Filed under: iPod Family, Hacks, Beta Beat, iPhone
Beta Beat: iPhone/iPod touch Jailbreak Beta test announced
Over at Toc2rta, iPhone hacker Niacin has announced a betatest for his iPhone/iPod touch jailbreak effort. To join, you must point your irc client to irc.toc2rta.com and connect to #betatest. 1.1.1 testers only and you will need some working version of iPhuc.
I'm not personally familiar with the current state of his hack so Caveat Hacktor and all that. Good luck, and bring us back a jailbreak.
Update: 1AM: Niacin announces: "I would just like to 100% confirm we cracked the itouch" for a tester whose handle is podometer. He further confirms that his hack is based on Dinopio's hack, adding some chained calls to get around OS issues.
Update: 1:15AM: Ryan Block of our sister blog Engadget is now trying this out on his own iPod touch.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
SonyaLynn said 12:11AM on 10-10-2007
I know I've got MY fingers crossed. (1st post! :-P )
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ukickmydog (NDF - Earth) said 12:14AM on 10-10-2007
GO GO GO
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alang said 12:26AM on 10-10-2007
Thanks for keeping up posted on the progress!!
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kirankonathala said 12:39AM on 10-10-2007
yay!! ordering my 1.1.1 iPhone with apple store credit ;) can't wait to post the results!!
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Kirk said 12:54AM on 10-10-2007
The first iPod touch has been cracked. We're there, guys! Congrats to the dev team!
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Elliot said 1:01AM on 10-10-2007
How do I do this?
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Mctink said 1:04AM on 10-10-2007
This is NOT the dev team this is Niacin. So far he says is JB but he has not proved that he has read/write.
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djeseo said 1:10AM on 10-10-2007
You have no idea how much I looking forward this news. I visit this site 12 times per day! thank you so much for your effort. THANK YOU! iphonedevteam!
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Mack said 1:32AM on 10-10-2007
I want to know if this means that iPhone apps and 3rd party apps have been successfully installed on the iPod touch?
Also, what does this mean when Apple fixes this tiff exploit in the next firmware upgrade? The hackers have to start over all again?
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7even said 1:39AM on 10-10-2007
Keep up the good work, guys. I may get a Touch again just because of this :)
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ap said 2:14AM on 10-10-2007
@ #9. Exactly why software hacks are useless. They should devote more time on a Modchip :D
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DrunkDwarf said 2:17AM on 10-10-2007
If anyone gets their hands on the beta I encourage you to take it to your local FBI field office. If it does indeed employ the described TIFF exploit it is likely to be considered a very illegal piece of computer software under federal law. A copy of it for the FBI to investigate to confirm the presence of a computer virus will help accelerate the investigation into dealing with these people.
The iPhone you help save could be your own, or your wife's. The possible harm this TIFF file could be used to inflict on people's iPhones is very serious. This isn't like the previous jail break software which could only invade an iPhone via USB. The described TIFF file could be bulk (or randomly) emailed to an iPhone and carry a payload to brick it. The potential to leave people vulnerable (no ability to reach 911) is severe.
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Stephen Lang said 2:25AM on 10-10-2007
Thanks, I'll probably just install some apps though-
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Carmack said 2:26AM on 10-10-2007
Thank you, Buzz Killington.
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bklynjava said 2:40AM on 10-10-2007
@ DrunkDwarf --> Take it to our local FBI field office?
Can you please post a list of our City and State local FBI field offices along with primary contacts.
That should give you something to do worthwhile and help everyone a great deal.
The iPhone I save could be my own --> wow is that like saving a life?
You sound a little paranoid DUDE.
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Luke said 2:42AM on 10-10-2007
@ #13. Please, for the love of God, tell me you're kidding
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ZinkDifferent said 2:43AM on 10-10-2007
Drunkdwarf - in another couple of weeks, this exploit will be meaningless, because it will have been patched by the October 2007 firmware update.
Don't go overboard with the whole 'reporting to the FBI' stuff.
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birdfeeder said 2:43AM on 10-10-2007
@ #13 if you want to troll, the least you could do is be subtle...
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JJ said 2:49AM on 10-10-2007
Get a life "drunkdwarf"
You really think the FBI has time to mess around with a few kids in their underpants sitting in their mother's basements trying to unlock an iPod?
How old are you?
I cannot for the life of me understand how on Tuaw, and Engadget, you have so many hacker haters.
Do you people even understand technology?
Next you'll be saying that downloading music is criminal!
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DrunkDwarf said 2:50AM on 10-10-2007
I've located the hosting provider for http://www.toc2rta.com/?q=blog (which is http://staminus.net/) and filed a TOS complaint. Hopefully we can get this shutdown before it is widely distributed.
How can this TIFF be exploited to brick an iPhone? Change out the payload to use the already known baseband firmware hack and zero the iPhone's radio firmware. No radio, no 911 access and the front end interface will be locked down as well (no SIM access) e.g. a brick.
An exploit like this should never be released and certainly never before Apple has a patch to protect people from the malicious uses. You don't have to visit a web site, it can be delivered via email.
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