Code Genocide

With 87% of the votes, it looks like “fast speeds with daily updates” has won.

Thank you to all you who voted.

I will work at getting this implemented soon.
Keep an eye out in Cydia and/or here as you will need a new version to get the most out of the changes.

If you have been using iSteamy the last day or two you have probably noticed a few quirks and then some speed ups.

I have been working on different ways to speed things up.
I have come up with 2 options.
Both have pro’s and both have con’s.

I thought I would leave the final choice up to you the users.

I will go with the popular vote after a few days.

[UPDATE: Results are in! See the follow up blog post here]

iSteamy 3.5 has been released.

This fixes being able to download large files and implements caching on the category lists.

You can also now swipe to delete video and audio in the steam room.

Enjoy.

With the latest iPhone firmware update (2.2), Apple fixed several “security holes”, one of which broke KillExchangeLocks version 2.0.

The fix that broke things was CVE-ID:  CVE-2008-4229

Impact: Restoring a device from backup may not re-enable the Passcode Lock

Description: The Passcode Lock feature is designed to prevent applications from being launched unless the correct passcode is entered. A race condition in the handling of device settings may cause the Passcode Lock to be removed when the device is restored from backup. This may allow a person with physical access to the device to launch applications without the passcode. This update addresses the issue by improving the system’s ability to recognize missing preferences. This issue does not affect systems prior to iPhone OS 2.0 or iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.0. Credit to Nolen Scaife for reporting this issue.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html

The key parts here is the resoultion, “This update addresses the issue by improving the system’s ability to recognize missing preferences”, and the person to blame is Nolen Scaife for reporting this issue.

KillExchangeLocks version 3 does not implement the ideal solution as Apple has done a pretty good job on their fix. Instead of removing the passcode automatically like before, instead you now force the settings app to alow you to remove the passcode, as if you had setup a passcode without using Exchange.

This still times out every 24 hours like before, as Apple is actively querying the Exchange server every 24 hours to update and/or validate the security settings.

The up side is you should only have to run this part once, and you will always be able to remove the passcode.

Version 3 gives you the option if you want to modify your Auto Lock timeout.

The problem here is that the iPhone will over write any change if you go into the Settings app and click on the General tab (which shows your timeout setting).

Therefore this could need to be reset often, if you go into Settings -> General a lot.

I added some extra Time out levels for your convience.

You can now choose between: Never, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, 25 min, 30 min, 35 min, 40 min, 45 min, 50 min, 55 min, and 1 hour time out levels.

As I said before, this is by no means the ideal fix, but it is the only way I have found so far, and I figure this is better then having nothing.

If you really want a better fix in place, I would ask you to think about donating to this project as that would make it easier for me to work on this project then other paying projects. It is in no way required, but welcomed. If you wish to donate you can do so using PayPal.

KillExchangeLocks is available in Cydia under Utilities.

iSteamy was officially rejected from the Apple AppStore.

The rejection email from Apple (which no longer contains an NDA notice at the bottom) states that it was rejected for:

“it contains inappropriate sexual content and is in violation of Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement which states:
Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.”

This is ANOTHER case of Apple telling you what you can and can not do.

Apple, protect our devices, NOT our morals!

Apple allows R rated movies in iTunes which many of which contain large amounts of nudity. They also allow explicit music in iTunes. They get around this by providing Parental Controls.

So why can’t Apple just add parental controls to more then just games in the AppStore?

Create an Adult section, and even have the parental controls blocking it turned on by default, but allow people to choose.

That’s enough of a soapbox for today.

Just remember that iSteamy is available by Jailbraking your device (which is now extremely easy).

Once your device is Jailbroke, simply add the Code Genocide repository into either Cydia or Installer.

The repo addresses are as follow:

Cydia: http://repo.codegenocide.com/cydia

Installer: http://repo.codegenocide.com

If you would like more information about iSteamy, please visit the iSteamy website at: http://www.iSteamy.net

iSteamy version 3.1 is the reason you shouldn’t release a new release right before you go out of town on a business trip.

Version 3.1 fixed a bug where some users could not register, but in the panic to get it released before leaving, ended up introducing a new bug of its own, which affected users when trying to save items or visit the Steam Room.

Version 3.2 has now been released on the repo’s which should fix both issues.

I apologize for the issues.

I have released iSteamy 3.1

This release fixes a bug in the registration and saving process where users were getting errors if a certain directory was missing on their device.

This update is highly recommended for all users.

I am happy to announce that iSteamy version 3.0 for iPhone firmware 2.x is now availble!

To download iSteamy using one of the following repositories.

Cydia

http://repo.codegenocide.com/cydia

Installer.app

http://repo.codegenocide.com

Visit http://www.isteamy.net for more information

If you develop iPhone SDK apps for the AppStore and the Jailbreak community you know the need bypass normal code signing in Xcode so you can do your own.

‘Provisioning Toggle’ quickly toggles you between requiring Provisioning in Xcode and not, and alerts you to the update using Growl.

‘Provisioning Toggle’ is a free download for Mac OS X.

http://codegenocide.com/files/provisioningToggle_1.0.zip

I have released iSteamy Version 3.0 Beta 2 for those of you who are beta testing.

Get this new version the same way you got the first version.

The big change in this version is the addition of a crash reporter, so if you get a crash it will be easier for me to get the data I need to fix the crash.