iTunes 7.4 breaks iPhone hacks

The iTunes 7.4 upgrade came as bad news to some iPhone hackers. It "broke" many existing hacks, including jailbreak applications and ringtone installers. But the news is far from bad as developers are quickly working to adapt to the change.

Nullriver's AppTapp Installer.app has already been updated and is working with 7.4, according to its developer "lg". Programmers for Breezy and iBrickr are also working on their updates at this time.

7.4 apparently changed several functions that were used to access the iPhone file system but it doesn't appear to be a backlash from Apple or any intentional thwarting of hacker activity.

Update: To clarify, this problem seems to be limited to new jailbreaks and restored systems. I'll keep updating as I find out more. Breezy does not jailbreak but it's being looked over thoroughly by the devteam. iBrickr developer Nate True reports that all features except ringtones-without-jailbreak are working. He expects that ringtones-without-jailbreak are broken for all apps including iToner and iPhoneRingtoneMaker, regardless of software and that they will not survive a sync. The reason is that these apps use the iTunes folder to store ringtones and a property list and are getting overruled by the new iTunes ringtone-compatible update. Ringtones installed into ~/Library/Ringtones instead are not affected.

I'm also hearing that the alpha version of the Windows AppTapp/Installer.app is being tested right now.

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Source: http://iphone.nullriver.com/beta/

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Terry Kam

I am keen to get the ringtone of CTU (du.du.duuuu) of 24 Hours, the TV series for my iPhone. Anyone?

October 22 2007 at 1:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

CoolMan

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September 08 2007 at 3:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Penn

you said it causes problems for restored systems...can you explain that more?

September 07 2007 at 2:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

south

isn't that like saying every update of Safari 'breaks' Saft? i mean, sure it stops working for a few hours and then there's an update, and everything's fine again. i don't think Apple is trying to stop the hacks, they just don't want to be responsible for whether they work properly or not. maybe.

September 07 2007 at 10:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Billy K

"The iTunes 7.4 upgrade came as bad news to some... But the news is far from bad..."

That's a hell of a paragraph. Is it bad or not?

Editor! Bring towels!!!

September 07 2007 at 9:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

artman1033

Speaking of HACKS.........has anyone noticed George Hotz has not yet received his new car? Where are the Photos Certicell?

September 07 2007 at 9:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

stainboy

iToner's not working right with the update, but rest assured that Andrew and co. should have a fix soon.

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=114983

September 07 2007 at 9:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Will I still be able to buy one and hack it to use my old AT&T SIM card? I can easily afford the phone, it's the plan that will kill me. I want to stay with the one I have!

September 07 2007 at 7:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Cynthia

Sportsmedjosh
I had that problem before - it required resetting the time zone features on both my mac and my iphone - after that it was fine.

September 07 2007 at 6:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jhn

Nothing on my phone changed with the update. iToner seems like a nice idea, but you can just install your own ringtones with ssh, which is useful for so many other things anyway. Plus, this method is more robust, as proven today, and free.

September 07 2007 at 12:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply