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iPhone virus? Has anyone else seen this?
- Thread starter cmcbridejr
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No-one, the same way no-one elected you the Chairman of the Apple iPhone anti-hacker brigade.
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No-one, the same way no-one elected you the Chairman of the Apple iPhone anti-hacker brigade.
And yet here I am not name calling or telling you to shut up.
Funny how that works, isn't it.
Let's not forget we have a forum for hacking/unlocking...and this aint it!
Also, "Bejeweled" was like, the very first web-app for the iPhone wasn't it? No need for a Jaibreak for that.
Yuuuuup.
@cmcbridejr:
Did you plug the Safari buffer-overflow bug? If you did not... then RESTORE your phone to 1.1.1, JailBreakMe.com, and just get it over with and reinstall your apps. At 1.02, you have a HUGE list of security issues going on, that you should be avoiding like the plague (keeping your apps isn't an excuse, and it was a poor one even before 1.1.1 was broken). Unlike MacBoy108's expectation that nothing can "magically" install itself on your phone, this is far far far far from the truth. The TIFF exploit alone can "install" something on your phone without much effort at ALL.
I don't even care to have mods on my phone right now, but I went to JailBreakMe.com, and plugged the hole on my 1.1.1 firmware until 1.1.2 is released. It's a pretty bad oversight on Apple's part.
Okay, I'm dying over here.
~ CB
In all seriousness, this happened to my (jailbroken, 1.1.1) iPhone too, although in my case it was the precursor to an endless reboot cycle requiring a restore. I blamed it on an accelerometer bug in the otherwise amusing program "Ants," but if you weren't running that I guess it could be something else.
ETA: happened to this guy too, although no one believed him either.
ETA: happened to this guy too, although no one believed him either.
I could care less if you don't believe me.
Just don't waste your own time telling me you don't, especially if you have the time to read a blog called "macrumors".
I work for one of the top technology companies in the world and I am too damn busy to make up stories for your enjoyment.
I'm just surprised not many other people have seen this Easter Egg or kernel panic screen (as I really don't think it is a virus, worm, or whatever).
Yes, I do have Ants, Dock, and Summerboard running at the same time, so this may have been a cause for a kernel panic (though this has only happened once).
However, I tried upgrading to 1.1.1 and there is no stability to 3rd party apps.
Though 1.0.2 is "less secure" (according to the mighty control freak Apple), I like the 3rd party apps enough to want to run them with stability.
1.1.1 simply sucks with 3rd party apps, compared to 1.0.2
No, the accelerometer was not enabled in Ants.
However, the centipede/millipedes crawling around the screen seemed very much like the ants crawling around.
The only difference being the flashing colors on the screen instead of my home screen.
However, the centipede/millipedes crawling around the screen seemed very much like the ants crawling around.
The only difference being the flashing colors on the screen instead of my home screen.
Why is this such a mystery??
Its a constant running mini version of OSX. So it wigs out for a few seconds once and a while....big DEAL, so does every other implementation of OSX in the world.
3rd party apps or not, the iPhone will bug out once and while. Get used to it.
I've seen people get completely tap-happy on their touch screen and then not understand why "it won't do anything!"
BTW, I am convinced that customized and summer board cause some of these issues,but think about what they are trying to do in the first place.
Its a constant running mini version of OSX. So it wigs out for a few seconds once and a while....big DEAL, so does every other implementation of OSX in the world.
3rd party apps or not, the iPhone will bug out once and while. Get used to it.
I've seen people get completely tap-happy on their touch screen and then not understand why "it won't do anything!"
BTW, I am convinced that customized and summer board cause some of these issues,but think about what they are trying to do in the first place.
There is no sense in talking with sobe , He gets all his opinions from apple's corporate policy. When someone needs help with regards to hacking their phone, the only help he can offer is the statement that, “you shouldn’t have violated the apples policy.. Blah blah blah”…. He ignores the fact that this is a forum where people go to help each other…. Thus bringing the original posters question off topic… Kind of like a jeep rescuing a Hummer. Useless when the vehicle you are pulling weighs twice as much as the one you are doing the rescuing with.
, He gets all his opinions from apple's corporate policy. When someone needs help with regards to hacking their phone, the only help he can offer is the statement that, “you shouldn’t have violated the apples policy.. Blah blah blah”…. He ignores the fact that this is a forum where people go to help each other…. Thus bringing the original posters question off topic… Kind of like a jeep rescuing a Hummer. Useless when the vehicle you are pulling weighs twice as much as the one you are doing the rescuing with. Lol....hahaha, or like a range rover rescuing both of them
, me and my range rover have had to rescue 2 jeeps and a hummer stuck in mud in dirt areas around my house. People forget about the Range Rover just because its a "luxury vehicle"...its still the most capable off-road vehicle in mass production, and you know what they say, Id rather push a Land Rover than drive a Jeep
There is no sense in talking with sobe
"Give me a lever big enough ... and I can lift the world."
I don't ignore much of anything. I do eliminate things due to common sense, however.
I just don't find it interesting, amusing, or a process of "community building" to join in on people's little private insurrection against the company I buy my cell phone from.
And hey good job with the range rover, Bernie. Your mom must be very proud and I'm sure you smell terrific.
But have fun with viva la revolucion and all that...
And keep the personal attacks coming. It strengthens the logic of your opinions immeasurably.
Lol she is and you seem to have misunderstood me, I was the one in the range rover so i was clean and away from the mud
, my friends and their SUVs on the other hand.....but then again you would know about being stuck in the mud and dirty driving a jeep wouldnt you?
Like many members here, I've got sobe on my ignore list.
Please could you all avoid quoting him so that we don't accidently soak up any more of his bile. Thanks in advance!
Please could you all avoid quoting him so that we don't accidently soak up any more of his bile. Thanks in advance!
saying someone is on your ignore list is the equivalent of starting a conversation then covering your ears and going "la la la la la I am not listening..."
But hey thanks for the badge of honor.
Mi bile es su bile!~
But hey thanks for the badge of honor.
Mi bile es su bile!~
no he was hinting at something i should do that apparently a bunch of people on this forum have already done
My phone did something similar. I was placing a call when the phone locked up and then started playing a Youtube video out of the blue. Somebody seach Youtube for centipedes crawling around!!