ZiPhone Blog

Consequences of jailbreaking...

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000

This post is available on http://www.zibri.org

The best WinAmp Skin :)

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:46:00 +0000

MMS, TETHERING, CUT & PASTE in firmware 3.0 !

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:37:00 +0000

It's official.
On the new 3.0 firmware there will be tethering, MMS and cut & paste.
I don't care about those features and I'm still happy with my 1.1.4 but I'm sure many of you do care.
So I wanted you to know.

Oh and by the way, expect a new iPhone in a few months!

The best email I received in one year of ZiPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:36:00 +0000

This is the best email I received from when ZiPhone came to life.

I wanted to share it with you and thank publicly Till Bantle.

Click on the image to look at it in full size.

Namaste!

Zibri

Nostalgy :,)

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:55:00 +0000

I'm a nostalgic, I know.Since David changed the layout of the old site.Here you have a backup of the original ZiPhone site.Not much of fun, but much better than google cache :)
The new address is:http://ziphone.zibri.org
Namaste,Zibri

Passing the baton...

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:25:00 +0000

As you maybe already know,I called the auction off.I refunded all $50 bidding donations.Since I have no time to manage this siteanymore, I will pass the baton to David.David runs many sites and a few areabout cellular unlocking.So, from February on I will not haveanything more to do with this site.You can find another blog athttp://www.zibri.orgwhere I will write thoughts, findings, foolish thingsand whatever will come up to my mind.Stay tuned for news !
Namaste,Zibri

All good things...

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:25:00 +0000

It was an incredible ride, guys, and I'm sincerely grateful
to everybody who made this happen.
As some of you may know, from the 7th of November 2008 I'm a father.
All my efforts are now focused on my family then, later, I'll start some other project
maybe related with the iPhone, maybe not.
So, from now the ziphone.org domain (Pagerank 5 on Google) is FOR SALE.
Here's how the sale works:
Go to the donation page, donate $50 and write your buy offer in the
donation description free text field.
At the end of the sale the highest bid will get the domain.
Direct emails will not count as bids.
If by the end of the sale the maximum bid will not meet my minumum requirement,
all $50 donations will be refunded and the sale won't happen.
Sale result and winning bidder will appear on this site.
The sale will end on 20th January 2009.
If the winner won't pay the bid by the 10th of February 2009,
the 2nd higher bidder will be the winner.
Namaste,Zibri
Hint:
There is a banner on the right side of this site.
That banner links to a site which evaluate other sites.
Bids lower than 1/3 of the "Net Worth" will be rejected.
The daily ads revenue on that site is pretty accurate.
And so is the daily pageview (average in the last months).
Happy bidding.

Boom! (Video is here!)

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:50:00 +0000

Ok!Time passed.People have been informed.
Now you can click on the above imageand sadly crash any iPod/iPhone.Not funny at all.But it's funny that a media playerdoes "BOOM" with a video, is it?

A longer version of this videowill also crash many pc applications.
The most funny thing ?This video was featured on an iTunes podcasta few months ago...

Namaste,Zibri

My virtual vote.

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:59:00 +0000

Well, I know, I'm european, but thatdoesn't mean I can't cast my vote.If even one of you is still undecided orso lazy not to go vote, please do.Just cast my own vote for this man.I won't bore you with the reasons.I'll just tell you that I like many aspectsof this man and I sincerely hopehe'll be up to expectations.

Boom!

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Here we are again!When Steve says something it usually happens...So what do we have here?A video.Yes a stupid nasty video which can crashANY iPod/iPhone.A different version of this videocan even crash many pc applications.Apple was contacted and a mailwas sent to bugtraq mailing list.Only a Forbes journalist showed up.You will read about it on Forbes on monday.Later that day the video will be postedhere for further "booms"Clicking on the picture above will bring you on zibri.org.
Clicking on the picture there will crash
your device.Update: video will be posted in a few daysForbes video is available on the video bar.

