I just got my Linux box (using hal) to recognize the ipod in DFU mode. Maybe we can write some code using libhal-dev in linux to probe the ipod in DFU mode.
Taylor On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Taylor Gordon <[email protected]>wrote: > Hmm... not sure. Maybe the 4G is even more alike the iphone and itouch then > we think, but who knows. > > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Cory Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Doesn't the 3G Nano fully support DFU mode, too? If it does, why would >> only the 4G have that file, and a different .ipsw structure? >> >> Taylor Gordon wrote: >> > I think its actually used for the DFU upgrade. >> > >> > We will have to work more on this. We are unaware if this could be >> useful or >> > not, but its definitely something not to forget! >> > >> > Taylor >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Cory Walker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Ari wrote: >> >>> Hey Cory, >> >>> >> >>> I'm not sure, but I believe we had already figured out that the 4G >> >>> used the same processor. Thanks for the tip, though. Now, the thing is >> >>> this probably won't help us, because the 4G nano probably uses IMG3 >> >>> based encryption, which means that if we want to decrypt it, we have >> >>> to run unsigned code on the hardware to use the aes engine and the gid >> >>> key, which we can't do yet. I guess there's a teensy chance that the >> >>> nano 4G uses the same gid key as the touch 2G, in which case we could >> >>> decrypt the nano 4G firmware files with the 2G, but this is unlikely, >> >>> and would be very stupid of Apple. >> >>> >> >>> Ari >> >> OK, I'm still not completely up to date with the mailing list :). Any >> >> idea what the N58s.bootloader.release.rb3 is used for? Could it >> possibly >> >> be some sort of bootloader updater? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Linux4nano-dev mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev >> >> http://www.linux4nano.org >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Linux4nano-dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev >> > http://www.linux4nano.org >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux4nano-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev >> http://www.linux4nano.org >> > > _______________________________________________ Linux4nano-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev http://www.linux4nano.org
