iPhone Dev Team

The iPhone Dev Team is a group of influential hackers among the iPhone community responsible for a number of widely-used jailbreaking and unlocking applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices. These provide owners with the ability to sidestep the limitations placed on devices by the manufacturer, allowing for activities such as deep customization and SIM unlocking. The team is notable for discouraging the practice of warez^{[citation needed]}, and its team members take great care to ensure all releases are free from Apple's copyrighted code. This has been suggested as a possible reason for the lack of communication from Apple about the team's activities.^{[citation needed]}

The iPhone Dev Team communicate with the wider community through a variety of methods, but the regularly-updated blog provides current release information and progress reports.

History

Needed - mention formation, notable release dates, current activities

Members

As of January 2009, the team consists of the following members: asap18, bgm, Bugout, bushing, c1de0x, chris, dinopio, drudge, Fred_, ghost_000, gray, iZsh, jim–, MuscleNerd, netkas, np101137, penisbird, planetbeing, pr3d4t0r, pumpkin, pytey, roxfan, saurik, Turbo, w___, wizdaz, and Zf.

Additionally, members of the wider community online contribute to the efforts of the Dev Team, chiefly communicating through the Hackint0sh IRC server; notably, developer poorlad is involved in the maintenance of QuickPwn on the Windows platform.

Team member bushing is also involved with the Wii hacking team "Twiizers".

Released tools

Needed - brief summary of PwnageTool, QuickPwn & yellowsn0w with version info and links to release blog posting

Controversies

Needed - mention issues with Zibri, mention problems with Jody Sanders

External links

iPhone Dev Team blog — Official blog of the team, regularly updated with progress and release information
iPhone Dev Team portal — Documentation portal, detailing lower-level technical specifics
Release downloads — User page on the The Pirate Bay, with torrent downloads of all current releases
Twitter feed

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