No news to report yet but since I'm being bombarded by email, here's a status report:
iPhuc. Recompiled and working. I've created a hacker version that I'm using to send requests. So we've moved a little closer. Now I'm getting "unrecognized request" messages in GRestore mode instead of request not founds.
Recovery mode. Achieved both by hand and by software. The old restore commands do not work. iTouch uses a new restore protocol. Instead of pushing data from iTunes, the iTouch pulls data via request. It used to be that iTunes sent a request, and the iPhone returned results. Now iTunes starts a restore mode and waits for requests from the iTouch and serves the requested data.
File read/write from disk. Achieved. Pretty much all the normal inside-jail stuff works.
File system mount. Not there yet.
GRestore. Partial success.
RAM disk decryption. Not yet. No luck yet on finding the key, which may be getting served from Apple.
Shell mode. Maybe.
Normal mode debug access working
State. Arminius: Cranky; Pumpkin, tE_gU, Kroo, Roxfan, BloomFilter: Exhausted. Martyn: Bits of his ipod scattered about his workbench. Me: Frustrated. Jailbreak seems increasingly unlikely at this point.
Update: I've gotten the iTouch not to barf at two requests: QueryType and Goodbye. Now I've got to see if there any other requests that I can find and also to figure out how to provide parameters to QueryType. Goodbye takes no arguments and just pretty much ends the session. Update 2: I'm calling it a night (morning). I've restored my iTouch software now almost a dozen times. Just as a rule: make sure to go into recovery mode by hand, not through iPhoneInterface or iPhuc because you can't get back without restoring. The goal of this whole exercise is to get access to disk mount and ditto--neither of which happened today. Once those are solved, you can put in the fstab and Services.plist files and get access to the whole disk. We're not there yet. Or really not that close. Once we get the disk, we're golden. All hacks flow from full disk access with read & write. Without Jailbreak, there's no way to install applications or really do anything else.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
9-15-2007 @ 11:10PM
xxdesmus said...
"Jailbreak seems increasingly unlikely at this point."
If that's true that will really suck. Luckily I can return this within 30 days if it appears that it won't/can't be cracked.
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9-15-2007 @ 11:24PM
Will Angel said...
I really want to give this a shot, but I think I'm going to return my iTouch because of the screen "negative blacks" issue, and I'd hate to have to explain to Apple Store Guy that the iTouch is bricked "totally not because of anything I did or the problem I'm returning it for, it just did that for no reason and I don't know why," so I guess it'll have to wait.
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9-15-2007 @ 11:31PM
xxdesmus said...
Yeah same here. The problem is that I really don't like the iPod classic either. Oh well, I guess I can hold off and wait to see how things play out.
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9-15-2007 @ 11:45PM
JR said...
Hrm, this may not bode well for the new iPhone update to be released shortly...
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9-15-2007 @ 11:54PM
byaah said...
You can do it Erica! And so can the rest of the team. Keep up the good work. Believe me, its much appreciated.
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9-15-2007 @ 11:58PM
Peter said...
iTouch is faster to spell plus it sounds dirty and cool at the same time! BTW while your hating on spelling and abbreviations, it's "iPod touch"! So next time you get all mad, at least know the real name!
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9-16-2007 @ 12:22AM
ben said...
Well I'm not giving up hope for some kind of hack, and plus, I'm loving this thing so it's not going back. I just would like some hackage eventually.
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9-16-2007 @ 12:25AM
Christopher said...
Keep up the good work!!! I really want to jailbreak my iPod touch to instal mail, google maps, weather, notes, and the nes emulator. Thank you Erica and the rest of the team!!! You guys are AWESOME!
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9-16-2007 @ 12:29AM
Alex Cormier said...
You shall restore hopes to the lives of so many people who live in their mom's basements! Persist! Fight for your right to hack!
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9-16-2007 @ 12:43AM
luke said...
This thing's only been out for a few days so I think it may be a little hasty to give up on a hack.
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9-16-2007 @ 12:50AM
sh said...
it's not "iTouch" gosh. it's the "iPod Touch" that drives me crazy!
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9-16-2007 @ 1:19AM
JD said...
@sh
If you're going to be anal, maybe you should learn capitalization and punctuation.
Also, it should be "its", not "it's".
(Just kidding about that second one. Bet that got someone's goat...)
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9-16-2007 @ 1:24AM
kevanhloy said...
@JR
This is a really scary thing in regards to the iPhone update... I guess technically the damn iPod isn't even shipping yet as far as Apple is concerned, but if what we already know about the software/firmware isn't helping, it doesn't sound very good.
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9-16-2007 @ 1:52AM
craig said...
*crosses fingers*
i want contacts on my iPhone...
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9-16-2007 @ 2:59AM
PSM said...
I just got to play with one at a party. It's SO thin! Of course I didn't hear about the black screen problem until my train ride home, so I wasn't paying attention to it.
I'm looking to get an iPhone in the future, probably with the next hardware revision, but I swear if there had been an Apple Store inside the bar I would have bought one right there. That's why I try to avoid physical contact with them. It's bad for my wallet.
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9-16-2007 @ 4:48AM
mycintosh said...
Was somebody able to get the .dmg Files of the Firmware Update hacked?
We would really like to have the Dictionarys out of it, to put them to the iPhone :)
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9-16-2007 @ 5:36AM
cuantics.blogspot.com said...
What I would like is plugging to my Ipod the gadgets I´ll use each day and so, being able to update them independently.
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9-16-2007 @ 6:21AM
Max said...
"9. You shall restore hopes to the lives of so many people who live in their mom's basements! Persist! Fight for your right to hack!"
Word! :)
Keep on going (pleaaaase^^)
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9-16-2007 @ 7:15AM
TouchMaster said...
Maybe we have to find an exploit for iPod Touchs Safari and open a remote shell on it?
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9-16-2007 @ 7:37AM
Donald said...
Good work, keep trying. I hope it doesn't end up being the iPod Touché!
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