iPhone Dev Team's MuscleNerd shows off VNC on iPhone OS 4 beta, hints at jailbreak

We can't get a straight answer on the exact jailbroken status of iPhone OS 4, but MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team (and recent iPad hacking fame) is sure hinting heavily. He's got Veency (a VNC server) and Cydia running on iPhone OS 4 on video, something he claims "you'll only find on JB 4.0." Of course, he also has the dev tools at his disposal and all the bugs and loopholes of an early beta, so we can't be exactly sure what's going on. There's also not much point to releasing an OS 4 beta jailbreak to the public, and MuscleNerd himself recommends not bothering with the betas, as they're "very buggy." Still, it's fun to see these tools alive and well on the newfangled multitasking OS. Check out the video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[masochist Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:19PM]

Hell yes!!

[naz Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:24PM]

@masochist

God bless those Hackers!

[DeFlanko Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:55PM]

@naz

Seriously, shit like this makes me wish i new code.

[DeFlanko Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:55PM]

@DeFlanko

knew*

i hate my keyboard.

[Sled Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:57PM]

@masochist
Best news of the week!

[whiskers Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:25PM]

@DeFlanko
I 'know code' and still this is over my head. Besides having a good knowledge of the iPhone system and Objective-C, you need insane amounts of time. Props to these guys.

[Jean Marc Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:59PM]

@masochist thank god my tipod touch needs it

[Physicsguy89 Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:20PM]

Damn, those guys are fast.

[gax907 Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:20PM]

it's not even released yet and it's already jailbroken.

[Khris Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:06PM]

@gax907 This shouldn't be a surprise at all.

[JimmyBoy Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:20PM]

@Khris And why not? Where does this guy get a phone running OS 4 to jb.

[uHorndog Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:25PM]

@JimmyBoy
Developer SDK.. lol

[JimmyBoy Posted Apr 9th 2010 4:46PM]

@uHorndog Ok

[DcMeese Posted Apr 9th 2010 10:31PM]

That's what she said.

[werty1432k Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:20PM]

woot woot!

[alex4lex Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:21PM]

Mmmm...Jailbreak Features+OS 4=delicious iPhone usability.

[cookiemawnstah Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:22PM]

All it needed was some mental muscle, and viola!

[dartox Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:23PM]

eh, doesn't this gamecenter-icon look like the windows logo? same colors in the same corners?? are they serious??

[geraldjax Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:35PM]

@dartox
you;re right..it's the windows color scheme

[stillDead Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:37PM]

@geraldjax
Because everyone knows, only windows can run games. :D

[broli Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:38PM]

@dartox Nice catch. It might be a huge coincidence...red green blue yellow is usually the order of the main colors of the spectrum.

[Dr Blight Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:14PM]

@dartox

LAWSUIT! ;)

[bynary Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:32PM]

@dartox
How dare Apple use Red, Green, Blue and Yellow in an icon! The nerve of some companies using the same color wheel. And four corners! Egads! It's as if they're using the same geometric shapes as MS too. They might as well call it iPod Live!

[kingkung Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:26PM]

damn... just apple news

[zhenya2055 Posted Apr 9th 2010 12:58PM]

This is awesome!

[doubleu Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:11PM]

@zhenya2055 sad isn't it? *sigh*

[doubleu Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:12PM]

this got replied to the wrong post. nevermind.....

[erwin Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:05PM]

Thanks MuscleNerd! I really appreciate your work. Actually I got my iPod touch only after there was a good jailbreak available. Keep up the good work!

[Dr Blight Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:13PM]

Now, here's my question: Will they be able to hack the OS to run on older models? Apart from a slightly faster applications processor, there is no difference between a second generation Touch and the first generation. And since they've already got multitasking running through jailbroken apps...

[fiduce Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:20PM]

jailbraking an Apple product ... hum ... isn't this a bit like "extending Apple product's audience, in order to give them more money, in order to prosecute us, us who jailbrake for free" ?
Isn't this a way to make iPhones and IPad less evil (for those who still do care) ?
Do those jailbrakers have minds or are they only a bunch of brainless nerds ?

