Zibri Reveals Bug that can Crash the iPhone While Playing Video
November 4th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Piergiorgio Zambrini (better known as Zibri) creator of ZiPhone, the fastest and easiest software method of all times to jailbreak and unlock iPhones running on firmware 1.x is making headlines once again.
Back in July he reported a bug to Apple while applying as as security engineer that could have people with malicious intent crash the iPhone by simply writing specific code in the audio portion of the phone’s video format.
After a long wait and still no reply on the part of Apple he decided to contact Forbes magazine to show the flaw and get Apple interested on the case.
Here’s the Forbes video:
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iBaRes: The incremental backup solution
September 16th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
The iTunes backup of your iPhone is and endless procedure!. The one which takes hours at stretch sometimes. No more!. If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone with SSH installed, a TimeMachine like incremental backup solution exists - iBaRes.
You just have to supply your iPhone’s IP address and the root password (alpine). The first backup takes a while. But subsequent backups are a snap. If something were to go wrong on your iPhone or you don’t want to manually re-install the jailbroken apps eveytime a firmware update happens, iBaRes comes very handy.
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