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Senin, 05 April 2010
Using Blackra1n Jailbroken iPhones with iTunes 9.1 issue solved!
If you are having issues with your Blackra1n Jailbroken iDevice, please take a look at the video below by Dinozambas. This will help fix your issues with your iDevice and I've included his links from his YouTube page below the video for the fix.
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Senin, 16 November 2009
Having issues with GPS, WiFi, and YouTube after using Blackra1n / Blacksn0w Jailbreak/Unlock??
Here is a fix for you all:
Push Notification Fix (GPS, Youtube)
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Cydia icon.
2.) If Cydia prompts you for updates, install them all.
3.) In Cydia, tap on the “Manage” tab at the bottom of the screen.
4.) Tap on the “Sources” button.
5.) Tap on the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the screen and then tap the “Add” button in the top left corner.
6.) Type in http://cydia.iphoneil.net and then tap “Add Source“.
7.) Now tap on the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.
8.) Tap on the “Search” tab on the bottom of the screen and type in “pushfix“.
9.) Select “pushfix” from the list of search results and then tap “Install” in the top right corner of the screen and then tap “Confirm“.
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WiFi Fix
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the “Settings” icon.
2.) In the Settings menu, tap on “General“. Scroll to the bottom of the General menu.
3.) In the General menu, tap on “Reset“. Then tap “Reset Network Settings“.
4.) Reboot your iPhone/iPod Touch by holding down the sleep/wake button and sliding to turn off.
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Push Notification Fix (GPS, Youtube)
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Cydia icon.
2.) If Cydia prompts you for updates, install them all.
3.) In Cydia, tap on the “Manage” tab at the bottom of the screen.
4.) Tap on the “Sources” button.
5.) Tap on the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the screen and then tap the “Add” button in the top left corner.
6.) Type in http://cydia.iphoneil.net and then tap “Add Source“.
7.) Now tap on the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.
8.) Tap on the “Search” tab on the bottom of the screen and type in “pushfix“.
9.) Select “pushfix” from the list of search results and then tap “Install” in the top right corner of the screen and then tap “Confirm“.
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WiFi Fix
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the “Settings” icon.
2.) In the Settings menu, tap on “General“. Scroll to the bottom of the General menu.
3.) In the General menu, tap on “Reset“. Then tap “Reset Network Settings“.
4.) Reboot your iPhone/iPod Touch by holding down the sleep/wake button and sliding to turn off.
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How to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 2G/3G/3GS on 3.1.2 w/ Blackra1n / Blacksn0w: The Guide
Before we begin, please take some time to review the notes below as they are very important:
- The methods listed below can be followed on BOTH PC and Mac users.
- Your iPhone/iPod Touch must be updated to firmware 3.1.2 via iTunes before beginning this process.
- For users that already have a jailbroken device and want to keep their jailbroken apps, before you begin the process below, download “AptBackup” from Cydia and back up your jailbroken apps. Now connect your device to iTunes and backup your device using the iTunes backup process. After you do the jailbreak process below, redownload AptBackup from Cydia and plug your device into your computer. Using AptBackup, restore your apps.
- If you are already jailbroken and/or unlocked and have problems with WiFi, GPS or Youtube, click here.
The following is how to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS on 3.1.2 Firmware
1.) Plug your iPhone into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPhone from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPhone connected to your computer.
2.) Click on the PC or Mac links to download Blackra1n for PC or MAC. Save the file to your computer desktop.
3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Click on "Make it ra1n" to launch the tool.
4.) Your iPhone will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.
5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate that your iPhone has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.
6.) Once at your iPhone home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.
7.) On your iPhone home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.
8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.
9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPhone home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.
How to Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Blackra1n icon.
2.) In the Blackra1n app, tap on “Sn0w”. Your iPhone will now be unlocked.
Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak or unlock.
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The following is how to Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS if you are already Jailbroken and running Baseband 05.11.07
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Cydia icon.
2.) If Cydia prompts you for updates, install them all.
3.) In Cydia, tap on the “Manage” tab at the bottom.
4.) Tap on the “Sources” button.
5.) Tap on the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the screen and then tap the “Add” button in the top left corner.
6.) Type in http://www.blackra1n.com and then tap “Add Source“.
7.) Now tap on the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.
8.) Tap on “blackra1n” from the “Sources” List under the “Manage” tab.
9.) Select “blacksn0w” from the list of packages and then tap “Install” in the top right corner of the screen and then tap “Confirm“.
