Jul 17

FCC Gives Nokia E72 The Thumbs Up

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e72 FCC Gives Nokia E72 The Thumbs Up

Yesterday we spotted the Nokia E55 making its way from the FCC and today we see its big brother, the E72 doing the same.

As you can (or can’t) see, the phone is completely unbranded which points to a likely unlocked version hitting the North American marketplace. This is good because you can use it on whatever carrier you’d like but bad because Nokia is likely to charge a fortune for it.

According to the FCC this E72 features HSPA 850/1900 along with quadband EDGE support all for use within North America. However, it also has HSPA 2100 support for when you aren’t in North America.

Read (FCC) via EngadgetMobile

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Jul 17

How To Unlock The IPhone 3GS Using PurpleSn0w

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These are instructions on how to unlock the iPhone 3GS for use with any GSM cellphone carrier using PurpleSn0w. Geohot has posted stating that the purplesn0w unlock should improve issues with wifi, battery, and the unlock itself. If you would prefer to use the iPhone Dev-Teams UltraSn0w unlock you can find those instructions here

Before you can follow these instructions you must have a jailbroken iPhone and you must be on the 04.26.08 baseband(modem firmware). This means that you must be running the 3.0 firmware and have used PwnageTool, RedSn0w, or PurpleRa1n to jailbreak. YOU MUST ALSO (FOR THE TIME BEING) HAVE ACTIVATED YOUR IPHONE WITH AN OFFICIAL APPLE CARRIER. NO HACTIVATION SUPPORT YET.

To find your firmware and modem firmware(baseband) versions you can follow this tutorial. If you are not on baseband version 04.26.08 then you need to follow one of these tutorials before unlocking: Mac, Windows

If you are on T-Mobile or any carrier without 3G remember to turn it off before starting…

Step One
Press to launch Cydia Installer from your SpringBoard.
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Step Two
Press to select the Manage tab at the bottom of the screen.
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Step Three
Press to select the large Sources button
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Step Four
Press the Edit button at the top right of the screen.
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Step Five
Press the Add button at the top left of the screen.
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Step Six
Enter http://apt.geohot.com/ as the source url and press the Add Source button.
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Step Seven
Once the source has been added press the large Return to Cydia button.
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Step Eight
Press the Done button at the top right of the screen.
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Step Nine
Press to select apt.geohot.com from the list of user entered sources.
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Step Ten
Press to select com.geohot.purplesn0w from the list of packages
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Step Eleven
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
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Step Twelve
Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen.
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Step Thirteen
After installation completes successfully press the large Return to Cydia button.
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Step Fourteen
Now press the Home button then power off and power on the iPhone. You do this by holding down the power button for 3 seconds then moving the power slider that appears to the right. Press the power button again to turn on the phone.
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You should now be able to insert the SIM of your choice!

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Jul 17

GeoHot Posts Entire Source Code For IPhone 3GS Unlock

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GeoHot has posted information on how he executed the iPhone 3GS unlock and also posted the entire source code for PurpleSn0w.

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About a year ago today, I found the at+stkprof exploit. Back then, I struggled for 3 days to write a payload. No luck, I just wasn’t a good enough reverser. So I stashed the exploit away until December, when I gave it to dev for use in yellowsn0w.

Now a year later, I wrote a payload and delivery system in a day. And it’s an awesome payload. Ideally we’d like to patch the lock out of flash, but with the apparently proper sig checks, that isn’t going to happen. So purplesn0w is the next best thing. I copy the page I want to patch to an unused region of memory. In memory I patch it. Then, using the MMU, I map the flash page out and remap the patched memory page in it’s place.

No new iPhones are really unlocked, activation creates a ticket allowing the baseband to be used with that sim. The lockstate of the phone really lies on apples servers. Unlocked is auth all sims. Locked is auth AT&T sims only. Fortunately this ticket system provides an easy way to deliver the payload and reexecute the patched code all in one. And since the ticket is already delivered on baseband resets, theres no need to write another daemon to hog battery. I use the daemon already designed for this, lockdownd. A patch to commcenter gets it to run the payload on ticket delivery. And a patch to your activation record contains the payload. So using existing apple machinery, I unlock when needed.

In retrospect, I should’ve just patched commcenter to send the payload. Then hacktivation would work no problem. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.

Here is the source. And I mean all of it.
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Jul 17

Apple Releases ITunes 8.2.1, Breaks Palm Pre Sync

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Apple has released iTunes 8.2.1 via Software Update and it reportedly breaks syncing with the Palm Pre.

iTunes 8.2 now supports iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update. iTunes 8.2 also includes many accessibility improvements and bug fixes.

iTunes 8.2.1 provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices.

The wording here clearly hints at the blocking of non Apple devices. A post at PreCentral [via MacRumors] seems to confirm this…

At least on this Mac, iTunes sync isn’t working after the 8.2.1 update. We were wondering if this day would come after the back and forth between Apple and Palm on the issue. It’s as-yet unclear exactly what method Apple is using to block Pre sync, but we suspect is wasn’t easy. …Which means we also suspect it might not be easy for Palm to turn it back on.

As usual we recommend iPhone users wait a bit before updating to confirm that there are no adverse affects for jailbreaking and unlocking.

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Jul 17

GeoHot Announces RC2 Of His PurpleSn0w Unlock

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GeoHot has announced PurpleSn0w RC2, the second release of his unlock for the iPhone 3GS.

Improvements:
- 3G(the network speed) issues fixed…i’m pretty sure
- Now only patches one file, CommCenter
- Leaves no traces on your baseband after it runs. Seriously
- Much more clean and reliable.

You find instructions on how to unlock your iPhone 3GS using PurpleSn0w here. Remember you must have an officially activated iPhone to perform this unlock. (ie no support for hacktivated devices).

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