Taking a Look at the Firmware 2.0 Inner Shell

by Jody Mitoma on April 3, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Taking a look behind the scenes… Virtualball of the iPod Touch Fans community has recently taken a look at the inner shell of the newly released Firmware 2.0 and shared his findings with us all.

According to Virtualball, Bluetooth GPS and A2DP have all been mentioned in some way or another, from within the programming.

Continue reading to check out what Virtualball had to say, or simply check out the source link below!

(Source: iPod Touch Fans)

Here is what Virtualball found:

Well, just like last time with 1.1.4, I decided to blast Tegan and Sara and look around the newly leaked 2.0 beta! Here are a couple of things I found:

1. The obvious there’s now a “YouTubePlugIn.webplugin” in Internet Plug-Ins. Someone I know on IRC who has 2.0 on his iPhone (he’s also working on pwnage I think) said it remains dormant though Before you start screaming, “ZOMG FLASH!” I believe it just does what iTransmogrify does. It refrences videos and not flash and has a QTBackground.png in it.

2. ZOMG Bluetooth GPS and A2DP mentioned!?

Quote:

HeadsetBT
HeadphonesBT

Quote:

RoleGps
RoleRemote
RoleA2DP

Quote:

“’TRUEFBluetooth GPS” and “FALSEi-Blue GPS (Generic)0000TRUE+ 3FALSEDeluo GPS (Generic)0000TRUE+ !FALSEBelkin GPS0000TRUEBelkinGPS. ##FALSEpalmOne GPS0000TRUEpalmOne GPS( #FALSEFALSEGeneric GPS0000TRUE5 ’”

3. There’s a strange “Printers” folder in /Library. ….I have NO idea….

4. I’m not sure what Google411 is but it’s referenced in Maps.app

5. They are serious about this shit!

Quote:

BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING
brickedDevice
Ignoring request to unlock because we’re blocked or bricked

6. Last but not least, a sad note. Every trace of Nike+ has been removed. Though, “mobile.radio” is still mentioned, it (and Nike+) have been around since June 29, 2007…

(Little bonus: 2.0 doesn’t come with the AppStore or iTunes, I heard you have to activate to download them? Just a side note)

Thanks for sharing, Virtualball. These are some excellent finds.

3 Responses to “Taking a Look at the Firmware 2.0 Inner Shell”

prabz said:

April 3rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm

BRICKED_AND_SIM_LOCKED_STRING
brickedDevice
Ignoring request to unlock because we’re blocked or bricked

does that mean the 2.0 firware can get bricked?
(sorry i have no smarts in this stuff)
Eric March said:

April 3rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Let’s see.

A2DP: Yes! As I predicted. Not that it was hard; A2DP was almost a gimmie. Also, printer folder = bluetooth printing? If they’re gonna add the A2DP profile to the bluetooth stack, might as well add BT printing, right?

GPS: Also obvious.

Google411 + Maps could mean one of two things. 1) Get 411 information on a location you’re looking at in Google Maps, or maybe a new map layer with points of interest gleaned from Google411.

Interesting stuff here.
Mike Cane said:

April 3rd, 2008 at 8:25 pm

Anything in there that points to use with a Bluetooth keyboard yet?