10.) After the unlock is installed, tap on “Return to Cydia“. Your iPhone is now unlocked.
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The following is how to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 2G on 3.1.2 Firmware
1.) Plug your iPhone into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPhone from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPhone connected to your computer.
2.) Click on the appropriate link for PC or MAC and download Blackra1n. Save the file to your computer desktop.
3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Then click on the "Make it Ra1n" button.
4.) Your iPhone will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.
5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate that your iPhone has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.
6.) Once at your iPhone home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.
7.) On your iPhone home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.
8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.
9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPhone home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.
How to Unlock the iPhone 2G
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Blackra1n icon.
2.) In the Blackra1n app, tap on “Cydia” to install Cydia. (If you already installed Cydia, move to Step 3)
3.) Cydia will prompt you for updates. Tap on “Complete Upgrade” and install them all.
4.) In Cydia, search for the app “BootNeuter” and install the app.
5.) Open BootNeuter and make sure the settings match the image below:
6.) When the settings match the above image, tap on “Flash” in the top right corner. The iPhone 2G will now be unlocked.
Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak or unlock.
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The following is how to Jailbreak the iPod Touch on 3.1.2 Firmware
1.) Plug your iPod Touch into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPod Touch from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPod Touch connected to your computer.
2.) Click on the appropriate link for PC or MAC and download Blackra1n. Save the file to your computer desktop.
3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Click on the "Make it Ra1n" button.
4.) Your iPod Touch will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.
5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate the your iPod Touch has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.
6.) Once at your iPod Touch home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.
7.) On your iPod Touch home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.
8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.
9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPod Touch home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.
Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak.
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The following is how to Revert Your iPhone 2G/3G/3GS or iPod Touch Back To “Normal”
1.) Open iTunes and plug your iPhone 2G/3G/3GS or iPod Touch in via the USB. Backup your iPhone/iPod Touch if iTunes allows you to.
2.) When iTunes recognizes the iPhone/iPod Touch, click on the “Restore” button in iTunes. This will restore your iPhone/iPod Touch with fresh 3.1.2 firmware.
3.) After the restore is complete, iTunes will prompt you to Set up a New Device or Restore from Back Up from an existing backup (the backup from step 1). Choose which ever method you want and let iTunes process.
4.) After the processing is complete, your iPhone/iPod Touch will be loaded with the fresh 3.1.2 firmware or loaded with your back up that you may have chosen.
5.) Eject the iPhone/iPod Touch from iTunes using the “eject” button and disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone/iPod Touch. Turn the iPhone/iPod Touch off and then turn the iPhone/iPod Touch back on.
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- The methods listed below can be followed on BOTH PC and Mac users.
- Your iPhone/iPod Touch must be updated to firmware 3.1.2 via iTunes before beginning this process.
- For users that already have a jailbroken device and want to keep their jailbroken apps, before you begin the process below, download “AptBackup” from Cydia and back up your jailbroken apps. Now connect your device to iTunes and backup your device using the iTunes backup process. After you do the jailbreak process below, redownload AptBackup from Cydia and plug your device into your computer. Using AptBackup, restore your apps.
- If you are already jailbroken and/or unlocked and have problems with WiFi, GPS or Youtube, click here.
The following is how to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS on 3.1.2 Firmware
1.) Plug your iPhone into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPhone from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPhone connected to your computer.
2.) Click on the PC or Mac links to download Blackra1n for PC or MAC. Save the file to your computer desktop.
3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Click on "Make it ra1n" to launch the tool.
4.) Your iPhone will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.
5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate that your iPhone has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.
6.) Once at your iPhone home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.
7.) On your iPhone home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.
8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.
9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPhone home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.
How to Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Blackra1n icon.
2.) In the Blackra1n app, tap on “Sn0w”. Your iPhone will now be unlocked.
Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak or unlock.
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The following is how to Unlock the iPhone 3G/3GS if you are already Jailbroken and running Baseband 05.11.07
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Cydia icon.
2.) If Cydia prompts you for updates, install them all.
3.) In Cydia, tap on the “Manage” tab at the bottom.
4.) Tap on the “Sources” button.
5.) Tap on the “Edit” button in the top right corner of the screen and then tap the “Add” button in the top left corner.
6.) Type in http://www.blackra1n.com and then tap “Add Source“.
7.) Now tap on the “Done” button in the top right corner of the screen.
8.) Tap on “blackra1n” from the “Sources” List under the “Manage” tab.
