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The State of the iTouch Jailbreak
Filed under: iPod Family, Hacks, iPhoneNo news to report yet but since I'm being bombarded by email, here's a status report: iPhuc. Recompiled and working. Recovery mode. Achieved both by hand and by software. The old restore commands do not work. iTouch uses a new restore protocol. Instead of pushing data from iTunes, the iTouch pulls data via request. It used to be that iTunes sent a request, and the iPhone returned results. Now iTunes starts a restore mode and waits for requests from the iTouch and serves the requested data. File read/write from disk. Achieved. Pretty much all the normal inside-jail stuff works. File system mount. Not there yet. GRestore. Partial success.RAM disk decryption. Not yet. No luck yet on finding the key, which may be getting served from Apple.Shell mode. Maybe. Normal mode debug access workingState. Arminius: Cranky; Pumpkin, iE_gU, Kroo, Roxfan, BloomFilter: Exhausted. Martyn: Bits of his ipod scattered about his workbench. Me: Frustrated. Jailbreak...

iPhone Dev Team announces free GUI iPhone Unlock Tool
Filed under: Cool tools, Hacks, iPhoneThe iPhone Dev Team has released a simple-to-use GUI tool that allows you to unlock your iPhone for use with any SIM. The tool, which is based on their previous command-line work, provides one-touch speedy unlocking. This is a big improvement on the first generation release. It no longer requires you to use special files or to dump nor data. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_Dev_Team_announces_free_GUI_iPhone_Unlock_Tool'; You can download your copy from the DevTeam website or, soon, from Installer.app. "Wheat" is the guy responsible for those amazing graphics.Find out more at the #iphone channel at irc.osx86.hu Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

6th Gen iPods won't work with Linux, Winamp
Filed under: iPod Family, Open SourceThere's no such thing as a 'naked iPod' -- at some point, if the iPod is going to be useful, it has to be paired with a computer to have music loaded. Despite appearances, the set of iPod owners does not map exactly to the set of iTunes users; there are folks who prefer to manage their iPods via Winamp, Anapod or Ephpod on the Windows platform, and for Linux users (with no iTunes version at all) there are open-source apps and libraries like gtkpod/libgpod (libgpod is also the engine behind Senuti, the freeware reverse-iTunes tool). All of these utilities depend on an understanding of the iTunesDB file found on every iPod to be able to read out the list of songs on the device and manage them independently.The landscape appears to have changed, however, with the release of the new iPods. According to a post on the iPodMinusiTunes blog, the iTunesDB file now contains a couple of encrypted hashes that validate the information in the music list;...

iPod Nano (3rd Generation) software updated to v1.0.1
Filed under: iPod Family, Software Update, AppleIf, like yours truly, you're besotted with your Third Generation iPod Nano, you might want to check for updates within your Nano's sync screen. It seems that Apple has pushed out a new software update for the new devices. It appears this is just a routine bug-fix update - with suitably short release notes - and the download weighs in at a little over 57MB.Permalink | Email this | Comments

iFixit rips apart an iPod touch
Filed under: iPod FamilyThose wacky folks at iFixit.com are at it again. This time they are ripping apart the most recent addition to the iPod lineup, the iPod touch. These pictures aren't for the faint of heart, but the braver amongst you might want to take a peek at the images.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

iPhone $100 credit can be used for iTunes gift cards
Filed under: iTS, iTunes, Apple, iPhoneChris Tutor, from our sister blog Autoblog, emailed us a link to this Bloomberg article about the $100 iPhone credit (you have yours, right?). The first thing many people wanted to know about the credit was, 'Can I buy stuff from the iTunes store with it?' A quick look at the FAQ would make you think this is not possible, but Bloomberg spoke with an Apple rep who clarified the whole thing.Here's the lowdown: you can't apply the $100 credit directly to your iTunes account, but you can swagger into any Apple Store, or log onto the online store, and buy yourself a $100 (or less) iTunes Gift Card. The only question that remains is, what are you going to spend all that loot at iTunes?Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments