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Same exploit that gave you JailbreakMe lets hackers inject your iPhone with whatever they want
Aug 4th
A flaw in the way that Safari processes .PDF files was the reason that Comex was able to release a browser-based Jailbreak. However, the same exploit that allows automatic downloading and running of a PDF file is how hackers may be able to run code on your device without your consent. Masking a malicious PDF as a web link allows for a hacker to run code inside the file, and thus potentially take over your device.
This is already patched in the latest iOS 4.1 beta, but for those who have not yet updated (or those who want to keep their jailbreak past the inevitable final release of 4.1) there is a way to fix the exploit. It merely asks you every time you want to load a PDF file, but doesn’t actually fix the problem. It just notifies you that you’re about to be an idiot and open an unknown file.
MacStories has the fix, and it’s pretty simple: it involves using Terminal from your Mac or iFile from the iPhone:
Tweeted by @cdevwill earlier today, all you have to do is download this .deb file and open it on your device using either Terminal from your Mac, or iFile on the iPhone. Just download it and place it in /var/mobile.
- Using Terminal:
ssh root@your IP address
alpine
dpkg -i file.deb
Where “alpine” is the default password you’ll get after installing Open SSH from Cydia and “your IP address” is located under Settings – > Wifi – > active wifi connection.
- Using iFile:
Navigate to /var/mobile and double tap on the .deb file to install it.
Not the most elegant of solutions, but, hey, protect ‘yo delf!
(via MacStories)
The iPhone 4 Has Been Jailbroken
Aug 2nd
It was only a matter of time, but Comex (creator of the famous Spirit jailbreak) has officially jailbroken the reception plagued iPhone 4, and frankly it couldn’t be easier.
WARNING: Make sure before you do this, you back up your phone, should your device brick, you can simply restore to factory and restore your backup.
Head over to jailbreakme.com directly from your device and the above picture should show up (should there not be any server issues), swipe the slide bar and let the magic happen (should only take about 5 minutes).
On a side note, the great gurus over at Dev Team have stated that the iPhone 4 unlock should be available in the next 48 hours. It will be available under the same Cydia source as the the previous ultrasn0w unlock, and we will update the post when this comes through.
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Jailbreak App Review: MyWi Tethering App for iPhone
Jul 29th
Dashboard Image for MyWi
Need a Wifi Hotspot? Look no further, MyWi is here! Don’t you hate when you’re out for coffee and you want to get some work done, but the coffee shop you’re at doesn’t have a WiFi hotspot? You could try tethering, but it drains your notebook battery too quickly and who wants to deal with constant freezing and crashing.
If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone and 3G signal, you can create your own Wifi Hotspot with MyWi.
For $9.99 multiple devices can connect to your MyWi signal including notebooks, iPads and other mobile devices at the same time. Want to make it a secure connection? Not to worry MyWi offers 40 & 104 bit WEP Security so you don’t have some dillhole using up all your data. An additional awesome feature is the blue up/down bandwidth usage bar that is located at the top of your screen.
PROS:
-MyWi is simple to use and doesn’t crash & freeze.
- Support is available for iPhone 2G/3G/3Gs running 3.1 and newer.
-10 day free trial is available if you just want to give it a test drive before you purchase.
-Blue status bar shows you the amount of bandwidth you’ve used.
-Create a WiFi Hotspot virtually anywhere
-Worth the $9.99 for this product.
CONS:
-The purchase process can be confusing if you’re not paying attention.
-Keep a wall or car charger handy for your iPhone. Battery life does suffer when using this app for long periods.
-If you don’t have a 5 or 6gig data plan then I wouldn’t suggest this app.
If I were to give MyWi a mark … I think it would be 4 out of 5. The pros way out weigh the cons on this app.
EFF Success: Jailbreaking and Unlocking Now Legal in the US - What it means for Canada
Jul 28th
The other day (July 26 2010) in San Fransisco the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) claimed victory over Apple and it’s proprietary lock on what it’s consumers could and couldn’t do with their iPhone / iPod / iPad. The victory came in the form of exemptions to the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).
