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A presentation and paper on Reverse engineering JTAG at the 26th Chaos Communication Congress is now available to download here:

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/track/Hacking/3670.en.html

Other Hacking and reverse engineering papers and talks from the conference can be found here:

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/index.en.html

The hacking track is here:

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/track/Hacking/index.en.html

Here is an article about the security of the newly released iPhone 3.0 software for both iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7647

Medialets created the world’s first shakable advertisement for Dockers, together with agencies OMD and Razorfish. Users shake their iPhone to make the Dockers guy dance. This ad utilizes the iPhone’s accelerometer as well as audio capabilities and appears in targeted, free iPhone applications.

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090512/7278/?mod=ATD_rss

Having downloaded the latest beta of the iPhone yesterday (seen above), I started using it today and when a friend of mine asked to use it to dial a phone number, all they saw was this:

I restarted the phone and I got the proper dial screen shown below.

This happened to me again today… So I decided to post it on the inter web

It might not be because they are secure, but simply because the ROI is just a mere phone handset! Add to that the device, OS, and carrier variations.

Read more here:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/25/1238246&from=rss
and here:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Mobile+and+Wireless&articleId=9130346&taxonomyId=15&pageNumber=1

A guy at the US Airways crash took a picture of the Airplane and used Twitter to stream it to the Internet. Here is his account of the incident:

http://twitpic.com/135xa - There’s a plane in the Hudson. I’m on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy. 12:36 PM Jan 15th from TwitPic

http://twitter.com/jkrums/status/1121915133

Watch in on Fora.tv to see the whole transcript as in the Pouge video in the previous post.

The video is Long (32 Minutes!).
- It starts with a parody song (as usual!).
- 3:35 Trends for 2009
- 4:30 VoIP cell phones
- 6:40 VoIP on Mobile Phones with T-Mobile (By the way BT has it too!)
- 10:40 Grand Central: A service that rings all your phone numbers at once at the same time on a single number! Watch the demo
- 12:50 Google Cellular: Free SMS and Voice initiated 411 directory enquiry service
- 16:25 1800 Cha Cha: Ask any question by voice and get answer by text
- 18:00 Voice Messagase by email or SMS services e.g. spinvox, PhoneTag and CallWave
- 21:00 More on Callwave and a feature demo
- 22:35 Popularity Dialer .com
- 23:50 iPhone beginings. How iPhone changed US carriers
- 25:00 iPhone with internet all the time
- 26:30 iPhone shuffle and App Store apps demos like: Midomi, Pandora, Urban Spoon
- 28:30 T-Mobile G1 and Verizon
- 29:30 End with a Song: The iPhone Song

Modding Education for iPhone users AKA ModEdiPhone.com is a new website for all iPhone users who would like to jailbreak their iPhones or SIM unlock them whether they are using a first generation iPhone or the 3G iPhone. It provides guides and step-by-step videos and advice on how to do each hack or mod without any complications. It includes software, firmware, and hardware mods and hacks. It also contains the last five posts from the most popular iPhone blogs and news sites. It is a must visit and subscribe-to website so make sure you add it to your favourites

Here is the link:
http://www.modediphone.com/

Attached with and armband, it is a portable and multi-purpose tool:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/the_us_armys_secret_weapon_the_ipod_touch-2.html

Windows will run soon on the iPhone using Citrix Receiver, a remote screen software that connects to a PC and enables you to run Microsoft’s Windows Apps remotely over the wi-fi or 3g network.

More info here:
http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51937665

Go here:
http://gizmodo.com/5116433/the-best-iphone-apps-of-2008

Yes you can Watch this:

Get your gadgets coated with this micro polymer here:
http://www.golden-shellback.com/

for more information go here:
http://www.electronics-au.com.au/blog/computers/apple-iphone-underwater/

As predicted, it did take a long time to unlock the 3G version of the iPhone as compared to the 1st generation iPhone. It is never the less a great achievement for the Dev-Team. So, if you are still using a SIM proxy to unlock you iPhone 3G, then this unlock is for you. For all others, this makes no difference at all

For those who do require the SIM unlock I give you this warning: never upgrade you phone to 2.2 as it will unpgrade your modem software making it impossible to unlock with the SIM unlocking solution from the dev-team.
So: NEVER UPGRADE OR RESTORE YOUR IPHONE IN ITUNES

For more information, please visit the dev-team’s website at:
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

If you were waiting for the Arabic to be ready for the 2.2 version of the iPhone then your wait is over it is now ready from iPhone Islam

Just go here for the guide to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 and then read more information about the new upgrade here.

PLEASE NOTE: If you use a SIM card proxy (a small SIM-shaped electoronic circuit that goes behind your SIM card) then NEVER upgrade your phone to 2.2! You will not be able to use your phone if you upgrade.

The iPhone user manual and user guide for the iPhone 3G and 2G is now available in Arabic as the iPhone is introduced in Egypt and will be introduced in other Arabic countries such as Qatar.

Here is the link to the pdf file:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/ar_EG/iPhone_User_Guide_ARA.pdf

As the name suggests, this site is for all the things iPhone can do for you.

