When an application crashes on the iPhone and even causes it to immediately reboot, you would no longer see the Apple logo... instead its replaced by a bitten pineapple! That's the hackers little prank, and its a little annoying afew a while (yes, my iPhone has rebooted that many times already).
You can get around this by repeating the PwnageTool process again but digging into the Advanced settings instead, and unchecking the two custom logos. The resultant custom firmware will have the Apple Logo at bootup restored.
One other thing about PwnageTool is that it automatically builds in the Cydia application installer.
From some reports on the web, like Hackint0sh.org and everythingicafe.com, some of the stability and performance issues cited by users on firmware 2.0 have pointed fingers at Cydia for running its own version of BSD Subsystem on the iPhone.
I'm considering to try the Advanced mode again to remove Cydia, and see how it runs. Will update this blog when its done. In all honesty, I am very happy with using the AppStore, and will be ok with not using Cydia or Installer to run 3rd party apps.
And lastly, while not directed at PwnageTool, I have noticed that iTunes keeps throwing this this weird alert everytime I connect the iPhone to the USB dock: "An update to the carrier settings for your iPhone is available. Would you like to download it now?"
Whether you select Cancel, or Update, nothing really happens. It might be only applicable to those units on official networks, in that it updates the APN settings for the data transmissions, IP addresses, etc. But that's no use to me, and thankfully it causes no harm. No word yet on how to avoid this annoying little critter, but at least it hasn't stopped my phone from working!
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