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iPhone Hacking and iTunes 7.4: Proceed with Caution

Friday September 7, 2007 12:30 am PDT by Arnold Kim
Several sites (TUAW, iPhone Atlas) are reporting that Apple's latest iTunes 7.4 update causes incompatibilities with existing Jailbreak/hacking tools. In some cases causing your iPhone to become non-functional:

...a number of readers have reported that their iPhones have become non-functional (entering an endless rebooting cycle) after the following process: restoring the iPhone using iTunes 7.4, then attempting jailbreak with Installer.app 2.4 or earlier or other older jailbreaking utilities.


AppTapp (Installer.app) developer Nullriver has posted a possible fix for people with the endless rebooting problem. They have also updated AppTapp (Installer.app) to support the latest iTunes.
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spazzcat
Posted: 62 months ago
This why I would wait until the big update in a week or so before trying to hack your phone :)
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aardwolf
Posted: 62 months ago
I got the endless reboot problem after unsuccesfully attempting to install Installer.app. My restore from iTunes failed, but the second time it did the full restore without restoring my settings. I still have all of my contacts and stuff, but I had to redo wireless settings, etc.
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ShiggyMiyamoto
Posted: 62 months ago
I'm waiting on my iPhone to go through activation (# transfer really) entirely. I just got it yesterday (one of the best days of my life), and I wanna ask this: should I not get AppTap? Will it brick my iPhone indefinently?
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mashinhead
Posted: 62 months ago
I can't sync mine either. I get an error saying iTunes can't find the file. The only third party thing i used was iToner. Anyone else having an issue with it. How do i remove it? Do i have to reset the phone. And will it work then?
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Poll Smoker
Posted: 62 months ago

I just got it yesterday (one of the best days of my life)...


Just wait until you get laid!
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mikeinternet
Posted: 62 months ago
mine just synced fine with the new itunes.
i had and still have AppTapp, mobilechat, and apolloIM installed.
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fryingpants
Posted: 62 months ago
Prior to updating iTunes this morning I decided to uninstall the Install.app. After restarting my iPhone it now no longer activated! Anyone know how to remedy this? Anyone else had this problem. Help! :confused:
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pdpfilms
Posted: 62 months ago
has anyone who simlpy used iActivator had any issues with 7.4?
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fryingpants
Posted: 62 months ago

has anyone who simlpy used iActivator had any issues with 7.4?


Yes. I used iActivator prior to issues I'm having today. Now my iPhone is not activated and although it syncs with iTunes, iTunes doesnt' provide the standard menu bar options as before. I would love to restore the iPhone completely and never hack it again.
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fryingpants
Posted: 62 months ago

Prior to updating iTunes this morning I decided to uninstall the Install.app. After restarting my iPhone it now no longer activated! Anyone know how to remedy this? Anyone else had this problem. Help! :confused:


Problem resolved.
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