Tag: iPhone

hardware, iPhone, Software, technology

Absinthe makes my iPhone 4s go down smooth!

| be3n

hot sugarThe long wait is finally over.  Due to the diligent efforts of EVERYBODY in the scene,  (@pod2g, @planetbeing, @saurik, @pimskeks, @p0sixninja, @MuscleNerd, and @xvolks) we can finally jailbreak our A5 devices.  iPhone 4s and iPad 2 are now jailbroken and untethered with the latest and most complex jailbreak to date.  Works with iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1.  Representing hundreds if not thousands of man hours (it even takes forever to run).  Enjoy!  i included a donate link at the bottom if you wish to buy them a beer.

Download Absinthe from Chronic:
http://greenpois0n.com

or Dev-Team Tools here:  (currently CLI only)
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

Donate to the combined effort. (despite paypal)

iPhone, Software, technology

Pounding my head against hactivation

| be3n

iphone looking goodLessons learned activating an unlocked iphone with iOS 5.0.1 and a neat activation workaround.  I have been working with the new iOS hacktivation in preparation of upgrading unlocked phones to 5.0.1.  i finally cracked it.  (not entirely happy with my method, but it works)  Tips for anyone madly googling answers . . .

Short answer is SAM, (don’t hacktivate) but if you want to create a bundle using PwnageTool, you will want to add these repos:
http://files6.thebigboss.org/repofiles/cydia/dists/stable/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/Packages
http://apt.modmyi.com/dists/stable/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/Packages

Lastly, you will want a list of packages required to make it all work (only necessary for building it into custom bundles).  If you are using Cydia to install it, you won’t need this, skip down to the trick about temporarily activating.

Packages:
ACUtil
Core Utilites
Erica Utilities
Mobile Substrate
PreferenceLoader
SAM
SAMPrefs
Stockify
Substrate Safe Mode
UIKit Tools
libhide
libpar2
libsigc++
ultrasn0w (not really required unless you are unlocking)

Dangerous Activation Workaround
If you are caught locked out of your phone and unable to run anything, here is a trick that can get you out for a sec.  (not a long term solution at all).  First off, warning, if you aren’t quick your phone will actually call emergency services (911).  that being said, here goes. . .

First slide the slider to enter the setup wizard.  At any time, you can press the Home button and select Emergency Call.  Upon the dialpad dial 112 Send.  As soon as you press send, hold the sleep (top) button until the power slider appears.  Touch cancel, then tap the green bar to return to the call in progress and end it as soon as possible.  At this time, it should exit the wizard and return you to the home screen.  Quickly install SAM with cydia, because as soon as you power down, or even sleep the phone, you will be locked out all over again.

hardware, iPhone, technology

JailbreakMe.com is back! This time iPad 2 can play!

| be3n

Despite numerous problems and unrelenting deadlines @comex has come through yet again with another fantastic jailbreak! When an unfinished beta of the latest iPad2 jailbreak was leaked, we all new that the window for this exploit was rapidly closing. Apple simply cannot allow userland exploits to exist (for obvious reasons). I am delighted that all the iPhone-dev guys got their act together and released. What are you waiting for JailbreakMe.com.

hardware, iPhone, Software, technology

Limera1n on our parade.

| be3n

in typical geohot fashion, he released his new jailbreak limera1n out of nowhere without consulting the rest of the scene (or even much testing). At the time of this post, there are already four updates to his tool. Chronicdev and Dev-team are quickly updating their own tools to use the limera1n exploit. This way, they can save SHAtter for a later release. Limera1n and SHAtter are bootrom exploits. This means they cannot be patched out with a software update. However, they themselves are tethered jailbreaks. They rely on the hard work of @comex to patch the kernel and make it untethered. Limera1n does have the advantage of supporting more then just a4 devises (new bootrom 3GS owners cheer). Unlockers beware, updating to an unmodified ipsw will break your unlock possibly for a long time.

hardware, iPhone, Software, technology

iPhone is about to SHAtter!

| be3n

Ever since @pod2g discovered a new bootrom exploit we’ve all been patiently waiting for an update to our favorite tools.   Well, @MuscleNerd announced today that a beta of PwnageTool has already been developed to utilize the exploit.   @chronicdevteam has tools in the works as well.  Though i anxiously await the release of @greenpois0n, it is PwnageTool that will allow me to update my iPhone4 without endangering my baseband and killing my unlock.

What does this mean to you?  well, i’ll tell you since you asked.  It means that EVERY iOS devise ALL A4 devices (iPhone 4, Tough 4g, iPad, Apple TV 2) will be jailbreakable regardless of iOS version.  This is good news for anyone who “accidentally” updated or who purchased their device after apple fixed the jailbreakme.com exploit.  Now although this exploit cannot be fixed with an iOS update, it is still very important to back up your shsh blobs to ensure that you can utilize the tools that all these guys have worked so hard on.  Don’t get too excited.  No new baseband exploit has yet been announced, so all you unlockers running 4.0.2 or greater are still doomed.  lets hope they’re sitting on one for 4.2 or it’s going to be a cold and lonely winter.

Culture, hardware, iPhone, Media, movies, music, technology, television

Apple Announced. . . blah blah blah whatever.

| be3n

Those of you who don’t know, apple announced a few new toys a couple of days ago.  my lackluster post is due mostly to the underwhelming release.  Mostly announcing features that have been obviously lacking since the iPhone first hit the scene over 3 years ago.

Among their offerings is Apple TV: a cheaper apple tv with a smaller footprint and no storage.  Designed to promote more rentals from the apple store, most of the exciting features are “Coming Soon” undoubtedly to coincide with iOS 4.1 or 4.2.  New iPod Touch with everything you’ll find on iPhone 4 except for GPS, (because that might actually be useful).  Cool to see FaceTime on the iPods though.  New Shuffle combines the inovations of the last model with the usability of earlier ones.  The Nano was a mixed bag.  joining the iOS family with this version they remove it’s camera and video playback capability.  It is unclear if it will ever get the benefits of iOS such as apps.  Touch screens are cool, but if there aren’t apps, i’d rather have buttons and play videos.   Lastly, iTunes 10.  As if iTunes wasn’t a bloated POS already, now it is it’s own social network: Ping.  Caught between wanting to be blip.fm and last.fm, Ping offers me nothing but more iTunes Store Spam.  At least i hear they’ve finally added some threading.  My biggest complaint about previous iTunes is that it does so much and often gets a little shall we say “Pinwheely.”  It’s usually when i’m importing new tracks or syncing/restoring an iDevice.  Of all it’s many features, the ONE thing i EXPECT itunes to do is control my music!  at that, it often fails.  Let’s see if this new version will improve their already abysmal record.

Jailbreakers or Unlockers Note:  iTunes is safe, but you will want to hold off on the inevitable iOS updates.  if you saved your blob you can always go back, but not with your baseband, so unlockers should especially be careful.