Visit it here.

iPhone Linux Demonstration Video from planetbeing on Vimeo.

Instructions: Here.
Dowload: Here.

http://ocarina.smule.com/

It’s the two hottest touch-screen phones duking it out. Can the new kid on the block take down the champ?

The iPhone will decide for you Just shake it!

Your iPhone can not delete or forward SMS Messages? Yes it can! Use MySMS to do that!

Your iPhone can not forward a contact number to another one? Now it can! Just use MySMS

You want more options such as:

- landscape typing
- punctuation keys at the right side of typing window
- sms forwarding (even conversations)
- single / individual sms or conversation deletion
- character counter (to know if your text will be sent as one or multiple SMS messages)
- send contacts through sms
- Use message templates
- set password on app loading/launch
- Easy contact list search!
- disable auto correction in SMS typing (very useful if you are typing in other languages)
- skins (downloaded from the dev’s repo: isoftru.ru/repo/)
- set mySMS as the default SMS app
- Option to Tap return key twice to send message

For more information go to:
MySMS
and to see more screen shots and instructions on how to downlad the application from Cydia, go to:
http://iphonehelp.in/2008/11/13/mysms-ultimate-sms-app-for-the-iphone-3g-2x-via-cydia/

I love David Pogue… He gave us the iPhone Music Video when the iPhone first came out See it again here:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=vniMR6Ez9cE

A new book with companion DVD by Jesse Varsalone. Expected retail price is AUD 79.00.

Key Features include:

- Companion DVD Contains Custom Materials That Can Be Used in a Real Digital Forensic Investigation
- Includes Unique Information about Mac OS X, iPod, iMac, and iPhone Forensic Analysis Unavailable Anywhere Else
- Authors Are Pioneering Researchers in the Field of Macintosh Forensics, with Combined Experience in Law Enforcement, Military, and Corporate Forensics

Sounds good? Then for more information go to:
http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781597492973

A video file by ZiPhone Maker crashes the iPhone:
Forbes.com

Call it “on-demand computing”, “grid computing” or “software as a service”, cloud computing is the wave of the future whether people like it or not. When it comes to smartphones both iPhone and the Android platform are betting their success on cloud computing. Apple’s MobileMe and Google through its Google Apps on G1 did not get a great start but they are improving their acts with fixes and updates. Microsoft announced lately that they are getting into the cloud computing arena with cloud based servers that target both smartphones and sub-laptop devices called “netbooks”. There are too many news articles to list here to support this post and new articles on the subject seem to pop up every singe hour of the day. So, I am going to leave all the searching for cloud computing articles to you! Here is a google search for smartphone and “cloud computing” to get you started:

- Google Web Search

- Google News Search

- Google Blog Search

As you might know, the iPhone 3G comes either on a contract which means that it is locked to the provider or Unlocked via iTunes on pre-paid plans or through a special arrangement with the service provider for a small fee. Locked phones however can be unlocked via hardware SIM attacments such as TurboSIM (discussed in detail in my paper) or other cheaper alternatives such as Universial SIM. What you might not know is that some sellers sell iPhones as if they are officially or leagally unlocked but in actuallity they are unlocked with alternative SIM attachments as shown in the pictures below:

SIM insertion slot showing extension wires

The actual Universal SIM attachment

To find out if the iPhone you are buying is unlockable by its carrier or not, ask the seller for the phone’s serial number and then visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937

Buying a fake-unlocked iPhone could mean that your phone might be illegal to use in some countries because it violates usage laws. Also, it means a degration and sometimes the denial of service when it comes to data services and the quality of phone calls.

Pictures and Story from the Arabic source iPhone Islam. The only source for Arabisation of iPhone.

The beggest selling points for the Android and the G1 in my openion are the simultanious execution of applications and street level on google maps. Who needs any of these?!

You can run applications in the background on iPhone by using the Cydia app Backgrounder and you can use google earth for now to get street level pictures and wait for 2.2 iPhone software for full street view capabilities

I am sticking to my iPhone for now Gotta love the big screen and the safari browser responsiveness and page browsing speed.

app.ifonetec.com: http://app.ifonetec.com/cydia/
cake.mapleidea.com: http://cake.mapleidea.com/cydia/
BigBoss & Planet-iPhones: http://apt.bigboss.us.com/repofiles/cydia/
Hack&Dev.org: http://iphone.hackndev.org/apt/
Hackers.nl: http://apt.hackers.nl/
iClarified: http://cydia.iclarified.com/
iPhone-notes.de Repo: http://apt.iphone-storage.de/
ispaziorepo.com: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt/
ModMyiFone.com: http://apt.modmyifone.com/
Niklas Schroder: http://apt.paperclipsandscrambledeggs.com/
RichCreations: http://www.richcreations.com/iphone/apt/
SaladSoft: http://nickplee.com/cydiasource/
Ste Packaging: http://repo.smxy.org/cydia/apt/
Steffwiz: http://steffwiz.webs.com/iphone/repo
Telesphoreo Tangelo: http://apt.saurik.com/
urbanfanatics.com: http://urbanfanatics.com/cydia/
WeHo.ru: http://weho.ru/iphone/
www.iacces.com: http://www.iacces.com/apt/
ZodTTD: http://www.zodttd.com/repo/cydia/