I know I'm slow :)

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:10:00 +0000

Photo courtesy of rat-man

I'm slow, I know.

Lately all the iPhone scene seems slow.

Even Apple is taking their time.

I'm actually focused on many projects but I'm still keeping an eye

on the iPhone world.

I'm also setting up another site which will host 'hacky' news not only iPhone related.

About 3G I still don't have it and I am happy with my 2G iPhone.

The egg of columbus.

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:29:00 +0000

Photo by greyhorn

Like the egg of Columbus,

sometimes the best solution

is the simpler.

Stay tuned.

Security by obscurity never worked.

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:58:00 +0000

Photo by seventytw0dpi

Interesting link.

Sniffing my own LAN traffic during an ipod updateI found this interesting link :)
The url asks apple for the link of ipod touch upgrades.Inside it you will find the download link for iPod firmware.
Happy upgrading :)

Crash :)

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:15:00 +0000

Well well..It seems that Apple rushed 2.0 release.A proof ?
CLICK HERE WITH YOUR IPHONE
And do the WIFI speed test many times.It will crash your iphone after a fewtests...
Hey Apple, is that Job still vacant ? ;)

Credits..

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:00 +0000

I wonder why I am the one accused of stealing
and then NOBODY gives me the credit for what I have done.

The only 2 things I did in the iPhone scene
were to DUMP THE 837 KEY and booting from an unsigned ramdisk.
(nobody even understood what it was when
I posted it on my blog).

Now the so called "dev team" released their tool
and I see no mention of that.

George Hotz wrote a code based on dev team tool
to "execute unsigned code at dfu level"...

Look at the start of the code:

const unsigned char key837[]={0x18,0x84,0x58,0xA6,0xD1,0x50,0x34,0xDF,0xE3,0x86,0xF2,0x3B,0x61,0xD4,0x37,0x74};

That is the key I dumped.
Without it NO TOOL could ever be possible.

That's why I called it a "major breakthru" at that time.

That key also made it possible to decrypt the ramdisk and
create a custom one.

Now if you remember I have always credited people
(george hotz for his unlock based on gray's work and
many members of iphone-elite that now are calling
themselves "dev team").

Now I won't say anyone stole anything.
But these are the FACTS.

Dev team did an impressive team work this time
and even if I don't personally like the tool I see
no other way to do things on 2.0.
(If I'll see one I'll tell you) :)

The same people accusing me
of "stealing" didn't EVER credit me for what
I've done.

And I repeat for who wasn't
reading at that time:
no ZiPhone (iLiberty/iPlus) could
ever be existed without the ramdisk
exploit I found and
no "pwns" without the 837 key.

Zibri.

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:20:00 +0000

Photo by darren shanahan

Hello???

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:37:00 +0000

Photo courtesy of bez.brige

Talks, lies, haters, fans.

I'm sick of this!

This is not a war and not even a game.

I originally developed ZiPhone for my own use.

Then people asked me to release it and I did.

I bought my first iPhone in Semptember 2007.

I released ZiPhone in February 2008.

I know you people are crazy about the iPhone

but believe me, I am not.

I think the 3g iPhone is not worth even buying

for people who already have the

first generation iPhone.

GPS ? I have a TomTom Go device.

3G data ? I have a 7.2 Mb/s card

in my laptop.

Apps ?

I have my iPhone.

Everything else ?

I have my life !

IF and WHEN there will be a new

ZiPhone you will be informed.

Stop asking, hating, begging.

By the way,

maybe you don't know the difference,

but ZiPhone was a real hack.

Software upgrades or custom firmwares

are a totally different thing.

A nice proof of concept, a nice work, but

that's not hacking..

But if that will ever be released

and that suits your needs,

use it. You'll be (hopefully) happy.

Another note:

I'm being reported of many people

faking me on many blogs and sites.

Check the profile (if there's one).

And don't take as gold any word from me that

you don't read here !

To any hacker out there:

FACTS speaks louder than words.

