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iPhone Installer and new guides make hacking easier than ever

If you've been hesitant to hack your iPhone, a new UiKit package and a wealth …

Installer.appIf you're an iPhone owner (and perhaps even if you're not), chances are you've at least kept an eye on iPhone hacks like the Turbo SIM unlock, as well as on application development progress. Perhaps you've gotten a few hacks working, or maybe you'd like to do more with your iPhone but get scared off by lots of command line mumbo-jumbo. No matter what group you fall into, improved tools like and a slew of iPhone hacking guides will get your feet wet and allow you to do some more advanced tricks, all in no time flat. is a UIKit package manager for the iPhone, and is designed to let users easily download third-party iPhone apps over EDGE or WiFi. You can jailbreak your iPhone and install the package manager with only one command, which makes this a good choice of hack for people who want cool applications without much fuss. It's a beautifully simple tool, but if you haven't played with the command line much, I'd recommend following Gizmodo's detailed instructions to get up and running with

On the more complex side of things, tools like iPHUC give users more control over their iPhones by facilitating file transfers and the running of scripts. iPHUC requires you to be comfortable with the command line, but it's quite an improvement over previous tools used to get to the core of the iPhone's OS. If you'd like to try it out but think you might PHoneUtilityClient something up, Macworld has a long tutorial on jailbreaking the iPhone and installing SSH and other applications using iPHUC. Again, it's a bit command line heavy, but it will set you up to try some of the newer and wilder hacks, if you so desire. 

No matter what your expertise level, tools like and iPHUC highlight just how far iPhone hacking tools have progressed in a fairly short time. They're both worth a try if you'd like to start hacking your iPhone, but if you're still not comfortable tinkering with a $600 device, I'm sure there will be newer and more improved tools in the near future.

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