iPhone and iPod touch v1.1.1 get instant jailbreak + installer

We could hardly believe it ourselves, but the open source community has parlayed that game-changing v1.1.1 TIFF exploit / file system hack into a full-on ready to rumble instant installer for AppTapp on the iPhone and iPod touch. Check out TUAW for the steps and further details, but we tried it on our v1.1.1 touch and it worked like a damn charm. In fact, we think this is finally what's going to get us to upgrade that virgin 1.0.2 iPhone we've been using. Fingers crossed.

Update: We upgraded that iPhone and it worked well, just like the touch (albeit a bit slower, since it's pretty clear all the upgraders are slamming the AppTapp download servers). Our hats go off to the dozens of hackers that developed this one, this is impressive stuff.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 2:21AM]

sweeeet

[Harkonian Posted Oct 29th 2007 11:56AM]

Not so much for me. I have a never-before-hacked iPhone 1.1.1. A few seconds after tapping on "Install AppSnapp" Safari closes. I've tried multiple times.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:27PM]

Yes. The TIFF bug causes Safari to crash. Restart your iPhone and you should be good to go.

[BigDaddyM Posted Oct 29th 2007 2:23AM]

I wished that Apple could conclude from all this effort that people are putting into jailbreaking that if teh iPhone was unlocked, they could stand to make so much more. Sure they would lose the subscriber revenue, but that would be made up for more devices being sold, but without jailbreaking and an sort of Anti-Apple settiment in response to all that Apple is doing.

And people complain of Microsoft of yesterday, how about Apple today...
M

[Wai Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:14AM]

Actually, they are basically almost guaranteed a large revenue of iPhone subscriptions for two years. If I remember correctly, it was about 10%. The cheapest plan with tax and such would run about $70 a month for two years, which 70 x 24 = $1,680 per iPhone. And that's just for letting AT&T sell their iPhones. They can sit back and watch the money flow in. So why make a few dollars selling hardware to those unlocked users and attracting hackers to crack ringtones (which they're making money off of too)?

That's the way monopolies work, my friend. If Apple would truly make more profit from selling it unlocked, they surely would've.

[BigDaddyM Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:38AM]

Interesting point...
M

[Rik Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:37AM]

Stating that Apple has an monopoly with the iPhone is bullocks off-course... let's just say they now how to find interesting niche markets and then have first mover advantage.

[kobachi Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:37AM]

Think you're misplacing your zeros there. If Apple is making 10% of that $70 plan, then they would end up with $168, not $1680.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2007 3:04PM]

And remember kiddies... Monopolies are not inherently illegal... Only the abuse of monopolies is illegal.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 2:33AM]

They keep saying how this can all be plugged with one little patch, but I guess at least that would require 1.1.2, and you know the old saying... Fool me once, shame on me; try to fool me twice, well, that's just not very polite at all.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 8:43AM]

you fool me, you can't get fooled again

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:56AM]

reall easy... working on a legit AT&T iPhone

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 2:50AM]

Worked for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 2:57AM]

This is unbelievable awesome! Someone buy those devs a beer!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 8:57AM]

That's what the donate link is for.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:03AM]

Super simple, newbie to this, now if only someone would direct me to a how to install games on the NES player I installed.

[Harkonian Posted Oct 29th 2007 6:09PM]

Easy enough.

1. Use the Installer app to install the BSD Subsystem
2. Download WinSCP 4.05 (for Windows)
3. Use WinSCP to SSH into your iPhone
4. Copy your NES ROMS to the /Media/ROMS/NES directory
5. Start the NES emulator on the iPhone. You should now see the ROMS you copied to the directory.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:06AM]

The only thing better than a great hack is a great easy-to-use hack

[Jake Smith Posted Oct 29th 2007 10:23PM]

@techyted What you need to do is open an SSH connection and put the NES ROM files in the directory given to you when you tap NES.app on the device. I suggest looking on touchdev.net for opening an ssh connection. Oh and you need to have the SSH tools found under networking (i believe) on installer.app. I'm apsolutely having a blast with the app. I was actually playing metal gear, pacman, and super mario earlier.

[Zadillo Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:14AM]

Wow, definitely impressive - took about 5 seconds for me to do. Looking forward to getting to try out some of the third party stuff (although from looking at the available apps, I'm assuming some stuff is still waiting to be updated for 1.1.1).

[Zadillo Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:19AM]

Scratch that, I was being dumb.... didn't think to install the Community Sources stuff. That gave access to all the rest.

[Qoo Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:20AM]

Does this proves that anything can get installed on to your iPhone/iPod touch by just visiting a web page, complete with root access?

Sounds like a serious security risk to me.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:21AM]

HA HA HA HA HA This is actually great, yes i am tired of all the apple fanboys and their news stories. But all this "Jailbreaking" for the iphone and ipod just proves that apple's code security is crap. Which means OS X is not invincible (never was, but can't tell a fanboy that). Hacking group did the iphone and a 13 year old cracked the software in 7 hours for the ipod touch. What does this say about OS X. Just because it uses the FreeBSD Kernel, doesn't mean that teh whole system is 1337.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:01AM]

Some good points. Unfortunately, for saying, "doesn't mean that teh whole system is 1337," you forfeit any and all credibility to everyone who doesn't read Megatokyo or is over thirteen years of age.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 6:56PM]

I did the install using my v1.1.1 iphone. when the browser closes, do not touch ur phone! after u slide to unlock restart ur phone. it took my phone 20 minutes to restart.

