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== Baseband Chip Page Titles ==
 
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:Chipworks [http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2012/10/02/apple-iphone-5-the-rf/ analyzed the iPhone 5's Murata Wi-Fi module] and determined it uses the [[BCM4334]]. I'll add it to the Main Page now. --[[User:Dialexio|<span style="color:#C20; font-weight:normal;">Dialexio</span>]] 20:35, 8 October 2012 (MDT)
 
:Chipworks [http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2012/10/02/apple-iphone-5-the-rf/ analyzed the iPhone 5's Murata Wi-Fi module] and determined it uses the [[BCM4334]]. I'll add it to the Main Page now. --[[User:Dialexio|<span style="color:#C20; font-weight:normal;">Dialexio</span>]] 20:35, 8 October 2012 (MDT)
   
== [[iPad 4]] and [[iPad mini]] ==
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== Adding vulnerability to main page ==
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The page [[CVE-2013-0964]] is currently orphaned. I think it would fit under the "Vulnerabilities and Exploits" subheading. Can someone with adequate permission make the change? [[User:0x56|0x56]] ([[User talk:0x56|talk]]) 03:52, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
Can we add the new iPads to the list? The A6X is 8955 as per the heat sink cover on it. --[[User:5urd|5urd]] 09:43, 25 October 2012 (MDT)
 
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:Added. --[[User:Http|http]] ([[User talk:Http|talk]]) 00:53, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
:If you mean [http://images.apple.com/ipad/specs/images/specs_chip.jpg the badge Apple depicts the A6X as], the depiction actually still says "APL5498" (which translates to the S5L8945/A5X… yeah, Apple got lazy with this badge as well). The A6X probably will be S5L8955, but I haven't seen any sort of confirmation yet. --[[User:Dialexio|<span style="color:#C20; font-weight:normal;">Dialexio</span>]] 09:56, 25 October 2012 (MDT)
 
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::Yeah the badge. Derp. Anyways, the [[wikipedia:File:Apple A6X chip.jpg|A6X badge]] is <code>APL5598</code> which translates to <code>S5L8955/A6X</code>. Maybe it actually is 5598 (little endian?) but that is unlikely. --[[User:5urd|5urd]] 10:17, 25 October 2012 (MDT)
 
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==Update for new devices==
:::The description of that image clearly states that it's an enhanced version of the A5X image on Wikipedia (i.e. it's edited). --[[User:Dialexio|<span style="color:#C20; font-weight:normal;">Dialexio</span>]] 10:57, 25 October 2012 (MDT)
 
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Somebody should update the main page (table) for the 5s and 5c --[[User:Phyrrus9|Phyrrus9]] ([[User talk:Phyrrus9|talk]]) 21:14, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
::::Oh derp. From the [http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/apple_pschiller_a6.jpg keynote], it appears to be <code>APL5498</code> which is <code>8945</code> ([[S5L8945|A5X]]). But I am sure it will be <code>S5L8955</code>. The <code>[[S5L8942]]</code> was a revised A5, not A5X. It appears Apple just opened their Photoshop document and changed the <code>A5X</code> to <code>A6X</code>. Guess we'll find out for sure from a Geekbench or the teardown. We can at least for sure add the iPad mini to the page. --[[User:5urd|5urd]] 11:36, 25 October 2012 (MDT)
 