After reading the Official Press Release I was pleased to see that the powers that be do not consider jailbreaking a copyright infringement and are “liberating” iDevice users in the US and allowing them to modify, jailbreak and unlock their units if they so please.
“The first of EFF’s three successful requests clarifies the legality of cell phone “jailbreaking” — software modifications that liberate iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker. More than a million iPhone owners are said to have “jailbroken” their handsets in order to change wireless providers or use applications obtained from sources other than Apple’s own iTunes “App Store,” and many more have expressed a desire to do so. But the threat of DMCA liability had previously endangered these customers and alternate applications stores.”
Why is unlocking and jailbreaking so important? Unlocking and jailbreaking make devices interoperable and that’s how capitalism should work. It will allow for consumers to recycle devices, and choose Apps that are not chosen for us by Apple. This is a small step for technology but a huge leap for consumers.
Will this ruling facilitate a iOS4 jailbreak similar to SpiritJB? Will more developers be willing to work on jailbreaking and creating apps for jailbroken devices? Will this increase the demand for Apps from Cydia and other repositories? How will this affect the cost of these applications? I’m also curious to see if Apple will be more accepting of the applications that are available for jailbroken devices and if they will try to absorb them into the AppStore?
(Yes that was a crap load of questions, and I am sure that we’ll not only get answers to these questions but, we’ll see some interesting developments with this news.)
It’s exciting to see our neighbours to the south moving forward with regards to Digital Locks and copyrights. What are the implications for Canada? Will we follow suit and free ourselves from the clutches of the Apple App store (not that it’s stopped us yet)?
Bill C-32 is the Canadian Equivalent to the DMCA, and will be reviewed by Tony Clement and his department according to CBC.ca
“Tony Clement, Canada’s minister of industry, said on Twitter that his department is reviewing the ruling to see what the implications may be for Bill C-32, the copyright reform legislation he and Heritage Minister James Moore unveiled in June.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/26/copyright-ruling-regulators.html#ixzz0uvDGKU3C“
“Good Luck” Canada, let’s bring the EFF down here to fight for us along side the EFC (Electronic Frontier Canada) then we might just stand a chance.
iPhone 4 Already Jailbroken?
Jul 12th
It is, but don’t get your hopes up on a release just yet. Master iPhone pwner GeoHot (famous for being the first person to jailbreak the original iPhone 2G and on) released this picture of the iPhone 4 jailbroken in all its glory.
GeoHot had this to say on his blog:
Got one of these in the mail today and figured I’d give it a shot.
As far as a release goes, it probably won’t happen from me. limera1n is little more than a raindrop on a website; it was never mentioned by me previous to this post. pwned4life is a complete invention of some blogger in a basement somewhere. When I said pwned for life, I was referring to the original iPhone, 3G, and Touch; which of course are, by the aptly named PwnageTool.
Again, please don’t ask for release dates. Every person that does makes me want to release a little bit less.
Nothing like waving raw meat in front of ravenous dogs, eh? Hopefully the jailbreak is released on or around the Canadian launch date…. whenever that may be.
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iPhone Tips and Tricks: Installing Themes on Your Jailbroken iDevice
Jun 18th
Screenshot of Winterboards Main Page
One of the neatest things about having a Jailbroken Apple device is the ability to customize and personalize it. Cydia boasts a large amount of themes available to do just that. There are themes just for your lockscreen, graphical wallpapers, or “complete themes” that will change the entire user experience including the lockscreen, the wallpaper and the application icons. If you’re a fan of uniformity I would highly suggest using the complete themes.
Themes are a fun and simple way to make your unit an extension of your personality, mood, or even style. Cydia offers what seems to be hundreds of themes ranging from Sport Teams and Vehicle’s to Cartoons and Brand Name Clothing. The collections offered are quite amazing. Searching through the myriad of themes available is the most difficult part.
In order for your device to run themes, an app called Winterboard will need to be downloaded from Cydia. This application works as a settings protocol and manages the various themes you download.
Let’s get started.
-Open Cydia, and wait for all the packages and sources to load. This can sometimes take up to a couple of minutes.
-At the bottom left of your screen you’ll see a Search icon, click on it and enter into the search field Winterboard.
