Friday, November 27, 2009

The “My Account” iPhone App from Rogers / Fido

A few months ago, Rogers and Fido updated their websites to provide customers with the ability to view their wireless usage in almost real-time. The information was updated every four hours and gave users a great tool to track wireless usage.

To expand on that functionality and to set themselves apart from the other two Canadian iPhone carriers, Rogers and Fido have released new apps called “My Account”. The apps require no inputting of account credentials and simply pull everything from your iPhone network connection and SIM card.


Both Rogers and Fido each have their own version of the app and both apps provide customers with their wireless usage. Like the website, users can see minutes, text message and data usage right from their iPhone, which updates every 20 minutes instead of four hours as on the Rogers/Fido websites. The apps also allow customers to view their current balance and make a payment via credit card.


These apps do not support Corporate Paid/Reimbursed Accounts or Prepaid accounts. You also must be on 3G or EDGE for the apps to retrieve your account information. If you are on WiFi, you will have to turn WiFi off and connect to 3G or EDGE. This is annoying but hopefully a fix for this will come in the future.


Both of the Rogers My Account and Fido My Account apps are available on the iTunes App Store for free.



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Thursday, November 26, 2009

What happened to the Appulo.us Troll Bridge?

Since November 16th, 2009 Kayek introduced the much hated / loved Troll bridge at appulo.us. The largely popular site full of links to free iPhone and iPod applications cracked and posted by "App Pirates" around the world.

The Troll Bridge was introduced as a temporary solution to millions of hits bringing down the sites server. Instead of bringing the server down completly to correct the issue, Kayek introduced a question and answer "block" only giving access to users who submitted the correct answer. The idea was to slow down the hits directly on the server, allowing upgrades to take place without cutting the server off completely.

The question typically changed every few hours, but as of November 21st, 2009, the same question: "Kyek modified a Greasemonkey plugin to allow you to see if an Appulous IPA link was dead before you clicked it. The original plugin was the ________ Links Checker." with an answer of "cavern" has remained for the past 5 days. This brings several questions of our own to the table:

Is this the end of the Troll Bridge?
Will the question change?
Are the servers fixed?
Is Kayek on Vacation?

Only Kayek can answer these questions I supposed, but I'm certain there is anticipation throughout the "App Community" regarding this. Keep your eye on this blog for updates as we will be monitoring Appulo.us daily and will post new information as it comes in. Stay iTuned!!


Monday, November 23, 2009

How to install .ipa files on your iPhone OS 3.1.2 without using iTunes


First, let's define an .ipa file:

An .ipa file stands for iPhone/iPod Touch Application. This extension is developed by Apple to use them as applications on iPhone and iPod Touch devices, downloaded from the iTunes App Store.

Here is the step by step process on how to add .ipa files into your iPhone with out using iTunes.

Step 1: Launch Cydia

Step 2: Tap on “Manage”

Step 3: Tap on “Sources”

Step 4: Tap on “Edit”

Step 5: Tap on “Add”

Step 6: Add this source “http://apt.macosmovil.com/”


Add Source for App Sync


Step 7: Tap on “Add Source”

Step 8: Now, Add one more source by tapping on “Add” again

Step 9: Add this Source “http://cydia.install0us.com/”


Add Source for Install0us


Step 10: Tap on “Add Source”

Step 11: Tap on “Search”

Step 12: In the search field Type “AppSync para OS 3.1(3.1.2)”


App Sync


Step 13: Select this “” and tap on “Install” and then “Confirm” to complete the installation.

Step 14: Once completed, click on “Return to Cydia”.

Step 15: Now, Tap on “Search” again

Step 16: In the search field type “Install0us”


Install Install0us

Step 17: Select this “” and tap on “Install” and then “Confirm” to complete the installation.

Step 18: Once completed, “Reboot your iPhone”

Step 19: You will see a “Install0us” Icon your iPhone. Tap on it.


Step 20: Now, in the address bar type your favorite site where you can download and install .ipa files. There are plenty of then sites of there.

Below are few sites where you can download .ipa files. (The Great iPhone Jailbreak does not support or promote piracy in anyway. This blog is purely for information purposes only. Please follow the below links at your own risk. There are plenty of apps for free in AppStore. If you like them, please purchase the Full version.)

