iOS4 hits iPhone 2G

Well, the title says it all, doesn't it? Well, to clarify I have begun (and hopefully don't have to many bugs with(!)) porting iOS4 to the iPhone 2G/EDGE/Original (whatever you call it). Release date is: When it is complete...

Currently it is 100% untested so if you are gagging for it, just remember this one idiom: Patience is a pretty damned good virtue <---- What, the?

Watch this space - more details soon...

Oh and a quick blog shoutout to Stan who has given me admin rights to iosjailbreak.info - a great site that will have all the latest iPhone hacks, mods and rumours - check it out!

Until my next post, goodbye loyal readers!

A lil' Update :)

Just as it says, this post is just a little update... Recovery Mode Controller is being pushed from 3.1 to 3.2 but a new version is being offered! The Installer version will automatically install Recovery Mode Controller, libUSB and shortcuts for you - all from a neat little installer I wrote! Download links will be are up on the right soon as usual now!

BTW the update in 3.2 (Apart from an installer) is a bug-fix in the code for 'Reset Buttonz'

A new project....

For those following the comments, you'll know I am working on a program to hacktivate the iPhone 3GS. So far this has had a successful beginning and I'll be working on this for a while more. I have completely ditched the idea of an injected dylib (like blackra1n does) but more like how PwnageTool does it. So far, for testing, this ramdisk is quite large (5mb without adding to restore ramdisk) but offers a full interactive SSH shell. Use iTunnel and putty. It automatically mounts both partitions (RootFS to /mnt and User FS to /mnt2) as well as fsck'ing them. Hacktivating is as easy as typing '/hacktivate' (without quotes) at the SSH prompt in to the SSH bash shell. SSH is set up immediately

The Application will be Windows only but a Mac OS X version may follow if I can be bothered to write it ;P

Watch this space ;)

Oh, and a quick update. I have just discovered OpenWinPwn (fallensn0w's implementation of the OpenPwn framework) and so have begun some basic payloads. Watch that space while you're at it, too! I'll be posting my payloads to the OpenPwn Forums - again, when I can be bothered!

I have also been lucky enough to be given the chance by qwertyoruiop to help him port his new tethered 'Cloud' jailbreak for OOTB MC model 4.0 devices. We are currently having some ramdisk and iBSS/iBEC issues but info will be posted when this is ready. Here's another space for you to watch :)


Until my next post: goodbye loyal readers! Oh and a recommendation: I have been helping HamsterPyro with some of his programs he is writing but he has also given me loads of moral support but also kept me interested by talking to me when I'm bored! He has a much nicer website than me (is a blog is actually a website?). You can visit his site at www.hamsterpyro.co.cc. He is someone also wishing to improve on his C++ - if anyone can help him with that, please do contact him as I feel sorry for him at the moment LOL

Recovery Mode Controller V3.1

I have just completed a small update to Recovery Mode Controller. Just fixes some performance issues regarding DLLs that need to be copied from Apple folders. Rather than copying the whole lot, only 8 are now copied. Before it was around 25 but thanks to help from HamsterPyro this has now been slimmed down. Thanks to him for that! The one >40mb folder is now just 18.6mb and of course they are all temporary so next time you run disk cleanup they will all be gone! Easy as that. Or leave intact and RMC will load faster next time. The update also fixes an issue with the about window that mentioned the wrong version number. That has now been repaired.

Download links are up will be placed on the right ASAP :)

Enjoy!

Recovery Mode Controller V3

Nice spontaneous update to Recover Mode Controller for you!

Includes:

• Bug fix (when exiting window, a process would keep running continuously)
• Option to stop the window being top most

Download link will be up in about a minute is up in the usual place on the right :)

iRecovery Controller - A BIG Update ;P

If you have downloaded iRecovery Controller, you may have noticed some bugs (I'm hinting at the scripts section ;P). From This evening (I hope) that will change when iRecovery Controller V2 comes out!
New features:

• Fixed Exit Recovery Button
• Command no longer stays in box after execution
• Command log at bottom of window (Thanks for the suggestion, Noah!)
• Bug fixes ;)

Stay Tuned......

