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“SHAtter” developed by @pod2G, is well on its way toward finding a jailbreak for the iPod Touch 4th Generation.
This early in the game, I’m quite pleased they have already found some holes in Apple’s code.
The dev team comments that this jailbreak solution is far faster than the one set up by pwnagetool (which is reserved more toward iPhone 4 users)
Here is a video of SHAtter!
I will update you as soon as this becomes a user friendly reality.
Apple TV and SHAtter:
It’s looking like SHAtter is going to be the gift that keeps on giving. Even though the new AppleTV isn’t yet in people’s homes, the firmware is available on Apple’s normal public distribution servers and SHAtter has been used to decrypt its keys! The main filesystem (“Mojave8M89.K66OS”) key for 018-8609-066.dmg is:
31c700a852f1877c88efc05bc5c63e8c7f081c4cb28d024ed7f9b0dbc98c7e1406e499c6
If you’re familiar with vfdecrypt, you can use that key to decrypt the image and mount it.
pretty cool thing this SHAtter.
If you want to follow their twitter updates directly click here!
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Good News!
The dev team has released a new, beta version of RedSn0w for the:
iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G at:
Firmware 4.1 and 4.0.
Considering the specificity of these hacks, I give big time props to the dev team.
Their hack uses similar exploits and reveals nothing new to Apple.
A urgent message:
IF YOU USE THE ULTRASN0W UNLOCK, PLEASE WAIT FOR PWNAGETOOL TO SUPPORT 4.1. DO NOT USE REDSN0W.
To use 4.1, you NEED to already have updated to 4.1 officially (through Apple); if you do that, you can potentially lose the ultraSn0w unlock forever.
Currently, THIS IS ONLY FOR MAC OS X, windows coming soon!
Caveats:
iPod Touch 2G “MC” versions will, unfortunately be tethered.
===== How do I use it? ====
If you’ve already updated your device to 4.1 or 4.0, the next steps are:
- Launch the beta redsn0w 0.9.6b1
- Select your stock 4.1 or 4.0 ipsw (you’ve already used this to update your device to 4.1 or 4.0)
- Select “Install Cydia” and any of the other options shown above, then click “Next”. Use DFU mode to install the jailbreak.
Note: If you choose to “Enable battery percentage”, you actually toggle that off and on via Settings->General->Usage.
===== Download links =====
Mac OSX x86
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So, as the dev team comments, all those new iPhone users are quite unsure if accepting the new iOS updates will erase their jailbreak and/or unlock.
Jailbreakers are safe: Those of you who have TinyUmbrella or Cydia can make backups of your FW hashes and will be able to save your ability to re-jailbreak your device.
BUT…
Unlockers will not retain this ability. And as the Dev team says:
There’s currently no known way to revert your baseband — if you update your baseband you’ll lose the ultrasn0w unlock, possible forever.
So, please stay away from the 4.1 release until a safe jailbreak procedure (aka. one that also preserves ultrasn0w) is found.
* As for those of you who enjoy the miracle of Jailbreakme.com v.20. . . I am sorry to announce that any new devices from Apple, that have been pre-loaded with any firmware above:
4.0.2/3.2.2.
will not be enjoying its miracles. Apple has closed the hole that allowed JBM to arise from the dead. . . again. Luckily:
Those of you who had Cydia capture your SHSH blobs, or those of you who captured them locally, will always be able to benefit from the jailbreakme.com v2.0 release. Congratulations!
Of course, there will be those that seek to for a jailbreak for devices that come installed with 4.0.2/3.2.2 devices?
The answer is, justifiably, no.
Dev’s reasoning:
FW 4.0.2/3.2.2 was *only* released to fix the jailbreakme hole. With FW 4.1 still in its beta stages, it makes no sense to escalate the “cat & mouse” with Apple for FW updates that only fix the jailbreak holes. To quote WOPR, “the only winning move is not to play”If the cat & mouse game escalates too quickly, especially during beta FW periods, nobody but Apple benefits. For this reason, there won’t be a 4.0.2/3.2.2 jailbreak specifically during the period where 4.0.2/3.2.2 is the latest public release. At best, some future 4.1x FW jailbreak *may* be compatible with 4.0.2/3.2.2 (but don’t count on that).
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Although a verizon iPhone has been rumored for years. . . I’m still hopeful and will grasp on to any rumor I can. The following rumor supports a CDMA based iPhone which could cater to both Sprint and/or Verizon:
I don’t know anything about negotiations with Verizon, and I doubt anyone does other than the highest-level executives at both companies. But I do know that engineering-wise, the wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4. It’s certainly not in production yet, and hasn’t reached DVT status (device verification test – like Gray Powell’s infamous stolen unit), but it is, a few little birdies claim, at EVT (engineering verification test). That’s one step below DVT, which is one step below production. So it’s right about where you’d think it would be if it were scheduled to go on sale in January. The CDMA iPhone is no longer a cold storage, keep-it-alive-just-in-case-we-need-it project.
