SHAtter Also Patched in iPad 2, Confirms iPhone Dev Team

Well some more bad news for early adaptors of iPad 2 who wants to jailbreak their shiny new device. After the confirmation of Limera1n being patched in iPad 2’s bootrom, MuscleNerd of iPhone Dev Team has now confirmed that early testing of SHAtter shows that it has also been patched by Apple in iPad 2.

MuscleNerd: iPad2 bootrom version iBoot-838.3 means it was compiled March’10. Seems geohot guessed right: limera1n was already closed

MuscleNerd: Early testing also seems to show at least one thing SHAtter depends on was gone by March 2010 too

MuscleNerd: This means any early iPad2 jailbreaks will have to be purely userland

In case you don’t already know, all the current jailbreak tools are using Geohot’s bootrom based Limera1n exploit to jailbreak iOS based devices on the latest firmware. Since Limera1n exploit exists in the hardware, only a hardware revision from Apple could have patched it. Geohot released Limera1n back in October last year and forced the Chronic Dev Team to save their SHAtter exploit to jailbreak future devices such as the iPad 2.

But unfortunately, Apple had already patched both the exploits back in March 2010, long before they were found by Geohot (Limera1n) and Chronic Dev Team (SHAtter).

So what now? Bootrom based exploits have more life, but they are harder to find as they exist in the hardware. Geohot has been known for finding such exploits but since he is now busy in Sony-PS3 lawsuit, someone like pod2g (who found SHAtter and kernel based untethered exploit for GreenPois0n RC5) will have to come up with a new exploit which will obviously going to take some time. And even if he finds one, I doubt he is gonna release it since iPhone 5 launch is just around the corner (summer 2011).

So now we will have to wait for someone like Comex, who specializes in userland-based jailbreaks, to do their magic and bring yet another JailbreakMe like tool to jailbreak iOS 4.3 firmware on the iPad 2.

As always, we will keep you updated ! Stay tuned for more!

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Jailbreak Verizon iPhone 4 Possible with SHAtter or Limera1n?

Interesting question to ask! Will the newly released Verizon iPhone 4 be jailbreakable? Well well well, Apple should fix death grip issues in the new Verizon iPhone 4 and to do this, it should port redesigned antenna system so that it works on CDMA network.

As most of you know, Limera1n exploit by iPhone hacker George Hotz can jailbreak any iOS device with the current bootrom so if Verizon iPhone 4 has the same current bootrom of iPhone 4, limera1n can be used to jailbreak it.

However, if the bootrom is different, Chronic Dev Team have their own exploit known as SHAtter which was saved in case if Apple changed the bootrom.

In brief, either Verizon iPhone 4 carries the current bootrom or new bootrom, it'll be absolutely jailbroken once it ships to the hackers. Stay tuned for more information as it comes !

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GeoHot has Another Untethered Exploit for Future Jailbreak of 5th Generation Devices

You may be wondering why did GeoHot used comex's exploit to make his popular tool Limera1n untethered. Well, comex, has answered this question! The real answer is that GeoHot used comex's exploit not because he don't have untethered exploit but because he don't want to waste another bootrom exploit. That indicates that this exploit will be used to make SHAtter untethered exploit.

comex: @esemede he would have implemented his own untether, but that would be wasting an exploit

MuscleNerd: (translating that retweet of @comex: geohot has an iboot-level untethered exploit but held it back to conserve exploits)

So with Geohot's bootrom exploit, SHAtter exploit and comex's hacks, we can see that future jailbreak for iPhone 5 and iPad 2 will be easy and safe. Also, stay tuned for new PwangeTool version to hit the shelves soon.

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GreenPois0n Delayed, SHAtter is Safe Now

I just came from my school to continue posting about yesterday's big surprise. Yes, Geohot made it and his tool "Limera1n" now works with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, and the iPad, it was a real surprise especially that Greenpois0n was scheduled to be released today.

Greenpois0n is now delayed because Chornic Dev Team & iPhone Dev Team have got a mind and can think (not as Geohot). They will try to do implementation of the limera1n exploit in greenpois0n and other tools as PwnageTool to preserve your baseband for Ultrasn0w unlockers.

Chronic Dev Team member p0sixninja posted on his Twitter account:

we have 3 options, A) Not release greenpois0n, B) Burn a second bootrom expoit, or C) Break our ETA and implement geo's exploit

we'll probably go with option C, but i'm too pissed off to work on this tonight. i'm going to go get wasted

iPhone Dev Team posted a new blog post this morning confirming that:

The release of limera1n has (hopefully!) averted the burning of 2 bootrom holes at once (both his and SHAtter). Releasing SHAtter now would be a complete waste of a perfectly good bootrom hole in light of limera1n, and so it can be held until Apple closes limera1n’s hole. While there’s no guarantee that Apple won’t also close SHAtter by then, it provides a ray of hope for devices after Apple’s bootrom respin. Meanwhile, look for an alternate implementation of the limera1n exploit in greenpois0n (and possibly other tools), where it should undergo more testing too.

