Here is one of the ways to detect if your app was cracked. In short: the cracking usually requires changing the Info.plist. Since it’s regular file you have access to, it’s pretty easy to determine such changes.
I have finally found a way to programmatically restart an iOS device without rooting a device!!!! The command line tool to restart an iOS device is called libimobiledevice: http://krypted.com/mac-os-x/use-libimobiledevice-to-view-ios-logs/ It is truly amazing. One snag I ran into while installing was trying to install this line: brew install -v –devel –fresh automake autoconf libtool wget … Read more
Here’s what I found … Just looking at the dumped private APIs, it looks like ChatKit.framework could help. Take a look at CKSMSService.h or CKMadridService.h for iMessage messages. I did quickly attempt to swizzle my own method in, for a couple methods in CKSMSService: – (void)_receivedMessage: (id)arg1 replace:(BOOL)arg2 replacedRecordIdentifier:(int)arg3 postInternalNotification:(BOOL)arg4; – (void)_receivedMessage: (id)arg1 replace:(BOOL)arg2 postInternalNotification:(BOOL)arg3; … Read more
For a jailbreak app/entitlement, you need to do something like this. First, create a file named entitlements.xml (or whatever you like): <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC “-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN” “http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd”> <plist version=”1.0″> <dict> <key>com.apple.backboard.client</key> <true/> </dict> </plist> You can add more entitlements if you need. This example file just grants the app the com.apple.backboard.client entitlement. It doesn’t … Read more
You can use this code snippet: #import “InstalledAppReader.h” static NSString* const installedAppListPath = @”/private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist”; @interface InstalledAppReader() -(NSArray *)installedApp; -(NSMutableDictionary *)appDescriptionFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary; @end @implementation InstalledAppReader #pragma mark – Init -(NSMutableArray *)desktopAppsFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary { NSMutableArray *desktopApps = [NSMutableArray array]; for (NSString *appKey in dictionary) { [desktopApps addObject:appKey]; } return desktopApps; } -(NSArray *)installedApp { BOOL isDir = … Read more
It is possible to put an iPad or iPhone into ‘Store Demo’ mode so that the home button and swipe to home gesture is disabled. If you have seen the iPads in the Apple Store running the smart sign apps then you will know what I mean. It is actually pretty trivial to make this … Read more
It is true, the app has to run as root to access non mobile directories. After discussing this with Optimo and Saurik I finally found the right way to get root privileges. In the main() function add setuid(0); and setgid(0); Build the app normally. Create a copy of the executable file in the app bundle. … Read more
It depends what you mean by jailbreak. In the simple case, you should be able to see if Cydia is installed and go by that – something like NSString *filePath = @”/Applications/Cydia.app”; if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filePath]) { // do something useful } For hacked kernels, it’s a little (lot) more involved.