Flurry of Dev Team activity fuels hopes for imminent 2G jailbreak

[bgizzle]

The iPhone Dev-Team's various web pages have seen a flurry of updates in the last few hours in what appear to be final hints of a forthcoming iPod touch 2G jailbreak.

The image hosted on the mysterious "redsn0w" webpage was updated to add what looked to many observers like some sort of hash or key (zoomed in above), and confirmation has come from Dev-Team member MuscleNerd posting on our forums:

Originally Posted by MuscleNerd

The hex # in upper lefthand corner of http://redsn0w.com is an escrow hash. That particular hash is a very good one for iPod Touch 2G.

When asked in the same 2000-post long thread how soon we can expect a usable payload, he replied

Originally Posted by MuscleNerd

Probably a few days at most.

If that's not enough confirmation, the Dev-Team's blog has been updated with a post that points even more strongly towards imminent news about the 2G touch. Describing their latest exploit, they say "...it certainly isn’t iPhone 3G related (right now). There is one other device... It fits in your pocket.."

If there is one thing that is certain, it is that the next few days are going to be an exciting time for the iPod touch community.

[bimple]

YAY! I can't wait

wait a second - why am I so excited? I don't have a 2G!

Oh yeah, now I remember - I am happy becase THIS ROCKS!

[tat.zizzy]

yipee!! after all the waiting they finallt did it! THANKS MUSCLE NERD, THE IPHONE DEV TEAM AND KING CHRONIC!!! I feel like crying with happiness!!

[unicks]

bgizzle: all of this and you still ignore my PM?

[jessikur]

Way to be on the ball with news. I dig.

I'm excited and I don't even know why yet. I've never jailbroken anything.. *running man*

[bimple]

Apple should be happy - they are gonna sell 9023409239048923 more 2G's once this is released

[Evostance]

Great news

[Reilly]

from the comments at iphone-dev:

some user: That's great guys ! I hope it's Touch 2G related, because this one is waiting for jailbreak

musclenerd: it is


and another quote from musclenerd: It's an "escrow" hash of decrypted iBoot for ipt2g (length=0x29000). Not otherwise obtainable except via an exploit (afaict).

[lavaspire]

This is welcome news. If true, this will make many people happy. Please continue to keep us updated. It is much appreciated.

[jfb392]

Originally Posted by bimple

Apple should be happy - they are gonna sell 9023409239048923 more 2G's once this is released

Yeah, I'm already sold on one now.