I just got off a very strange call. Apparently, a complete stranger received a FaceTime request from me. “Butt Dial” right? no big deal. Not this time. At the time, i was in the middle of a FaceTime call with my dad. I am almost certain I know exactly when it happened because i noticed a call-waiting style interruption on our call. The first strange thing i noticed was that the incoming caller was my dad. The same dad, I was presently talking to. I rejected the call, thinking it was my dad accidentally calling from a different device. Then, moments later I get a mobile call from another LA number. This time from an irate husband demanding to know why I would FaceTime his wife. Unfortunately, I may have given them the wrong impression by asking questions of them. The IT guy inside me wanted to figure out what just happened. Needless to say, they didn’t enjoy being grilled. I barely had time to get out a few apologies, i don’t think they even realized that I hadn’t actually even called them. I did get some answers. They were not on a call at the time. They were not even on the device. My call history shows no outgoing calls save my dad. my dad’s history doesn’t show the missed call on my history from him. I am almost certain I will never know what actually happened. I am guessing that Apple FaceTime system might be a bit more duct tape and spit then we were lead to believe.
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Best encryption explanation yet!
Digital locks != physical locks
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)
TBT: Remembering Hacktivation and some trickery I did 4 years ago. . .
Back in the days of hacked bootloaders and software unlocks, iOS (or was it still iPhoneOS back then) hackers could build custom ispw(s) that could be installed directly upon the device. This wouldn’t just jailbreak, but it could install any number of 3rd party packages in one awesome sweep. I prepared just such a custom package. I wrote a post about it here. At the time, I hesitated to post the actual packages for obvious reasons. I do it today because i honestly don’t care and I was highly amused to recently discover that I never stopped hosting the files nor the instructions that I hastily wrote to aid a few friends.
Originally, these instructions were written to the winner of the auction for my phone. (I promised that i would help him upgrade the software without breaking the soft unlock). Back in those days, it was possible to sell a hacked and unlocked iPhone for more then the cost of upgrading to the new one. A helpful way to finance constant hardware upgrades.
iPhone takes another dump!
This morning I woke to see that I hadn’t plugged in my phone overnight. I plugged it in and continued to prepare my breakfast. I returned to find the boot screen staring ominously at me. It never booted. So much for my jailbreak. I tried a few things (force restart, safe mode, no luck). Oddly enough, my watch was still receiving txt messages- no other iMessage client was working at that time). Now i am restoring to last year. (lol – it’s only 2 weeks old)
My iPhone implodes just in time for iOS 9.1.
if you jailbreak, stay clear. If you want to restore your device, be careful. Apple is still singing 9.0.1/2 for now. not for much longer. I was forced to restore this morning. Luckily 9.0.2 was still available. There is no going backwards. 
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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iOS 8.4.1 released 8.4 Signing window is closing. . .
If you would like to restore your device for jailbreaking, now is the last chance for a while (probably until 9.0.1 or so). It is not difficult as long as Apple is still signing the earlier version. Simply visit https://ipsw.me/ and download the iOS version you wish to install (for us it is 8.4 for your device model). Once this file is downloaded, fire up iTunes select the summary screen for your device, hold option (or alt if you are on windows) and click restore. This will bring up an open dialogue and simply feed it the file you downloaded in the previous step. You will need to temporarily turn off Find My iPhone before you will be allowed to restore. Restoring creates a cleaner foundation for the jailbreak. It is not always required, but i highly recommend it. Soon, we will not be able to restore without loosing jailbreak. We want to ensure that our devices are functioning fully. That is why we jailbreak!
check status of apple signing:
http://api.ineal.me/tss/status
TaiG now has a mac version. Download jailbreak here:
http://www.taig.com/en/
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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