Yes, they will not use SHAtter in GreenPois0n nor in other tools. I'm really happy that SHAtter is safe now and won't be used until Apple patch Limera1n's loophole. After that, another tool will be released based on SHAtter to jailbreak 4th generation & may be 5th generations devices. Apple WILL NOT catch this one.

Of course Limera1n is still in betas so it's recommended not to use the betas and wait for stable Limera1n release or GreenPois0n. Limera1n has now 4 betas in one night and he is still working on fixing out these issues. We will keep you informed.

UPDATE 1: Chornic Dev Team posts a new blog post confirming that they are not releasing the tool. As I told you, they are still working on implementation of limera1n's exploit to greenpois0n, here's the full post:

Thanks to the irresponsible antics of geohot, we will have to delay the release of greenpois0n (new ETA = as soon as possible), so that we have time to clean up his little mess and integrate the exploit he uses in limera1n into greenpois0n. This way, we can save SHAtter for future devices that may still be vulnerable to it.

We know that this is not what some people want to hear, but due to geohot needing to feed his ego (as usual) and revealing his limera1n exploit, we do not have any other responsible options.

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Greenpois0n will Jailbreak Apple TV 2G ?

Just a quick little heads-up, chronic dev has just sent a tweet mentioning that the Apple TV might support the Greenpois0n jailbreak. As you’re probably aware that the Greenpois0n jailbreak will be released by October 10, but this release will be only for iOS 4th generation devices (iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G) and iPad, so the hackers are focusing on this one, so don't expect to see the Apple TV 2G jailbreak in the next Sunday.

greenpois0n supports: The iPad, the iPhone 4, and the iPod touch 4. Probably the AppleTV as well.

For now there is no ETA (estimate to arrival) for Apple TV 2G jailbreak, as it still have some issues, but you have to know that dev-team has been succeeded in using the SHAtter exploit with PwnagTool to jailbreak the Apple TV 2G. We expect to see significant progress after we will get the Sunday Jailbreak.

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Will the New SHAtter Jailbreak Block Installous? Nope

In case you are living under the water and don't know that Chornic Dev Team was thinking to block installous app in the upcoming jailbreak. In other words, they plan to fight piracy. We received a lot of questions today “Will really Chornic Dev Team block installous app?” “Won't we be able to use installous anymore?”. Here's the fact about what I think and what will happen!

To be clear infront of you, NO ONE can block installous. You may wonder that Jay Freeman or MuscleNerd can edit Cydia to remove installous pacakge -- Ok, they can do that but the developer of installous would just rename the site or package. The question is why they would block installous?

Well, may be because it is considered illegal software and steal developer's money. The developer behind installous didn't develop it for full-blown piracy but for trialling the software only! Of course everyone uses the app for full-blown piracy and that's not fair.

At the end, I will not say much. I just hope people to give up from full-blown piracy. If you want to use installous, just use it to try the app not to own the app! I hope you share your ideas and view below in the comment section.

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SHAtter and Jailbreak AppleTV 2G Done Successfully with PwnageTool [Video] [Update 1x]

Few moments ago, MuscleNerd of iPhone Dev-Team has sent a picture throw his twitter confirming that Apple TV 2G has successfully been SHAttered and jailbroken on iOS 4.1, as you know the SHAtter exploit has been discovered by Pod2g, also the same exploit already is being used in upcoming iPhone 4 , iPad and iPod touch 4G jailbreak (a.k.a Greenpois0n) on iOS 4.1.

AppleTV 2G SHAttered and jailbroken http://is.gd/fDAbc (not quite sure how to run apps yet!)

It makes sense that I conclude that the new jailbreak tool will see the light within little few days. We have to remind you again that if you are interested in the Apple TV jailbreak, so it's better to buy it early before Apple patches the discovered exploits.

Update 1: iPhone Dev-Team has just updated the SHAtter exploit post in their official blog, with a new video showing that SHAtter successfully tricked Apple’s new AppleTV 2G into restoring to a pre-jailbroken IPSW from PwnageTool too!

It’s confirmed…SHAtter can trick Apple’s new AppleTV 2G into restoring to a pre-jailbroken IPSW from PwnageTool too! Literally the only UI application on the ATV is Lowtide.app, but now the window is open for jailbroken apps of all varieties. (Just like the early iPhone days, the only apps you’ll see on the AppleTV will be jailbroken ones). In the meantime, here’s a video showing root access (via ssh) into Apple’s new product.

