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iFaith 1.4 Released – Downgrade From iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5.0 (Requires iOS 5.0 APticket)
05 months ago
by Shay
in Apple, iFaith, iFaith 1.4, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, Jailbreak, News, OS, Utilities
First and foremost, for those of you who are on iOS 5.0.1 already, you are out of luck. Now those of you who are still on iOS 5.0, you can now save not only your SHSH blobs but also your APtickets, which are used in Apple’s new firmware verification process. What exactly does this mean? It means that if you are on iOS 5.0 right now, and for some reason you need to restore (it updates to iOS 5.0.1) then you can have the option to downgrade back to iOS 5.0 granted you have used iFaith to save your APticket before you restored.
It should be noted that if you are on iOS 5.0.1 already, you CANNOT downgrade to iOS 5.0.
This is mainly for people who have saved their APtickets on iOS 5.0 as they will be the only ones who can downgrade back from iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5.0.
Detailed Information
An APticket is a piece of information, almost like a screenshot. When you use Apple’s iOS 5.0 firmware, your device has an APticket saved for iOS 5.0. When you update to iOS 5.0.1, our APticket changes to an iOS 5.0.1 APticket. This is how Apple keeps you from downgrading.
By using iFaith, you can not only save your SHSH blobs, but also your current iOS 5.0 APticket. This allows you to use the APticket you had for iOS 5.0 to downgrade back to iOS 5.0 from iOS 5.0.1 since your iOS 5.0 APticket is still valid. Now if you don’t save your APticket when you are on iOS 5.0, ten your new APticket is the one given to you by iOS 5.0.1, which means that you don’t have an APticket for iOS 5.0. Since you don’t have one, you cannot downgrade back to iOS 5.0 from iOS 5.0.1. In this case, iOS 5.0.1 would be the lowest you could go.
Currently, iFaith only supports Windows, as iH8sn0w is a Windows user himself. He is also the famous developer behind Sn0wbreeze, which is the Windows-only jailbreak tool. At this point in time, there isn’t any information regarding a Mac version and its release.
Download iFaith 1.4 for Windows
iFaith release notes:
iFaith v1.4 Release notes:
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* Now dumps iOS 4.4.x (Apple TV 2)/5.0.x apticket + SHSH blobs!
* Dumping is MUCH faster.
* Full Windows XP support.
* Major code improvements.
* Bug fixes.**************************************
** DOES NOT SUPPORT A5 DEVICES YET! **
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Now available at: http://iH8sn0w.com
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// iH8sn0w“You gotta believe in the voltage that lives inside us,
So lets buckle up and break our walls down. (Whooooaahhoo)”
– @Skrillex
We recommend dumping your SHSH and APtickets if you’re on iOS 5.0. It will give you the option to downgrade back to iOS 5.0 anytime after you have used the software utility.
Sources: iH8sn0w
Bypass Jailbreak Detection Found in Apps With xCon
05 months ago
by Shay
in Apple, Applications, iOS 4, iOS 5, iOS 5.0.1, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, Jailbreak, Jailbreak Tweaks, News, OS, xCon
Since Apple introduced an API in iOS that detects jailbroken iOS devices, developers have been using it to prevent users who have jailbroken their iOS devices, developers have been using it to prevent users who have jailbroken their iOS devices from using their apps. Typically these users are greeted with the following error message: “Jailbreak detected. App cannot run on a jailbroken device” when they launch such apps.
The jailbreak detection has been found in apps such as Bloomberg Anywhere, Cablevision, Cisco M-Learning, DirecTV for iPad, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Time Warner Cable, Verizon On Demand /FlexView etc. Cable companies such as Cablevision and Time Warner that allow their apps to be used only over home Wi-Fi network are paranoid that users who have jailbroken their iOS device could use their jailbreak tweaks such as My3G that enable 3G for “Wi-Fi Only” apps and use their apps while on the go. This is what has lead them to have taken the extreme step of preventing jailbroken iOS device users from using their apps.
This is going to be harder though since the iOS hacker, n00neimp0rtant recently created a jailbreak tweak called xCon which bypasses jailbreak detection in apps. It allows you to use the apps that currently prevent jailbroken iOS device users from using. The tweak apparently works by sandboxing the apps into its own memory space allowing you to use them without a jailbreak being detected.
If you want any other app to be supported then send an email to the developer at the following email address: n00neimp0rtant@me.com. The jailbreak tweak is available in Cydia for free.
iPhone Dev Team Working on Promising Unlock For iPhone 4S
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The Chronic Dev Team recently sought out help in identifying iOS 5 vulnerabilities with their C-Dev Reporter tool. The news disappointed many people which had been waiting for the release of a jailbreak for their iPhone 4S. MuscleNerd of the dependable iPhone Dev Team did recently tweet some good news for iPhone 4S users though. He said the following:
Crazy Thanksgiving weekend! Very promising 4S unlock (http://twitpic.com/7kku4t) is in the works (Not i4, just 4S..that’s crazy part)
What this means that they have discovered an exploit in the A5 processor that powers the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, allowing them to unlock an iPhon 4S so that they can use it with any other GSM carrier. MuscleNerd even ported the following image to confirm the unlock for the iPhone 4S:
The other thing to think about is the fact that you need to jailbreak the iPhone to be able to unlock it, so this means that the iPhone Dev Team must be gearing up for the launch of a jailbreak as well. Let’s hope that the jailbreak is untethered and possibly available for the iPhoen 4, iPhone 3GS, alongside with the iPhone 4S where the unlock will be exclusive.