NEW Cydia Language Sources

comcute&gecko (Estonian): http://gecko.pri.ee/cydia/
CZ&SK: http://csid. tym.cs/repo/
iPhone-patch (Bulgarian): http://mspasov.com/
iphone.freecoder.org (Chinese): iphone.freecoder.org/apt/
iphonehe.com (Hebrew): http://iphonehe.com/iphone
Marcin Laber (Polish?): http://cydia.i-apps.pl/

Sources for Installer 4.0

Big Boss: http://apptapp.thebigboss.org/repofiles/installer4/
iPhone-notes.de: http://i.phone-storage.de/
iSpazio: http://repo.neolinus.org/ispazio/
ModMyiFone.com: http://i.modmyifone.com/
Rip Dev: http://i.ripdev.com
Ste Packaging: http://repo.smxy.org/installer4/
German: http://sendowski.de/iphone

Sources for Installer 3.1

Community Sources for Installer 3.11

iSpazio Official: http://repo.ispazio.net
ModMyiFone.com: modmyifone.com/installer.xml
RiP Dev (Kate, formerly Caterpillar): http://repository.ripdev.com/
Ste Packaging:http://repo.smxy.org/iphone-apps/ (make sure you include the last /)

Other Sources for Installer 3.11

aka.Repository: akamatsu.org/repo.xml
AlliPodHax Source: ihacks.us/index.xml or allipodhax.3host.biz/index.xml
AlohaSoft 1.0.2 - homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/102.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.1: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/111.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.2: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/112.xml
Apple (not really Apple): applerepo.com
Apple Daily Times: www.appledailytimes.com/installer
AppTapp Official: repository.apptapp.com
Apogee LTD: apogeeltd.com
Blaze Official: blazecompany.googlepages.com/
BigBoss Beta: sleepers.net/iphonerepobeta
BlackWolf: m8an.de/ownrisk.xml (Extended Preferences)
Byooi Digicide: byooi.com/iphone/digicide.plist (Jiggy Apps)
CedSoft (iSnake/Bounce): prog.cedsoft.free.fr
Chris Miles Repository (iSolitare): iphone.rustyredwagon.com/repo
Conceited Software Beta: http://conceitedsoftware.com/iphone/beta/
Conceited Software: http://www.macminicolo.net/conceited/iphone/cache.plist
CopyCoders: homepage.mac.com/hartsteins/copycoders/copycoders.xml (Network Apps)

