iPhone dual-boot

Jonathan “NerveGas” Zdziarski who is a iPhone hacker have released a hack that makes dual-boot possible on the iPhone.

He also reveals that the iPhone Dev Team have used dual-boot hack to JailBreak the iPhone for several months an felt it was the appropriate time to share this hack with the public.

The hack is useful if you would like to have 2 version of the iPhons firmware running at the same time. The hack is still complex and requires some command line to get it to work. Also you have to create partitions on your iPhone.

NerveGas have made a disclaimer, so be sure to read it before you start hacking your iPhone to allow dual-boot:

"The following instructions can result in PERMANENT, IRREPARABLE DAMAGE to your iPhone. This information is provided WITH NO WARRANTIES. All liability is DISCLAIMED.

Read the guide here: iPhone Dual Boot / Jailbreak it is a step-by-step guide to boot multiple iPhone firmware versions on your iPhone.

iPhone and ubuntu

If you are running ubuntu and have considered to by a iPhone but don't have there is now hope because there is a guide to how you can transfer video and music to the iPhone. If you have a iPhone and also want to use ubuntu you can also use the guide.


The guide describes how to transfer music and video to the iPhone. It is reasonable complex and limited but if you have some time to try it out, I think you should try.

This guide requires Ubuntu 7.10 or 8.04.

Read the guide here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone

Copy & Paste now on the iPhone with iCopy

One feature that has been missing in the iPhone is the Copy and paste functionality, but now iCopy brings Copy & Paste to at least your iPhone's Safari browser. You don't have to hack your iPhone to get it to work.

iCopy is a bookmarklet for Safari with allows you to copy and paste text or URLs within Safari on the iPhone.

iCopy allows you to copy and paste almost any text on the page, but beware that any text you copy is sent across the internet in the URL. This is not a secure way to sends sensitive information over the internet therefore don't copy and paste that contains important private information.

You install iCopy as a bookmark. The easiest way to install it is to either drag or Copy/Paste the link to your bookmarks bar in Safari (Pc or MAC) and then sync your bookmarks to your iPhone via Safari.

For the full guide to installe iCopy then visit the developer’s homepage here: iCopy

Copy Text and Email Demo:

Copy and Paste Text Demo:

iPhone firmware 2.0 unlocked

The iPhone Dev Team have hacked the new firmware 2.0 before it's released by Apple.

The iPhone Dev claim thay have decrypted and jailbroken the new iPhone software, and published a series of screenshots of third party applications running on iPhone.

Apple has tried to keep hackers out of the popular iPhone, but now hackers from iPhone Dev Team have hacked a now yet released firmware. Every time Apple closes a hole in the firmware, hackers loves to try to hack the "impossible" to see if it is possible.

The next firmware 2.0 will include the SDK (Software development kit) and for now the hack only works for users who don't use AT&T.

Ultimate jailbreak?

Dev Team have been working on the ultimate JailBreak "Pwnage" and have for some weeks ago made a video showing how they can jailbreak there iPhone through iTunes. They told that they would release the hack when the SDK would be released, but it has been released so it’s properly just a matter of time before they release it.

Pwnage, uses a modded firmware on the computer to restore the iPhone via iTunes. When iTunes is done you have a new firmware on your iPhone and it’s JailBroken. So this must be the ultimated method to jailbreak your iPhone.

Below you can watch the video where they show how the Jailbreak via iTunes.

Dev Team will release 2 tools:

• iPwner
• IPSW Builder

iPwner allows you to use the modded firmware. It's seams like you have to use this tool one time, if you not restore your iPhone to a original firmware. The you have to use iPwner again.

IPSW Builder is a tool to pre-JailBreak the firmware. We don't know how easy or hard this process is going to be, but we hope it will be easily.

Read more about Pwnage here and here

iPhone SDK Launch and iPhone 2.0 update in June

Apple have for some time promised there software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone. But today Apple launched it at a special event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino.

Apple announced that they will target enterprise customers with a lot of new features on the iPhone. One of the most wanted features support for Native Microsoft Exchange is coming in the next firmware update and also these:

• Push email and contacts
• Global Address list
• Cisco IPsec VPN
• Certificates and Identities
• Enterprise Class Wi-Fi (WPA2 / 802.1x)
• Enforced Security Policies
• Device Configuration
• Remote wipe

They also revealed the iPhone SDK that now today for third-party developers. In the SDK also is the iPhones API Cocoa Touch, Core Services, Media and Core OS. Developers can use Xcode to create and debug applications. With Xcode come a source editor, integrated documentation and a remote debugger.

The SDK is free for developers and you can get it here, but it cost $99 to publish an application to the iTunes App Store. If the developer make there application free it cost nothing for hosting and processing, but if the developer take a charge for the program, Apple will take a 30% cut of the purchase price.

Apple Launches iPhone SDK, iPhone 2.0 Update Coming in June

Easy method to JailBreak & Unlock iPhone Firmware 1.1.4

Zibri have released the latest version of ZiPhone that allows users to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone firmware 1.1.4. The new version has a graphical interface for both Mac OS X and Windows, so users easily can Jailbreak there iPhone.

Before you start trying to jailbreak your iPhone remember to backup your iPhone in iTunes so you have the opportunity to restore your iPhone if anything goes wrong. Also remember hacking your iPhone is at your own risk.

The new version of ZiPhone v2.5 can be used to Jailbreak new iPhones shipped with 1.1.4 and older versions upgraded to firmware version 1.1.4 for both Mac and windows users.

If you have an older iPhone Zibri recommends them to restore to 1.1.4 and not to upgrade. The latest iPhone firmware 1.1.4 can be downloaded form here. (165 mb.) To restore hold the "Shift" key on windows or "Option" key on Mac and then click the "Restore" button in iTunes and select the downloaded file.

Now download ZiPhone here and follow the instruction on the screen. The entire process of Jailbreaking and unlocking takes about 5 mins.

When using ZiPhone you will also get the Installer application that makes it easy to install unauthorized third-party applications on the iPhone.

iPhone with p2p torrent application

An iPhone Hacker named Core, has managed to port a functioning P2P client based on Transmission to run on a iPhone, which is a popular torrent app for Macs. It is the first p2p torrent program working on the iPhone.

Tests of the applications shows that the program works but there is some things you have to consider before starting to download legal torrents:

• The program is at command line application, no GUI now
• Don't use EDGE only WiFi.• Your iPhone's battery will not last long, downloading torrents will drain your battery extremely fast.
• You can't use the installer to install the application

Read more her: iPhone gets native P2P torrent software