9.) Select “blacksn0w” from the list of packages and then tap “Install” in the top right corner of the screen and then tap “Confirm“.
10.) After the unlock is installed, tap on “Return to Cydia“. Your iPhone is now unlocked.
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The following is how to Jailbreak and Unlock the iPhone 2G on 3.1.2 Firmware
1.) Plug your iPhone into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPhone from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPhone connected to your computer.
2.) Click on the appropriate link for PC or MAC and download Blackra1n. Save the file to your computer desktop.
3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Then click on the "Make it Ra1n" button.
4.) Your iPhone will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.
5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate that your iPhone has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.
6.) Once at your iPhone home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.
7.) On your iPhone home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.
8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.
9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPhone home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.
How to Unlock the iPhone 2G
1.) On your iPhone home-screen, tap on the Blackra1n icon.
2.) In the Blackra1n app, tap on “Cydia” to install Cydia. (If you already installed Cydia, move to Step 3)
3.) Cydia will prompt you for updates. Tap on “Complete Upgrade” and install them all.
4.) In Cydia, search for the app “BootNeuter” and install the app.
5.) Open BootNeuter and make sure the settings match the image below:
6.) When the settings match the above image, tap on “Flash” in the top right corner. The iPhone 2G will now be unlocked.
Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak or unlock.
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The following is how to Jailbreak the iPod Touch on 3.1.2 Firmware
1.) Plug your iPod Touch into iTunes, do a backup and then click “Update” to install firmware 3.1.2. After the update, eject your iPod Touch from iTunes using the “eject” button and close iTunes. Leave your iPod Touch connected to your computer.
2.) Click on the appropriate link for PC or MAC and download Blackra1n. Save the file to your computer desktop.
3.) Locate the downloaded file “Blackra1n” and double-click on it. Click on the "Make it Ra1n" button.
4.) Your iPod Touch will now enter into Recovery Mode. If iTunes opens, simply close it.
5.) After the reboot, Blackra1n will indicate the your iPod Touch has been jailbroken. Click “OK”. You can also close Blackra1n now if it is still open.
6.) Once at your iPod Touch home-screen, go to Settings > WiFi and turn on WiFi.
7.) On your iPod Touch home-screen, you will see a new Blackra1n icon. Tap on it.
8.) When Blackra1n opens, tap on Cydia (or Rock) and tap “Install” in the top right corner.
9.) Cydia (or Rock) will now be visible on your iPod Touch home-screen. Your iPhone is now Jailbroken.
Note: You may go back into the Blackra1n app on your home-screen and use the Uninstall toggle to remove the Blackra1n app from your home-screen. This does not affect the jailbreak.
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The following is how to Revert Your iPhone 2G/3G/3GS or iPod Touch Back To “Normal”
1.) Open iTunes and plug your iPhone 2G/3G/3GS or iPod Touch in via the USB. Backup your iPhone/iPod Touch if iTunes allows you to.
2.) When iTunes recognizes the iPhone/iPod Touch, click on the “Restore” button in iTunes. This will restore your iPhone/iPod Touch with fresh 3.1.2 firmware.
3.) After the restore is complete, iTunes will prompt you to Set up a New Device or Restore from Back Up from an existing backup (the backup from step 1). Choose which ever method you want and let iTunes process.
4.) After the processing is complete, your iPhone/iPod Touch will be loaded with the fresh 3.1.2 firmware or loaded with your back up that you may have chosen.
5.) Eject the iPhone/iPod Touch from iTunes using the “eject” button and disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone/iPod Touch. Turn the iPhone/iPod Touch off and then turn the iPhone/iPod Touch back on.
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Apple battles 'jailbreakers' over iPhone control
By Brian X. Chen, Wired
When he was 17, George Hotz (creator of blackra1n) poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone's secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off.
With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to international networks before Apple had a chance to.
He got some perks, too. His unlock catapulted him to internet stardom, catching the eye of an entrepreneur who traded his Nissan 350Z car for Hotz's restriction-free iPhone.
Hotz, now 20, makes a living as a "hacker for hire" of sorts -- getting paid to break into different types of gadgets. He gets to spend his free time unofficially attending a college, where he pretends to be a student just to socialize.
What's best, Hotz didn't think unlocking the iPhone was even hard.
"It did take 500 hours, but thinking back to some of the stuff I've done now, the first iPhone was incredibly easy," Hotz said in a phone interview.
