Apple posts iPod touch 1.1.2 update -- already hacked
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 9th 2007 1:35AM
posted Nov 9th 2007 1:35AM
Update: Whoa, TUAW's in-house hacker -- Erica Sadun -- is reporting that v1.1.2 is already hacked on the iPod touch. That bodes well for opening up your new UK and German iPhone, eh readers? Oh, and that's a screenshot up there -- proof of the deed since that functionality is only available from your friendly third party development community.
Download - iPod1,1_1.1.2_3B48b_Restore.ipsw, 158MB
Jailbroken already! See TUAW!
I hope this dosent follow the same path the PSP and its hackers have been down before, lets hope the SDK is good
wow do we actually get to use the calendar after all that drama in the beginning of not being able to add events to it!?
I laughed so hard at the title. A rare moment for Engadget...
M
Huh? Why did you laugh?
By the way, Windows users: hold the shift button and click Update, then you can open the saved zip file, after that it's automatic.
Okay, so you CAN add events in calendar, as well as edit existing events. Also, when you plug into iTunes an icon shows up next to the ipod giving your battery level and an indication that it is charging.
OMG they added a event function to calendar OMG I am about to come this is the JESUS device
it's JUDAS okay
Anyone know why iTunes doesn't know the new version is there yet?
engadget please keep us updated for the UK people like myself
i want to go buy one but i need to know i can unlock it, so please keep us updated if anything happens.
I'd recommend perusing the iPhone Developers' Wiki page for news. The iPhone and iPod Touch teams have combined, and post their news on the latter's page. However, all breakthroughs for the iPhone will, naturally, go up on its Wiki. Here's the link:
http://iphone.fiveforty.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
well, I updated my iPod Touch to 1.1.2, though it is just a "point" update I still downloaded it. The calendar feature[which 1.1.2 fixes] was the first reason why I jailbreaked my 1.1.1, I really wasn't after the other apps. I'm gonna wait for the SDK next year...
Apple is being silly ... this is a game they can never win.
I don't understand this.
Sony has been down this road before, and I would have thought that Apple would have learned from that. The PSP was continuously hacked open after each update, and after a while this meant that updates were released purely to block 'security' holes rather than to add new features. It seems that Apple is going down that same road now.
As a PSP owner (granted it is mostly collecting dust) this annoyed the hell out of me... I never hacked it, because even though playing emulated games would be nice, I never bought it for that purpose. Rather, I would have appreciated some added features and functionality, maybe some PDA-like applications. Notice I say 'appreciated' not 'demanded'. I never got these features, because instead of looking for ways to improve the product, Sony was spending it's time trying to fix the hacks.
It's a dilemma, because they can't leave it open to arguably illegal emulators, and they probably don't have the resources to fix security exploits while developing new features at the same time. Fact of the matter is that they will probably never close the system down permanently, and the same goes for the iPhone/iPod touch. So why fight it at the cost of the customers that are legitimately using the device as you intended them to use it?
It's too late for the PSP, and I am glad that the iPhone SDK is coming out, but honestly... They should have known this was coming and released the SDK earlier. much earlier.
Besides that, I hate the fact that everyone demands whatever they want on the iPhone/iPod. You bought the device fully knowing what it's limitations are and are not, and if you didn't, then why did you spend $399 - $599 or whatever without doing some research? It is your own fault then I suppose. Don't demand new features, just appreciate it when they do add some. Same goes for the locked phone issue - You knew it was locked when you bought it. I myself would love an unlocked iPhone, living in Africa I don't expect to see a carrier announcing it here any time soon, but for now I'll live without one.
One of the things I love about Mac OS X is that most of the updates that are released add functionality and fix annoying bugs rather than just security holes. I surely hope the same can be said about the iPhone a year from now.
Or maybe I'm just stupid.
I choose "stupid".
Sorry just kidding but you left yourself open there! :)
Apple should've done two basic things from the start of this multitouch era:
1. Make the iPhone available unlocked - sure they wouldn't be getting the exclusive $18/month from AT&T/whoever but they'd have sold millions more phones and really established themselves vs giants like Nokia. Long-term rather than short-term money grabbing.
2. Not release the iPhone before they had worked out bugs in the functionality (Jobs said no "add event" was a bug in the IPT?! Please! And it's as hackable as Windows 3.1.1!!) and released an SDK - if that meant releasing the iPhone this Christmas rather than June gone it'd have been worth it for them AND US.
finally someone posting something sensible
I think Apple wants to be just as entertaining as Sony and some of the others .... Certainly their efforts to lock down the iPod are amusing.
I question their savvy though ... pretty soon people are going to make the leap: is Apple capable of providing security that sticks more that a couple of hours? It's really not looking good at the moment.
It's hard to protect your OS when you have a fanbase probably 3 if not 4 times the size of the development team which put it together. Most firmwares for a lot of devices get hacked within no time, Apple really have problems when they're so popular and as said before, the size of their fanbase is so huge.
However, they may be just updating the firmware to provide bug fixes, which un-does all the hacks to the previous 1.1.1 firmware because it just overwrites the previous firmware. There may have actually been very little in terms of firmware changes and so the previous firmware modifications work just as good now as they did on 1.1.1.
@ssuk
"...a fanbase probably 3 if not 4 times the size of the development team which put it together..."
