[poetic_folly]

pytey, musclenerd, and planetbeing from the iphone-dev team gave a presentation at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (25C3) in Berlin December 27th.

Heads up - its heavy in the technical details, mostly a video white paper vs anything dramatic. For any of you with any technical or developing skills though, this might be an interesting video to watch/listen to. Its nearly a full hour long, so watch while you've got some time.

This is by far the fullest presentation on the methods used to hack the iPhone.

Google Video via hack a day

[reeko]

meant as much to me as i expected it to: nothing.

impressive none the less.

[dm356]

Haven't watched yet, but I hope there isn't enough in there for Apple to work out how to stop this method of unlock in future baseband updates now that we have one.

Go dev team - you rock!

[StealthBravo]

Originally Posted by dm356

Haven't watched yet, but I hope there isn't enough in there for Apple to work out how to stop this method of unlock in future baseband updates now that we have one.

Go dev team - you rock!

In video he explains that the exploit in the baseband will be obvious to Apple when the yellowsn0w tool is released. He goes on to say that currently the unlock is not a permanent solution like in the 1st generation but will continue the cat and mouse game. Sounds like the software unlock exploit will take a lot of time to figure out between baseband upgrades. So don't upgrade your baseband!

[ervinr82]

Wow, i knew alot of work went into all this, just not how much.

You are a testement of teamwork to goals. If only we had this worldwide drive for peace, and we all could just get along

Keep up the good work

[King C Wat]

LOL....I watched this, realized I was lost during the whole thing but I am glad to see it happen!

[xjuliephanx]

I'm in love with the whoever said "google updater ftw". LOL.

Thanks guys for all your hard work! I enjoyed the last year or so with the 2G iPhone and looking forward to many more with the 3G.

[loafomatic]

I love what these guys do and I wish that I had even a tenth of what it takes to do this sort of thing. I do think these guys need to be a little bit more unobtainable to the general public though. When I go to their blog, it's seriously 90% of the people asking the same question and MuscleNerd actually answering them. I don't know how he has the patience for it. I think, and it's just my opinion, that they should simply put out a statement and let it go at that, not answer questions or clarify anything for anyone. These guys are a great resource and I fear it's just a matter of time before they get burnt out by all the dillholes attacking them at their blog.

[x999x]

I think their brains are working faster than their mouths at some moments. I guess thats the price for brilliance.

[dale1v]

Originally Posted by loafomatic

I love what these guys do and I wish that I had even a tenth of what it takes to do this sort of thing. I do think these guys need to be a little bit more unobtainable to the general public though. When I go to their blog, it's seriously 90% of the people asking the same question and MuscleNerd actually answering them. I don't know how he has the patience for it. I think, and it's just my opinion, that they should simply put out a statement and let it go at that, not answer questions or clarify anything for anyone. These guys are a great resource and I fear it's just a matter of time before they get burnt out by all the dillholes attacking them at their blog.

I take it that you were not around during the Zibri vs iPDT days.

[tattoojack]

Omg u said zibri!
When will he go away??
I heard he has a 3g jailbreak now!!!
A copy of pwnage maybe???
Definately.
Im gonna pop in to his blog and see what crap he is peddlin now

[StealthBravo]

Doesn't he work for google maps now?

[StealthBravo]

Get out of here SPAMMER

[MikePA]

Originally Posted by ervinr82

Wow, i knew alot of work went into all this, just not how much.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by ervinr82

Keep up the good work

Agreed.

Originally Posted by ervinr82

You are a testement of teamwork to goals.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by ervinr82

If only we had this worldwide drive for peace, and we all could just get along

This is hilarious.

Originally Posted by StealthBravo

Sounds like the software unlock exploit will take a lot of time to figure out between baseband upgrades.

I disagree. They've done the hard part, i.e., written the code that actually unlocks the phone. With each new baseband version, all they have to do is figure out where they can insert the branch to their code.

Originally Posted by StealthBravo

So don't upgrade your baseband!

For people who need to get unlocked and stay unlocked, this is a must.

[Melech518]

Very cool!