But what was an easy task for a curious teen has turned into a persistent headache for Apple, one that the company has been trying to cure for over two years, with little success.
With each new version of the iPhone operating system, a small army of independent programmers and hackers get to work prying it open, removing restrictions and making their iPhones do things that Apple CEO Steve Jobs never intended.
To stay faithful to agreements with telecom partners, Jobs in September 2007 declared Apple was playing a "cat-and-mouse game" to disable unlocked iPhones. Apple regularly issues software updates to disable hacked, unlocked versions of the handset. But within a few weeks, new hacks emerge, freeing the iPhone from carrier restrictions again.
In fact, Hotz just last month released the easiest hacking solution for the iPhone to date.
Named "Blackra1n," his software can hack and unlock an iPhone in just two minutes. All the user needs to do is plug in an iPhone, launch the application and click a button.
It's safe to say this is a game where the mouse has outrun the cat, and it's unlikely Apple will catch up anytime soon. That's because Apple is up against a lot more than an individual hacker.
The iPhone and its App Store not only gave birth to a new digital frontier for mobile software, but created an entire underground ecosystem: the Jailbreak community.
In addition to multiple iPhone hacker groups pumping out different unlocking solutions on a regular basis, there are several stores hosting unauthorized iPhone apps and programmers developing software strictly for hacked iPhones.
Hackers adopted the word "jailbreak" to describe the act of overriding the iPhone's restrictions to install unauthorized software in the device. Jailbreaking is the first step an iPhone owner must take in order to later execute the hack to unlock the handset, enabling it to work with any carrier.
The original iPhone was extremely insecure and thus very easy to jailbreak, according to Hotz, and hackers almost immediately broke into the gadget after it debuted in June 2007.
Jailbreaking accelerated quickly. Soon, hackers reverse-engineered major parts of the iPhone API, and they opened doors to creating and installing third-party apps for the device.
Games, utilities and even custom themes and wallpapers enhanced the capabilities of the handset. To Apple enthusiasts, this was exciting: The iPhone at the time had no App Store, so jailbreaking was the only way to get more than the handful of basic apps provided by Apple.
In August 2007, Hotz announced he had unlocked the iPhone with the Dev Team, a group of hackers that posts jailbreak tools and instructions. Soon after, Hotz released software that anyone in the world could use to make their iPhone work with any carrier's SIM card.
When Apple in July 2008 opened its official App Store, the urge to jailbreak got less exciting. The App Store grew quickly -- with 100,000 apps to date -- making the act of jailbreaking seemingly irrelevant to the average iPhone owner, who could download Apple-sanctioned apps without risk.
Reformation
But the App Store didn't stop the Jailbreak community from proliferating. Now that the App Store exists, jailbreakers have shifted their focus to creating work-arounds for the iPhone's many restrictions. Most share an open-software philosophy, giving consumers full ownership rights over their product, or the ability to do whatever they wish with the gadget they paid for.
Jay Freeman owns Cydia, an unauthorized app store open to jailbroken iPhones, which distributes iPhone apps Apple would otherwise forbid. Before opening his store, Freeman played an instrumental role in setting up the early groundwork for the jailbreak platform.
Often referred to as "Saurik" in the Jailbreak community, Freeman admitted he was initially reluctant about the iPhone due to its stifling limitations.
"Apple seems to have spent very little time looking at previous phones, and left out many features that users, such as myself, have come to expect," said Freeman, reflecting on the original iPhone. "However, [a friend] insisted to me that jailbreaking was the future. The software it comes with doesn't matter; I can just rewrite it all to my liking."
The need for an underground app store became more clear after Apple rejected several iPhone apps. The company faced severe scrutiny when it rejected the official Google Voice app, which would enable consumers to use a single phone number to ring all their phones, send free text messages and make cheap international calls.
The move stirred so much controversy that even the Federal Communications Commission investigated the rejection.
Unauthorized app stores served as a way of circumventing Apple's censorship. And some programmers are even making money coding forbidden iPhone apps.
"People are so annoyed by Apple and their shit, and if you give them opportunity to go around it, then they'll even pay for it," said Kim Streich, a developer whose app 3G Unrestrictor earned $19,000 in sales in just two weeks through Cydia.
With more than 10 million jailbroken iPhones registered, Freeman's Cydia store is the most popular underground app store. Icy and Installer, two previous unauthorized iPhone software distributors, have been discontinued.