Appulo.us
http://appulo.us/appdb//
iGui
http://igui.ru/
iPhonecake
http://iphonecake/appcake/
iApplications
http://iapplications.ru/
iPhoneAppList
http://iphoneapplist.net/
VNMStore
http://www.vnmstore.net/
iDownloads
http://idownloads.ru/
iHacks
http://ihacks.ru/




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Sunday, November 22, 2009

App Pirates Upset Over Appulo.us Troll Bridge

Posted by Eric @ http://erictric.com/

It’s a story that was bound to happen. And if you own or know somebody with a jailbroken iPod Touch or iPhone, chances are you’ve heard of Appulo.us. Essentially, Appulo.us is an underground black market for apps found in Apple’s iTunes Store. The only difference is that they’re completely free. Consider it app pirating.

As of recently, the powers that be at Appulo.us have taken a bold, bold move. They’ve essentially temporarily shut down free-for-all access to the app store as a result of server overload. The creator of the site, in order to prevent servers from crashing, has set up what he calls a “troll bridge,” and boy, has that got app pirates upset.

According to the creator, it seems to be working because many simply cannot find an answer to the riddle:

“Kyek modified a Greasemonkey plugin to allow you to see if an Appulous IPA link was dead before you clicked it. The original plugin was the ________ Links Checker.”

Now, if you know anything about the interwebs, you’ll know that Google will easily provide you with an answer to this — but if someone’s n00bish mindset somehow prevents them from using resources, then I suppose the troll bridge really does work.

Kyek (the creator of Appulo.us) is stressing that the troll bridge is only a temporary measure, until more servers are put in place to distribute the traffic load. He goes on to say that this could be days, or even weeks from now.



Saturday, November 21, 2009

Appulo.us Day 6 Q & A's

For Installous users who are being blocked by Kyek at http://appulo.us/appdb/, here are the answers to his questions to gain access.

Latest question:


Q: Kyek modified a Greasemonkey plugin to allow you to see if an Appulous IPA link was dead before you clicked it. The original plugin was the ________ Links Checker.

A: cavern




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Friday, November 20, 2009

Appulo.us Day 5 Q & A's

For Installous users who are being blocked by Kyek at http://appulo.us/appdb/, here are the answers to his questions to gain access.

Previous question:

Q: You SSH your phone and decide to rename "Documents" to "Other crap". Type the command to do it, without using quotes.
A: mv Documents Other\ Crap



Thursday, November 19, 2009

Appulo.us Day 4 Q & A

For Installous users who are being blocked by Kyek at http://appulo.us/appdb/, here are the answers to his questions to gain access.

Previous Questions:

Q: You're connected to our IRC server. To join our room, what would you type?
A: /join #chatulous

Q: They need to do way _________ mother.
A: instain

Q: What German publication ran a two-page feature on Appulous in September?
(It looks like a typo... but it's not!)(Two words, and the first is two letters.)
A: pc magazin

Q:I posted a job on rent-a-coder for someone to make an Appulous knockoff for my site. Kyek accepted the job under another name and pwned me :(. But we're cool now. Who am I?
A: pr0x

Q: This site made a bad knockoff of Appulous to try to get hits, but ended up getting DDoSed until they took it down. It's ____________.com
A: imodzone

Q: My name used to be Omgwtf. Who am I now?
A: saladfork

Q: Before Genius' Hackulous tag said "Root Admin", what did it say?
A: president



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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Appulo.us Q & A: Day 3

For Installous users who are being blocked by Kyek at http://appulo.us/appdb/, here are the answers to his questions to gain access.


Previous questions:

Q: Convert this to ASCII: 0x20496c31497c4f306f272222272020. (Okok, so maybe I'm a *little* evil. I'm just looking forward to constantly refreshing the password-sharing sites and laughing maniacally xD)
A: *Il1I|O0o'""'**

------>Meaning the answer is *Il1I|O0o'""'** each * is a space. So you would type in... type in
spacebarIllI|O0o'""'spacebarspacebar


Q: You ssh into your phone and need to make a symlinkfrom "cow" to "chicken". Type the command.
A: Ln -s cow chicken

Q: I have two Hackulous accounts: My Main one, and one I made just for fun. Which is the latter?
A: Thepoet



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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Today's new Appulo.us Questions and Answers

For Installous users who are being blocked by Kyek at http://appulo.us/appdb/, here are the answers to his questions to gain access.