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:No need. It says "iPhone 4S and newer". --[[User:IAdam1n|iAdam1n]] ([[User talk:IAdam1n|talk]]) 22:01, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
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==Permission==
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Permission to add pangu8? Or should we wait until a Cydia version comes out? --[[User:Awesomebing1|Awesomebing1]] ([[User talk:Awesomebing1|talk]]) 15:52, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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:It has already been added and is fine IMO. I would state that it's SSH only though. --[[User:IAdam1n|iAdam1n]] ([[User talk:IAdam1n|talk]]) 16:22, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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== All of the Watch product images? ==
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So I was looking for Apple product images and found this interesting [https://www.apple.com/shop/sitemaps/sitemap-buy-images.xml document] that has links to all of the (current) product images. Since the Apple Watch has so many models, editions, colors, etc., would it be worthwhile to upload all the images listed from the document? So far I've found [http://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4711/as-images.apple.com/is/image/AppleInc/aos/published/images/w/42/w42ss/sbbk/w42ss-sbbk-detail this one]. (Apple Watch 42mm, Stainless Steel buckle) --[[User:Citrusui|Citrusui]] ([[User talk:Citrusui|talk]]) 18:01, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
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:It's not a great idea to upload images from Apple's website in general, since they're copyrighted by Apple, unless you can make a decent argument that using a copyrighted image in a particular article is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Fair_use_under_United_States_law is fair use]. [[User:Britta|Britta]] ([[User talk:Britta|talk]]) 09:01, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
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== Removal of Apple TV 3G from "Latest Firmware" Section? ==
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Apparently, the Apple TV 3G has not received any updates from Apple for a long time and looks like it will not get any in the future. So, should we remove it from the "Latest Firmware" section on the Main Page? Any other thoughts? --[[User:Tp1194045441|Tp1194045441]] ([[User talk:Tp1194045441|talk]]) 03:51, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
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:It's still been sold so it should stay as it's still "active" for this reason. --[[User:IAdam1n|iAdam1n]] ([[User talk:IAdam1n|talk]]) 22:34, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
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== Cleanup ==
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This page has a lot of links... It almost looks intimidating. That's not exactly an impression you want to leave on a first-time visitor. I'd like to clean it up, but I'm not entirely sure on what to cut out. I currently have everything in "Hardware" underneath the basebands in mind, and some of the definitions (be honest, how popular of a topic do you think iBEC is?). Any thoughts on what can or should not be cut? --[[User:Dialexio|Dialexio]] ([[User talk:Dialexio|talk]]) 21:09, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
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:I think we should remove links to pages that have not been created yet. We can always add them back if/when made. --[[User:IAdam1n|iAdam1n]] ([[User talk:IAdam1n|talk]]) 22:33, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
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== KPP ==
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Is there a reason why a KPP page has not been created? It would be useful to many...
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--[[User:Detiac|Detiac]] 15:19, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
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:It would certainly be useful and something that should be on the wiki, but I don't think any active users are knowledgeable enough on the topic to provide a writeup. --[[User:Dialexio|Dialexio]] ([[User talk:Dialexio|talk]]) 02:23, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
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== Rename Bad Stuff section ==
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I don't know what we could rename it to, but it doesn't come off very well --[[User:Nullpixel|Nullpixel]] ([[User talk:Nullpixel|talk]]) 17:26, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
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:Although the name is accurate, "Bad Stuff" does sound a little... off-kilter. Maybe something like "Malicious/Cautionary Topics?" --[[User:Dialexio|Dialexio]] ([[User talk:Dialexio|talk]]) 02:23, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
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::Sorry for the late response. I agree, this is a better name. --[[User:Nullpixel|Nullpixel]] ([[User talk:Nullpixel|talk]]) 16:10, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
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== Various Software ==
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I feel like the Various Software section should either be segmented into smaller sections (Downgrading Utilities, Package Managers, etc.) or not exist at all -- and in the former case, would most likely not be under the section Various Software. Any thoughts? --[[User:Wxblank|wxblank]] ([[User talk:Wxblank|talk]]) 16:02, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

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Baseband Chip Page Titles

For the baseband chip page titles, I think we should stick with the model number despite the marketing name. Pages:

--5urd 21:35, 8 May 2012 (MDT)

I'm leaning more towards the marketing names, since I think people are more familiar with them and they've been in use for a long time. We've always referred to the iPhone 2G's baseband as the "S-Gold 2" and the iPhone 3G/3GS's baseband as the "X-Gold 608." (By the way, it sounds like Qualcomm "markets" their chips by model number. [1]) --Dialexio 00:11, 9 May 2012 (MDT)
I created most of these newer pages and always used the model number (without space). So I agree with that in general. Changing old ones is a totally different story though, where we need more consent. I would be for it (and create a redirect on the marketing names). --http 01:52, 9 May 2012 (MDT)

Baseband downgrade possibility: Attempt for 04.11.08/04.12.01 to 04.10.01

0x1 There is no downgrade possibility; according to the most basis of fact in how baseband works as explained by dear MuscleNerd and there is signature checks as well as bootloader's chain of trust that I'm not going to repeat them again, but for this topic I start from iTunes error 1,-1,11

0x2 iTunes error 1,-1,11 : We will get this error whenever we want to do something with BB which is not allowed by apple. you can read about these error in detail from here[2]. Going deeper, this error raise by baseband's bootloader whenever you attempt to downgrade BB (in this case), this happens inside the NOR so this is why we can not exploit it easily from the outside. Another reason for this error (and in here the most important one that I wanted to discuss) is that apple no longer signing that firmware.

0x3 The situation that there is no BB installed on iPhone! : I could restore my iPhone4 in the case of there will be no BB at all. I called it reset my BB. There will be no Wifi, no BT. At the first time (a few months since I've started to work on) I thought it is dead (as apple confirmed this also). But I could restore it only to stock firmware with the latest one. So for who stays in 04.11.08 it may lead to do upgrade to 04.12.01 permanently with the latest iOS, now is 5.1.1 and before for me was 5.0.1, so be sure what you are doing and then go to reset the BB. So back to the game, if there was no BB then there is no bootloeader inside the NOR to stuck BB update process but I do not know that in this case what happened to "sectable" also known as "locktable" which is the master accountable to unlock the carrier, any way I think so only firmware signature checking by apple will be remain in "restore verify process" by iTunes. because as mentioned earlier, "currentBB"(BB to be updated) is allowed to be update by "comingBB" (BB to be updating to) only if : 1. "currentBB" < "comingBB" (= are you the most recent/lastest BB?) 2. "comingBB" is now signing by apple (=if so, does apple sign you? Are you eligible?) Huum... What happens if "currentBB"="null/zero/no matter"? Could we eliminate option (1) from the security check above in this case? So what next?