Whenever Apple releases an iPhone update, the new software usually erases unauthorized apps and disables unlocked iPhones. In response, the iPhone hacker group Dev Team continues to post regular updates on its blog with instructions and new jailbreak patches for newer iPhone software. The Dev Team's main jailbreak weapon is called Pwnage Tool, which creates a custom (hacked) patch for Apple's iPhone firmware and then installs it on the device.
To further combat jailbreaks, Apple has attempted to claim to the U.S. Copyright Office that jailbreaking is illegal.
However, the Dev Team skirts around copyright issues by not copying and providing Apple's software, according to Eric McDonald, a member of the Dev Team. Instead, the Pwnage Tool requires iPhone users to download Apple's legitimate firmware, and the Pwnage Tool patches it with jailbreak code.
Hotz, who was kicked out of the Dev Team after prematurely publishing information on iPhone hacks, still hacks away the iPhone on his own. Hotz doesn't demand money for his work, though he does accept donations.
He isn't shy about showing his face to Apple or the world, either: When running Blackra1n, the iPhone temporarily displays a photo of Hotz styled as an angel from a Caravaggio painting (above).
"Blackra1n is only 600K, and 200k of it is my picture," Hotz said, laughing.
Though the Jailbreak community persistently issues new hacks for iPhone updates, Apple is continuing to fight. A recent Apple job listing reveals the company is seeking an iPhone OS security manager to help prevent exploits, which could block future jailbreak solutions.
Hotz doubted a security expert could block his efforts. In fact, he said he's already discovered a brand new exploit that will jailbreak and unlock Apple's fourth-generation iPhone -- presumably due in stores summer of 2010 -- even though he hasn't touched it.
"Personally I love that Apple keeps the iPhone closed," Hotz said. "This is a personal hobby; it'd be no fun if Apple didn't have it closed anymore. Get a Jailbreak cop and then I'll show them what I can really do."
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When he was 17, George Hotz (creator of blackra1n) poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone's secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off.
With the help of a soldering iron, he was the first to unlock the iPhone, delivering the handset to international networks before Apple had a chance to.
He got some perks, too. His unlock catapulted him to internet stardom, catching the eye of an entrepreneur who traded his Nissan 350Z car for Hotz's restriction-free iPhone.
Hotz, now 20, makes a living as a "hacker for hire" of sorts -- getting paid to break into different types of gadgets. He gets to spend his free time unofficially attending a college, where he pretends to be a student just to socialize.
What's best, Hotz didn't think unlocking the iPhone was even hard.
"It did take 500 hours, but thinking back to some of the stuff I've done now, the first iPhone was incredibly easy," Hotz said in a phone interview.
But what was an easy task for a curious teen has turned into a persistent headache for Apple, one that the company has been trying to cure for over two years, with little success.
With each new version of the iPhone operating system, a small army of independent programmers and hackers get to work prying it open, removing restrictions and making their iPhones do things that Apple CEO Steve Jobs never intended.
To stay faithful to agreements with telecom partners, Jobs in September 2007 declared Apple was playing a "cat-and-mouse game" to disable unlocked iPhones. Apple regularly issues software updates to disable hacked, unlocked versions of the handset. But within a few weeks, new hacks emerge, freeing the iPhone from carrier restrictions again.
In fact, Hotz just last month released the easiest hacking solution for the iPhone to date.
Named "Blackra1n," his software can hack and unlock an iPhone in just two minutes. All the user needs to do is plug in an iPhone, launch the application and click a button.
It's safe to say this is a game where the mouse has outrun the cat, and it's unlikely Apple will catch up anytime soon. That's because Apple is up against a lot more than an individual hacker.
The iPhone and its App Store not only gave birth to a new digital frontier for mobile software, but created an entire underground ecosystem: the Jailbreak community.
In addition to multiple iPhone hacker groups pumping out different unlocking solutions on a regular basis, there are several stores hosting unauthorized iPhone apps and programmers developing software strictly for hacked iPhones.
Hackers adopted the word "jailbreak" to describe the act of overriding the iPhone's restrictions to install unauthorized software in the device. Jailbreaking is the first step an iPhone owner must take in order to later execute the hack to unlock the handset, enabling it to work with any carrier.
The original iPhone was extremely insecure and thus very easy to jailbreak, according to Hotz, and hackers almost immediately broke into the gadget after it debuted in June 2007.
Jailbreaking accelerated quickly. Soon, hackers reverse-engineered major parts of the iPhone API, and they opened doors to creating and installing third-party apps for the device.
