Archive for January, 2008

“Secret” key not SDK related, decrypts ramdisks

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

So much for the theory that this is the key to sign apps for iTunes deployment. George Hotz has figured out just what it does. From his blog: Strip the first 0x800 bytes from your >= 1.1.1 firmware ramdisk Run: openssl enc -d -in ramdisk.dmg -out de.dmg -aes-128-cbc -K 188458A6D15034DFE386F23B61D43774 -iv 0 Ignore ...

Dev-team releases 1.1.3 Jailbreak GUI on Installer

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

The dev-team has released yet another 1.1.3 Jailbreak, this time in the form of a GUI app you can install on your 1.1.2 iPhone/Touch directly from Installer. It runs as a native app so it should provide a much nicer user experience. As you can see from the screens above, ...

iPhone SDK Key leaked? UPDATE: Nope

Monday, January 28th, 2008

It appears the iPhone SDK key has leaked, well before the SDK itself. Trusted iPhone Elite dev Zibri has posted the following image on his blog, with no further explanation: The same key was also posted on this page of austinheap.com, with the title "BELIEVE IN iSDK." Digg user "austinheap", assumedly ...

Installer “main script execution failed” fix

Monday, January 28th, 2008

If you didn't update Installer BEFORE updating to 1.1.3, or did but still get this error and need to fix permissions, try entering these commands via ssh: cd / cd Applications/ wget http://repository.apptapp.com/packages/System/Installer.zip rm -rf Installer.app unzip Installer.zip chmod +s Installer.app/Installer chown -R root:wheel Installer.app rm Installer.zip This replaces your copy of Installer with the latest version, and sets ...

Official 1.1.3 Jailbreak fixed/re-released + Sync Fix (on Installer)

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

The Official dev-team jailbreak has been fixed and re-released. It is available to install directly from our Installer repo. Here is our complete guide: 1. You must be running 1.1.2 jailbroken. If you are on 1.1.1: install oktoprep, update to 1.1.2, and jailbreak. If you are on 1.1.3 already and want ...

Modiphone.net Forums Open

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

The comment system here doesn't provide enough interaction for enough trouble shooting and interaction. I hastily set up some forums (I promise, I will make them prettier in the near future). Feel free to ask questions and discuss all relevant topics...most pertinently, 1.1.3 trials and tribulations. Go forth and seek ...

[GUIDE] Official 1.1.3 Jailbreak released (on Installer.app)

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

NOTICE: This article is outdated. Please see the updated article here. A "proper" 1.1.3 jailbreak is now released, and politics aside, it is indeed more streamlined. It is now fully executed on the iphone/ipod, and correctly distinguishes between the two. You can download the files and follow the guide to manually ...

Alternate Dock for 1.1.3

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

I was messing around, trying to get the old iPod touch dock in 1.1.3, and this is what happened: If you like this look, it's a one click install via Installer. Just add http://www.modiphone.net/repo to your sources list, and it will be listed under modiphone.net. Uninstalling will revert back to the ...

iPod touch 1.1.3 App Enabler [UPDATED]

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Have a jailbroken 1.1.3? The iPhone apps are locked away in the firmware. Install the App Enabler to unlock them: 1. Add http://www.modiphone.net/repo to your Installer.app sources list. Refresh sources. 2. Install 1.1.3 Touch Apps under Modiphone.net Please note that there is ZERO copyrighted code in this package. All we are doing is ...

1.1.3 Jailbreak released! [UPDATED]

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

UPDATE: The jailbreak package is now available for Mac. Download mirror here. See Nate's site for further details. I told you it would happen, and here it is. Like the 1.1.2 jailbreak, this is an upgrade hack so it will require you to be running a jailbroken 1.1.1 or 1.1.2. If ...