-Once it appears in the screen click on it. Another screen will appear with an “Install” button that is located on the top right corner of your screen. This will open the confirmation screen, with a confirm button also in the top right corner of your screen.
-Click it and wait for the magic to happen.
To find “Complete Themes” Click on the “Sections Icon” at the bottom of your screen and scroll down until you find it. You can scroll through the list of themes alphabetically. Screen shots are available nine times out of ten. They’re usually made available for review under the “More Information” link or the “ScreenShots” link.
When you find a theme that you’d like to download just follow the same steps you used to download and install Winterboard. When you’re ready to get your theme on, open Winterboard and click on the Select Themes Button and turn on the theme you’d like to have on your device. Hit your home key and wait for the device to respring (equivalent to a restart). Once your device lockscreen appears your theme is installed and running.
Happy customizing.
A Lady’s Guide to Jailbreaking Your iPhone with Spirit
Jun 10th
Many of my girlfriends are begging me to JB their phones. For the most part I don’t mind but jailbreaking has become such an easy process I don’t understand why they just don’t do it themselves.
Is it that the instructions online are complicated, or are they lacking the confidence to do it on their own?
It may be a combination of both.
Thankfully, Spirit is the easiest way to jailbreak any apple device currently operating on firmware 3.1.3. It’s literally a one click solution. Really.
This post is for all my girlfriends out there that want someone to break things down, and help give them the confidence to do something dangerous (it’s not actually dangerous, it just feels that way because of the taboo nature of a jailbreak).
You will need to download the Spirit Jailbreak (You can find it here www.spiritjb.com). I would save it somewhere on your computer that you’ll be able to access it easily. My favorite spot is on the desktop, can’t lose it there.
Open iTunes and Update it to 9.1.1.
Now on to the fun stuff:
1) Connect your device and back it up. If you haven’t already, create a folder for your photos, and copy them to your computer so that you don’t lose them.
Once you’re backed up, set up a quick sync just to be on the safe side.
The next you will need to complete is restoring your unit to it’s factory settings.
2) Open Spirit
Hit the jailbreak button.
Don’t stress.
When Spirit is done it will say “Jailbreak Succeeded” with a “Quit” Button above it. Click on it.
…And relax.
If you look at your device at this point you will see a really pretty kinda tie-dye screen with a load bar. Let it do it’s thing.
Aren’t you glad the hard part is over? (Really, that’s the hard part)
3) Slide to unlock your device. Take a look. it will have the factory Apps plus one more… Cydia. (Cydia is equivalent to iTunes. It will install 3rd party applications that are not availble on iTunes.)
Connect your device to iTunes once more and sync to your last back up and you’ve officially completed your jailbreak!
The 3rd party applications available from Cydia can be used for customization, productivity, or entertainment.
Should you need any additional information or help, I suggest the tutorials offered on YouTube. Just search Spirit Jailbreak Tutorial.
Hope you enjoy your Jailbroken Apple Device you “Rebel Geek Girl” You!
We are not responsible for anything stupid you do to your phone, whether it’s spilling coffee on it while driving and trying to SMS your second boyfriend, or jailbreaking it incorrectly and losing all the photos you and your first boyfriend took in bed last night.
Jailbreaking From My Perspective (And I’m A Woman)
Jun 4th
Today we are thrilled and excited to introduce GuruChristine. A lover of technology since an early age, Christine has blossomed into a full-blown geek. She owns, and is obsessed with, her iPhone, and, from time to time, will be sharing that love with us in the form of editorials and reviews. Please help me in welcoming her to the Cellular Guru team.
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Sometimes in a relationship there is the need to spice things up. I found this was the case with my iPhone. Not that I’m comparing my cell phone to a relationship with a significant other but they do have their similarities. (I spend more time with my iPhone than most, I think)
When in a long term committed relationship things start to seem monotonous. As individuals we try to search out ways to keep things interesting. Sometimes it’s a romantic dinner, others it’s a scandalously short French maid’s outfit (I’m a huge fan of both). These things are the “tools” that assist us in keeping relationships fresh, interesting, and most of all going strong.
