Found Footage: iPhone restore screen hacked
Looks like the iPhone hacking teams are at it again. This time they have created a custom image where the normal "Connect to iTunes" image should be on a normal iPhone. This image, used when you restore your iPhone or iPod touch, was a yellow triangle and has been updated to the iPod connector and iTunes icon in recent iPhone/touch firmware versions.
Thanks to roxfan, Turbo, wizdaz, bgm, and pumpkin
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2-26-2008 @ 5:34PM
atomsk47 said...
So how is it done?
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2-26-2008 @ 5:35PM
atomsk47 said...
So how is it done?
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2-26-2008 @ 5:40PM
AriX said...
Wow! Does this mean they found out how to sign their own firmwares? If so, that's amazing!
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2-27-2008 @ 4:53AM
Tony said...
I expect they're replacing the bootloader (see geohot's site for stuff about that) and disabling the signing.
Once you've disabled signing at one step it's not that hard to disable it on all the others.. the chain of trust is broken.
The logical conclusion of course is the ability to create custom ipsw files and install them directly rather than having to go through complex jailbreak procedures.
2-26-2008 @ 5:42PM
glide said...
yeah, I have a question. What's the point of it?
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2-26-2008 @ 5:42PM
samweiss said...
I'd really like to change the boot up apple logo to the old colored apple logo.
Any ideas?
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2-26-2008 @ 5:45PM
Stevensnewest said...
a windows vista logo would go great as a boot pic
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2-26-2008 @ 7:27PM
Tyler Darko said...
lol.
2-26-2008 @ 5:54PM
St3phen said...
My click...
I want it back.
That could have been a still PNG. I did not need to devote 30 seconds of my life watching a static screen. I suppose my time was PWNED!
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2-26-2008 @ 5:58PM
Big John said...
Whatever will you do with your precious 30s of wasted time? Woe is you...
2-26-2008 @ 6:49PM
Macroy said...
Not to mention the 30 seconds you wasted posting this comment. Double whammy!
2-26-2008 @ 5:59PM
Big John said...
Cute novelty, I suppose. I really wouldn't run around screaming I pwned an iPhone if I did this hack.
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2-26-2008 @ 6:06PM
Zak said...
At the end it asked "any questions?" Yeah I have a question - what the hell was the point of that? Am I supposed to care or something? Geez, do something useful on the iPhone and then maybe I'll give a crap.
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2-26-2008 @ 7:57PM
mark said...
You know, since only one of you even got the point of this, why don't the rest of you stop posting comments on iPhone hacking articles?
Go play a video game or eat something.
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2-26-2008 @ 8:11PM
robogobo said...
ubergay
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2-26-2008 @ 8:57PM
Zac Bedell said...
This likely indicates some sort of bug has been found in the bootloader's digital signature checking. Images are signed as of the 1.1.1 release, and I'm pretty sure replacing an image would require a signature exploit.
If that's the case, it's awesome. It means even if Apple patches the kernel bug in ziphone, there's another bug in the restore which may be quite a bit more difficult to patch.
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2-26-2008 @ 9:15PM
lane said...
That's the longest Video of a still shot I've ever seen!
Still, not bad if they can hack the firmware (if that's how they did it anyway)
Faslane
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2-26-2008 @ 9:27PM
billg said...
THAT WAS AMAZING GUYS!!! TEH COOLEST THING EVER I'VE BEEN WAITING SOOOOOOO LONG FOR THIS
CAN YOU LIVEBLOG AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEVELOPER AND TALK BACK AND FORTH IN LEETSPEAK??!!1 HEHEHEHHHEH
DO THEY HAVE ANY PLANS ON RELEASING A UPGRADE SCREEN WALLPAPER CHANGER SDK (COME ON APPLE >:( !!!!!! )I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PROGRAMMING ABUT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY AN HELP ON MY IPONE THANKS FOR ALL U HELP GUYs11111
ugh......
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2-26-2008 @ 9:34PM
Bezman said...
lol, this is allot bigger than allot of you think. remember this next week or so when this is THE big deal..
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2-26-2008 @ 11:31PM
Bezman said...
you can see he start up the phone (presses power) then it boots apple logo, then boots a different screen "PWNED" then it goes to the normal phone lock or to the slide to unlock screen if you don't have a password/sim lock activated...