0x4 Track back to the issue lead us inside the bbfw file (ICE3_04.11.08_BOOT_02.13.Release) which contains four .fls files inside, and the most important one is psi_flash.fls who is in charge of security checks before handover the routines to stack.fls which is responsible for updating the baseband. This file does like NOR bootloader but fortunately it's outside the device so it is accessible but not such easy format to be understand by programmers. They are raw ROM based images for XMM6180 chip, ARM based and programmed in Thread-X, but the compiler is unknown; I will write about some disassembly notes using ida pro 6.1; by the way I leave my iPhone with no BB trying to find out and break the trust chains in the above files in order to bypass the bootloader security checks which may let us to downgrade to 04.10.01 which is currently unlocked by Gevey. Keep in mind that if this solution works..., it will need the SHSH for downgrading the iOS firmware to do reset the BB. I heard that iPhoneDevTeam are going to release the new version of Redsn0w which there will be no need to restore by iTunes but I do not know if the baseband approaches supposed to be addressed or it will work like iFaith that is basically bypass (preserve) BB, any way if I found this article useful I will note about disassembly and possibility approach as well as BB reset to share with any followers. --Kambiz 07:49, 13 May 2012 (MDT)K.N

Bluetooth Chip on iPhone 5

Is there any confirmation of the Bluetooth chip used in the iPhone 5? If there is, can we edit this page and add it? --5urd 10:04, 8 October 2012 (MDT)

Chipworks analyzed the iPhone 5's Murata Wi-Fi module and determined it uses the BCM4334. I'll add it to the Main Page now. --Dialexio 20:35, 8 October 2012 (MDT)

Adding vulnerability to main page

The page CVE-2013-0964 is currently orphaned. I think it would fit under the "Vulnerabilities and Exploits" subheading. Can someone with adequate permission make the change? 0x56 (talk) 03:52, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Added. --http (talk) 00:53, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Update for new devices

Somebody should update the main page (table) for the 5s and 5c --Phyrrus9 (talk) 21:14, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

No need. It says "iPhone 4S and newer". --iAdam1n (talk) 22:01, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Permission

Permission to add pangu8? Or should we wait until a Cydia version comes out? --Awesomebing1 (talk) 15:52, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

It has already been added and is fine IMO. I would state that it's SSH only though. --iAdam1n (talk) 16:22, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

All of the Watch product images?

So I was looking for Apple product images and found this interesting document that has links to all of the (current) product images. Since the Apple Watch has so many models, editions, colors, etc., would it be worthwhile to upload all the images listed from the document? So far I've found this one. (Apple Watch 42mm, Stainless Steel buckle) --Citrusui (talk) 18:01, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

It's not a great idea to upload images from Apple's website in general, since they're copyrighted by Apple, unless you can make a decent argument that using a copyrighted image in a particular article is is fair use. Britta (talk) 09:01, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Removal of Apple TV 3G from "Latest Firmware" Section?

Apparently, the Apple TV 3G has not received any updates from Apple for a long time and looks like it will not get any in the future. So, should we remove it from the "Latest Firmware" section on the Main Page? Any other thoughts? --Tp1194045441 (talk) 03:51, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

It's still been sold so it should stay as it's still "active" for this reason. --iAdam1n (talk) 22:34, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Cleanup

This page has a lot of links... It almost looks intimidating. That's not exactly an impression you want to leave on a first-time visitor. I'd like to clean it up, but I'm not entirely sure on what to cut out. I currently have everything in "Hardware" underneath the basebands in mind, and some of the definitions (be honest, how popular of a topic do you think iBEC is?). Any thoughts on what can or should not be cut? --Dialexio (talk) 21:09, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

I think we should remove links to pages that have not been created yet. We can always add them back if/when made. --iAdam1n (talk) 22:33, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

KPP

Is there a reason why a KPP page has not been created? It would be useful to many... --Detiac 15:19, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

It would certainly be useful and something that should be on the wiki, but I don't think any active users are knowledgeable enough on the topic to provide a writeup. --Dialexio (talk) 02:23, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Rename Bad Stuff section

I don't know what we could rename it to, but it doesn't come off very well --Nullpixel (talk) 17:26, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Although the name is accurate, "Bad Stuff" does sound a little... off-kilter. Maybe something like "Malicious/Cautionary Topics?" --Dialexio (talk) 02:23, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
Sorry for the late response. I agree, this is a better name. --Nullpixel (talk) 16:10, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Various Software

I feel like the Various Software section should either be segmented into smaller sections (Downgrading Utilities, Package Managers, etc.) or not exist at all -- and in the former case, would most likely not be under the section Various Software. Any thoughts? --wxblank (talk) 16:02, 21 June 2019 (UTC)