dajavax: dajavax.googlepages.com/repo.xml
databinge: repo.databinge.com
DavTeam: davteam.com/repo.xml
Death to Design: iphone.deathtodesign.com
Digital Agua: repo.digitalagua.com
Dlubbat’s Apps: www.dlubbat.com/iphone.xml
Ettore Software Ltd: ettoresoftware.com/iphone/beta/ty.iphone
Fight Club: dezign999.com/repo
FreeMyiPhone: pxl.freemyiphone.com/
Fring: fring.com/iphone.xml
Gogosoft Source: www.blackblack.org/gogobeta.plist
GravyTrain ’s Vault: iiispace.com/installer2.xml (Includes user submitted themes)
Hijinks Inc.: hijinksinc.com/i/installer.xml
hitoriblog Experimental Pack: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
HighTymes: hightymes.org/iphone/plist/index.xml
iApp-a-Day: iappaday.com/install
Imagine09: home.twcny.rr.com/imagine09/Imagine09.xml
iBlackjack: iphonefanclub.com/native
iClarified: installer.iclarified.com
iFoneTech: app.ifonetec.com
Intelliborn: intelliborn.com/repo
Intelliborn (Cydia Source): intelliborn.com/cydia
iPhone Cake: iphonecake.com/src/all
iPhoneDevDocs: idevdocs.com/install
iPhone For Taiwan (SummberBoard Themes): iphone4.tw/showme
iPhoneFreakz: iphonefreakz.com/repo.xml
iPhoneIslam: apps.iphoneislam.com
iPlayful: iplayful.com/r
i.Marine Software (Caissa): caissa.us
imimux Repository (Real Artist): imimux.com
iPod Touch Fans: www.touchrepo.com/repo.xml
iPod Touched: ipodtouched.net/repo.xml
iPod-Touch-Themes.de: www.ipod-touch-themes.de/installer/repo.xml
iSwitcher (old): web.mac.com/iswitcher2/list.xml
iSwitcher (new) = MeachWare: meachware.com/list.xml
Jeremie Engel: rep.visuaweb.com
Jiggy Main Repository (Jiggy): jiggyapp.com/i
lazyasada: lazyasada.xeterdesign.com/repo.xml
Limited Edition iPhone: limitededitioniphone.com/lei.xml
Loring Studios: loringstudios.com/iPhone-schnapps/index.xml
McAfeeMobile Dev Repository: ipkg.mcafeemobile.com
MarcoGiorgini.com: marcogiorgini.com/iPhone/plist.xml
Makayama Software (CameraPro): tinyurl.com/2t8cax
MaomaLand: maomaland.com/iphone/repo.xml
Mateo (BeatPhone): bblk.net/iphone
McCarron’s Repo: patrickmccarron.com/irepo
MeachWare (new iSwitcher): www.meachware.com/list.xml
Mkv iPhone Repository: repo.mkv.mobi
Mobile Stacks: mobilestack.googlecode.com/svn/repository/internal.plist
ModMyApple.it (iBirthday): www.serverasp.net/chiafa/MMA/repo.xml
Moyashi: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
MTL Repository: home.mike.tl/iphone
MyApple.pl: i.myapple.pl
newATTiPhone.com: newattiphone.com/repo.xml
NPike.net: http://apps.npike.net/repo.xml
Nuclear Design: nucleardesign.net/repository
Planet-iPhones: planet-iphones.com/repository
Polar Bear Farm: www.polarbearfarm.com/repo/
Polleo Limited: source.polleo.no
Private Indistury: brandonsgames.com/chriss/index.xml
Pyrofer’s Projects: pyrofersprojects.com/repos/repos.xml
R4m0n (iPhysics): iphone.r4m0n.net/repos
Robota Softwarehouse: iphone.robota.nl
Sanoodi Repository: sanoodi.com/iphone
Saurik’s Coding Toolbox (Cydia): apptapp.saurik.com
ScoresPro: www.scorespro.com/iphone/repo.xml
scummVM: urbanfanatics.com/scummvm.xml
sendowski.de (MobileChat)sendowski.de/iphone
Shai’s Apps: ride4.org/shai.xml
Simek’s Graphic: simek.ddl2.pl
sipgate repository: iphone.sipgate.com
Skrew: i.danstaface.net
Slezak’s Stuff: www.spencerslezak.com
Smart-Mobil: www.smart-mobile.com/beta
Soneso Repository: soneso.com/iphone
SOS iPhone (ContactFlow): rep.sosiphone.com
Spiffyware: spiffyware.net/iphone
Studded: studded.net/installer/index.xml
Surge: iphonesurge.com/iphonesurge.xml
Swell: lyndellwiggins.com/installer/Swell
Swirlyspace: swirlyspace.com/SwirlySpace.xml
Touchmod Team: touchmods.net/rep.xml
Trejan: trejan.com/irepo
Trivialware: mazinger.cs.yale.edu/iphone-apps/index.xml
Unlock.no: i.unlock.no
weiPhone (weTools/weDict): app.weiphone.com/installer
Wiki2Touch: 168weedon.com/i/
Wizdom on Wheels (Common Website Links): iphoneapps.wizdomonwheels.com
XK72 Repository: http://xk72.com/iphone/repos/
ZodTTD.com Releases: zodttd.com/repo

Language Sources for Installer 3.11

Arabic: apps.iphoneislam.com
Czech: repo.iphone.cz
Chinese: iphone.org.hk/repository.plist
Danish: iphone.vildmedmac.dk/install
French: rep.sosiphone.com
FrenchIphone: rep.frenchiphone.com
German: sendowski.de/iphone
German aXP: lostsoul.aeroxp.org/iphone/index.xml
Greek: greekrepo.com
Hebrew ?????: ihebrew.net
Hungarian: ifhone.hu/install.xml
Norwegian - iFon: install.ifon.no
Polish - iPolish: krzak.net/iphone
Polish - iPolish(1.1.2): wakoman.ovh.org/iphone
Português-Brasil(1.1.2): iphonemod.com.br/forum/repo/installer.xml
Russian iPhone.RU: iphones.ru/r
Russian iPhone ??-??????: russianiphone.ru/beta
Russian Tools (in English): russianiphone.ru/beta/en
Spanish Phyros iPhone-ES: iphone.frickr.es/index.xml
Swedish iFun.se: ifun.se/swe
Taiwanese: iphone4.tw/unlock
Thai: pradt.net/iphone
Turkish: niffob.com/triphone.xml
Vietnamese: iphone.billydragon.net

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Source:
http://sleepers.net/2008/10/23/compiled-source-list-for-2xfw-1xfw-cydia-installer/

OLDER LIST FOUND HERE:
http://www.mysecured.com/?p=201

MyPhone2008.com

An interesting news article about the work of BT (formerly British Telecom), Glamorgan University, Australia’s Edith Cowan University and Sim Lifecycle Services where researchers recovered data from handsets from mobile phone recycling companies:

Mobile phones can never be totally wiped clean of data

To get more information on the research at Edith Cowan University and its upcoming conferences please visit SECAU Security Research Centre’s website:

http://www.secau.org/

Here are some published refereed journal and conference papers to give you an idea of what to expect for the Edith Cowan University conferences in December:

- Valli, C. and A. Jones (2008). A study of 2nd Hand Blackberry for sale - World class security foiled by humans. Proceedings of the 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing - SAM 2008 - The 2008 International Conference on Security & Management., Las Vegas, USA.

- Al-Zarouni, M. (2007, 3rd December, 2007). Introduction to Mobile Phone Flasher Devices and Considerations for their Use in Mobile Phone Forensics. Paper presented at the The 5th Australian Digital Forensics Conference, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley Campus, Western Australia.

