1.1.3 Dev Team jailbreak problems--and solutions

[x666x]

Hey Mike,

I've read all your posts in this thread, and any other ones regarding the differences between Nate's and the Official version.

I think one thing is missing here amongst all the information being shared, and thats the fact that we're pretty clueless as to why both releases have taken the route that it did with symlinking.

Why would the leaked version be better than the official version in any way shape or form if it's not the complete code? I'm stuck on that one myself, but something keeps coming to mind, and thats Nikita.

I think much of what appears to be broken in the Official JB are more less afterthoughts, much like someone forgetting to close the refrigerator door to hide the fact that they've been sneaking midnight snacks. In other words, with Nikita in place, the problems of connecting A to C are no longer there, because B is back into the mix between A and C where it belongs, so to speak. I'm really hoping the Nikita framework will fill in the blanks in that respect, because I'm really not looking forward to trying out Nate's version out if this doesn't come to fruition.

I also would like to really get to the bottom of the integrity of these JB's cross platform. It seems mac folk have less problem with the Dev team's than they do with Nate's, and vice versa on a PC.

[sreenathc]

How do I know which version of JB 1.1.3 I used please? I used the JB installer from the iClarified site...on iClarified I saw that it said the JB was from the Dev team....but after I did the JB, I don't seem to have any of the problems being reported!! I am assuming that this is goodness, but was just curious...does Nate's method and the Dev team method have any signature that can be seen after installation please?

Thanks,
Sreenath

[tj911t]

Originally Posted by Tinman

OK after doing several smooth-sailing jailbreaks using the leaked (Nate's) jb I finally did one using the dev team's. It had far more problems.

Here are a few problems and the solutions:

Can't login to Term-vt100:
You need to get into the iPhone via SSH and edit this file:
/etc/master.passwd

Change this line:
mobile:/smx7MYTQIi2M:501:501::0:0:Mobile User:/var/mobile:/bin/sh

To this:
mobile:/smx7MYTQIi2M:0:0::0:0:Mobile User:/var/mobile:/bin/sh

Change the two 501 entries to 0! Reboot iPhone and Terminal should now work fine.

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Mike

Mike,

I am afraid I might have screwed up big time and need help on how to fix or if I have to start over . I used ibrickr_v0.91 to copy the master.passwd file to my PC and modified as you indicated above (I am not familiar on how to use ssh). When I uploaded it back to my iphone and rebooted , the vt100_term app seemed to work and not ask for a username and password anymore, but now a bunch of strange/bad things started happening. Even when I restored the original master.passwd file back I am still messed up. I hope there is something simple I can do to get back like change a file permission or something (just a hope)?

The things that are screwed up are:

1. All of my applications icons on the springboard were rearranged and my webclip icons were gone? I manually moved the apps back but am curious why this happened?

2. All my stocks and weather locations are also gone? It seems like it thinks I am a different user?

3. All my contacts, bookmarks, music, and videos, etc. were cleaned out, but itunes thinks nothing has changed? When I sync with itunes, it does not do anything and I still have no music or videos?

4. The installer lost all of the apps I had installed when I hit the uninstall button (nothing is there anymore except the installer itself)?

Thanks for any help you can give me, I am desperate and really discouraged that I should have left well enough alone. I don't know if I have the stomach to do the 1.1.3 JB all over again.