We will of course let you know once they are ready for prime time use. Stay tuned for that! [via Dev-Team]

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SHAtter Exploit Will Also Jailbreak the New Apple TV

Few hours ago we reported you that Apple has already placed iOS 4.1 for Apple TV on their servers. Now the iPhone dev team has just sent an update to their official blog, announcing that SHAtter exploit which discovered by Pod2g few months ago, is working successfully to decrypt the 2nd-generation Apple TV iOS 4.1 keys.

 

It’s looking like SHAtter is going to be the gift that keeps on giving. Even though the new AppleTV isn’t yet in people’s homes, the firmware is available on Apple’s normal public distribution servers and SHAtter has been used to decrypt its keys! The main filesystem (“Mojave8M89.K66OS”) key for 018-8609-066.dmg is:

31c700a852f1877c88efc05bc5c63e8c7f081c4cb28d024ed7f9b0dbc98c7e1406e499c6

MuscleNerd the well-known iDevices hacker, also mentioned that if you are interested in the potential Apple TV jailbreak, so it's better to buy it early before Apple patches the discovered exploits. New jailbreak tools are still being developed. We will of course let you know once they are ready for prime time use. Stay tuned for that! [via Dev-Team]

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Jailbreak iPod Touch 4G with SHAtter Exploit [Video]

A few moments ago we surprised with a new video from the iPhone dev-team, The dev-team confirmed that the SHAtter exploit was enough to convince the iPod touch 4G to restore to a custom IPSW created specifically for this model. As you know the SHAtter exploit was developed by Pod2g (ex-Chronic dev). Dev-team also confirmed that the team is hard at work bringing us a brand new tool to make use of the exploit.

In the meantime, we’ve put @pod2g’s exploit into a beta version of PwnageTool to test the waters. The SHAtter exploit was enough to convince the iPod touch 4G to restore to our custom IPSW. The successful result is shown below! It’s all working: customized Preferences to show battery percentage, Cydia, root shell…the works!

Although PwnageTool was a useful first test of a full iPod 4G jailbreak via SHAtter, it’s really overkill compared to the faster tools being developed. Its main use in PwnageTool will be for those with iPhone4’s, to allow updates while preserving the baseband and ultrasn0w carrier unlock. In any event, this is another exciting time for iPhone and iPod touch users…the cat and mouse game continues!

Thanks to the union between PwnageTool and Shatter to run the jailbreak on iPod Touch 4G, however there is no ETA (estimate to arrival), but we can say that we are really close to the first release of the new tool to jailbreak iOS 4.1. As usual we will keep you tuned with any immediate updates.

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GreenPois0n to Jailbreak iOS 4.1 is Ready to Be Released [Update 1x]

Good news everywhere floating on the web about iOS 4.1 jailbreak with GreenPois0n. The hacker behind SHAtter exploit has just published all decryption keys to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4. This means that the new USB-Based (Greenpois0n) jailbreak tool is completely done and ready to be released.

The keys were published on the iPhone wiki for iPhone 4 on iOS 4.1 to confirm that the tool is completed. According to multiple tweets from Pod2g, the developer of SHAtter's exploit, MuscleNerd has already used SHAtter with a pwned iBEC to get real proof that the exploit is working, iSpazio thinks that this words means theoretically that the new jailbreak is untethered (we hope so).

Pod2g didn't give any exact release time but believe me, it's very soon, we will keep you informed about any updates, stay tuned!

Update 1: The tweets from pod2g seemed to be a joke, he receive a lot of questions so he decided to make a joke to make people calm down.

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SHAtter Jailbreak for iOS 4.1 will be Released Soon, Not Waiting iOS 4.2

Pretty cool news, the administrator of the iPhone Wiki and the popular iPhone hacker behind modified blacksn0w on iOS 4 has just announced that SHAtter jailbreak will be released soon as the hacker behind SHAtter exploit is not waiting for iOS 4.2 release from Apple, so we should expect it anytime this week or next week, stay tuned!!

They won't wait for iOS 4.2 to release SHAtter. iOS 4.1 will be jailbroken soon.

iOS 4.2 is scheduled to be launched in November for iPad, iPod touch and iPhone, but if the developers of SHAtter are not waiting for iOS 4.2 then the release is soon, there's no ETA yet, at least I can say that we will not wait long for this jailbreak which is not confirmed yet tethered or untethered, also we don't know yet if it's named SHAtter or Greenpois0n. As usual we will keep you informed.

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New Untethered Userland iOS 4.1 Jailbreak On Its Way

May be we can call this HUGE especially when pod2g, the developer of SHAtter exploit, left the Chronic dev team and worked individually. Today, MuscleNerd has pretty much confirmed that Comex is still working on iOS 4.1 untethered userland jailbreak. After Redsn0w release yesterday to jailbreak iPhone 3G, and iPod touch 2G, someone has asked MuscleNerd if it support iPod touch 2G MC model as written on the blog. MuscleNerd answered him that it's supported but it's will be tethered until Comex release a new userland exploit.

