iPhone Software 2.0 Beta 2 Leaks onto the Web

Written by Christopher Price on April 12, 2008
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BitTorrent web sites today began offering for download the second beta of the upcoming 2.0 beta for iPhone.

The original 2.0 build that was issued to developers, build 9A225c, was developer’s first chance at running iPhone SDK software natively on the device. It also gave enterprise users a first look at iPhone’s Microsoft Exchange support, as well as 802.1X network support.

All three features, from PhoneNews.com’s experience with 9A225c, worked extremely well in the build. However, the build was plagued with debugging code that often caused the device to freeze up for several seconds with minimal user interaction.

Installing beta iPhone software is not for the faint of heart. While Apple does not include any license agreement with the software, activating iPhones with the beta software requires unlocking with ZiPhone, and then using PwageTool to inject an activation file into the software.

This new beta however cannot be activated by non-approved users at this time. PwnageTool does not recognize the latest iPhone beta… indicating that Apple has modified the structure of their restore files to be more resistant to such tools. It is not clear if PwnageTool will simply need to be updated, or if Apple has blocked the tool successfully.

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4 Comments on “iPhone Software 2.0 Beta 2 Leaks onto the Web”

Christopher Price on April 12th, 2008, 4:15 pm

I should also note that 9A540d may also deliver some of those rumored SIM Unlocking countermeasures. One ZiPhone-unlocked phone that was updated to 9A540 has since not been able to register signal strength… after being downgraded, on either 1.1.4, or 9A225c builds.

Christopher Price on April 13th, 2008, 12:30 am

After a few hours of flashing and pwning the iPhone, I’ve managed to get my baseband de-bricked. iPhone with 1.1.4 still gives a 1015 error after restoring, but can be jumped out of recovery mode with ZiPhone on Windows. After that, it works fine.

Still, 9A540d has hooks for additional SIM lock checks… so there may be more to come. I would continue to iterate that you should not unlock your iPhone unless you need it. It may take one click to do… but it may take many more clicks to de-brick it later.

iPhone 2.0 Firmware Blocks Unlocks, Doesn’t Brick | PhoneNews.com on April 13th, 2008, 2:21 am

[...] has dissected and created several scenarios with the new 9A240d firmware which leaked yesterday. All of our firmware-flashing scenarios have resulted the same; the updated baseband firmware [...]

Christopher Price on April 13th, 2008, 4:53 am

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