OTB 1.1.2 iPhone unlock: Decrypt 1.1.3 ramdisk

Ramdisk key has been found, this is the second iPhone’s most important secret.
And you wonder how you could mount that image now?

We just wrote a nice script for you to retrieve the 1.1.3 firmware, and mount
the main firmware and the ramdisk dmg’s directly on your desktop.

Download the files here …

Jumpstart iPhone unlocking

Check in the extended post how to avoid buying an iPhone with 1.1.1 firmware

Just check out the serial number on the back of the iPhone box.
It should look like XXX38XXXXXX
The ‘X’ are any alphanumeric character but notice the important 4th and 5th cifers.
Those are important and should be lower than 38 => 37, 36, 35, etc… are ok

38 could be a 1.1.1 firmware, avoid it to be safe, or risk it if no other alternatives..

iPhone Activation on Mac OS X

The previous tutorial was for Windows users, now let’s see how it works on a mac.
Tutorial is in the extended post.

1.) Download the following file to your Mac: iPhoneTool.zip
2.) Extract it to a directory on your desktop named iPhoneTool
3.) Open the program

Howto write NTFS partition from OS X

In january, I wrote a post on MacFuse/writing NTFS partitions from OS X.
I promised to post a tutorial, so here it is:

So you have installed Windows/Vista via Bootcamp or any other method.
And now you want to write files from your OS X install to your Vista/Windows partition.

First you need to download and install those two softwares:

MacFUSE Tools0.2.2-r1
NTFS-3G
1.328

Next unmount the ntfs partition with Diskutil.
Click the info button to get the disk identifier: disk0s3 for instance
Open Terminal and execute the following commands:

sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/mount_fusefs /usr/bin/mount_fusefs
mkdir /Volumes/Vista
sudo /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk0s2 /Volumes/

Bootcamp 1.2 drivers: Where is the AltGr key?

Where the f… is the AltGr key? Ah ok, just press ctrl + alt keys.
Parallels keyboard mappings are much better than Bootcamp IMHO.

It would be great if we could customize those keyboard’s mappings.
Apple do you hear my call?

Howto boot Apple TV OS on a mac

Thank you semthex for posting this:

– copy OS.dmg from the recovery parition of your AppleTV
– use diskutil to mirror it to any parition you like (prefered disk0s3)
– replace boot.efi in /System/Libary/Coreservices/ with the one from your OSX install
– put any 4.8 or 4.9 mach_kernel into / of the drive
– copy over your Extensions from your OSX to AppleTV OS (/System/Libary/Extensions)
– replace Finder with the Finder with patches
– bless boot.efi

More here

Parallels – Boot your physical Windows partition

Sherry Haibara has found a way to boot physical Windows partitions in Parallels,
running inside a MacOS X86 install! Congrats! Here is the tutorial:

Get the latest Parallels beta here
Open Parallels and choose to create a new virtual machine.
It’ll ask you what HD do you want to use. Choose Boot Camp.
Continue the setup, but do not run the Virtual Machine.
When finished, close Parallels.

Use a Text Editor to edit your virtual machine configuration file (*.pvs).
Find the line that says:
“Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp” and replace it with this
“Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;diskxsy”
where diskxsy is your Windows/Linux/Other OS “Boot Camp” disk.
disk0s1 is valid for instance.

Save and exit.
Start up Parallels and launch the Virtual Machine. Enjoy!

source: InsanelyMac