Security-Protocols

The guys over at Lonman06.com are claiming to have access to a jailbroken iPod touch running firmware version 1.1.3. They have provided a video as proof which shows them moving icons around, and also launching installer.app. They have stated that the jailbreak will not be made public until Apple releases the SDK. Below is a quote from their site:

“But now to the bad news…you still have to wait for it. The Jailbreak for 1.1.3 is not going to be released until Apple releases the Software Developers Kit (SDK) sometime in February. I’m not exactly sure why they are waiting to release the jailbreak. The only thing that comes to my mind is that they are doing this so Apple can’t patch the 1.1.3 Jailbreak when SDK is released.”

Source:
http://lonman06.com/2008/01/15/ipod-touch-jailbreak-and-113/

Apple (AAPL) will be providing a live audio streaming of its Q1 2008 financial results via conference call on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 2pm PST/5pm EST. The live audio webcast will be available through Apple’s website located at

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq108/

The conference call will be available as a continuous rebroadcast beginning Tuesday, January 22 at 5pm PST / 8pm EST through Tuesday, January 29 at 5pm PST / 8pm EST.

“Apple reports earnings next Tuesday, and while the shorts and naysayers continue to beat the uncertainty drum, the company is probably sitting prettier than any other big name in big name tech nowadays. We can harp on recession worries, though Steve Jobs himself tells me that it’s a non-issue for his company,” Jim Goldman writes for CNBC. “Further, he scoffed at my suggestion that Apple is pricing itself out of competition with high-priced Macs, the iPhone and Apple’s iPods since all have seen noticeable price drops and the company, for the first time in its history, offers a broad array of products with a broad range of price tags. It’s a good and fair point.”

Full Story: http://www.cnbc.com/id/22728339/site/14081545

Lets see if AAPL shares will “break out” on Tuesday…

Erica Sadun has found a neat way to sync your iPhone and or iPod touch using Terminal. The command causes your system to reload and sync your iPhone. Below are the steps to do so:

1. Launch System Profiler. Choose Apple > About This Mac > More Info.

2. Identify your iPod In System Profiler, go to Hardware > USB and locate the iPod or iPhone you’re using. Look up the Manufacturer ID (0×05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.) and Product ID (0×1291 for my iPod touch)

3. Launch Terminal.

4. Find the utility. Change directories to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/Versions/A/Resources/.

5. Run reenumerate and give it just one argument: the vendor id followed by a comma followed by the product id, e.g. ./reenumerate 0×05ac,0×1291

6. Give it a second, then iTunes will reload your iPhone / iPod touch and sync it.

I’ve been getting a bunch of emails from people asking me how to downgrade from 1.1.3 back to 1.1.2. Erica Sadun has found a way and unfortunately this method does not retain full functionality in 1.1.2. When using this method, your iPhone will only function as an iPod touch.

I know it’s not perfect, but its about the best we have for now.

The instructions are as follows, courtesy of TUAW:

1. Get a fairly recent version of iPhuc There are many versions floating around. Make sure yours isn’t too old.

2. Locate your 1.1.1 ipod software bundle. On the Mac, this is in ~/Library/iTunes/(iPhone or iPod) Software Updates.

3. Extract the ipsw file Create a new folder and unzip the 1.1.1 .ipsw file. It is actually a renamed zip archive.

4. Locate the WTF file Inside the unzipped ipsw folder go down to Firmware > dfu and find the file that starts with WTF.

5. Connect your iPod or iPhone to the computer and launch iPhuc Make sure that iPhuc connects to your unit and has a normal prompt (one where you can issue the “ls” command and see the contents of your Media folder). If iTunes starts up, quit it.

6. Enter recovery Type enterrecovery, press return and quit iPhuc. Your unit should go into recovery mode.

7. Relaunch iPhuc. You should now see the recovery mode options. Enter filecopytophone followed by the path to the WTF file and press return. Then Enter cmd go and press return. Quit iPhuc.

8. Launch iTunes. It will complain that it has found an iPod or iPhone in recovery mode. Click OK. Then Option-Click (Mac) or Shift-Click (Windows) the Restore button.

9. Choose the 1.1.1 ipsw file Locate the ipsw file (not the unzipped folder) and select it and start your restore. The screen *should* go white. That’s normal. If all is well and good, your iPhone or iPod touch will downgrade succesfully.

10. Dealing with error 1015 If you run into error 1015, connect your newly restored unit to INdependence or try issuing a cmd fsboot from iPhuc.

** Begin Rant **

So Apple announced at Macworld the release of Time Capsule. Below is a description from Apple:

Time Capsule includes a wireless 500GB or 1TB hard drive1 designed to work with Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard. Just set Time Capsule as the designated backup drive for Time Machine, and that’s it. Depending on how much data you have, your initial backup with Time Capsule could take overnight or longer. After it completes, only changed files are backed up — automatically, wirelessly, and in the background. So you never have to worry about backing up again. Time Capsule is your one place for backing up everything. Its massive 500GB or 1TB server-grade hard drive gives you all the capacity and safety you need. So whether you have 250 songs or 250,000 songs to back up, room is the last thing you’ll run out of. And considering all that storage and protection come packaged in a high-speed Wi-Fi base station starting at $299, data isn’t the only thing you’re saving.

So about two months ago I bought the AirPort Extreme (802.11n) thinking it would be cool to plug my 500 gig drive into it to act as a mini file server. Well, with the latest firmware update the USB disc feature does not work with large drives like Apple advertised nor does Time Machine work over the network. So what pisses me off is that, Apple has now released Time Capsule which you can configure Time Machine to do backups over the network.

So did Apple fix the AirPort Extreme (802.11n) drive issue, and not release the update but only left us out in the cold once again to upgrade to Time Capsule? There has been numerous discussions on the Apple support forums about this exact issue as well. Apple has even gone as far as deleting posts because they just dont want to fix this USB disc issue.

I really hope Apple enables Time Machine support for hdd’s connected via the AirPort Extreme (802.11n) USB port. I really don’t see what the issue would be, it’s no different then the new Time Capsule devices. Apple, why leave your customers out in the cold like this? Guess ill just have to wait till Time Capsule comes out so I can get my hands on the firmware, and possibly just apply it to my Extreme N.

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