Day two questions:


Q: TheMonkeysBall.com was a two-man team: Wyze and _____________.
A: Scuzzy19

Q: Who wrote the code that powered TheMonkeysBall.com?
A: wyze

Q: What parent company hosted TheMonkeysBall.com?
A: OVH

Q: I wrote this command-line app to take revenge on those trying to sell cracked apps.
A: grabulous

Q: This on-phone IPA installer predates both Installous and AppShare. What is it?
A: IPAinstaller

Q: Yo dawg we herd you liked trolling so we put a password in your password so you can _____________. (lol come on guys, I did this one as a joke.. it's not supposed to be hard xD)
A: Troll while you troll

Q: I was part of the team that discovered how to crack apps. My name is _______-fr
A: iceman

Q: Who was the first person to start mass-cracking "self-aware" apps? (Transmit your answer in unison, K?)
A: Panik



Monday, November 16, 2009

Need Answers for The Troll Bridge

For Installous users who are being blocked by Kyek at http://appulo.us/appdb/, here are the answers to his questions to gain access.


Q: Who did Labrat attempt to con into writing a private Appulous clone for his website?
A: andydam

Q: If the permissions are r-xrwxrwx, who can’t write?
A: owner

Q: ‘Salad fork is slightly _______ ‘ ?
A: forky

Q: To whom did SaladFork turn over the Crackulous project?
A: `Angel

Q: Who leaked the original Crackulous source code?
A: cdecl

Q: What feature of PHP 5.3 does Appulous make the most use of in itsdatabase system?
A: Late static binding

Q: The Appulous test servers, on which new backend code and server configs are tested semi-publicly before moving to production, are provided by what company?
A: Amazon

Q: Approximately how many douchebags are trying to promote their lame websites, youtube accounts, and duplicate facebook groups by claiming they have the answers to these questions?
A: over 9,000

Q: B00sted4fun’s Russian repo was hosted by what company
A: Dreamhost

Q: What was the name of the app written specifically for downloading and installing IPAs from the b00sted4fun repository, and who wrote it? Answer in the format “APPNAME by AUTHOR
A: APPSHARE by FLAWLESS

Q: Who ran the most successful and largest IPA site before Appulous?
A: B00sted4fun (two zeros)

Q: This domain name got popular when the site admin started bundling IPA files into torrents and advertised his website in them.
A: pr0x.org

Q: When Appulous was tiny, it ran on a VPS provided by _________________.com. (Rhymes with SnapsBoasting)
A: bapshosting

Q: I work for Apple’s law firm and have been trying to get Appulous shut down since the beginning. I wish I was better at my job . What’s Kyek’s nickname for me?
A: rammy

Q: Who is the cracker most credited with discovering the cracking method we use today?
A: lsemtex

Q: Who was the admit of Hackstore?
A: Labrat

Q: The very first public forum dedicated specifically to iPhone 2.0 app cracking was hosted at ___.com
A: haklabs

Q: What did appulous start off as _.net
A: Geniusblog

Q: Four letters. Who am I?
A: Keyk



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Having issues with GPS, WiFi, and YouTube after using Blackra1n / Blacksn0w Jailbreak/Unlock??

Here is a fix for you all:

Push Notification Fix (GPS, Youtube)

1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Cydia icon.

2.) If Cydia prompts you for updates, install them all.

3.) In Cydia, tap on the “Manage” tab at the bottom of the screen.

4.) Tap on the “Sources” button.

5.) Tap on the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the screen and then tap the “Add” button in the top left corner.

6.) Type in http://cydia.iphoneil.net and then tap “Add Source“.

7.) Now tap on the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.

8.) Tap on the “Search” tab on the bottom of the screen and type in “pushfix“.

9.) Select “pushfix” from the list of search results and then tap “Install” in the top right corner of the screen and then tap “Confirm“.

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WiFi Fix

1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the “Settings” icon.

2.) In the Settings menu, tap on “General“. Scroll to the bottom of the General menu.

3.) In the General menu, tap on “Reset“. Then tap “Reset Network Settings“.

4.) Reboot your iPhone/iPod Touch by holding down the sleep/wake button and sliding to turn off.



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How to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 2G/3G/3GS on 3.1.2 w/ Blackra1n / Blacksn0w: The Guide

Before we begin, please take some time to review the notes below as they are very important:


- The methods listed below can be followed on BOTH PC and Mac users.

- Your iPhone/iPod Touch must be updated to firmware 3.1.2 via iTunes before beginning this process.


- For users that already have a jailbroken device and want to keep their jailbroken apps, before you begin the process below, download “AptBackup” from Cydia and back up your jailbroken apps. Now connect your device to iTunes and backup your device using the iTunes backup process. After you do the jailbreak process below, redownload AptBackup from Cydia and plug your device into your computer. Using AptBackup, restore your apps.

- If you are already jailbroken and/or unlocked and have problems with WiFi, GPS or Youtube, click here.


The following is how to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS on 3.1.2 Firmware

1.) Plug your iPhone into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPhone from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPhone connected to your computer.

2.) Click on the PC or Mac links to download Blackra1n for PC or MAC. Save the file to your computer desktop.


3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Click on "Make it ra1n" to launch the tool.



4.) Your iPhone will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.







5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate that your iPhone has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.

6.) Once at your iPhone home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.

7.) On your iPhone home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.



8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.

9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPhone home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.

How to Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS

1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Blackra1n icon.

2.) In the Blackra1n app, tap on “Sn0w”. Your iPhone will now be unlocked.



Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak or unlock.


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The following is how to Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS if you are already Jailbroken and running Baseband 05.11.07

1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Cydia icon.

2.) If Cydia prompts you for updates, install them all.

3.) In Cydia, tap on the “Manage” tab at the bottom.



4.) Tap on the “Sources” button.

5.) Tap on the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the screen and then tap the “Add” button in the top left corner.

6.) Type in http://www.blackra1n.com and then tap “Add Source“.



7.) Now tap on the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.

8.) Tap on “blackra1n” from the “Sources” List under the “Manage” tab.



9.) Select “blacksn0w” from the list of packages and then tap “Install” in the top right corner of the screen and then tap “Confirm“.



10.) After the unlock is installed, tap on “Return to Cydia“. Your iPhone is now unlocked.


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The following is how to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 2G on 3.1.2 Firmware

1.) Plug your iPhone into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPhone from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPhone connected to your computer.

2.) Click on the appropriate link for PC or MAC and download Blackra1n. Save the file to your computer desktop.


3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Then click on the "Make it Ra1n" button.



4.) Your iPhone will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.







5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate that your iPhone has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.

6.) Once at your iPhone home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.

7.) On your iPhone home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.



8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.

9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPhone home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.

How to Unlock the iPhone 2G

1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Blackra1n icon.

2.) In the Blackra1n app, tap on “Cydia” to install Cydia. (If you already installed Cydia, move to Step 3)



3.) Cydia will prompt you for updates. Tap on “Complete Upgrade” and install them all.

4.) In Cydia, search for the app “BootNeuter” and install the app.

5.) Open BootNeuter and make sure the settings match the image below:



6.) When the settings match the above image, tap on “Flash” in the top right corner. The iPhone 2G will now be unlocked.


Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak or unlock.


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The following is how to Jailbreak the iPod Touch on 3.1.2 Firmware



1.) Plug your iPod Touch into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPod Touch from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPod Touch connected to your computer.

2.) Click on the appropriate link for PC or MAC and download Blackra1n. Save the file to your computer desktop.

3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Click on the "Make it Ra1n" button.



4.) Your iPod Touch will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.







5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate the your iPod Touch has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.

6.) Once at your iPod Touch home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.

7.) On your iPod Touch home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.



8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.

9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPod Touch home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.

Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak.

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The following is how to Revert Your iPhone 2G/3G/3GS or iPod Touch Back To “Normal”

1.) Open iTunes and plug your iPhone 2G/3G/3GS or iPod Touch in via the USB. Backup your iPhone/iPod Touch if iTunes allows you to.


2.) When iTunes recognizes the iPhone/iPod Touch, click on the “Restore” button in iTunes. This will restore your iPhone/iPod Touch with fresh 3.1.2 firmware.

3.) After the restore is complete, iTunes will prompt you to Set up a New Device or Restore from Back Up from an existing backup (the backup from step 1). Choose which ever method you want and let iTunes process.

4.) After the processing is complete, your iPhone/iPod Touch will be loaded with the fresh 3.1.2 firmware or loaded with your back up that you may have chosen.

5.) Eject the iPhone/iPod Touch from iTunes using the “eject” button and disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone/iPod Touch. Turn the iPhone/iPod Touch off and then turn the iPhone/iPod Touch back on.



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Apple battles 'jailbreakers' over iPhone control

By Brian X. Chen, Wired



When he was 17, George Hotz (creator of blackra1n) poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone's secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off.

With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to international networks before Apple had a chance to.

He got some perks, too. His unlock catapulted him to internet stardom, catching the eye of an entrepreneur who traded his Nissan 350Z car for Hotz's restriction-free iPhone.