[whiskers Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:27PM]

@fiduce
When people started putting DD-WRT on WRT54G, that router exploded on the market and I presume Linksys made craploads of extra money off of people who were buying it to hack it (instead of other unhackable routers)

[fiduce Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:32PM]

@fiduce I mean : do those guys have no better way to use their programming skills ?
If you could flay (like the guy in Heroes), would you spend your time bringing liberty artefacts (culturals, books) to north Corea to make that country look more free than it is ... to make everybody think that this way of governing can lead to progress ???
Do you think that "having an IPhone" is so inevitable that you need to go against the builders will ?

[fiduce Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:43PM]

@whiskers : so I'm right to say that those guys "promote the Iphone as an open platform", aren't they ?
But why do they do that ? If you're such a liberty lover, couldn't you choose/find a better occupation than to promote the closest hardware ?
You're no freeing Mandela ... you're unlocking evil.
Do you really think that any serious company will develop something usefull to run on a jailbroken iPhone and to fight against the builder of the iPhone ? No.
Jailbraking is just a way to say "but" in a sentence like "The iPhone is jailed but ...". But there's nothing behind.

[Dr Blight Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:09PM]

@whiskers

But Cisco purposely designed the thing to be hackable.

[fiduce Posted Apr 9th 2010 3:41PM]

@Dr Blight : Whether it is hackable on purpose or not is above our discussion. The analogy between this Cisco router and that iPhone stops when we consider the context differencies : the iPhone is more "jailed" than other phones, while the Cisco routers often show better managablility (than their competitors).
I'm not trying to guess Apple's wishes. Looking at the facts, we understand that free software and openness is not excatly the best way to make profits. When the sellers aim is so obviously opposed to the consumers interest (when your not selling to cheaps), rather than giving it a why to say "but...", I'd let the seller simply face the consequences of his strategy.
You should not be able to play both sides of a game (especially when one side is faked with this "on purpose hackability").
It is not as if there was no other way to add multitasking or cut/paste to a smartphone : why don't they just buy another one instead of supporting wall builders ?

[Massive Poop Posted Apr 9th 2010 4:58PM]

@fiduce Corea?

[fiduce Posted Apr 9th 2010 5:37PM]

@Massive Poop : Korea without any K note.

[5D Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:21PM]

Dartox your right that is a windows logo.... considering its a feature ripped straight from Xbox Live .. perhaps it was a subconscious decision to label it that way.. all the designers in the room where all thinking the same thing.. Red Green Blue Yellow.. where do we know this kinda thing from... hmmm.. i know ive seen this done somewhere else .. on maybe another phone coming out... damn what one is it... RED GREEN BLUE YELLOW ... nope ... guess it was nothing.. " hey Dave how bout labeling it with squares.. like a window!"

[Wolfie351 Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:29PM]

But, I still can't jailbreak 3.1.3 which has been out for a while?

[Dr Blight Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:07PM]

@Wolfie351

I believe they said they were waiting because they didn't want to waste an exploit on a version that offered NO upgrades.

[pitnefor Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:37PM]

MOAR!!!

[btprice2001 Posted Apr 9th 2010 1:56PM]

hopefully multitasking for 3G too!

[kiseki Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:05PM]

I hope they eventually find a way to enable apple's "multitasking" on iphone 3g too

[Dr Blight Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:08PM]

@kiseki

They already have. There are apps that allow it on first gen models.

[Hexen302 Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:15PM]

That's awsome!!! Can't wait as I accidently upgraded to the dreded 3.1.3!!

[MoFro Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:32PM]

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[MoFro Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:36PM]

@MoFro Oops, guess less-than character doesn't work.

I heart Dev Team!!

[BMills Posted Apr 9th 2010 2:59PM]

Maybe that "Something only" is iPad to iPhone tethering?

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE?

[terrence1019 Posted Apr 9th 2010 9:29PM]

I wish they can activate multitasking for iPhone OS 4 on the iPhone 3G....

[rdbender Posted Apr 10th 2010 12:53AM]

@terrence1019 yeah seriously, not cool. stupid slowass processor... oh well, i guess that's Apple's way of giving me an excuse to buy the iPhone HD this summer =D