Installing iPhone hacks made easy with hands-on tutorial – Windows Edition (at last)

It has been only 2 days since folks at Gizmodo published the really helpful hands-on tutorial to load the updated version of "Installer.app" onto your iPhone making it very easy to install unauthorized third-party native applications (or iPhone hacks) onto your iPhone.
However, at that point the step by step guide was only available for MAC OS X users and the only advice I had for iPhone users who had Windows computers though not very helpful was to borrow their friend's MAC for 15 minutes to load "Installer.app" on your iPhone.  Not any more, as the great folks at Gizmodo have now published the Windows edition of the hands-on tutorial.

"Preparation:

• Download iBricker from here and the Installer application package from here.
• Connect your iPhone to your computer using the provided cable.
• Deactivate the iPhone automatic synchronization in iTunes before proceeding and close iTunes.

Steps:

• Run iBrickr. iBrickr is the Windows application that makes it dead simple to modify your iPhone, add and manage custom ringtones, and install third-party applications.
• It will guide you through the steps to do the Jailbreak, the process that will allow you to install Nullriver's Installer apps (as well as many other cool things.)
• Once you have performed the Jailbreak, install the Installer.pxl package from the Applications view.

Poll: Best iPhone Hacks

The iPhone hacking community has been working full steam on the latest and greatest iPhone hacks since its launch, let them know which iPhone hack you have liked the most. They deserve the credit for all the hard work, was it the unlocking of the iPhone, one of the iPhone customizations, one of the native iPhone application or iPhone game or an iPhone utility?
This is also your way of telling them what kind of iPhone hack you would like next?
I have created a list of iPhone hacks for you to vote on which is initially based on all the iPhone hacks articles posted @ iPhoneHacks.com.

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iFuntastic 2.1: Get custom ringtones, change carrier logo, reorder app icons on your iPhone

iPhone hacks are evolving from being only for those technically inclined to new GUI based tools being released to simplify the hacking process so even mortals like us could try them out. One of those GUI based tools was iFuntastic which had simplified the complicated procedure of getting custom ringtones on your iPhone.
bitSpilt, the iPhone hacking genius who had brought you iFuntastic has now released version 2.0 of the tool with improved functionality, added features and bug fixes.

iFuntastic v3.03: Install native iPhone applications, custom ringtones, support for PowerPC & lots more

Funstastic v3.03 is here and the good news for those who have PowerPCs is that the latest version of the iPhone hack now supports PowerPC. The other great enhancement is that the file browser will not only let you gain access to iPhone's file system it will also allows you to install the latest native iPhone application. Read on for more details.
bitSplit, after about 3 weeks of silence has just released v3.03 of iFuntastic and if v2.5 was great with the addition of the iPhone file browser, the latest version is even better. (see iPhoneHacks.com, iFuntastic v2.5 now also has a iPhone file browser)
So what's new? One of the limitations of the previous versions of iFuntastic was that it could be used only on only Intel based MAC computers, the good news is the new version now also supports PowerPC as promised. However, looks like Windows PC users will need to wait longer.

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The other new feature called "Unshackling" has been introduced in this version, basically this means that you do not need to un-jail or re-jail your iPhone for every modification instead it needs just one-time jail breaking. This method also does not require iTunes to be shut down while you are making modifications which was another limitation of the prevision version.

You can now use the file browser (called the file manager in this version) to not only gain access to iPhone's file system but it will also allow you to install the latest native iPhone applications or hacks including uploading of NES ROMs.