Ich hatte zuvor sogar das Update in iTunes von Formware 1.1.2 auf 1.1.3 vorgenommen, um von den Verbesserungen in der Firmware zu profitieren. Bei dem Hack durch ZiPhone wird das iPhone auch ganz nebenbei mit einem "Jailbreak" versehen, so dass man freie Anwendungen für das iPhone aus der umtriebigen Installer-Szene auf dem Apple-Handy installieren kann. Das Ganze dauert knapp drei Minuten und sieht in Echtzeit so aus:

(Musik: "I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now" von Johnny Cash)

On the iPhone: Where we stand...

Auf dem Bildschirm des PCs (in meinem Fall des Macs), sieht das zunächst so aus:

Dann startet man ZiPhone, hier in der Version 2.3:

iTunes meldet sich zwischendurch, dass sich das iPhone im Wiederherstellungsmodus (recovery mode) befindet. Hier muss man nur mit OK bestätigen. Zwei Minuten später erkennt iTunes das aktivierte, "aufgeschlossene" (unlocked) und "befreite" (Jailbreak) iPhone ohne Probleme.

Um dann mit GPRS bzw. EDGE online gehen zu können, muss man dem iPhone noch die Einwahlparameter für das jeweilige Netz mitteilen unter Einstellungen -> Allgemein -> Netzwerk -> EDGE:

Vodafone:
APN: web.vodafone.de
user: vodafone
passwort: vodafone

T-Mobile:
APN: internet.t-mobile
user: iphone
passwort: iphone

O2:
APN: surf02
user:
passwort:

E-Plus:
APN: internet.eplus.de
user: eplus
Password: gprs

O hacker adolescente George Hotz, de 17 anos, conseguiu destravar pela segunda vez o telefone celular da Apple, iPhone.

Segundo o site The Register, Geohot, como o hacker é conhecido, fez parte da equipe que quebrou o bloqueio do aparelho pela primeira vez, façanha que rendeu a ela um carro Nissan 350Z e três aparelhos iPhone de 8 GB como recompensa, e uma tremenda dor de cabeça para a Apple que precisou encontrar uma solução para bloquear de novo o dispositivo.

A primeira solução da Apple transformou o hack inicial em prejuízo para muitos dos proprietários, que ao tentarem atualizar o firmware (software básico para comandar o hardware) tornaram seus aparelhos imprestáveis.

Entretanto, Geohot conseguiu mais uma vez: após semanas de tentativas por parte dos hackers, o jovem dedicou três horas de seu tempo para acabar com a trava que impedia que o aparelho rodasse em operadoras diferentes das oficiais, principalmente a AT&T, dos Estados Unidos.

Fonte:Mais

That would be too easy.

But the software unlock for 1.1.3 iPhones published early this morning by George Hotz, and widely publicized by Engadget and others, has now been translated out of geek-speak and into step-by-step procedures that ordinary mortals can follow. There are several versions on the Net, but the clearest one we've seen so far is at Pinky's Brain Blog here. In addition to the four-step recipe, it provides screengrabs and all the necessary links. The usual caveats (risks, bricks, etc.) apply.

UPDATE: Pinky, who still hasn't found time to complete his instructions, is now pointing visitors to iClarified's tutorial here.

Hotz, you may recall, is the Glen Rock, New Jersey teenager who achieved national attention last summer when he helped unlock the original iPhone. A detailed account of his latest marathon feat of reverse programming -- and a DONATE button you can click if you want to support him with a contribution -- is available here.

Apparently makes it easier to upload your photos to flickr. You tell me... Does it even matter anymore? Are people who are likely to use this kind of technology ever away from their computer screens?

RELATED: Unlocking the iPhone without a Soldering Iron? After George Hotz did it, there's been a software hack for the iPhone... crazy. Kids these days...

So, you think you're a hardcore techie? Step aside and give props to George Hotz (pictured above) of Glen Rock, Illinois. With the help of six collaborators, Hotz managed to "hack" his iPhone so that it will work with multiple cell phone carriers, not just AT&T, who has an exclusive deal with Apple. At least they think they do! Most us can't even figure out how to work our celly's speaker phone!