Jonathan Kurtz asks MuscleNerd:

@MuscleNerd so redsn0w supports iPod touch 2g mc? Or is it a typo on the blog?

MuscleNerd replies:

@jonnyboywashere it does, but that ipt2g MC model will be a tethered JB at 4.1 until @comex releases a new userland exploit

This userland jailbreak from comex we already talked about when MuscleNerd confirmed that iOS 4.1 jailbreak coming from Comex. Then the talks changed when pod2g and p0sixninja came to the jailbreak scene, first, we published information about SHAtter exploit and USB based Greenpois0n jailbreak for iOS 4.1. But today, we can't decide who will jailbreak iOS 4.1 and we can't decide it's tethered or untethered. As usual we will keep you informed by any updates.

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GreenPois0n.com Updated to Get Ready for Release?

I know that you are all looking forward to jailbreak iOS 4.1, so here's a piece of good news. Today's morning I navigated my browser to take a look on GreenPoison's site (http://greenpois0n.com) and I was surprised when I saw that they changed the site a bit. The old logo has been changed with a new one and no more wallpapers. Take a look on the new logo.

Here's the old logo, before the change:

So, it seems like the new jailbreak will be named GreenPois0n which works on SHAtter's exploit. The tethered / untethered status not announced yet, so don't ask me about this! All what we can conclude from this change that GreenPois0n jailbreak tool seems imminent, we will keep you informed about any updates or changes take place, Stay tuned!

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SHAtter Jailbreak is Growing

Just a quick little heads-up chronic-dev, the guys behind the SHAtter Jailbreak just added a new update in the official blog, confirmed that they are making steady progress with the new jailbreak tool, also they have been much asked about the release date but till now they still can't give an estimate for this date.

Although we still can’t give any details of the exploit(s) that need to be used, I figured I’d make an update here to just let you guys know that we are still working hard on the jailbreak and making steady progress. Please keep in mind that even though we have had the method for awhile, there was a certain very key element that we (or rather, pod2g the great) only got working a few days ago, so it’s not like we have this packaged up and we are just sitting on it. It is being actively worked on as I type this (the loader, the payload itself, the easy to use computer-side tools, the payload, the patches, etc. Just hang tight, it will definitely be worth it.

We already mentioned that SHAtter will jailbreak all iOS devices for ever, so we have to wait and see,  keep tuned for immediate updates.

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SHAtter is a Tethered Jailbreak [CONFIRMED]

Yesterday we told you about SHAtter and it will jailbreak all existing devices forever as it's a bootrom based jailbreak which acts on the hardware of the device. But unfortunately, there's a semi-confirm floating on the web today. p0sixninja may be sending a message to tell people that SHAtter is a tethered jailbreak (i.e. you will be required to connect your iOS device to your computer on every reboot).

Someone asked him if SHAtter would jailbreak his girlfriend, p0sixninja answered the following:

yea but you gotta plug her everytime you wanna do it

According to the well-known iPhone hacker Vincet, they are working on doing making the jailbreak untethered but they will not success. Of course, we will keep you informed about any updates. [via Twitter] 

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SHAtter will Jailbreak ALL Existing iOS Devices Forever [Updated]

According to a new post on the iPhone wiki from the well-know iPhone hacker p0sixninja, reveals some information about the exploit (named SHAtter) discovered by him and pod2g. The information refers to a new bootrom based exploit which will make all current iOS devices always perform the jailbreak forever.

p0sixninja worked a lot for this vulnerability, then pod2g made a process to run the exploit on iOS 4.1 yesterday. SHAtter is the codename source for this exploit, this vulnerability acts on the hardware of the device, so Apple can't close this hole, only on the new devices.

All Apple devices produced before the release of this exploit will be free forever, including the newly released iPod touch 4G and the iPad. The next jailbreak may be tethered (not confirmed yet) which means you have to connect your device to your computer to be able to reboot it.

Anyway Apple loses the fight. As usual, we will keep you informed by any updates about this jailbreak that will frees all devices. [via Twitter]

Update 1: p0sixninja discarded the tweet and deleted SHAtter page from the wiki blog because the information was accidently misleading. Will Strafach updated his post to include more information and facts,

- We have not yet announced if this is tethered or untethered
- We have not yet announced details about the exploit
- Anything you read saying it is one of the above in definite terms is just speculation, again, we have not given official word about the tether status or any details regarding the exploit used.

Update 2: It seems like SHAtter confirmed to be tethered jailbreak, check my new post here for more information.

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