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I still have an iPod Touch 1G in the cupboard. Not my original (first production batch) sadly, as I did a warranty swap about 10 months in. I've fond memories

I still have an iPod Touch 1G in the cupboard. Not my original (first production batch) sadly, as I did a warranty swap about 10 months in. I've fond memories of jailbreaking (TIFF exploit at jailbreakme.com) moments after the exploit was published on IRC. Used Installer to install apps because Apple said they would never allow third-party native apps and that WebClips were the way of the future.

Benjamin_Dobell 4y ago
> iPod Touch 1G running the first iOS version ever released My memory may be hazy, but I don't believe the iPod Touch was ever released publicly with iPhone OS 1.0. Arrived at my front door a few days before release in store and was running iPhone OS 1.1. Had encryption enabled where as iPhone OS 1.0 shipped to the iPhone 2G (that's cellular 2G) without it enabled for some reason. Whatever the reason that was a big help to the early jailbreaking community.
atkbrah 4y ago
I also have ipod touch 1G in my drawer but instead of iOS it's running android (because why not). Or maybe it was dual boot, I can't remember. Android performance was pretty horrible and it was more of a party trick than actual usable system.
taviso 4y ago
Fun story, that TIFF bug was one of mine (CVE-2006-3459), I actually found it in an audit sponsored by Google! The same bug was also used to jailbreak the PSP and other random devices. For a few years I would occasionally get mail from people thanking me for helping them jailbreak their DVD player or smart appliance. I've never actually owned an iPhone, I wrote an exploit for Linux/x86, then someone else (cmw) ported it to iPhone and made the jailbreakme website!
- blamazon 4y ago
  > For a few years I would occasionally get mail from people thanking me for helping them jailbreak their DVD player or smart appliance. That is delightful and brightened my day! Thanks for sharing :)
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y ago
  I wasn’t aware that was yours but you also inspired a lot of hackers in my circle, including me :)
- throwaway742 4y ago
  Thank you!
kccqzy 4y ago
I was into web design at that time and I was seriously amazed by the design of the jailbreakme.com website. It asked you to slide to jailbreak much like the slide-to-unlock function and it looked just like the real one. Learned a lot of CSS tricks from it.

Benjamin_Dobell 4y ago

> iPod Touch 1G running the first iOS version ever released My memory may be hazy, but I don't believe the iPod Touch was ever released publicly with iPhone OS 1.0. Arrived at my front door a few days before release in store and was running iPhone OS 1.1. Had encryption enabled where as iPhone OS 1.0 shipped to the iPhone 2G (that's cellular 2G) without it enabled for some reason. Whatever the reason that was a big help to the early jailbreaking community.

atkbrah 4y ago

I also have ipod touch 1G in my drawer but instead of iOS it's running android (because why not). Or maybe it was dual boot, I can't remember. Android performance was pretty horrible and it was more of a party trick than actual usable system.

taviso 4y ago

Fun story, that TIFF bug was one of mine (CVE-2006-3459), I actually found it in an audit sponsored by Google! The same bug was also used to jailbreak the PSP and other random devices. For a few years I would occasionally get mail from people thanking me for helping them jailbreak their DVD player or smart appliance. I've never actually owned an iPhone, I wrote an exploit for Linux/x86, then someone else (cmw) ported it to iPhone and made the jailbreakme website!

blamazon 4y ago
> For a few years I would occasionally get mail from people thanking me for helping them jailbreak their DVD player or smart appliance. That is delightful and brightened my day! Thanks for sharing :)
hsbauauvhabzb 4y ago
I wasn’t aware that was yours but you also inspired a lot of hackers in my circle, including me :)
throwaway742 4y ago
Thank you!

kccqzy 4y ago

I was into web design at that time and I was seriously amazed by the design of the jailbreakme.com website. It asked you to slide to jailbreak much like the slide-to-unlock function and it looked just like the real one. Learned a lot of CSS tricks from it.