The iPhone Dev Team has NOT provided an ETA for when it will be releasing the jailbreak and unlock, but we’ll keep you posted regarding any released information as usual!
Source: @MuscleNerd
The Chronic Dev Team Releases C-Dev Reporter to Help Discover iOS 5 Vulnerabilities
05 months ago
The Chronic Dev Team has recently published a blog post titled “Weapons of Mass Exploitation” where they provide an update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5. It was more of a call to action, asking the jailbreak community to help send in device crash reports via a tool they released called the C-Dev Reporter. The crash reports would help the Chronic Dev Team discover a vulnerability in iOS, which they could use to help release a jailbreak.
In the past, the Chronic Dev Team released GreenPois0n, which was a popular jailbreak tool for iOS 4.2.1. A few months back, they announced that they had discovered 5 new vulnerabilities in the iOS 5 beta and recently a bug in iOS 5 that could possibly help in developing an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.
The Chronic Dev team has given the following update on the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5:
During my JailbreakCon talk in September, I was excited to announce that the Chronic Dev team had already discovered 5 different exploits for use in our upcoming jailbreak. Unfortunately, that announcement was a bit premature, because in the subsequent weeks, Apple found & patched a (critical) few of those exploits, between the beta versions we used for testing and the final release of iOS5 on October 12.
Sadly (and trust us, we are much more sad about this than any of you could possibly be), this has prevented us from being able to release a new jailbreak as quickly as we wanted to. As I hinted at earlier this week on Twitter, I was initially disheartened to think that so many of the countless hours we’ve worked on this jailbreak seemingly went right down the drain.
Not to mention, these are by no means the first exploits that have been “lost” by Chronic Dev (or any other iOS hacking teams) in this manner. In fact, these are just a few in a long-running series of exploits that were patched by Apple before we hackers could make use of them in a free jailbreak for you, our loyal fans.
They then went on to explain the method Apple uses to find vulnerabilities:
One of the primary challenges in working with userland exploits is that, every time any program crashes on your iPhone, a “crash report” is generated and instantly sent back to Apple. As you can imagine, while we’re working out all the kinks in the exploitation of a vulnerability, we may need to crash any particular program thousands & thousands of times.
It’s possible to change your iTunes settings to stop sending this diagnostic information back to Apple, and of course everyone in Chronic Dev has made this change on all our development machines. However, even this is not always 100% effective at preventing Apple from obtaining our data. For instance, if one of us is at a friend’s house and plugs our iPhone up to his or her computer (even just to charge it), it’s very likely that computer is set up to send all our valuable data & crash reports right back to Apple.
Chronic Dev team have released a new tool called C-Dev Reporter, which uses a similar method to help find the vulnerabilities:
All this program requires from you is to attach your iOS device to your computer and click a single button!
At this point, the program copies all the crash reports off your device (which, under normal circumstances, would be sent right back to Apple), and instead sends this data to a secure, private server hosted by your friendly Chronic Dev team. Next, our program proceeds to neuter your copy of iTunes, simply by changing your settings to prevent your computer from sending any further diagnostic information from your device to Apple.
Using this agglomeration of your crash reports and our ninja skills, Chronic Dev will be able to quickly pinpoint vulnerabilities in various programs by using the same techniques Apple currently employs. At the very least, your data will help point us in the direction of which applications are the most vulnerable, so we can focus our time & energy on these with laser-like intensity. And, of course, this will also prevent Apple from accessing all your valuable data, just so they can then turn around and use it against you.
You can download C-Dev Reporter using this link. As mentioned before, the idea of the new tool is to help in identifying new vulnerabilities and in turn result in a jailbreak for future iOS software updates, but it appears to be a long term solution. The news should come as a disappointment to iOS device users who have been eagerly waiting for an untethered jailbreak and in case of iPhone 4S and iPad 2 users a jailbreak for iOS 5.
As of now, it looks like Dev team who have jailbroken iPhone 4S are the only hope when it comes to releasing to jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
Source: Chronic Dev Team (blog)
Recently Awarded Patent Reveals Apple’s Interest In NFC Technology
05 months ago
There were several rumors regarding the possibility of Apple’s next smartphone featuring NFC technology in the months leading up to Apple’s iPhone announcement in the fall. Many competitors in the market have had the wireless payment technology for some years but it really only started to gain some traction recently. As you can all tell, the rumors were ended up being false, since there isn’t any kind of NFC chipset in the iPhone 4S.
