iPhone and iPod touch v1.1.1 full jailbreak posted

Here it is folks, the TIFF image we tested that exploits firmware v1.1.1, giving you full root level file access to your iPhone (without upgrading from v1.0.2) and iPod touch. Before you click the link, note the caveats:

• This may open up file system access, but it's not a primetime hack, meaning it's not so graceful as to simplify the installation of AppTapp or anything. Once you get file system access you're kind of on your own to get apps working.
• Don't hold us responsible if it damages or bricks your device.
• You might be able use this on an unactivated v1.1.1 iPhone from Safari, but it's a hella tricky technique. Good luck with this one! [Via TUAW, thanks Camron!]
  
• Please don't hold us responsible if it damages or bricks your device.
• Apple will more than likely fix this vulnerability with v1.1.2, or whatever its next firmware version will be. When that happens we'll all be back to the same spot we were the day v1.1.1 was released. So know this is a temporary technique, unless you're committed to using v1.1.1 from here on out.
  
• We are so not responsible if it damages or bricks your device.
• None of this will help the sad reality that iUnlock and anySIM still disable the cell radio in v1.1.1, so use those apps at your own risk once you break on through to the other side.

Good luck!

[sl4ught3r @ Oct 10th 2007 4:48PM]

FINALLY !!!

So, if you need an activated iPhone.. What's the TIFF useful for?

[paloooz @ Oct 10th 2007 5:21PM]

Jailbreaking your activated iPhone.

[Fraggle @ Oct 10th 2007 6:43PM]

Or jail breaking your unactivated phone ;) chicken before the egg maybe.

[camron flanders @ Oct 10th 2007 4:50PM]

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/10/access-safari-on-your-unactivated-1-1-1-iphone/

doesn't that allow you to run safari on an unactivated iPhone? :sly:

[John @ Oct 10th 2007 4:50PM]

Wait, who shouldn't we be mad at if this bricks our iPhone? You weren't very clear about it

[4honor @ Oct 10th 2007 5:24PM]

Hey! My iPhone is bricked! It's all your fault Engadget!!! :(

Haha, I kid, I don't even have an iPhone/iPod Touch! Seriously though, you might want to make it more clear next time... :P

[dj-kenpo @ Oct 10th 2007 5:34PM]

no matter how clear they make it, there will still be someone that bricks it and blames them. wait and watch.

[jay sea @ Oct 10th 2007 7:08PM]

Then we can file a class action lawsuit!

[Khris @ Oct 10th 2007 7:16PM]

Why did the Apple Fanboy cross the road?

To get to the Class Action Lawsuit!

[Mathew @ Oct 11th 2007 12:40AM]

No, ignorance and Windows Fanboys want the Class Action Lawsuit.

Apple Fanboys find excuses to think their gadgets are still cool and worth it.

No offense. I'm an Apple Fanboy too. It's the way we think.

[ssuk @ Oct 11th 2007 10:57AM]

Apple devices are cool, sure. Worth it, on the other hand... Maybe not.

[Alex @ Oct 10th 2007 4:53PM]

Access Safari on an unactivated 1.1.1.

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10378&page=2

[trumpton @ Oct 10th 2007 4:54PM]

The best thing about this never-ending locked/unlocked cat and mouse game is that it gives Engadget some sort of scant justification to keep on knocking out iPhone stories on a near-daily basis.

It's like the gift that keeps on giving!

[Ryan Block @ Oct 10th 2007 5:05PM]

So what you're saying is this isn't newsworthy?

[Mark Deab @ Oct 10th 2007 5:16PM]

YES, Please create a seperate Apple blog or don't post about apple every second. If anyones really obssesed with apple they would head on over to TUAW!

[paloooz @ Oct 10th 2007 5:23PM]

If you don't like what Engadget writes about, then don't read Engadget.

It's that simple.

[dj-kenpo @ Oct 10th 2007 5:28PM]

"so you're saying I shouldn't delete this file?"
no.
"no i shouldn't?"
right.
..
what are you doing?
"i was just putting my mouse cursor over it"
you're dragging it to the recycle bin

"so i shouldn't do that?"

it's an OS file, you need it for your computer to run.

"so i souldn't delete it?"



for the love of god.

I come to engadget to escape stupidity!
well, no... but a different type anyways.

I can't read tuaw if you just mirror their content.

[brian welch @ Oct 10th 2007 5:57PM]

"waaaah, this gadget site is posting about a really neat gadget."

I find it increasingly bizarre when people whine that a site posts a lot about a subject that is right in-line with their whole purpose.

"Stop posting so much, we'd rather have a nice stagnant site that only posts when something *I* want to read comes across."

|roll|

I don't care about personal handheld GPS units, or anything about sprint or verizon, or half the little digital cameras. Yet they post stuff about these daily. Odd that it doesn't occur to me to go into that post and bitch about it. Fruitcake.

[SHOTT3R @ Oct 10th 2007 8:13PM]

So Apple related stories are like the herp?

[Bezman @ Oct 10th 2007 5:03PM]

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10378

[mrblack @ Oct 10th 2007 4:55PM]

Okay... who's going to be first to write up a quick tutorial for this? Full FS access is great and everything but how do I add 3rd party apps to it!

[G @ Oct 10th 2007 4:59PM]

For those of us yet to get an iPhone (Canadians), does this mean that if you used iphone sim free you'll have 3rd party apps, iTunes Wi-fi store, etc on an unlocked device? I recall them saying their baseband flash was firmware proof, though I might be wrong. Anyone?

[Oli @ Oct 10th 2007 5:02PM]

I am waiting for an easy way to hack the touch so we can add all the iphone apps!

