Author: Dave Lewis
October 30, 2007 at 12:10 pm · Filed under Hacks and Such
Going to give this one a whirl tonight.
Hackers have released a tool that “jailbreaks” up-to-date iPhones and iPod touches, but unlike previous such software, doesn’t require a Mac or PC as a middleman.
As an added bonus, the software, dubbed AppSnapp 1.1.1, patches a vulnerability in the stripped-down Mac OS X both devices use that had been exploited previously to unlock iPhones.
Created by a group of nine developers, among them HD Moore of Metasploit fame, AppSnapp opens both the iPhone and iPod touch, then installs another program, Installer.app, which in turn can install unauthorized, non-Apple programs. The iPhone and iPod touch must be running the current firmware, version 1.1.1, the AppSnapp hackers said.
The jailbreak does not unlock the iPhone — open it so that calls can be made using a mobile carrier other than AT&T, the only company sanctioned thus far by Apple Inc. “AppSnapp does not unlock the phone. You will have to use anySIM to do so after you install AppSnapp,” according to an FAQ on the AppSnapp site.
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Tags: Jailbreak, iPhone Hack, Touch Hack, Installer.app
Author: Dave Lewis
October 30, 2007 at 10:25 am · Filed under Hacks and Such, Mac Software
OK, this is cool. And wow, that didn’t take long at all.
From PC World:
The cat and mouse game between hackers and Apple takes another move, with news that Apple’s new Leopard operating system has already been successfully installed on Windows PCs.
The OSx86 Scene forum has released details of how Windows users can migrate to Apple’s new OS, without investing in new hardware — even though installing Leopard on an PC may be counter to Apple’s terms and conditions.
The forum is offering full instructions on how to install the system, including screenshots of the installation process.
Not all the features of Leopard function with the patch — Wi-Fi, support, for example, is reportedly inoperable. Historically, Apple’s likely next move will be to track down and act against those behind the hack.
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Tags: Leopard On PC, Mac OS X, Leopard
Author: Dave Lewis
September 17, 2007 at 7:17 am · Filed under Hacks and Such, iPod
For those Linux users out there you can now use your new Classic iPod.
As recently reported on Slashdot, Apple, in its infinite wisdom, has added a checksum to the iPod database apparently to restrict non-iTunes products (like Amarok via libgpod) from having the ability to add music. To me this sounds pretty familiar. This is the same thing they did to iTunes 4.5 to make it harder for other apps to read off their DAAP shares, they changed it again in iTunes 7; open source apps are still unable to read iTunes 7 DAAP shares.
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Tags: iPod Classic, iPod Classic Linux Support, iPod Linux Support
