Originally posted by Ali709:It's a 2nd generation iTouch, and that's what the guy meant. Cause here, no one buys from iTunesThere are CDs out there with games and apps for the iPhone and probably iTough 1G. So he probably meant that you can't use those CDs with it.
Is it totally impossible, or has it not been done yet?
I was able to set one up and buy UK-only music tracks in Australia, using an Australian IP address. I also forgot that the 1G touches have been discontinued in a lot of regions around the world, too. The 2nd generation hack isn't totally impossible, but it just hasn't been done yet because it is a lot tougher this time around because of various code changes and whatever else, and the new firmware.
The original one had a TIFF (picture file) exploit, which was found in a week or two, maybe even less. Then some third-part code was executed which took another few days, with the hackers finding out that homewritten code can indeed be used like the PSP and then it's taken off from there - that's how I heard it happened, anyway from talking to some of the more well-known coders and homebrewers. I haven't heard about CDs with games and apps, but I guess downloading and then copying back the apps would work, so that's what they are. I think that's what he was banging on about.
The only iPods not hackable or worth hacking are the 6G / 6.5G classics, 3G / 2G nanos and shuffles. All the rest are indeed hackable with Rockbox or iPodLinux. I'd be stupid if I didn't think Apple have been smart second time around and checked heavily for any kind of exploit. The new MacBooks actually block the software from working, so you can't hack it on those.