To the best of my knowledge Apple has never gotten this far along producing a probable solution to AT&T’s terrible reception problem. The source, Gruber, claims that it is still not a “sure” thing but that we should definitely keep our eyes peeled.
Supposedly, according to Petragon, the CDMA iPhones are due for production in December and release in January.
I’ll keep my eyes peeled.
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I wrote an article about this a while back, and a similar rumor of a 7 inch iPad seems to have made its way back into the blogosphere.
Currently, the iPad has a 9.7 inch diagonal lcd screen.
Apparently, Apple believes a 7 inch iPad has a good market as well.
Digitimes, iLounge, AppleRummors, and IDG news all share reports that this 7 inch iPad is in the works for this coming Christmas.
The Economic Daily reports that Taiwanese companies have won a number of component contracts for the iPad 2. Chimei Innolux will supply 7-inch LCD screens, which use the same IPS (in-plane switching) technology found in the original iPad, which improves viewing angles and color on LCD screens. Touchscreen technology for the screens will come from Cando Corporation, the report says.
keep you updated
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Apple’s recent iOS 4.0.2 release had two, main purposes.
1. Close up some PDF exploites
2. Disable Jailbreakme.com from working
Of course, I am most concerned with the latter but the former also poses some problems.
The problem, apple’s release only helps out the newer devices and leaves the older models out in the sun. Fortunately, the dev team is very considerate and has released a patch that removes the exploit for all users.
The fix is installable via Cydia itself now (search for “PDF Patch”). To test that it’s working properly, visit jailbreakme.com again. After you slide to jailbreak, you should no longer see a dialog box pop up (you’ll just see the star background). That means you’re no longer vulnerable!
We love you dev team!
So, do this:
DO NOT INSTALL iOS 4.0.2 -> unless, of course, you want to lose your jailbreakme
INSTALL the PDF Patch in Cydia
Rejoice!
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If the exhaustive eight step install process I posted a few weeks ago is a bit too long or complex, here is a new, easier, and faster way to accomplish the same thing: install flash on your:
iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, or iPad
step 1. A jailbroken device is necessitated so if you haven’t already, here is tutorial.
step 2. Then simple open Cydia > Manage > Sources
step 3. Edit source and add http://repo.benm.at
step 4: Download Frash and install it!!
have fun,
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Well, after an extended vacation, Comex has brought back Jailbreakme 2.0!
This miraculous jailbreak solution is so amazingly simple. Merely go to:
www.jailbreakme.com
or
www.jailbreakme.modmyi.com
on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch to start the process.
Once there the on-screen instructions will baby you through the jailbreak.
* Jailbreakme works on the following devices:
- iPod Touch 1G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPod Touch 1G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPod Touch 2G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPod Touch 2G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPod Touch 2G on iOS 4.0
- iPod Touch 3G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPod Touch 3G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPod Touch 3G on iOS 4.0
- iPad on iOS 3.2
- iPad on iOS 3.2.1
- iPhone 3G on iOS 3.1.2
- iPhone 3G on iOS 3.1.3
- iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0
- iPhone 3G on iOS 4.0.1
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 3.1.2
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 3.1.3
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 4.0
- iPhone 3G[S] iOS on 4.0.1
- iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0
- iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0.1
Check out more jailbreak solutions here on our official jailbreak help page.
have fun!
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Well, Mac Rumors confirms, the iPod Touch with camera is coming very soon. For the past two years, Apple has updated its iPod Touch product line during the month of September. Since they have only been making them for 3 years, I think this next one will follow suite and pop up in two months.
The current, realistic I might add, speculation concerns the iPod Touch 3 having a 3.2 MP camera (just like the iPhone 3gs). Now you may ask, “well why not an iPhone 4 like camera?” The issue here in-lies in the size of the iPod Touch Model. If Apple keeps their current size and style, which in my opinion is getting a bit old, then there is almost no chance that the new iPod touch will contain any camera over 3.2 MP.
Now, we cannot abandon the reasoning that technology has advanced considerably in the past year or so; and maybe Apple has found a way to fit a smaller camera in the same old housing.
Personally, I hope for a brand new, remastered device.
Additionally, Digitimes reports that the new device will be capable of supporting video and photo as well as sport the new A4 processor currently found within the iPhone 4.
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According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Verizon is to sell the iPhone starting this coming January. I know what you’re thinking: what is the reliability of this rumor?
Well, I can’t promise anything but this rumor seems to have some very reliable signs.
Bloomberg states,”
The device will be available to customers in January, according to the people, who declined to be named because the information isn’t public. Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman, and Jeffrey Nelson, a Verizon Wireless spokesman, declined to comment.
Estimates place the number of verizon iphone buyers at 3 million (out of 92.8 million) at the end of the first quarter.
Another source accurately states, ” It’s had to ignore the quality issues that AT&T has faced”
Another big news tidbit is that Verizon Wireless plans on building a high-speed fourth- generation network unto which it plans to unveil several devices that will run on the new technology in January at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Good show.
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