Times like these, you just have to wait. (and hope nothing else breaks)
Category: hardware
Amazing timing. I just got that. . .
For the past few days, I have been gathering the pieces for a project I finally started tonight. The strange part is that until tonight, I didn’t know that I’d be on this project. It involves an old iOS device, custom payloads, older Mac OS and especially old Xcode. It is as if it touched on everything i had been blogging about this week. Nothing new. Just stuff I was letting myself forget. None of it works with any of the newer devices (explains all the old code). It also involved finding my old methods or rediscovering them. When I’m done, I will pack it up nicely, document it thoroughly and hopefully never have to redo this part of the work again. Thanks for the much needed distraction, now back to work. (the gif above is from a very early payload from 2010 with much help from eric)
Great work Pangu! Jailbreak 9-9.0.2!
Once again, Chinese team Pangu drops a public iOS jailbreak for all the devices presently released including the new iPhone 6s/+. The usual warning about backing up your devices and that most of the software on cydia must be updated to work with the OS. We know that 9.1 is already in the pipe. I hope no unnecessary bugs were burned. Taig did amazing work in iOS 8 to ensure that their bugs were released at the perfect time for maximum effect and user elation.
Only windows app presently. My windows virtual machine decided to implode this morning, so i used my gaming PC to get it done. (my new windows VM is still updating)
I was successful jailbreaking my iPhone 6s+ that had been OTA updated to iOS 9.0.2. Strangely, I received no confirmation screen upon success. Pangu recommends restoring your device directly to 9.0.2 instead of using the update feature on your device.
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These guys have cooler projects then I, but they are helpful and kind. I am much smarter having visited.
Apple announces small changes that signify an exciting direction!
Apple’s big announcement today turned out to be more small enhancements that add up to exciting developments. First off the rundown, iPhone 6s/6s Plus hits stores the 25th. Faster, better camera, haptic feedback, force touch, and rose gold. New iPad Pro with 2732?by?2048 12.9″ screen, a keyboard case, and a stylus! Hits stores November. (also a new iPad Mini) The Apple TV, got a complete rebuild with amazing looking features, but no delivery date. Also some new Watch styles and bands or whatever.
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I got a new solid ink printer!
I have been following the Solid Ink system for a while now. Since Xerox started shipping printers in 2002 (the tech goes way back to the 80s). It seemed like the best of both the Ink and Laser world. The quality of ink crossed with the maintenance schedule and availability of Laser. My interest in this has intensified as my Ricoh laser printer entered it’s twilight years. I’ve been shopping around for a while now and when I found a great printer at a great price, I ordered it. I selected the ColorQube 8580.
My Ricoh was a pretty good printer. It has over 12,000 prints on it and it came up on needing another set of color toner ($250 for that machine). Ironically, it was in exactly this condition when I had originally acquired this printer over 5 years ago. At the time, I was flipping ink printers every year.
Finally upgraded firmware of a critical piece of my network!
For years now I have been terrified of one particular network device. This high end device requires a service contract from it’s manufacturer to be eligible for software upgrades and as such had been neglected for some time. I couldn’t use it the way I wanted or hardly at all for fear that it would be compromised via the Heartbleed vulnerability. Forced to relegate this amazing appliance to be firewalled far from the prying packets of the Internet at large.
Finally, with some licensing help from a friend, it’s firmware is finally current! It can once again take it’s place as the core of my network without the fear of being instantly owned. Thank you Adam once again for all your help. Let this be a lesson to hardware venders. Don’t force people to pay service contracts just for security upgrades. Your bugs, your job to fix.
8.4 is out. TaiG Jailbreak updated!
Wow, great timing guys. Wonderful work. I just hope you fixed the little setreuid() bug that allows root privilege escalation from any running app. It’s nice to have a phone that cannot be reboot by a txt message. Now that app developers have had some time to update their apps/manifests the jailbreak experience is looking glorious.
Side note: 8.3 is still being signed. Check this site for current signing status. @notcom of TinyUmbrella also says save your blobs! We have yet to learn what magic they have in store for us.
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