Hackers discovered a security flaw in the iPhone software when they were trying to figure out how to install unofficial 3rd party apps. Now some of them have created an exploit that takes advantage of that flaw to jailbreak your phone and install 3rd party apps just by visiting a website.
I don’t know how I feel about this. On the one hand, I appreciate the simplicity. On the other hand, I’m not thrilled that an exploit for the TIFF image security flaw has been released into the wild. On the other foot, it’s cool that this hack patches that security flaw. Of course, all this means that Apple will be releasing a security fix soon. I’m just hoping that it doesn’t block other methods of jailbreaking the iPhone.
If you want to try it yourself, visit Jailbreakme.com to add 3rd party apps to your iPhone or iPod Touch
- Jailbreaks iPhone/iPod Touch on 1.1.1
- Patches Springboard to load third party apps
- Activates non-AT&T iPhones automatically, while leaving already activated phones alone
- Fixes YouTube on non-AT&T iPhones automatically, while leaving already activated phones alone
- Installs Installer.app v3.0b5 on the iPhone/iPod Touch
- Fixes Apple’s TIFF bug, making your device MORE secure than it was without AppSnapp!
An automated windows tool called iDemocracy for “jailbreaking” iPhones running the 1.1.1 firmware to allow the installation 3rd party apps has been released. If you’ve unlocked your iPhone, make sure you “revirginize” it first.
This will allow you to install the latest version of the free AnySIM unlocking tool.
It’s been about a week since the first methods for “jailbreaking” the iPod Touch and iPhones running the 1.1.1 firmware to allow the installation of third party apps. Now Mac users have an easy way to jailbreak their iPhones with the latest release of iFuntastic. Enjoy your 3rd party apps!
It looks like there is another schizm forming in the iPhone hacking community. Fortunately for the rest off us progress is still being made. Hacker “Niacin” has announced that they’ve come up with a easy to use jailbreak of the iPod Touch and the iPhone v1.1.1
that can be used to run 3rd party apps. They are currently doing a limited beta in preparation for a full release soon.
It’s worth noting that this hack depends on a security vulnerability that Apple is sure to fix soon, but perhaps it will provide hints about how to implement a more durable hack once people have full access to the running iPhone OS.
TUAW carries news of a preliminary iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak from the “iPhone Dev Team.”
Its going to take more hard work before it is easy to install apps as it is for earlier iPhone firmware versions.
- Some third party apps work, but it looks like changes to the UI frameworks will require recompilation.
- Apple appears to have hardwired which apps will show up in Springboard, the iPhone app launcher.
- There are hints of features involving radio and Nike hardware are coming.
- iPhone 1.1.1 apps like the music store don’t run very well or at all when copied to a 1.0.2. phone.
This is good news!