[cobyrne Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:09AM]

Woah. They really exist.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:41AM]

So you're tell me one buffer overflow makes all of Apples code crap, hum oookkk.



P.S. What does that make Microsofts?


(Just so you know I'm not an Apple fanboy, I use both and work on both)

[bakertony Posted Oct 29th 2007 12:26PM]

> "(Just so you know I'm not an Apple fanboy, I use both and work on both)"

Your freaken user id is "iPhoneway" and you're trying to say with a straight face that you're not a fanboy? :-)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 3:21AM]

For iPhone, do I have to restore to a virgin 1.0.2 or can I just go to the site with a jailbroken iPhone with 1.0.2?

[groggit Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:12AM]

O.K. So if i do a system restore to get rid of the installer and jailbreak before i update my iTouch then there is no chance of bricking.

Thanks

[john Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:28AM]

too bad nobody can buy the iphone anymore (with cash)

[john Posted Oct 29th 2007 4:29AM]

it'll be hilarious even more when steve announces the 3G model in january '08

[SSteven Posted Oct 29th 2007 10:09AM]

I would love 3G, but right now I'm loving my $6 T-Mobile unlimited internet plan even more. Once a faster data plan comes down to that price level or is included with the basic phone plan, I'll begin basing my handset purchases on data speed.

[morphinapg Posted Oct 30th 2007 1:26AM]

is anybody else having the problem when you install programs that they simply quit right out after you open them?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 5:45AM]

That can happen if your BSD subsystem install isn't working properly, try uninstalling it (if the option's there) and then installing it again. I had the same thing after upgrading to 1.1.1 and that solution worked for me.

[morphinapg Posted Oct 30th 2007 1:33AM]

Thanks, that worked. Its weird because I didn't have the BSD subsystem installed at all on 1.0.2 and all my apps worked fine.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2007 9:09AM]

Can I use it with jailbroken 1.0.2 iPhone or should I upgrade to 1.1.1 first?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 5:03AM]

lets say.. jailbreak saved my relationship with my iphone

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 6:05AM]

Works really well for iPod touch. Very quick, very easy and completely uninstalls it with a restore in iTunes.

Enjoy it guilt-free knowing that you can get out of it any time.

Tom.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 6:45AM]

Wow, that was HOT. iPod touch is now loaded with apps...


Who wants to send me their iPhone Mail + google maps apps?? (anyone know if this is possible, i could really use them!)

[crunc Posted Oct 29th 2007 7:18AM]

If you have a Mac you can use iJailBreak to jailbreak and also to add the iPhone apps (grab it now before Apple takes them down, which I'm sure they will.) In fact you can take the iPhone apps from the install even if you are using Windows, though you'll have to find out how to properly manually install them, especially Mail.app.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 7:24AM]

big cheers jobso. downloading now :D

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 7:25PM]

OK... I got a solution. If the AT&T bill is $70 per month and Apple take 10% of this, then why don't apple sell iPhones for the RRP + profit from subscriptions unlocked? Then everyone gets what they want. By my calcs...

$555 + $168 (10% of $70 for 24 months) = $723

I'd pay this for an unlocked unbrickable legitimate iPhone.

[crunc Posted Oct 29th 2007 7:15AM]

I've had my 1.1.1 touch jailbroken for a while now (I used iJailBreak for the Mac) and I have to say that it's going to take quite a lot for Apple to convince me to upgrade to 1.1.2 or later now. I've already got several can't-live-without 3rd party apps, and also Mail.app from the iPhone. Why in the world did they choose to cripple the touch by leaving off Mail.app? Aside from that, there's great 3rd party apps that we'll never see with Apple's proposed invite-only 3rd party developer support.

[crunc Posted Oct 29th 2007 7:21AM]

One important note about jailbreaking your iPod touch (and presumably iPhone)... iJailBreak, at least, leaves you with an iPod touch that has SSH enabled and a known root password. In order to change the password you have to install the BSD Subsystem and Terminal vt100, and then enter the command "passwd" at the command line and enter a new password. I've also found that you can install the "Services" app (via AppTap Installer) and use it to disable SSH access (the Edge and Bluetooth options do nothing, but don't cause any harm either.) I'm not sure if this applies to this new jailbreaking technique, but I would certainly want to check to see if you've been left open for attack this way.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 7:30AM]

good point, could be a massive hole for an opportunistic geek. will check.

[SSteven Posted Oct 29th 2007 10:09AM]

Good point. Another option is to install Services.app and just turn off SSH when you aren't using it.

[bruckwine Posted Oct 29th 2007 10:27AM]

Any updates on that security issue with SSH yet?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 8:50AM]

I am getting confused with all this talk of jailbreaking and upgrading firmware. I have a v1.0.2 iphone which I want to upgrade to the v1.1.1 firmware. As far as I know my iphone was not unlocked by baseband modification. Can anyone tell me how to do this?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2007 9:32AM]

Awesome! Worked perfectly!
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