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.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
10-10-2007 @ 12:11AM
SonyaLynn said...
I know I've got MY fingers crossed. (1st post! :-P )
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10-10-2007 @ 12:14AM
ukickmydog (NDF - Earth) said...
GO GO GO
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10-10-2007 @ 12:26AM
alang said...
Thanks for keeping up posted on the progress!!
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10-10-2007 @ 12:39AM
kirankonathala said...
yay!! ordering my 1.1.1 iPhone with apple store credit ;) can't wait to post the results!!
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10-10-2007 @ 12:54AM
Kirk said...
The first iPod touch has been cracked. We're there, guys! Congrats to the dev team!
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10-10-2007 @ 1:01AM
Elliot said...
How do I do this?
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10-10-2007 @ 1:04AM
Mctink said...
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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10-10-2007 @ 1:10AM
djeseo said...
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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10-10-2007 @ 1:32AM
Mack said...
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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10-10-2007 @ 1:39AM
7even said...
Keep up the good work, guys. I may get a Touch again just because of this :)
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10-10-2007 @ 2:14AM
ap said...
@ #9. Exactly why software hacks are useless. They should devote more time on a Modchip :D
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10-10-2007 @ 2:17AM
DrunkDwarf said...
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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10-10-2007 @ 2:25AM
Stephen Lang said...
Thanks, I'll probably just install some apps though-
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10-10-2007 @ 2:26AM
Carmack said...
Thank you, Buzz Killington.
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10-10-2007 @ 2:40AM
bklynjava said...
@ 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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10-10-2007 @ 2:42AM
Luke said...
@ #13. Please, for the love of God, tell me you're kidding
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10-10-2007 @ 2:43AM
ZinkDifferent said...
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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10-10-2007 @ 2:43AM
birdfeeder said...
@ #13 if you want to troll, the least you could do is be subtle...
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10-10-2007 @ 2:49AM
JJ said...
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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10-10-2007 @ 2:50AM
DrunkDwarf said...
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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