Archive for the ‘Firmware’ Category

Custom firmware images–Jailbreak and more through iTunes

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Instead of dealing with all these jailbreaking tools, wouldn't it be nice to build a custom image --pre-hacked and pre-loaded with software--and simply load it on your phone via iTunes? Thanks to the iPhone Dev Team, this will soon be a reality. In what they are calling the "Pwnage Project", you ...

iPhone SDK released: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

It's finally official: the iPhone SDK is available for download at Apple.com (download link appears to be down atm). Here are the details you need to know... The Good -The SDK is free to anyone who wants to check it out. -They will allow publishers to release their apps for FREE -Developers can set ...

Firmware 1.1.4 released, ZiPhone support coming soon

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Firmware 1.1.4 has been released, but you may want to hold off on upgrading if you are jailbroken. ZiPhone reportedly works, but Zibree warns further testing is needed, and adjustments need to be made. The firmware update appears to just be bug fixes, so you aren't missing out on anything ...

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 ...

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 ...

[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NOTICE: This article is outdated.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 ...

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 ...

Multiple exploits found, 1.1.3 Jailbreak coming soon!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Multiple exploits have been found! That means the dev teams can keep one hidden away in their arsenal, and release a 1.1.3 jailbreak sooner rather than later. Information is scarce, but the best I can provide is that the iPhone/Touch Dev teams are working on software/scripts to make the process ...

1.1.3 is the “SDK firmware”?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

As you continue to grumble about the 1.1.3 jailbreak method not being released, some interesting information has surfaced. While the dev teams are keeping the jailbreak private as they await the release of the SDK--and the subsequent firmware to enable software distribution--it's possible that 1.1.3 might just be THE firmware. Nate ...