EDIT: The Download link is now up in the usual place!

iRecovery Controller

Well the tools just keep on coming, don't they? :P

Here is the next one to join the blackthund3r suite of applications: iRecovery Controller!

iRecovery Controller does exactly what it says on the tin: easy control of iRecovery without even launching a command prompt! Send command, upload files and run scripts all from a simple GUI. At just 577kb, iRecovery and the GUI are all packed in. Just double-click the exe to run it! To get into Recovery mode, why not use the Recovery Mode Controller? Download links on the right as usual =P

Screenies:

Enjoy!

Recovery Mode Controller V2

There is a massive update to Recovery Mode Controller. here's what's there:

• No longer requires libUSB! However, if you would like to use libUSB, there's an option for that...
• Optimised code
• Faster extraction
• No longer requires administrative access (if you had that issue)
• Fast access to every blackthund3r place on the interwebs
• Just 604kb!

Download link will appear soon is up on the right!

Thanks to msftguy for iTunnel with USB mux for the exit recovery bit

Thanks to p0sixninja, westbaer and the rest of the iRecovery team for, well, iRecovery

Thanks also to anyone else I forgot!

iHaz Port :)

First of all, I'd like to say it has been a manic couple of weeks and so not much has been added here. That will change with the summer break :) This post has a bit more on it than normal cos it's something VERY exciting ;>)

I (Christopher from the blackthund3r Dev Team) has done it! I have ported iOS 4 to the iPod Touch 1G!

EDIT:  We have gone through three test versions so far and can't seem to get RootFS to be extracted from DMG (Error 14). We are working hard to rectify this and with the summer break I should be able to work a bit harder (great excuse for being a lazy leach before!)

EDIT 2: The Firmware now installs (finally!). The last issue (AFAIK) is to get the iPod passed the Apple logo. Then, if we haz success, I will write an application to do the patching for us, w/o having to redistribute Apple's code. This will likely take the following two files:

• iPod1,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw - 3.1.2 Restore IPSW for 1st Gen iPod (This may have to be jailbroken by sn0wbreeze / PwnageTool already; depends what XPwn tools I can integrate)
• iPod2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw - 4.0 iPod Touch 2G Restore IPSW (This will be a STOCK IPSW as Frameworks / new SpringBoard etc. are to be copied from this)

If this can not be done, step-by-step instructions will be posted here :)

Woah, woah woah
Okay, what I have done is made a restore file which is to be used to restore your iPod Touch 1st Generation. Use of this will update your iPod Touch to the latest and greatest iOS 4 software from Apple. This is complete with folders, updated Mail, new Frameworks and everything else :)

How do I use it?
Simply download the IPSW, hold Shift (Windows) or Alt/Option (Mac) and click restore in iTunes. Just make sure your iPod is jailbroken already, otherwise enter DFU mode and do the same. If all is well, once you choose blackthund3r_iPod1,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw your iPod will be wiped clean and updated to 4.0. Now sync your stuff back and done. It will also be jailbroken with Cydia. Open this and accept complete upgrades and you're done!

Right...
Skeptical? So am I at this early stage. It may restore but whether the binaries run or not has not yet been astablished. That is why the download link has not yet been posted. Also, by publicly releasing this, Apple may get annoyed about copyright and redistribution of Apple Code. That is why I shall write a program at some point (if the test restore succeed :) ) that builds the IPSW without redistributing Apple code (or at least a tutorial on doing it yourself). That said, should you wish to test for me, please do email us at blackthund3rjailbreak [at ('@')] gmail [dot ('.')] com :)

I want it now!!!
Tut, tut. Please be patient, or register to test and be willing to send me reports of ANY incompatibilities to blackthund3rtesting on gmail. Sorry but it is not possible to release now for two reasons: One is copyright as above and the other is that it is 100% untested at the moment

What about my iPhone 2G (Original release iPhone, not 3G/3G[S])
If you have an iPhone 2G then please sit tight. One the 1st gen iPod Touch has been dealt with and works, then we will target the iPhone. This is more complex so please, once again, be patient


Where can I get the latest updates?
This blog will have all the important release info


Do I need to know anything else?
Noop. That is it ATM. Anything new will be added to this post. As I said, sit tight


Until the next post, hasta la vista, reader!