download from the App Store.

iTunes 7.7.1 includes fixes to improve stability and performance.

Pick up iTunes 7.7.1 at Apple’s software update or at Apple.com

We’ve been getting quite a bit of mail about this lately, most of you probably didn’t jump the gun and install iTunes 7.7 but some of you did.

So you didn’t listen to our warnings about upgrading your lowly 2G/EDGE iPhone to v2.0 firmware and installing iTunes 7.7, now your phone is relocked and you have a really expensive iPod touch because you can’t make any phone calls.

Well everything you require to get your phone back is already available right here from our iPhone downloads section. Here is what you need:

First you’ll need to uninstall iTunes 7.7 then install iTunes 7.6.2 which we have for you here: Windows / Mac

You shouldn’t need to download it serpately but here is our link to iPhone Firmware v1.1.4

All you need to do is use iTunes to perform a full recovery and it will nicely downgrade your iPhone for you. Just turn off the phone plug it into your computer then press and hold both the power and home buttons for 10 sec, it will beep you can let go of the power but keep holding the home button down until iTunes has discovered the phone in restore mode.

Update: if you are having problems with a newer iPhone you may need to downgrade the baseband firmware. You can use a modded version of ZiPhone by kIREmk to achieve this available here: Windows / Mac

Apple released an updated version of iTunes. This latest version of iTunes is required for the iPhone 3G, Firmware 2.0, App Store and MobileMe.

Use iTunes 7.7 to sync music, video, and more with iPhone 3G, and download applications from the iTunes Store exclusively designed for iPhone and iPod touch with software version 2.0 or later. Also use the new Remote application for iPhone or iPod touch to control iTunes playback from anywhere in your home — a free download from the App Store.

Download iTunes 7.7: Apple.com

Weighing at a whopping 1.2 gigabytes (GB), The iPhone Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) has been updated to Beta 8 (build 9M2199a)! Alongside the SDK, Apple has also seeded iTunes 7.7 beta to developers!

New Features in iTunes 7.7:

• MobileMe Support – “Use MobileMe to have push email, push calendars, push contacts, and bookmarks delivered over the air to your iPhone.”
• “Applications” in iTunes Sync with the option to sync “All” or “selected” applications.

Stay tuned for more details about the SDK and iTunes 7.7 beta!

Download the iPhone SDK: developer.apple.com

Update: Ah! Those who upgraded to iTunes 7.5 may notice their custom ringtones have vanished. I was wondering what happened to mine and never pieced it together. After doing some research it would appear iTunes 7.5 wipes away any custom ringtones, that is once you re-establish a connection with the iPhone. Otherwise, everything else remains intact — or so it seems.

iTunes 7.5 is now available for download. It features a new method for activating the iPhone wherever service is offered.

iTunes 7.5 features the ability to activate iPhone wherever service is offered and support for Phase, a new interactive music game designed exclusively for iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod (fifth generation). This release also includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance.

It’s safe to upgrade — even if your iPhone is hacked/unlocked.

Furthermore, QuickTime 7.3 is also available. It includes some iPhone-specific updates…

• Support for iTunes 7.5
• Updated support for creating iPhone-compatible web content
• Updated JavaScript support in the QuickTime Web Plug-in
• Numerous bug fixes