This doesn’t mean that Apple is completely looking over the technology though. The company was recently awarded a patent regarding Near Field Communications in mobile devices. According to the folks over at Patently Apple, Apple recently won its first NFC patent related to retail transactions. Their patent document explains a method of establishing a master/slave relationship amongst two smartphones, both of which use NFC. The whole procedure described in the patent sounds very similar to many of the rumors that were flying previously.
The patent seems to specifically narrow in on the technology being used in retail situations. What this means is that Apple may be amidst an NFC-based mobile payment system. It is quite possible but nothing is certain as of yet. Patent details can be found below (courtesy of Patently Apple):
Apple also recently updated its retail experience by opening up the option of utilizing Apple’s EasyPay application. The updated version of this application allows users to scan products that they plan to buy at Apple stores allowing you to read reviews and check prices, than ultimately give you the option to pay via credit card (allowing you to skip the long lines). The EasyPay application might be the foundation of something much bigger that Apple plans to venture in.
Would you like to see Apple using NFC technology in the next iteration of the iPhone? Share your thoughts below!
Source: Patently Apple
U.S. Wireless Carriers Still Overwhelmed With Demand For iPhone 4S
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If you don’t already have an iPhone 4S, your wait will still apparently be long according to The Wall Street Journal. Anxious Verizon Wireless customers are reporting more than three weeks for their purchase to arrive. AT&T customers are waiting an average of 21 days as well, and Sprint customers have roughly a two week time period. This new report continues to prove previous claims of Apple experiencing a demand which was slower than expected for their iPhone 4S wrong. Apple stock previously went down due to these claims despite the initial success of the device.
According to the WSJ, the initial sales of the iPhone 4S were quite opposite of the rumors, calling them “unexpectedly strong” in the first month. According to AT&T president of emerging devices, Glenn Lurie, “We are having some supply issues in the sense that demand’s huge. We have had just record-breaking sales on it.” Verizon seemed to make comments similar to this, where a spokeswoman mentioned that the demand “continues to build” for the iPhone 4S. The Big Red also mentioned that it is working with Apple to increase inventory.
Apple’s own retail stores are experiencing a similar story as they are seeing daily stock-outs of their iPhone 4S. Furthermore, the Cupertino giant is in the midst of the fastest worldwide roll-out ever, with a very strong international demand as well. Apple continues to stay on its record setting pace with the iPhone 4S after selling more than 4 million iPhones in its first weekend. That specific weekend alone doubled the company’s previous record of 1.7 million iPhone 4 units in the summer of 2010.
Tim Cook previously mentioned in the company’s quarterly earnings conference call in October how he was confident that a new record for the iPhone 4S will be set in the current holiday quarter. Currently the previous record came in the company’s June quarter of this year, when Apple moved a total of 20.34 million iPhones.
With the holiday season around the corner, will you be getting an iPhone 4S for yourself or someone you know? Do you already have an iPhone 4S? Share any thoughts and comments below!
Source: Wall Street Journal
GSM iPhone 4S Unlock Without Hardware or Software Tweaks
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A developer by the name of Caleb Daniels seems to have discovered a method that will unlock the AT&T version of the iPhone 4S without any software or hardware tweaking. As of right now, the method is reported to work only with the AT&T version with a CDMA iPhone 4S method in the works (according to Daniels). The unlock will assist you in using your iPhone 4S on T-Mobile’s network as long as you have a T-Mobile SIM card (something you’ll need anyway). Some twitter users have confirmed that this method does work so if you’re interested in giving it a shot, feel free to follow the steps below:
Quick Note #1: Your T-Mobile SIM card needs to be the size of a microSIM
You will need to make sure your T-Mobile SIM card is equivalent to the size of your microSIM from AT&T. You can do this by cutting your T-Mobile SIM card yourself with something like an exacto-knife, purchasing a SIM card cutter, or obtaining a microSIM through T-Mobile’s website.
Quick Note #2: You need a T-Mobile data plan in order for this to work
One of the steps requires you to have access to Edge, this will only work if you have a data plan.
Unlock the iPhone 4S (AT&T version) Without Hardware or Software Tweaking
- Insert the original AT&T SIM card.
- Dial 611 and drop the call.
- Turn on Airplane Mode.
- Take the AT&T SIM card out.
- Insert the T-Mobile SIM card.
- Make sure Wi-Fi is turned off (to ensure it doesn’t connect automatically later, just hit “Forget this Network”)
- Turn Airplane Mode off. The iPhone will search for the network and then Apple’s splash screen will appear. The Activation Required will then be displayed on the screen and the Edge network will activate automatically (check for an “E” in the top left corner of the screen)
- Wait 20-30 seconds at this point then turn the iPhone off.
- Turn the iPhone back on and the same Activation Required screen will then be displayed.
- Continue to wait and when you see one signal bar, hit “Use Cellular Connection”
- Eject the SIM card and the Activation Required screen will appear for the second time.
- Put the SIM card back in and voila! You will be unlocked!
The method is definitely something different in terms of how the community has been unlocking their iPhones in the past but it has been confirmed to work. If you end up trying it out, share your experience below! Furthermore, feel free to discuss any issues or whether or not the method worked or you!
Source: Caleb Daniels, @chronic
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