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iPhone, iPod Touch 1.1.1 Firmwares Jailbroken

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pat-yourselves-on-the-back dept.

vertigoCiel writes "Hackers Niacin and Dre have recently gained full read and write access to the filesystems of both the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The Jailbreak exploits a vulnerability in Safari's TIFF library to execute the necessary code when the specially crafted image is loaded. Access can then be permanently sustained by modifying the fstab file with iPhuc"

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  1. Makes me wonder by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder if Apple are going to keep playing "cat and mouse", and try to bring legal action to bear against these "vile hackers", or if they're going to take the hint that you can't stop us all? Clearly there's a demand for unlocked iPhones.

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    1. Re:Makes me wonder by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      But they're not under any obligation to prevent third party applications. That's just greed. They want to eventually sell only licensed third party apps.

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    2. Re:Makes me wonder by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Interesting
      I currently have an O2 contract phone (W810i - very pleased with both phone and network) and my contract is coming up for renewal at about the same time as the iPhone will be released. As you can guess, my decision is now slightly more complicated:

      • iPhone for £269.00 and 18 month contract for £35 a month:
        • 200 minutes and 200 texts a month
        • Unlimited (within reason) data
        • Free wifi access at the Cloud access points
      • N95 for free and 18 month contract for £30 a month:
        • 400 minutes and 200 texts a month
        • Better featured phone
        • 200MB data a month for extra £7.50 a month or unlimited data for an extra £30 a month

      The iPhone deal comes to £899 total and the N95 deal comes to £675.

      Quite frankly, the *only* reason the iPhone is even still in the running is because of the inclusive data and wifi at the moment - and even then I am still heavily leaning toward the N95 with the 200MB data allowance.

      Thoughts?
  2. Not a long term solution by uglydog · · Score: 4, Interesting

    according to the article since the TIFF exploit can be patched. I understand it's a "cat and mouse game", but I was wondering why there can't be a more permanent solution, like creating an image that can be restored using the iTunes Restore function.

    This is great news and I'd like to know how do you get started learning how to hack the iPhone? I found stuff that explains how the jail breaking works, but not how it was discovered or what was tried, etc. Blogs, logs, etc would be cool.