Hack Your iPhone or iPod Touch in Under One Minute

Posted by Cheryl in Gadgets, Hacking, Open Source, iPod  Tags: , , , ,

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If you are the proud owner of an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you know by now that you are subject to a lot of limitations such as being restricted to the AT & T Network. In addition, you will be unable to install or run any third party applications on your device.

With all these restrictions, it’s no wonder that most people who own an iPhone are frustrated and are always on the lookout for ways to run applications on their devices. After all, you would not want to pay so much money for something that has hardly any functions. However, it’s understandable to also be reluctant. These devices are expensive and if something goes wrong, it’s a lot of money down the drain.

Adam from Lifehacker has found a solution to your problems. He uses a software called ZiPhone. ZiPhone is free, open source application that works on both Windows and the Mac. This software basically hacks or jailbreaks the firmware code on your device so that all the restrictions are removed and you can use your device to its full potential. What ZiPhone does is put your phone into recovery mode while it hacks the firmware. The entire process is accomplished in under one minute.

All you have to do is download and run the application. Select the device (iPhone or iPod Touch), choose the jailbreak option and you are good to go. I haven’t tried this out for myself because I do not own either device but a fair number of people have used ZiPhone with excellent results. The only precaution is that if you applied a jailbreak to your iPhone previously, make sure to restore it to the latest firmware (1.1.4) before you use ZiPhone.

All in all, I’m curious. How many of you have hacked your devices previously because you were unhappy with the restrictions. Do you know of any other ways to jailbreak your iPhone?

Via (Lifehacker)


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Sumesh says, March 23rd, 2008   

Good one. I’d hit up ZiPhone somewhere else (not Lifehacker), and the tut on LH fixes the deal. Is it just me or are Mac hacks getting easier as Mac adoptions rise? :D

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WizzKid says, March 23rd, 2008   

Thanks :) did jailbroke my 1.1.4 about 5 minutes ago using this!

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kieran says, March 23rd, 2008   

I don’t have an Iphone or touch but I have hacked my psp as it is so much more versatile afterwards compared to its normal state. If sony would just open it up free of locks straight out of the box I think that it would be much more highly valued by both consumers and developers alike.

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Tommy says, March 24th, 2008   

i jailbreak my iphone since 1.1.09, which make me wonder if this ziphone app unlock it for use with any other provider like anysim or just jailbreak it to run homebrew. I have a hard time leaving ibrickr too.
I do not intend to upgrade for i dont see the need to. I didn’t even try to revirginize yet to upgrade.
as for psp, the hardest task was to make a pandora battery without a gui, and even so it is not as hard as jailbreaking a iphone and ipod touch with gui. Just a heads up i guess.

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bfos7215 says, March 24th, 2008   

I had tried to hack my touch before, but I had issues with my Java version and I just gave up.

I used Ziphone for three main reasons, which are all simple and shouldn’t be issues out of the box.

1. There is a bug that forces me to disconnect my internet connection every time I plug in my ipod touch to sync.

2. I want show notes on my podcasts

3. I want a background on the home screen

Hacking the ipod only resolved the last issue. I can only get show notes if the podcaster places them in the lyrics section of the file.

I wish there was a tweak application that would modify the logic that shows lyrics and change it to show notes instead.

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Jedi says, March 25th, 2008   

Hmm an interesting read for sure! Sadly dont have either. Wonder how hacking the PSP helps? What apps are there for the PSP warrants some research!

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