Well, they've sold a few million iphones, so that would make the dev team, what, 250-500K people? no wonder they are so expensive, heh.
I laughed out loud when I finished reading the title. I guess the update was nothing more than a quick bug fix for the UK launch of the iPhone and they decided to wrap the same fixes to the iPod touch as well.
All i want to know is is there a downgrader available in case i want to go back to 1.1.1
Honestly i doubt i will update until the SDK or even v2.0, when something actually half useful comes out!
LMAO!
Apple 1 iPhone/iPod Touch Dev Team 3!!
So Apple want me to give up my email app, my spruced up springboard, google maps, ebooks, Messenger and a working calendar in exchange for ... a working calendar? I don't think I'll bother thanks.
Apple adding new features to devices we've already bought and paid for ? How dare they ?!
Call me stupid, but why is there 14.x GB of space. Is this a 16GB model?
its a 16 touch
Formatted capacity + OS takes space + bits and bytes
@nike i was surprise too but then a friend point me thats its a iPod touch not an iPhone
so whats it do besides the stupid add calendar event (and some battery thing)? Whats th point?
ooh i found a new feature
it shows the battery status in itunes lol
what would be better?, hack the version that comes with the original ipod touch?, or upgrade it to the new versions of apple, and the jailbreak it?
how do i install it if i've downloaded it, can't figure it out.
hold down shift and press the check for updates button in itunes and select the file you downloaded
(took me a while to find out how to do)
thanks a ton, i would have never figured that out!
Actually on a Mac it's hold the Apple key down to update the firmware manually, that did the trick, updating now.. thanks again.
lucky
lol i wish i had a mac
got the ipod though lol
why is capacity at 14.8GB? I thought ipod touch maxed out at 12GB?
my bad, forget it. (off to lunch)
well thank god, it's about time. But it seems half baked, I just tried it and the alert only gives a pop up...no sound, no audible alert, just a pop-up...if anyone knows how to get that, please tell
Hi.
How do I install this new update? With what program do you open the .ipsw ?
itunes.
go to the ipods section on the list on the left, in the main screen of the ipod you need to shift+click on the "update" button, then choose that file.
um theres always been an "add event" feature, what the hell r u talking about?
untill now, the ipod touch hasn't had that feature. The iphone has, but not the ipod. if you restore your ipod all the way, you'll see that there is no option to add a calender event
i started to freak out when i downloaded the file, ran it, and after it put the ipod touch in recovery mode gave me an error.
Then i checked the file name and somehow when i downloaded from the link i got the iphone firmware update instead of the ipod.... weird.
Yeah, those Engadget-guys should really be focusing on whether these things work with iPods from the US or the rest of the world. The worlds doesn't start and stop in the US, although Americans have been convinced by this for years.. :-)
I love how a SSD ipod, with USB 2.0, somehow has a transfer rate of about 8MBps.
Isn't this shit supposed to get faster and faster? what happened to my 480MBps that USB 2.0 is supposed to offer?
Just so it's clear - on the Mac, you need to OPTION-Click the "Check for Update" button to use the downloaded firmware.
This is NOT an "Apple Update." Don't know the origin but it is crap.
Anybody updating their iPhone will do so at their own risk.
Rely on iTunes for accurate info.
dude, this is a ipod update, not an iphone update
Yup, My Mistake
Word of advice. Don't stay up beyond 24 hrs. Josh you made me laugh.
Its a marketing practical joke at the expense of the individuals to hit TUAW's site. If you look at the "2" its too close to the dot and crooked. Plubicity stunt! Instructions make no sense also. A photoshop job.
Hey just to tell u guys out there.Another new change to iPod Touch 1.1.2 is that now you are able to assign a picture to a contact right in the photos folder.It's the same way you set the photo as wallpaper.And the logo showing when you set a wallpaper is now a tick.
Its asking me for a password to open the .dmg file..... I enter my password, and it denys it.. HELP
Stupid question but is this an official firmware file or a hacked one?
Hey guys, can you give me advice how to install. I alt clicked the update button, clicked on the dmg files, now they vanished and nothig happened. Working on a mac.Which file do I have to click on? what needs to be installed firstß
It won't work on my ipod holding down shift either
I have a 16 GB on 1.1.1 (3A110a) does that only work on the 3b48b
aww poor apple =(
Sorry guys. I thought I was bit computer savvy, but... Downloaded the iPod touch 1.1.2 file and I got a folder called 'iPod1,1_1'. It contains several files: '022-3724-1.dmg' - '022-3751-2.dmg' and '022-3752-2.dmg', 'kernelcache.release.s5l8900xrb' - 'Restore.plist' and another folder called 'Firmware'. Where do I point iTunes to update my iPod touch ??
Thanks for your help people !
Rob.
I restored my ipod with the package at the top but don't know how to get installer back on my ipod....Help please
I want to have a iPhone
I do hope I can have an iPhone
Some other little adjustments are:
In the timer sound effect options the sleep iPod option is now separated a bit.
There is a region format option in international. (I think that's new...)
(Typed this on my Touch)
I am having trouble downgrading to 1.1.1. I didnot know and downloaded 1.1.2 and my jailbreak was erased. I need help please!
if i have already jailbrake my touch and i install the 1.1.2 firmaware will it brick?
i love the ipod touch.
I can wait to get ipod touch.
i like iphone but i don't need a phone so get ipod touch