Jailbreaking your iPhone is a tool that keeps your relationship from becoming monotonous. It offers the iPhone user the ability to personalize and inject their own experience into a rather bland, corporate unit. As consumers we look for versatility and staying power. Jailbreaking allows for that in so many ways.
For those of you who don’t know what Jailbreaking is and how it will improve your iPhone experience I’d like to explain:
Jailbreaking is the process of adding code to your Apple (iPod/ iPhone/ iPad) that will allow the installation of third-party applications normally not available on iTunes. This permits you to customize your iPhone in terms of look, productivity and entertainment.
Once any unit is jailbroken an Application named Cydia is added. Cydia is the iTunes alternative offering a wide variety of 3rd Party applications including Apps for productivity, customization, and just plain fun.
For example when the iPhone 3G was released it didn’t have a video camera option, but a Jailbroken phone could download and install an application called Cycorder and, Voila, they were able to use the iPhone’s stock camera as a video camera! Wicked, No?
I consistently change the way my PC looks, so why not have that same power over the iPhone? Cydia offers a host of themes including total customization that can change your lockscreen, wallpaper and even App icons.
Themes offered by Cydia are the most interesting and simple things one can do to personalize an iPhone, and it’s the first thing I did after Jailbreaking.
Some of my personal fashionista / GeekChic favourites are the Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Coach themes (Although I wish some one would come up with a Tiffany & Co. theme to match my iPhone case, business card holder, and notebook. I’d never change it again).
In order to use themes you will first have to download an application called Winterboard (found in Cydia). Winterboard will act as the settings protocol for your themes and will allow you to switch between them once downloaded.
Jailbreaking is quite simple. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. YouTube offers a plethora of tutorials to choose from.
You’ll need to know what iPhone OS version you’re running. You can find that out in the Settings of your phone, or in iTunes.
I always suggest watching the tutorials first, then backing up and restoring your iPhone, and last going ahead with the Jailbreak.
If your OS is 3.1.3 Spirit is the way to go. You can download the Spirit Jailbreaking app from: http://spiritjb.com/
Spirit: One Click Jailbreaks, No Matter What You’ve Got
May 12th
Recently, Gizmodo posted a lovely, complete and comprehensive jailbreaking how to. I recently attempted jailbreaking again after a long (enjoyable) break from my last attempt a very long time ago. My attempt was embarrassing and failed. Granted, I spent about 15 minutes + the time it took to try and apply the jailbreak on the project. I am dismayed no longer. The newish Spirit jailbreak method now makes any iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad (no matter what OS version) completely jailbreakable, with one click, PC or Mac. While the jailbreak method is not new, I still implore everyone to at least give it a look as Gizmodo has philosophical and practical information on the subject.
How To: Jailbreak Any iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad via Gizmodo
Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 3.1.3 Being Released Tomorrow?
Apr 23rd
Now, this is interesting. The above YouTube clip shows a group called thunderst0rm team demonstrating their jailbreaking tool for the iPhone 3GS on firmware 3.1.3. They claim that it is untethered and fully functioning. This is hard to believe. However, should that happen, this will open up the floodgates again to a new generation of jailbreak iPhone user (and potentially iPad users, too).
There are largely three groups of iPhone 3GS users at the moment:
- those with an older bootrom, older firmware (3.1.2) and older baseband (5.11.07). These people can jailbreak and unlock their iPhones without having to rejailbreak every time the phone resets or powers off. This is rare these days, for a number of reasons, as Apple stopped developing iPhones with this bootrom soon after the 3GS was released.
- those with a newer bootrom, older firmware (3.1.2) and older baseband (5.11.07). These people can jailbreak and unlock, but are tethered to a computer whenever their phone shuts off. So, say you’re far from a computer and for whatever reason your phone needs a reboot. Until you re-jailbreak the phone will show a message saying, “Connect to iTunes,” and will not function
- those with the latest firmware (3.1.3) and baseband (5.12.01), which, until now, has not been jailbreak-able or unlockable.
We will see tomorrow whether Thunderstorm is an actual product or just a hoax, but other teams, including Geohot, the creator of the famous Blackra1n jailbreak, claims to have found an exploit in the latest firmware, but is waiting to release the exploit until the iPad 3G is released at the end of the month.
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