Hotz, now 20, makes a living as a "hacker for hire" of sorts -- getting paid to break into different types of gadgets. He gets to spend his free time unofficially attending a college, where he pretends to be a student just to socialize.

What's best, Hotz didn't think unlocking the iPhone was even hard.

"It did take 500 hours, but thinking back to some of the stuff I've done now, the first iPhone was incredibly easy," Hotz said in a phone interview.

But what was an easy task for a curious teen has turned into a persistent headache for Apple, one that the company has been trying to cure for over two years, with little success.

With each new version of the iPhone operating system, a small army of independent programmers and hackers get to work prying it open, removing restrictions and making their iPhones do things that Apple CEO Steve Jobs never intended.

To stay faithful to agreements with telecom partners, Jobs in September 2007 declared Apple was playing a "cat-and-mouse game" to disable unlocked iPhones. Apple regularly issues software updates to disable hacked, unlocked versions of the handset. But within a few weeks, new hacks emerge, freeing the iPhone from carrier restrictions again.

In fact, Hotz just last month released the easiest hacking solution for the iPhone to date.

Named "Blackra1n," his software can hack and unlock an iPhone in just two minutes. All the user needs to do is plug in an iPhone, launch the application and click a button.

It's safe to say this is a game where the mouse has outrun the cat, and it's unlikely Apple will catch up anytime soon. That's because Apple is up against a lot more than an individual hacker.

The iPhone and its App Store not only gave birth to a new digital frontier for mobile software, but created an entire underground ecosystem: the Jailbreak community.

In addition to multiple iPhone hacker groups pumping out different unlocking solutions on a regular basis, there are several stores hosting unauthorized iPhone apps and programmers developing software strictly for hacked iPhones.

Hackers adopted the word "jailbreak" to describe the act of overriding the iPhone's restrictions to install unauthorized software in the device. Jailbreaking is the first step an iPhone owner must take in order to later execute the hack to unlock the handset, enabling it to work with any carrier.

The original iPhone was extremely insecure and thus very easy to jailbreak, according to Hotz, and hackers almost immediately broke into the gadget after it debuted in June 2007.

Jailbreaking accelerated quickly. Soon, hackers reverse-engineered major parts of the iPhone API, and they opened doors to creating and installing third-party apps for the device.

Games, utilities and even custom themes and wallpapers enhanced the capabilities of the handset. To Apple enthusiasts, this was exciting: The iPhone at the time had no App Store, so jailbreaking was the only way to get more than the handful of basic apps provided by Apple.

In August 2007, Hotz announced he had unlocked the iPhone with the Dev Team, a group of hackers that posts jailbreak tools and instructions. Soon after, Hotz released software that anyone in the world could use to make their iPhone work with any carrier's SIM card.

When Apple in July 2008 opened its official App Store, the urge to jailbreak got less exciting. The App Store grew quickly -- with 100,000 apps to date -- making the act of jailbreaking seemingly irrelevant to the average iPhone owner, who could download Apple-sanctioned apps without risk.

Reformation

But the App Store didn't stop the Jailbreak community from proliferating. Now that the App Store exists, jailbreakers have shifted their focus to creating work-arounds for the iPhone's many restrictions. Most share an open-software philosophy, giving consumers full ownership rights over their product, or the ability to do whatever they wish with the gadget they paid for.

Jay Freeman owns Cydia, an unauthorized app store open to jailbroken iPhones, which distributes iPhone apps Apple would otherwise forbid. Before opening his store, Freeman played an instrumental role in setting up the early groundwork for the jailbreak platform.

Often referred to as "Saurik" in the Jailbreak community, Freeman admitted he was initially reluctant about the iPhone due to its stifling limitations.

"Apple seems to have spent very little time looking at previous phones, and left out many features that users, such as myself, have come to expect," said Freeman, reflecting on the original iPhone. "However, [a friend] insisted to me that jailbreaking was the future. The software it comes with doesn't matter; I can just rewrite it all to my liking."

The need for an underground app store became more clear after Apple rejected several iPhone apps. The company faced severe scrutiny when it rejected the official Google Voice app, which would enable consumers to use a single phone number to ring all their phones, send free text messages and make cheap international calls.

The move stirred so much controversy that even the Federal Communications Commission investigated the rejection.

Unauthorized app stores served as a way of circumventing Apple's censorship. And some programmers are even making money coding forbidden iPhone apps.

