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China will be getting its own version of an Android device in the first quarter of 2009, but rather than going with HTC's G1 handset, China Mobile is opting for a Lenovo Mobile version of the Google phone instead. Details on the Lenovo Android are scarce, but considering the G1's already available through less-than-legal channels in the country, it'll be interesting to see how it fares. Though the black market version costs a pretty ridiculous $550 right now, it's possible that unauthorized resellers are keeping the price high until other Android sets hit the streets. [Shanghaiist and Electronista]

Tagi: legal channels, china mobile, google, phe, g1, resellers, handset, first quarter, lenovo

The IPSF exploit still works in the 1.1.3 baseband, and now that we know Apple doesn't update the bootloader it appears to be safe to use. IPSF works using the RSA padding hack in bootloader 3.9, so as long as the bootloader is 3.9, I can't see it breaking. Here is reference code I wrote to do the IPSF unlock a while ago. With a few mods, elite can turn their virginizer into an IPSF unlocker. I wouldn't bother with the AnySim patches anymore, they are lost after every restore, and need to be modified for each version of the baseband. Be warned though, back up your seczone before IPSF unlocking. IPSF erases your NCK token.
Also I was playing around with writing linux drivers, and I figured I'd start one for the iPhone. Here is what I have so far, it only works in recovery mode. You can echo iBoot commands to /proc/iphone/cmd

Tagi: iphe, linux drivers, recovery mode, bootloader, baseband, ipsf, padding, cmd, token, hack, patches, elite, linux

So in an attempt to figure out what was bricking unlocked phones on 1.1.1, I upgraded my unlocked phone to 1.1.1. After a number of (shall we say) valiant attempts at reviving the radio, I managed to brick it even further, by somehow completely breaking the radio. I have this fun message as shown on my phone, and nothing (not CommCenter, not bbupdater, not iEraser, nor NORDumper) can communicate with the baseband on the phone. All restores fail because they can't talk to it.

So it looks like if I want to continue testing with 1.1.1 I'm going to have to replace the radio board on my phone with a new one.

If anyone here has an iPhone with a cracked screen or some other non-radio problem (dead battery, etc) just laying around, I could definitely use it. I'll send you an assembled Time Fountain for it, if you'd like.

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I haven't been working too much with the iPhone lately, but I did take a final look at the new bootloader on the way back from Canada. I also looked over the NCK numbers again.
As far as work with the NCK goes, I don't think we will get anywhere. I do believe the numbers are generated from the IMEI/Serial, but it is done well enough that without Apple's generator we won't be able to do it. Also bruteforce is totally impractical.
I also made a mistake with the hardware hack I posted. The 1.1.2 secpack will NEVER validate on the new bootloader. The new bootloader actually does two checks and the SHA needs to be repeated twice. You will see it when you decrypt the new secpack. The A16 hack will work to validate the 1.1.3 secpack on 1.1.3 though.
So it's VERY important that you do not upgrade your baseband. I am 100% sure the old hardware hack will work when the 1.1.3 secpack is used with iEraser. I also think that the -0x400 hack still exists in the new bootloader, so software unlocks are hopefully coming with the release of the new secpack. I've heard rumors of people who have 1.1.3 in beta. The whole community awaits this secpack. Please get it out there as soon as possible.

Tagi: hardware hack, iphe, bootloader, old hardware, baseband, caa, sha, nck, peoe, checks, beta