- Yap, L. F., & Jones, A. (2007, 3rd December, 2007). Profiling Through a Digital Mobile Device. Paper presented at the The 5th Australian Digital Forensics Conference, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley Campus, Western Australia.

- Yap, L. F., & Jones, A. (2007). Deleted Mobile Device’s Evidence Recovery:. Paper presented at the Media and Information-War Conference 2007, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.

You can register to attend Edith Cowan University’s conferences here:

http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/

Hope to see you there

According to the article below, iPhone 2.2 beta which was provided to developers contained an Android-like Street View capability within the Google Maps App.

I Don’t know about you, but to me, it seemed like the street view feature was one of the most attractive features that Google used in selling the Android platform to consumers. I personally see a great potential in Android for app development but I still think that the iPhone will keep on keeping on especially after the dropped the NDA requirement for app developers

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007891.html

I’ve had my iPhone 3G with MobileMe for a while now but it didn’t seem like the push service from mobile me was working at all. This changed starting from yesterday though It is working now and I am happy with it so far.

Ideally the emergency dial screen should allow ONLY EMERGENCY NUMBERS to be dialed out on a passcode locked phone. The iPhone however allows for ANY NUMBER to be dialed when it is passcode locked! This bug is not new, it was present in iPhone 2.0.2 as well!

Here is a video demonstrating the issue:

I discovered this bug in 2.0.2 just a couple of days before 2.1 came out. So, it was too late for me to give a heads up to Apple. So, I waited for 2.1 to come along to see if it was fixed. I did that today and found out that it wasn’t fixed.

This of course could be an Auatralia-only issue or even an Optus-only issue. Nevertheless it is a security issue with the iPhone and should be addressed.

UPDATE 18 Sep 08:

There is some debate on whether it is a bug or feature! Look at the following link for some more information on the issue:
http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2008/09/17/iphone-2-1-emergency-call-anyone-bug-or-feature/

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About the author:

Marwan Al-Zarouni CISSP is currently pursuing a Doctor of Information Technology award at Edith Cowan University. He is a member of the Security Research Centre at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia.

Even though the iPhone doesn’t officially support Arabic yet, Google Translator includes it in 24 languages it supports for the web based software. You can use it by pointing the iPhone browser to: http://translate.google.com.

WOLF claims to forensically extract the information from the internal memory of the iPhone without altering the device.

WOLF claims it can obtain the following information from devices:

The price, training and other information can be obtained from Sixth Legion LLC, a division of IDFS LLC on:
http://www.hex-dump.com/wolftest/index.html
or
http://sixthlegion.com.

PwnageTool 2.0 MACOSX version is released.
For more details, please visit:

rlslog.net
also see:

dev team blog

UPDATE: Don’t have a Mac? You can do it in Windows as well. For instractions, go here:

Step-by-Step Guide to Pwn first generation iPhone running firmware 2.0 using Windows

In a previous post http://www.mysecured.com/?p=202 I showed that your data is not wiped when you do a normal restore. So in this post I will show you some of the ways you can wipe your phone with some degree of certainty that the information on it is wiped.

If you want to wipe your iPhone before you sell it on eBay or give it back to Apple because the touch screen stopped working all of a sudden! Then here are the different ways you can wipe it:

- Jonathan Zdziarski’s method:
http://www.zdziarski.com/papers/wipe.html

It involves jailbreaking and command line access. It is best suited for people with jailbroken iPhones and are really paranoid and control freaks!

- Rich Mogull’s (securosis.com) method:
http://securosis.com/2008/05/20/formatting-an-iphone-to-wipe-data/Which is an easy to do 2 restores and 3 overwrites of the iPhone device’s user data area. Look at this video from CNET on youtube:

- BigBoss Wipe App Method:
http://sleepers.net/news/?p=174
This needs the iPhone to be jailbroken as well. It does a zero out wipe on the device, so it will require a restore afterwards.

The basic idea of all of the methods is to overwrite the data in the user area. Be it by overwriting it with music as in Mogull’s method or by using a wipe tool as with BigBoss or by overwriting it with zeros as in Jonathan’s method. I prefer the latter two methods as overwriting with music might leave some of the data intact (call me paranoid!). But on the other hand it could be the only option for people who do not want to jailbreak their iPhone or do not have the technical expertise to do so.

UPDATE (28 August 2008):

iPhone software 2.0 and above comes with an erase all feature that was not available in previous versions of the iPhone and therefore this feature can be used to completely wipe the iPhone. This can be done on the iPhone itself without needing to connect it to iTunes.

So, on the iPhone tap Settings -> General -> Reset and then select the “Erase All Content and Settings” option from the buttons shown. Users must note that under the 1.x iPhone software, invoking this setting erased the iPhone’s obvious data, but not did NOT PERFORM A ‘bit-by-bit’ WIPE. Under the 2.0 software however, you get a much more thorough wipe (bit-by-bit). which can take an hour or two to complete depending on the storage size of the iPhone being wiped.