Peace out,

Zibri

Device Failsafe Utility (or Device Firmware Upgrade)

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:13:00 +0000

The device failsafe utility(or Device firmware upgrade as someone says),better known as DFUit's a failsafe basic (and quite trivial) bootloaderpresent on the iPhone.This is the weak point of the iPhone 2G andhopefully 3G.This post maybe means nothing to you,but before anyone will say I copied/robbed anythingjust remember you read it here first.I will not release anything tomorrow.And I strongly suggestnot to upgrade itunes nor the iPhone.

Stay tuned.Zibri

Well, well...

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:12:00 +0000

Well, here I am still...The picture above is not a fake.It's not even a major breakthru but it's something.I am glad to tell you anyhow that 2.0firmware works pretty well on my iPod 32gb.All features are enabled.To install it from windows (or mac) you needa special beta version of itunes.Unless you want to loose installerand all third party apps I strongly suggest youNOT TO UPGRADE (both iPod both iPhone).To downgrade the iPod you will needto uninstall iTunes 7.7 and reinstall 7.5.Then you will need to put the iPod in DFU modeand do a full restore back to 1.1.4 (and use ZiPhone)to have back Installer and all goodies.With the iPhone it's more complicatedbecause you will also need todowngrade the baseband.I already have a very preliminary versionof the new ZiPhone which will allow that.
As of today you will have 2 choices:1) Believe in the community and don't upgrade to 2.02) Say goodbye to Installer and freedom and upgrade.
Stay tuned :)Zibri
More screenshots are available here.

It would be so simple..

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:05:00 +0000

Photo by haggischick

Nokia acquired Symbian willing to opensource it.Openmoko is readying the open phone.Now I know Apple will never listen to this,but with a simple move Apple could wipe allcompetitors off the smartphone scene.One of my favourite quotes is:"Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white',but to avoid such predetermined choice."There are only a few slight adjustments toApple's plans needed to own the market.Too bad they don't really seeminterested to listen.

I'm worried.

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:54:00 +0000

I'm worried.What can seem a nice feature is somethingreally dangerous.Not allowing background processesand forcing everything to pass thru theApple Push Notification Serveris something Orwell already imagined.Think about all your dataflowing through Apple and you will startto get the big picture.Add to that mobileme, another big brotherkeeping everything about you.Now, this would be nice if it were an optionalfeature. But it's not.It's the only way.With the iPhone, Apple is showing theywant to keep control of everything.I hope the industry will take a differentpath and won't emulate them.Every day I'm getting more interestedin google android and more open softwares/firmwares.

Here we go :)

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:07:00 +0000

At least!Now who will be the fastestto send me one to start testing ?It appears that firmware 2.0 won'tbe available today. Fortunately.It also appears I got rightalmost all my predictions:colours, no front cam.
I wasn't sure (as anyone else) about the GPS presencetill the last moment, but in the articleI wrote for the italian magazine PanoramaI also got the shape and 3G hsdpacapabilities.I am ready to start working on it assoon as someone will provide me one. As usual, I'll keep you posted here.Zibri

I am warning you..

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:40:00 +0000

Shortly after WWDC 2008,a new itunes version will be availablefor download on the apple site.Along with that a 2.0 firmware upgradewill be soon available.Do not upgrade!If you want to have fun withyour iPhone, wait for all devs to be ready.That won't happen today.But soon.I'll start working on new releases as soonas they are released.I'll keep you posted.Zibri

7.2 Megabit/s !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:34:00 +0000

This will be the "heart" of the new iPhone 3G!It features a category 8 HSDPA connectionfor a top speed of 7.2 Mb/s over the air.Details are HEREThe main iPhone CPU will remain unchangedas expected.Stay tuned for further informations.

GPS or not GPS...

noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:04:00 +0000

From the iPhone2 patent it seems likely thatApple at last included an embedded GPS.Informations are anyhow confusingand I don't feel like confirming it as a fact.We will see.
I don't really care since I have my fellow TomTom device. ;)