Friday, May 2, 2008

Still bored :)




I'm done with the last beta.
Since Apple is going to release a new itunes version
for 2.0 to work I will have to rewrite ZiPhone
to support the new mobiledevice framework.
In other words: don't expect a new ZiPhone version
shortly after the official 2.0 release.
It will take some time to rewrite and to fully test it.
But as you can see from the above screenshots,
don't worry... The 'hacking' work has been
done already. Now the 'easy to use' part will need
some time.

Keep checking this site for further updates.

Namaste,
Zibri

Thursday, May 1, 2008

The worst is yet to come... :)

Photo courtesy of [Magda]lena

In the past few days I have been busy disassembling
and analyzing what we could call a "gold" 2.0 firmware.
I say gold because it's expiration date is the
4th of June so all features are there already.
Well 2.0 will not have MMS, not have cut & paste,
no new applications (guess why!). So, aside from exchange
support and appstore what did they change ? I'll tell you: security !
Yes, Apple tightened iPhone security (their security not yours)
a new crypto algo has been introduced
(and promptly defeated as expected).
No more "8900" files but IMG3. Firmware 2.0 will require
a new iTunes version and a new "mobiledevice" framework.
If it were for me I would not even bother to hack this version
but I know many of you are going to upgrade so I will release
a new ziphone version after the official release.
I already patched activation (lockdownd)
and unlock / Fake IMEI (baseband firmware).
To fully test this version I will need a Mac (I don't have one yet)
and thanks to the help of ModMyApple.it forum
I will probably have one soon.

About the 3G iPhone:
The 3G iPhone will share almost the same firmware
of the actual iPhone, so, again, no big news.
I wish the community could react to all this and start
developing on the actual firmware version but I know
that will not happen.
I am getting bored lately but even
if I received a big proposal to acquire ziphone
I will not let you down.
Please stop complaining about your bricked phone
if you used other methods.
And keep donating if you want this project to live.

Take care and have fun!
Zibri