I just found a thread offering a fix to an old problem in the iPod calendar program and (in another thread) a stray comment from someone who obviously knew what he was doing but did not elaborate sufficiently…and voila! I have both a jailbroken ipod and the $20 apps.
In my not so humble opinion, this is a HUGE problem for Apple. How can they sell something that is so easy to obtain for free?
Nevertheless, I don’t feel very bad about the hack because I did upgrade to a “clean” (“jailed”) version of firmware 1.1.3 and while there, I did give $20 to Apple.
In any event, the key is to add:
<key>telephony</key>
<true/>
…in just the right spot in a certain file.
With the above links and the above code…you should be able to get this to work…and if you have no idea what I am talking about, you should wait for a better jailbreak. Either way…in my humble opinion…you should PAY APPLE THE $20.
Enough said.
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UPDATE (January 26, 2008): I just realized that DRM is broke. While I can use the $20 apps, I cannot play any of my iTunes purchased music. Sigh.
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SECOND UPDATE (January 28, 2008): After much wasted time with other instructions and jailbreak efforts….the aptly named “definitive” 1.1.3 iPod jailbreak instructions (which can be found HERE) have broken my iPod out of its 1.1.3 jail…with full DRM as well as the $20 apps.
Now that there are competing 1.1.3 jailbreaks, I have a new question. The second jailbreak…the one that plays nicer with Nikita needs a jailbroken 1.1.2. How does one go about doing that? As I recall, you did a restore to 1.1.1, broke at jailbreakme.com, installed OctoPrep, and then upgraded to 1.1.2 through iTunes and then broke with the javascript. How do I convince iTunes to “upgrade” me to 1.1.2, when 1.1.3 is already out? And remember…”restoring” to 1.1.2, won’t buy me much.