According to Jonathan Zdziarski:

So, if you have to return your iPhone to an Apple or AT&T store and they offer to replace it with a new one, make sure that you wipe your data properly first. A proper bit level wipe is needed here and NOT a system restore!

UPDATED LIST IS FOUND HERE: http://www.mysecured.com/?p=221

Sources for downloading iPhone third party apps. Here is a list:
Community Sources:
BigBoss: thebigboss.org/repo.xml
Conceited Software: http://www.macminicolo.net/conceited/iphone/cache.plist
ModMyiFone.com: modmyifone.com/installer.xml
Ste Packaging:http://repo.smxy.org/iphone-apps/ (make sure you include the last /)
iPod Touch Fans: www.touchrepo.com/repo.xml

Other Sources:
aka.Repository: akamatsu.org/repo.xml
AlliPodHax Source: ihacks.us/index.xml or allipodhax.3host.biz/index.xml
AlohaSoft 1.0.2 - homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/102.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.1: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/111.xml
AlohaSoft 1.1.2: homepage.mac.com/reinholdpenner/112.xml
Apple (not really Apple): applerepo.com
AppTapp Official: repository.apptapp.com
Apogee LTD: apogeeltd.com
Blaze Official: blazecompany.googlepages.com/
BigBoss Beta: sleepers.net/iphonerepobeta
BlackWolf: m8an.de/ownrisk.xml (Extended Preferences)
Byooi Digicide: byooi.com/iphone/digicide.plist (Jiggy Apps)
CedSoft (iSnake/Bounce): prog.cedsoft.free.fr
Chris Miles Repository (iSolitare): iphone.rustyredwagon.com/repo
Conceited Software Beta: http://conceitedsoftware.com/iphone/beta/
CopyCoders: homepage.mac.com/hartsteins/copycoders/copycoders.xml (Network Apps)
dajavax: dajavax.googlepages.com/repo.xml
databinge: repo.databinge.com
Death to Design: iphone.deathtodesign.com
Digital Agua: repo.digitalagua.com
Dlubbat’s Apps: www.dlubbat.com/iphone.xml
Fight Club: dezign999.com/repo
FreeMyiPhone: pxl.freemyiphone.com/
Gogosoft Source: www.blackblack.org/gogobeta.plist
GravyTrain ’s Vault: iiispace.com/installer2.xml (Includes user submitted themes)
hitoriblog Experimental Pack: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
HighTymes: hightymes.org/iphone/plist/index.xml
iApp-a-Day: iappaday.com/install
Imagine09: home.twcny.rr.com/imagine09/Imagine09.xml
iBlackjack: iphonefanclub.com/native
iClarified: installer.iclarified.com
iPhone Cake: iphonecake.com/src/all
iPhoneDevDocs: idevdocs.com/install
iPhone For Taiwan (SummberBoard Themes): iphone4.tw/showme
i.Marine Software (Caissa): caissa.us
imimux Repository (Real Artist): imimux.com
iPhoneIslam: apps.iphoneislam.com
iPod Touched: ipodtouched.net/repo.xml
iPod-Touch-Themes.de: www.ipod-touch-themes.de/installer/repo.xml
iSpazio: http://repo.ispazio.net
iSwitcher (old): web.mac.com/iswitcher2/list.xml
iSwitcher (new) = MeachWare: meachware.com/list.xml
Jeremie Engel: rep.visuaweb.com
Jiggy Main Repository (Jiggy): jiggyapp.com/i
lazyasada: lazyasada.xeterdesign.com/repo.xml
Limited Edition iPhone: limitededitioniphone.com/lei.xml
Loring Studios: loringstudios.com/iPhone-schnapps/index.xml
MarcoGiorgini.com: marcogiorgini.com/iPhone/plist.xml
Makayama Software (CameraPro): tinyurl.com/2t8cax
MaomaLand: maomaland.com/iphone/repo.xml
Mateo (BeatPhone): bblk.net/iphone
McCarron’s Repo: patrickmccarron.com/irepo
MeachWare (new iSwitcher): www.meachware.com/list.xml
Mobile Stacks: mobilestack.googlecode.com/svn/repository/internal.plist
ModMyApple.it (iBirthday): www.serverasp.net/chiafa/MMA/repo.xml
Moyashi: hpcgi3.nifty.com/moyashi/ipodtouch/repository.cgi
MTL Repository: home.mike.tl/iphone
MyApple.pl: i.myapple.pl
newATTiPhone.com: newattiphone.com/repo.xml
NPike.net: http://apps.npike.net/repo.xml
Nuclear Design: nucleardesign.net/repository
Polar Bear Farm: www.polarbearfarm.com/repo/
Polleo Limited: source.polleo.no
Private Indistury: brandonsgames.com/chriss/index.xml
Pyrofer’s Projects: pyrofersprojects.com/repos/repos.xml
R4m0n (iPhysics): iphone.r4m0n.net/repos
RiP Dev (Caterpillar): http://repository.ripdev.com/
Robota Softwarehouse: iphone.robota.nl
Sanoodi Repository: sanoodi.com/iphone
Saurik’s Coding Toolbox (Cydia): apptapp.saurik.com
ScoresPro: www.scorespro.com/iphone/repo.xml
scummVM: urbanfanatics.com/scummvm.xml
sendowski.de (MobileChat)sendowski.de/iphone
Shai’s Apps: ride4.org/shai.xml
Simek’s Graphic: simek.ddl2.pl
Skrew: i.danstaface.net
Slezak’s Stuff: www.spencerslezak.com
Soneso Repository: soneso.com/iphone
SOS iPhone (ContactFlow): rep.sosiphone.com
Spiffyware: spiffyware.net/iphone
Studded: studded.net/installer/index.xml
Surge: iphonesurge.com/iphonesurge.xml
Swell: lyndellwiggins.com/installer/Swell
Swirlyspace: swirlyspace.com/SwirlySpace.xml
Touchmod Team: touchmods.net/rep.xml
Trejan: trejan.com/irepo
Trivialware: mazinger.cs.yale.edu/iphone-apps/index.xml
Unlock.no: i.unlock.no
weiPhone (weTools/weDict): app.weiphone.com/installer
Wizdom on Wheels (Common Website Links): iphoneapps.wizdomonwheels.com
ZodTTD.com Releases: zodttd.com/repo