"People are so annoyed by Apple and their shit, and if you give them opportunity to go around it, then they'll even pay for it," said Kim Streich, a developer whose app 3G Unrestrictor earned $19,000 in sales in just two weeks through Cydia.

With more than 10 million jailbroken iPhones registered, Freeman's Cydia store is the most popular underground app store. Icy and Installer, two previous unauthorized iPhone software distributors, have been discontinued.

Whenever Apple releases an iPhone update, the new software usually erases unauthorized apps and disables unlocked iPhones. In response, the iPhone hacker group Dev Team continues to post regular updates on its blog with instructions and new jailbreak patches for newer iPhone software. The Dev Team's main jailbreak weapon is called Pwnage Tool, which creates a custom (hacked) patch for Apple's iPhone firmware and then installs it on the device.

To further combat jailbreaks, Apple has attempted to claim to the U.S. Copyright Office that jailbreaking is illegal.

However, the Dev Team skirts around copyright issues by not copying and providing Apple's software, according to Eric McDonald, a member of the Dev Team. Instead, the Pwnage Tool requires iPhone users to download Apple's legitimate firmware, and the Pwnage Tool patches it with jailbreak code.

Hotz, who was kicked out of the Dev Team after prematurely publishing information on iPhone hacks, still hacks away the iPhone on his own. Hotz doesn't demand money for his work, though he does accept donations.

He isn't shy about showing his face to Apple or the world, either: When running Blackra1n, the iPhone temporarily displays a photo of Hotz styled as an angel from a Caravaggio painting (above).

"Blackra1n is only 600K, and 200k of it is my picture," Hotz said, laughing.

Though the Jailbreak community persistently issues new hacks for iPhone updates, Apple is continuing to fight. A recent Apple job listing reveals the company is seeking an iPhone OS security manager to help prevent exploits, which could block future jailbreak solutions.

Hotz doubted a security expert could block his efforts. In fact, he said he's already discovered a brand new exploit that will jailbreak and unlock Apple's fourth-generation iPhone -- presumably due in stores summer of 2010 -- even though he hasn't touched it.

"Personally I love that Apple keeps the iPhone closed," Hotz said. "This is a personal hobby; it'd be no fun if Apple didn't have it closed anymore. Get a Jailbreak cop and then I'll show them what I can really do."




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blackra1n

blackra1n is an unlock / jailbreaking tool for Mac and PC users alike. This is not a dev-team release but some users are reporting success with this new tool. For more information about blackra1n the link has been added in the trusted link section on the right, or you can follow the links below:

Click here for PC users

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

redsn0w in june (From the iPhone dev-team)

Read the whole post in full before attempting anything!

redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking tool for the iPhone 2G (original iPhone), the iPhone 3G/3GS and also the iPod touch (first and second generation). It is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

REDSN0W PROVIDES SIMILAR FUNCTIONALITY TO QUICKPWN.

If you want to build custom firmware files with more flexibility it is suggested that you use ‘PwnageTool’ on Mac OS X.

1. UltraSn0w has been released via APT (cydia and icy), you can use that to unlock your iPhone.
2. Yellowsn0w has been replaced with Ultrasn0w which has been released via APT (this means you will be able to get it via Cydia or Icy).
3. Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
4. Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
5. At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the latest version of redsn0w.
6. This app is suitable for the 3.0 release
7. redsn0w WILL work for all iPhones (the original type), Original iPod touch, iPod touch 2G and the iPhone 3G (and the iPhone 3GS).
To use redsn0w simply upgrade the device in iTunes to firmware version 3.0 and run redsn0w to activate and jailbreak the device (and if you are using an original iPhone 2G, it will unlock it too!)

SHA1 SUMS

SHA1(redsn0w-mac_0.8.zip)=
SHA1(redsn0w-win_0.8.zip)=
SHA1(redsn0w-linux_0.8.zip)=

Official Bittorrent Releases -

Mac torrent
Windows torrent
Linux torrent

Unofficial Mirrors

The following links are unofficial download mirrors, you download these at your own risk, we accept no responsibility if your computer explodes or if it becomes part of a NASA attacking botnet or even worse if your hands fall off mid-way during the use of these files. We do not check these links or archives and we accept no responsibility with regard to the validity of the files, or with other content these links provide or with the content that is on the linked site. Always check the published SHA1 sums. We would prefer that you downloaded the official bittorrent release that is linked above, but you are welcome to try these if you really must. Mirror owners should email direct links only to blog@iphone-dev.org , please don’t place mirrors in the comments as they will be deleted.

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