Hackszine.com: iPhone bootloader accessed via serial port

iPhone bootloader accessed via serial port

The #iphone hackers have posted another breakthrough; they've managed to get an iPhone to give up a serial port that lets you send commands that look a lot like the Open Firmware commands you can use with a Mac. Here's a sampling:



command list:

	help           this list

	script         run script at specific address

	go             jump directly to address

	bootx          boot a kernel cache at specified address

	diags          boot into diagnostics (if present)

	tsys           boot into tsys (if present)

	bdev           block device commands

	image          flash image inspection

	fs             file system commands

	fsboot         try to boot kernel at /kernelcache

	devicetree     create a device tree from the specified address

...

If you want to try this yourself, you're going to need an iPod serial cable (you can make or buy these).

Resources

DIY iPod serial cable - Link

iPhone SERIAL HACKED, FULL INTERACTIVE SHELL - Link

Posted by Brian Jepson | Jul 6, 2007 07:00 PM
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