Language Sources:
Arabic: apps.iphoneislam.com
Chinese: iphone.org.hk/repository.plist
Danish: iphone.vildmedmac.dk/install
French: rep.sosiphone.com
FrenchIphone: rep.frenchiphone.com
German: sendowski.de/iphone
German aXP: lostsoul.aeroxp.org/iphone/index.xml
Greek: www.greek-iphone.com/grloc
Hebrew ?????: ihebrew.net
Hungarian: ifhone.hu/install.xml
Norwegian - iFon: install.ifon.no
Polish - iPolish: krzak.net/iphone
Polish - iPolish(1.1.2): wakoman.ovh.org/iphone
Português-Brasil(1.1.2): iphonemod.com.br/forum/repo/installer.xml
Russian iPhone.RU: iphones.ru/r
Russian iPhone ??-??????: russianiphone.ru/beta
Russian Tools (in English): russianiphone.ru/beta/en
Spanish Phyros iPhone-ES: iphone.frickr.es/index.xml
Swedish iFun.se: ifun.se/swe
Taiwanese: iphone4.tw/unlock
Thai: pradt.net/iphone
Turkish: niffob.com/triphone.xml
Vietnamese: iphone.billydragon.net

More Sources here:
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/wiki/index.php?title=IPod_touch_Installer_source_list

http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/sources/

http://www.installerapps.com/sources/

According to tuaw:

A half dozen different firms are actively hunting for developers who can assist law enforcement in reading data off unjailbroken iPhones

When: April 17, 2008 at 17:00 GMT
Who: Jonathan A. Zdziarski.
Details: While some of a suspect’s data can be viewed using the direct GUI interfaces in the iPhone’s software, much hidden and deleted data is available as well, which may provide for more thorough evidence gathering. Existing commercial forensic tools are sadly lacking their ability to perform deep raw disk level recovery, and so Jonathan will demonstrate how to install his custom forensics toolkit on any existing model iPhone and send a raw disk image to a desktop machine. He will also show you how to recover files specific to the iPhone including deleted keyboard caches, photos, web objects, and much more. Jonathan’s custom forensics toolkit and his accompanying forensic manual will be available free to forensic investigators in law enforcement.

Read More here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/949?CMP=ILC-orm_webinars&ATT=iphone-forensics

Here is a link to a Video demo shown on CNET News.com. It shows the potential of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications like Basecamp or Salesforce.com on the iPhone. This could boost the sales of the iPhone and at the same time provide another dimention to information accessable to the iPhone mobile device.

Get them here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/60232/2007/10/nov07mobilemac.html?t=213

Thanks to Macworld magazine

As requested by Haitham. The Hard drive is not actually a hard drive. It is a Samsung 65 Nanometer NAND flash part number “K9HBG08U1M” the same one used earlier in the 8GB iPod Nano.

Data sheet can be found here:
http://www.datasheet4u.com/download.php?id=604473

More information and other links can be found here:

http://www.iphonefreak.com/2007/07/iphone-componen.html

Good news for iPhone forensics:

Paraben’s Device Seizure can get a variety of data depending on the operating system version as well as whether or not the phone has been unlocked (often called Jailbreaking). The following is a general guide to what data can be acquired from the different versions, however, our testing shows that different Jailbreaking methods unlock different portions of the phone (for instance, one method allowed Device Seizure to acquire most media files but did not allow access to phone records, contacts, or images uploaded to the phone):

Firmware 1.0, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2: Most logical data can be acquired from the phone Firmware 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, and 1.1.4: Only the /var/root/Media folder will be acquired Firmware Unlocked by a Jailbreaking Utility: Should
acquire most logical data depending on the unlocking software used. This is our first release for the Apple iPhone and we expect to see many more additions to this technology in the future. Keep your subscription
current to make sure you get all the new updates.

As quoted from Paraben. For more information please visit Paraben.

