How To Create A Custom Firmware For iPad 2 & iPhone 4 To Downgrade At iOS 4.3.3 With TinyCFW Alpha

As you know that folks around have updated to iOS 5 and are no more able to downgrade due to certain reasons such as no SHSH blobs and one of the main epic reason is that Apple is no more signing iOS 4.3.3 and you are not able to downgrade so for that @notcom a.k.a Semaphore the developers of the famous SHSH blobs saver, TinyUmbrella today released a new tool in the market named TinyCFW Alpha to downgrade. He basically created this for his friend but made it public.

The following text is from his blog post

TinyCFW: Create a custom IPSW for iPad2 and iPhone4

TinyCFW is a simple tool I put together for a friend of mine. He has an iPad2 GSM and has his 4.3.3 SHSH but since Apple is no longer signing 4.3.3, it isn’t possible to downgrade to 4.3.3 without getting stuck in a 1015 recovery loop.What TinyCFW is:

• It will modify an existing ipsw for an ipad2 gsm/cdma or iphone4 gsm/cdma
• It WILL modify the ipsw TO UPDATE YOUR BASEBAND TO THE LATEST!
• It will create an ipsw that you can use with TinyUmbrella AND iTunes to restore to a version of iOS that you have SHSHs for.
• It is primarily for iPad2 with a baseband OR iPhone 4.

What TinyCFW is NOT:

• A jailbreak
• An unlock
• A tool to protect your baseband.
• A tool that will restore your device to any firmware
• A tool for use with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPad, or iPhone 4S

The usage is simple. Start the application (double click on the jar or run the .exe file). You must have java and at least 2.5gb ram. (Yes I know. It’s a lot. Get over it. I didn’t write this to be massively distributed. I wrote this for a friend and am now just sharing it with everyone). Once the window comes up, click the top button and choose an ipsw for which you have SHSHs for. The app will scan it and tell you the firmware and baseband versions in the ipsw you selected and the firmware and baseband versions that will be in the target ipsw when you click the second button. If you’re ready, click ‘Save Target IPSW’. This will take a minute or two and when it is finished, you will have a file named:

<your original ipsw name>.bbupdate.ipsw.

You can use this ipsw with iTunes and TinyUmbrella to restore your iPad2 GSM/CDMA back to say 4.3.3 (if you have 4.3.3 SHSH).

This is a VERY initial release. I never intended on it being a massively supported tool. It’s just something I used in passing. If it helps you great! This functionality will exist in far more robust form when I finally ever release TinyPwn.

Enjoy!

Well folks its in beta stages for sure and is working for some and not for some and will give the following error

Download TinyCFW Alpha for Windows from here.

Update 1: @notcom has updated about the above error in his latest tweet

Update 2: For the folks for whom it was not working due to the above issue, we have got you the way out. Follow the steps below

Go to

• Start                     }
• Control Panel   } go to the properties of my computer by right clicking the My Computer logo on the desktop
• System                }
• Advanced System Settings (Placed at right)
• A new windows will open where you will see Environment variables
• There click “Add” and add the followings
• Variable Name: _JAVA_OPTIONS
• Value Of Variable: -Xmx1g

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Download Apple’s new iPad and iPhone wallpapers coming in iOS 5.1

Probably the new default

iOS 5.1 has a little gem for wallpaper fanatics like me: Apple will include four new wallpapers in the iPad version of iOS 5.1 (likely the release launching alongside the iPad 3 next year). The new wallpapers are water crashing onto a sand beach, grass blades, and two ocean wallpapers. These are reminiscent of some of the OS X Lion wallpapers, but of course scaled to the iPad’s screen size.
Apple is yet to include these new wallpapers for the iPhone, but we shrunk them down to iPhone and iPod touch Retina size. They look pretty nice. Something interesting to note: Apple shipped an all-new wallpaper set with the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 was the first iPhone to include a new screen resolution, so Apple needed to make new wallpapers of the Retina size. Apple could be doing the very same thing here with the iPad, but we’ll have to see. To clarify, these downloads aren’t for a Retina iPad.
Downloads: iPad (1, 2, 3, 4), iPhone (1, 2, 3, 4)

FACEBOOK WILL BE SHUT DOWN IN 2012

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March of 2012. Managing the site has become too stressful.
“Facebook has gotten out of control,” said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, “and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness.”

Zuckerberg went on to explain that starting March 15th of next year, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts. That gives users (and Facebook addicts) a year to adjust to life without Facebook.
“After March 15th, 2012 the whole website shuts down,” said Avrat Humarthi, Vice President of Technical Affairs at Facebook. “So if you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you take them off the internet. You won’t be able to get them back after Facebook goes out of business.”
Zuckerberg said the decision to shut down Facebook was difficult, but that he does not think people will be upset.
“I personally don’t think it’s a big deal,” he said in a private phone interview. “And to be honest, I think it’s for the better. Without Facebook, people will have to go outside and make real friends. That’s always a good thing.”
Some Facebook users were furious upon hearing the shocking news.
“What am I going to do without Facebook?” said Denise Bradshaw, a high school student from Indiana. “My life revolves around it. I’m on Facebook at least 10 hours a day. Now what am I going to do with all that free time?”
However, parents across the country have been experiencing a long anticipated sense of relief.
“I’m glad the Facebook nightmare is over,” said Jon Guttari, a single parent from Detroit. “Now my teenager’s face won’t be glued to a computer screen all day. Maybe I can even have a conversation with her.”
Those in the financial industry are criticizing Zuckerberg for walking away from a multibillion dollar franchise. Facebook is currently ranked as one of the wealthiest businesses in the world, with economists estimating its value at around 7.9 billion.
But Zuckerberg remains unruffled by these accusations. He said he will stand by his decision to give Facebook the axe.
“I don’t care about the money,” said Zuckerberg. “I just want my old life back.”
The Facebook Corporation suggests that users remove all of their personal information from the website before March 15th, 2012. After that date, all photos, notes, links, and videos will be permanently erased.

Who Is The Winner? REDSN0W 1.0 OR GREENPOIS0N RC 7?

Untethered jailbreak 5.x coming soon. Who is the winner? RedSn0w from iPhone Dev Team or GreenPois0n RC7 from Chronic Dev Team.

MuscleNerd (RedSn0w)
Only a 2-3 day ago , popular hacker and iPhone Dev Team brain member MuscleNerd tweeted that a new upcoming update to the Redsn0w 1.0 will make both TinyUmbrella blob and Cydia blobs saves useful for iOS 5.0+ . This is a great news for the downgraders.
But…
Pod2G (GreenPois0n):
Today I succeed in jailbreaking my iPod 3G. The exploit is user-land, rely on a user ROP payload and a kernel write anywhere exploit.
I can’t give much details right now, but here are the next steps :
- upgrade the iPod 3G to iOS 5.0.1
- do the same on iPhone 4 / iOS 5.0.1
- then iPad 1 & iPod 4G
At every step, the exploit code needs certainly to be reworked, but I really don’t know right now. Next, I’ll return to the research for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. I don’t know if I gonna release first for other devices or not. I’ve to think about it. Feel free to give your opinion.
We’ll keep you up to date with news on pod2g’s progress.
WHO IS THE WINNER?