Hopefully in the next few days - likewise I hope the 1.0.2 to 1.1.1 unlocked and jailbreaked will follow without bricking the iphone shortly!

[suv4x4 @ Oct 10th 2007 5:14PM]

"Here it is folks, the TIFF image we tested that exploits firmware v1.1.1, giving you full root level file access to your iPhone (without upgrading from v1.0.2) and iPod touch."

Is everybody forgetting. Yes, I may I use this to hack my own iPhone.

But I can use it to hack *other people's iPhones* and read their files. It's really odd I see iPhone users all over the place cheering for this exploit :)

[rutsy5 @ Oct 11th 2007 12:38AM]

hmm several people bricking their ipods... i only got as far as the TIFF, which made itunes, videos and store unusable and made all my pictures go byebye.

i'm gonna try more tomorrow, but to restore it all i did was hold home and power for a reeallly long time until the ipod showed the connect to itunes screen. then i plugged it in and started up itunes and it asked me to restore.

[FireFox @ Oct 10th 2007 5:17PM]

Apple should notice a Decrease in iPhone sales...

[Argot @ Oct 10th 2007 7:10PM]

Only if we could notice an increase in peoples IQ, so no.

[Stephen Lang @ Oct 10th 2007 5:21PM]

Here's to hoping the next update is just a patch, not a full rewrite. This way we maybe can Jailbreak, update to 1.1.2, and still have our Jailbreak...

[DaW @ Oct 10th 2007 5:22PM]

i believe now is the time for a custom firmware for the iphone.

[FireFox @ Oct 10th 2007 5:55PM]

That is a great idea... Can you code it?? ;)

[opus @ Oct 10th 2007 6:01PM]

Now THAT is a revenue opportunity waiting to happen...

[Tudor @ Oct 10th 2007 6:55PM]

about time

[Iphone new user @ Oct 10th 2007 7:01PM]

When the TUTORIAL will be released as i have just bought Iphone and unfortunatly upgrad it to v1.1.1 I was completely Crazy!!!

[Tim Ficke @ Oct 10th 2007 7:27PM]

LOL I guess they're not responsible if anything goes wrong huh?

[Ron @ Oct 10th 2007 7:39PM]

Can we install 3rd party apps after we jailbreak the ipod touch?

[Alvin @ Oct 10th 2007 7:41PM]

Never seen people this thrilled about an vulnerability in their device

[Nawaf Alsabhan @ Oct 10th 2007 8:18PM]

i wrote a tutorial on my website here
http://www.nawafx.com/files/d73919c831dfb0d127900cdd598bb288-19.html
ofcourse i did it first and it worked, a BIG THANKS to the DEV-Team

Nawaf

[Iphone new user @ Oct 15th 2007 9:06AM]

My Iphone was locked due to upgrade to 1.1.1
Now it is not accessable.
It gives "incorrect SIM Insert an unlocked and vaild SIM to activate IPHONE"
Can any one help

[Iphone new user @ Oct 10th 2007 8:44PM]

My Iphone was locked due to upgrade to 1.1.1 by mistack
Now it is not accessable.
It gives "incorrect SIM Insert an unlocked and vaild SIM to activate IPHONE"
Can any one help

[ipodguru @ Oct 10th 2007 8:47PM]

Good going to the dev team my only concern is that with release of 1.1.2 update form apple with these so call jailbreak apps still work. I am going to wait it out for now see how it goes with the apps and just stick to getting more music and movies on my ipod at http://www.ipodtunesdownloads.com I use for my ipod and My IPhone at http://www.ipod-vibez.com/iphone.html. But none the less I am happy about the jailbreak it a move in the right direction. Will there soon be one for the iTouch

[luke @ Oct 10th 2007 9:16PM]

wait....can you actually brick an ipod touch?

[ed @ Oct 10th 2007 10:09PM]

damn it - it bricked my 16GB iPod Touch. I'm an idiot. I'm serious. Don't try it....

[john @ Oct 10th 2007 10:23PM]

Damn!! it bricked my ipod touch!
Now all I see is a pic of Jobs flipping the bird!!

[Rinjeeo @ Oct 10th 2007 11:20PM]

I pretty much bricked my ipod touch. not that I'm blaming engadget. itunes is saying "the ipod "ipod" could not be restored. An Unknown error occurred. (-18)" um... any ideas? please?

[Nawaf Alsabhan @ Oct 11th 2007 12:56AM]

read important: how to force restore for ipod touch
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1451

[Constable Odo @ Oct 11th 2007 1:38AM]

What did one construction guy say to the other? "We'd better get a lot of mortar ready because a ton of iPhone BRICKS are heading our way."

I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down. "No you won't, wolfie boy. My house is made out of certified iPhone BRICKS.

iPhone bricks. You gotta love 'em. Every update, more bricks. By next year, there'll be a million bricks. Fools will never learn. They coulda had a BlackBerry instead.

[Constable Odo @ Oct 11th 2007 1:43AM]

What to do after bricking your iPhone:

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-binåpod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=18&month=5&year=04

[Johnny D @ Oct 12th 2007 8:13AM]

can you add msn or yahoo messenger to the iphone?

[Bradley @ Oct 13th 2007 4:50PM]

Please Please HELP! I didnt mean to click the link and i now cant do anything. What should i do? How can i reverse this? Thanks Please respond ASAP/

[dave @ Oct 17th 2007 3:04AM]

i broke out my ipod touch but heres the silly part, i cant find things like maps and mail and those iphone functions. Anyone know where to upload them from or useful info?

those 13 yr olds are incredible