Games, utilities and even custom themes and wallpapers enhanced the capabilities of the handset. To Apple enthusiasts, this was exciting: The iPhone at the time had no App Store, so jailbreaking was the only way to get more than the handful of basic apps provided by Apple.
In August 2007, Hotz announced he had unlocked the iPhone with the Dev Team, a group of hackers that posts jailbreak tools and instructions. Soon after, Hotz released software that anyone in the world could use to make their iPhone work with any carrier's SIM card.
When Apple in July 2008 opened its official App Store, the urge to jailbreak got less exciting. The App Store grew quickly -- with 100,000 apps to date -- making the act of jailbreaking seemingly irrelevant to the average iPhone owner, who could download Apple-sanctioned apps without risk.
Reformation
But the App Store didn't stop the Jailbreak community from proliferating. Now that the App Store exists, jailbreakers have shifted their focus to creating work-arounds for the iPhone's many restrictions. Most share an open-software philosophy, giving consumers full ownership rights over their product, or the ability to do whatever they wish with the gadget they paid for.
Jay Freeman owns Cydia, an unauthorized app store open to jailbroken iPhones, which distributes iPhone apps Apple would otherwise forbid. Before opening his store, Freeman played an instrumental role in setting up the early groundwork for the jailbreak platform.
Often referred to as "Saurik" in the Jailbreak community, Freeman admitted he was initially reluctant about the iPhone due to its stifling limitations.
"Apple seems to have spent very little time looking at previous phones, and left out many features that users, such as myself, have come to expect," said Freeman, reflecting on the original iPhone. "However, [a friend] insisted to me that jailbreaking was the future. The software it comes with doesn't matter; I can just rewrite it all to my liking."
The need for an underground app store became more clear after Apple rejected several iPhone apps. The company faced severe scrutiny when it rejected the official Google Voice app, which would enable consumers to use a single phone number to ring all their phones, send free text messages and make cheap international calls.
The move stirred so much controversy that even the Federal Communications Commission investigated the rejection.
Unauthorized app stores served as a way of circumventing Apple's censorship. And some programmers are even making money coding forbidden iPhone apps.
"People are so annoyed by Apple and their shit, and if you give them opportunity to go around it, then they'll even pay for it," said Kim Streich, a developer whose app 3G Unrestrictor earned $19,000 in sales in just two weeks through Cydia.
With more than 10 million jailbroken iPhones registered, Freeman's Cydia store is the most popular underground app store. Icy and Installer, two previous unauthorized iPhone software distributors, have been discontinued.
Whenever Apple releases an iPhone update, the new software usually erases unauthorized apps and disables unlocked iPhones. In response, the iPhone hacker group Dev Team continues to post regular updates on its blog with instructions and new jailbreak patches for newer iPhone software. The Dev Team's main jailbreak weapon is called Pwnage Tool, which creates a custom (hacked) patch for Apple's iPhone firmware and then installs it on the device.
To further combat jailbreaks, Apple has attempted to claim to the U.S. Copyright Office that jailbreaking is illegal.
However, the Dev Team skirts around copyright issues by not copying and providing Apple's software, according to Eric McDonald, a member of the Dev Team. Instead, the Pwnage Tool requires iPhone users to download Apple's legitimate firmware, and the Pwnage Tool patches it with jailbreak code.
Hotz, who was kicked out of the Dev Team after prematurely publishing information on iPhone hacks, still hacks away the iPhone on his own. Hotz doesn't demand money for his work, though he does accept donations.
He isn't shy about showing his face to Apple or the world, either: When running Blackra1n, the iPhone temporarily displays a photo of Hotz styled as an angel from a Caravaggio painting (above).
"Blackra1n is only 600K, and 200k of it is my picture," Hotz said, laughing.
Though the Jailbreak community persistently issues new hacks for iPhone updates, Apple is continuing to fight. A recent Apple job listing reveals the company is seeking an iPhone OS security manager to help prevent exploits, which could block future jailbreak solutions.
Hotz doubted a security expert could block his efforts. In fact, he said he's already discovered a brand new exploit that will jailbreak and unlock Apple's fourth-generation iPhone -- presumably due in stores summer of 2010 -- even though he hasn't touched it.
"Personally I love that Apple keeps the iPhone closed," Hotz said. "This is a personal hobby; it'd be no fun if Apple didn't have it closed anymore. Get a Jailbreak cop and then I'll show them what I can really do."
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