Hotz and Company worked a total of 500 hours to get to their "Eureka" moment. That's the equivalent of 12 weeks' worth of work time for most folks. Or about three weeks for computer programmers. Or about a decade for media professors (just kidding!).

I'm sure that all the highly-paid technical staffs at AT&T and Apple had some 'splaining to do to their bosses.

By the way, Hotz is off to Rochester Institute of Technology as an incoming freshman. At RIT, he'll most assuredly be a "big man on campus" for his exploits. I also wonder if RIT's network administrator is stocking up on aspirin. All of the other big "geek" schools like MIT, RPI, and Georgia Tech missed out on this prized recruit!

Thursday, August 30: Roadkill on the Information Superhighway

 When I was 17.....

Some computer hackers go to jail for a very long time, some get hired by major technology corporations and make millions, while others go to jail and then get hired by major technology corporations, and make millions.

But for 17-year-old whiz kid George Hotz (remember that name), hacking the new Apple iPhone device so it could be used on a non AT&T network connection, has seen him land a brand new, "sweet Nissan 350Z and 3 8GB iPhones," the unlikely celebrity boasted on his blogspot page Saturday.

       Yes, that's a 350Z

And mind the French, but f*#k me people! This kid looks like he's going to have one hell of a future.

Not only has young George made headlines on TV news programs, radio, magazine, online news, etc across the globe the past few days (just read the comments from around the world on his blog), he now has gigs working as a consultant for major communications companies. Not forgetting to mention all the time he has spent fielding interviews from journalists calling from Prague to Port-au-Prince.

George, like all good nerds should be doing, spent "most of the summer" indoors with some online pals working out how to crack open the exclusive iphone connection, before heading to college at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He posted a 'ten easy steps guide' on his blog, so you too can do away with the dictatorial wrath of AT&T.

  Hard Jobs.....

The job took 500 hours, or about eight hours a day since the IPhone's June 29 launch.

When asked by a local journalist, when moving into his college dorm, why he wanted to crack the i code, Hotz explained in some uber cool 2000's style dialect.

"It was a cool phone I saw it on the commercials I was like yo! They show the skate boarding dog. I want to make my phone show the skate boarding dog. But I have T-Mobile and my parents didn't want to pay for it and so I cracked the iPhone."

The deal to exchange the hacked phone was made with Terry Daidone, the co-founder of CertiCell, most likely as a publicity stunt. A fine job he has done indeed.

Much to our disappointment, the company is not planning on commercialising George's discovery.

Party poopers.

Good luck to you George, you aren’t going to need it.

Just thow it!

Meanwhile in other mobile/cell phone news......

On the same day that our boy George was swapping his phone for a new Nissan, the World Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship were being held in the spiritual home of mobile technology, Finland, in a contest that reflects "people's love-hate relationship with the mobile phone."

Every August for the last 8 years contestants, athletes if you will, from around the planet have descended on the little town of Nyslott to test their skills in the categories of distance and freestyle.

It was an all local affair with engineer Tommi Huotari taking the gold medal by projecting his device 89.62 metres in the men’s, with the silver going to another local Kia Paajanen at 76.68 meters and Mikko Haikala went 3rd with a competitive 73.36meters.

Tommi had no past training in phone throwing, preferring the more civilised sporting spectacle of potato throwing.

"I have never thrown a phone before but have been participating in potato-throwing ... surprisingly, a potato flies further. I am sure everyone would like to throw their phone away every once in a while."

Finland also claimed the women's crown, with world record holder Eija Laakso clocking up 44.49 metres.

In the freestyle category, a non Fin managed to take a medal.

Tasty Taco Cohen used acrobatics and juggling in his performance which was judged on aesthetics and artistic impression. The 19-year-old told media that years of playing with his balls had equipped him with the means to win the category honour.

"Juggling I have done for many years with balls. (But) these are irregular shapes and weights, it is difficult."

Rumour has it that the IOC is thinking of including Phone throwing as a demonstration sport at the 2050 Summer Games.

See all the results and excitement from the Championships at the web site here.

Or......

Check out some of the fun from the 2005 Championships, those 2005 phones are bricks compared to those of 2007...

This all gets me wondering….wouldn't it be more therapeutic to just smash the living shit out of the phones?

I guess that’s for an angrier day.....