Android lolz

The Android OS Lifecycle for Non-Scene-Members

Stage 1

• Google work on a private update that is under wraps
• Information about this update is leaked
• Google announce new Android release
• Google push release to official Android source tree

Stage 2

• Device manufacturers start to take an extremely long time to update their modified version of Android for their specific device
• Hacking community released build one of the new version of Android for each device one by one. Usually a beta and buggy

Stage 3

• More betas from the hacking community are released
• Manufacturers staying quiet

Stage 4

• Roughly the same as stage 3
• More modded releases are announced; become less buggy

Stage 5

• Cyanagon mod eventually comes out with a pre-release before the manufacturer.
• At this point there are now 2+ alternative mods for the device
• By now mods of mods have been made as well as mods of those mods and various other tweaks, mods and ROMs for those releasess

Stage 6

• Even more ROMs come out and start competing as well as a sh*t load more mods of mods
• The community is confuzzled
• The manufacturer is still behind

Some time goes by......

Stage 7

• Manufacturer eventually releases their version of the new update
• Release is usually pared down

Stage 8

• Modstock and various rooting tools become available for the update
• ROMs are stiill being updated
• At this point you have official, modstock, official + rooting tool, Cyanagon mod and some custom ROMs

Stage 9

• People are happy!!!!

Stage 10

• Google pushes a surprise update............................
• Go figure out the next bit

Why is this funny / relevant?
Because, although a bit over the top, it's true. Don't get me wrong here but Android is clearly a ridiculously fragmented OS. Such a shame the manufacturers can't work much harder with Google to push updates out faster. Sorry, but iOS just pwns in this area because there is ONE tree. ONE update for each device and a few jailbreak toold but only ONE custom firmware. Otherwise Android is cool.

~blackthund3r

iOS5.0.1 UDIDead

And the betas just keep coming, eh?! Well only in the last few days two more betas of iOS5.0.1 have been released (betas 1 and 2). For completeness I have created a bundle for both although for obvious reasons beta 2 is recommended over beta 1:
Beta 1 bundle: http://cl.ly/BZaz
Beta 2 bundle: http://cl.ly/BYLm


The current redsn0w will only recognise the b1 IPSW. Therefore you muse download both beta 1 and beta 2 in order to use UDIDead on b2:
1) Restore your iDevice to iOS5.0.1b2 in iTunes 10.5.1b2
2) Load up redsn0w with the -S command line argument as before
3) Choose the beta 1 IPSW
4) Choose the beta 2 bundle
5) Run redsn0w and activate in iTunes :)
As with the 5.0 betas Safari & Mail should work too. And yes I am still looking into the Siri port situation. @StanTheRipper has a package called 'SiriSn0w' which has the Siri GUI but not functional port. Also the package breaks copyright laws though if you don't mind having that on your conscience install it by all means though it is not finished. Your iDevice may need a restore after installing if you are unlucky. I take no responsibility for the use of it but if you're interested it exists. I have a system that may allow connection to Apple's servers but I need to test it all myself. I'll keep you all posted :)


~blackthund3r