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atomsk47 said 5:34PM on 2-26-2008
So how is it done?
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atomsk47 said 5:35PM on 2-26-2008
So how is it done?
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AriX said 5:40PM on 2-26-2008
Wow! Does this mean they found out how to sign their own firmwares? If so, that's amazing!
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Tony said 4:53AM on 2-27-2008
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.
glide said 5:42PM on 2-26-2008
yeah, I have a question. What's the point of it?
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samweiss said 5:42PM on 2-26-2008
I'd really like to change the boot up apple logo to the old colored apple logo.
Any ideas?
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Stevensnewest said 5:45PM on 2-26-2008
a windows vista logo would go great as a boot pic
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Tyler Darko said 7:27PM on 2-26-2008
lol.
St3phen said 5:54PM on 2-26-2008
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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Big John said 5:58PM on 2-26-2008
Whatever will you do with your precious 30s of wasted time? Woe is you...
Macroy said 6:49PM on 2-26-2008
Not to mention the 30 seconds you wasted posting this comment. Double whammy!
Big John said 5:59PM on 2-26-2008
Cute novelty, I suppose. I really wouldn't run around screaming I pwned an iPhone if I did this hack.
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Zak said 6:06PM on 2-26-2008
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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mark said 7:57PM on 2-26-2008
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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robogobo said 8:11PM on 2-26-2008
ubergay
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Zac Bedell said 8:57PM on 2-26-2008
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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lane said 9:15PM on 2-26-2008
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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billg said 9:27PM on 2-26-2008
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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Bezman said 9:34PM on 2-26-2008
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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Bezman said 11:31PM on 2-26-2008
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...