Instructions in Arabic can be found here:

http://www.iphoneislam.com/?p=62

Instructions and download in English can be found here:

http://iphone.unlock.no/

If you get error “The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135)” you need to install .NET Framework 2.0. The executable unzips the GUI executable to “Program Files\ziphone”

Now you can unlock new iphones that are OTB 1.1.2 and 1.1.3 (bootloader version 4.6) with just software and no need for special microchips that go behind your SIM card. Here is a link to the guide:

http://iphone.unlock.no/OTB112unlock.htm

 To see it in action, check out this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SXnAUa6f0s

Gear Live has a cool gallery of pictures of the new additions to the iPhone interface in its 1.1.3 release. The most impressive feature for me was the locate-me feature for the google maps application. Other features include dragging and dropping icons on the springboard and bookmarks icon on the springboard. Another much-needed feature is the multiple-people SMS capability.

To see some screen shots of the changes please follow the link below:

http://www.gearlive.com/gallery/category/C51/

An Arabic keyboard has been developed for the iPhone. Now you can write Arabic SMS messages on you iphone

For more information and to update you iphone to support arabic typing please visit:
http://www.iphoneislam.com/?p=20

Also, make sure to bookmark their site for the latest islamic and Arabic related links and stories about the iPhone:

http://www.iphoneislam.com/

All you have to do is place a font file in the direcotry:

system/library/fonts/cache

It can be downloaded from here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/70430782/arialuni.ttf.html

And your safari browser will be able to ready arabic in the correct direction this time! As shown below

Credit for this one goes to Mishary.

Thanks

Finally, someone did something for the iPhone and the iPod touch that enables users to get full disk level access with read/write prevliges on the iPhone’s disk via AFP.  The AppleTalk Filing Protocol makes the iPhone show up on the Mac desktop as a disk with full read/write access. For more from the “Core” click the link:

http://wickedpsyched.net/iphone/afp/

It is finally here Now you can safely update your 1.0.2 to the new 1.1.1 and have it work like a charm Make sure you know what you’re doing though

Here are the detailed instructions:

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/29/instant-jailbreak-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

Remember, if you brick your iPhone, don’t blame us!

برنامج لقراءة الرسائل العربية على الـ آيفون

For more information please visit:
http://mem9.net/iphone/

Thanks also for the following people who contibuted to bringing us one step closer to an Arabic iPhone

Erica, Nawaf, Knox and Rayan.

Metasploit for hacking iPhones:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137741-c,iphone/article.html

Apple releases an update to Patch 10 flaws with the iPhone: 

 http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9786507-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs

The patch also Bricks unlocked iPhones

Read about it at Engadget then follow the easy instructions here: http://iphone.unlock.no/

Easy!

http://www.iphonealley.com/news/anysim-released-free-gui-iphone-unlock

Ramadan Kareem and here is an Arabic scanned Koran for the iPhone:

MyQuran.us

Here are two guides to SIM unlock your iPhone for free:

http://www.freeiphoneunlock.com/guide/

http://iphone.unlock.no/

Here is a simple guide to install Arabic fonts on your iPhone. You still can not connect the Arabic letters but at least this one is right to left

nawafx.com

Thanks to Nawaf Alsabhan for the guide. Any help in this area is greatly appreciated. So, if you know anything about Arabic font support for OSX or iPhone please contribute

Also, look at:

http://iphone4arab.com/

For instructions in Arabic

This time it is by the iPhone Dev team iPhone is finally free from its AT&T ball and chain!

For more information and to download the needed files, head to Gizmodo. Instructions are not out yet. So, if you are one of those people that never RTFM, then download it and wing it!

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/exclusive/iphone-free-software-unlock-confirmed-death-star-explodes-298825.php 

Thanks again for EVERYONE on the Hackint0sh forums for all their efforts and all the good times we had with the iPhone

Otherwise, (if you’ve got money to burn) then go for the commercial unlock software found here:

http://www.iphonesimfree.com/cgi-bin/iphonesimfree/engine.pl?page=buy

Got questions? We got answers! Don’t be hatin’ start participatin’! Head to Hackint0sh.org!

Image above is from: http://blog.scifi.com/

There are so many iPhone clones that some online shops have a special category for them! Check out IPMart for example:
http://www.ipmart.com/main/browse.php?cat=1758&cat=2308

The De Say M888 shown below is the most impressive of them all but at USD 251.25 plus shipping fees won’t you rather buy an original 4GB iPhone at 299 USD including shipping?

According to WIRED Magazine:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/news/2007/08/iphone_forensics

 It quotes an expert from Paraben and Blackbag saying that it is a challange.

After the Super SIM and Turbo SIM methods, we have a hardware unlock method. Follow the links below for more details:

• http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/24/iphone_unlocked/ Contains the video
• http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/ The instructions site
• http://www.tech.co.uk/gadgets/phones/mobile-phones/news/new-instructions-for-iphone-hardware-unlock?articleid=1348296214
• http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005210.html

I would not try this at home… Super Sim simply works and it is CHEAP! Why bother with anything else, it is simply not worth the time or effort. Not to mention the risk of damaging the phone!

 Whould you attempt this on your phone?