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This is the wiki for the freemyipod project. Freemyipod is a project aimed at reverse-engineering non-iOS iPods (all models other than the Touch) and creating tools and documentation so that other people can port alternative firmwares to them such as rockbox or Linux. Freemyipod is a relaunch of Linux4nano.
FAQ
What can I do with my iPod nano (2nd generation), iPod classic or older iPods?
There's an upstream Rockbox port for these devices. Go use that.
What can I do with my iPod nano (3rd generation) or newer?
Not much (yet) unless you're an embedded developer :).
On the 3rd, 4th and 5th generation, we have a stable tethered exploit (wInd3x) which allows early, untethered and safe (no permanent modification) code execution. This in turn allows you to run U-Boot and an early Linux port or experiment with reverse-engineering/modifying the original firmware, retailOS.
On the 6th and 7th generation, a font parsing vulnerability (CVE-2010-1797) can be exploited with ipod_sun.
On the 7th generation (and possibly 6th generation), a vulnerability in DFU_DNLOAD packet parsing code can be exploited with S5Late.
There's a set of earlier tooling (emCORE/emBIOS/iBugger) which was exploiting other vulnerabilities and was a lead-up to a port of Rockbox, but it's mostly abandoned.
Getting an account
Due to spambots, registration is closed. For an account contact User890104 or q3k.
Updates
- 2024-12-25 - Some of us will be at 38C3 in Hamburg! Come say hi!
- 2024-12-16 - S5Late, a tethered iPod bootrom/DFU exploit for Nano 7G (and possibly Nano 6G), is released.
- 2023-12-28 - ipod_sun, a tool that enables code execution on the iPod nano 6th and 7th generation, is released.
- 2023-01-07 - A preliminary U-Boot port to the Nano 5G has been developed.
- 2022-01-04 - The bootrom of iPod Nano 5G was successfully dumped, and is in the process of being reverse-engineered!
- 2021-12-31 - An exploit named wInd3x, which exploits the latest vulnerability, is being prepared for Nano 4G and Nano 5G.
- 2021-12-27 - A new vulnerability was discovered in iPod Nano 4G and Nano 5G bootrom, which allows arbitrary code execution!
- 2018-08-25 - The website software has been updated to MediaWiki 1.31 after about 2 months of downtime.
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