iPhone/iPod/iPad Terms You Should Know

I dont know if im allowed to do this. but a while back, the op i think ZombieKiller was banned. I decided to update his guide to add some more terms that he would have added were he not banned. Thank you and have a nice day. If you want me to add anything just pm my box and i will be sure to add it. ONCE AGAIN, PLZ SEND ME AN IM OR PM IF YOU WANT ME TO ADD A NEW WORD WITH ITS DEFINITION, I REALLY DONT WANT TO HAVE TO SCAN THE THREAD FOR SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL CREDITS FOR THIS GUIDE GO TO ZombieKiller The original link is http://www.ifans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136679

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Activation: When you first purchase your iPhone all you can do is call 911 until you activate with AT&T (or similar). If you are using an official Apple carrier carrier then you can activate through iTunes; otherwise you will have to perform a hack to activate your iPhone. Once activated it becomes an iPod touch with camera and bluetooth at which point you will want to proceed to jailbreak and possibly unlock it for use on other carriers.

Apple: formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation which designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software products. The company's best-known hardware products include Macintosh computers, iPod portable media players, the iPhone, the iPad and the Apple TV

App: It is a program that runs on the iPod/iPhone/iPad/Apple TV.

App Store: The App Store is an application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad created by Apple Inc., which allows users to browse and download applications, from the iTunes Store, that were developed with the iPhone SDK and published through Apple.

Apple TV: TO BE ADDED

Apple TV2: TO BE ADDED

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Baseband: The Baseband controls the interaction between the Phone part of the iPhone and the operating system. Whenever the iPhone needs to talk to cell towers-- whether for voice or data-- it works through the Baseband. The Baseband is responsible for making sure the SIM-card is valid and for getting Signal. When you unlock your iPhone the baseband is modified to allow communication to other wireless carriers.

Bootloader: There are at least two bootloaders in the iPhone. One is the ARM Core Bootloader and deals with the Operating System, the other is the Baseband Bootloader. Bootloaders make sure that when the iPhone boots it is doing things in the right order, and getting everything done. Currently the iPhone has shipped with two different Baseband Bootloaders (3.9 and 4.6). The 3.9BL allowed us to load a hacked baseband which matches the firmware version. Apple changed this feature in the 4.6 BL and made it require a baseband of a newer firmware version. This is why the Dev Team has released a 3.9 fakeblank BL which allows you to load a hacked baseband matching your firmware version.

Brick: When used in reference to electronics, "brick" describes a device that cannot function in any capacity (such as a machine with damaged firmware). This usage derives from the machine now being considered "as useful, and as entertaining, as a brick."[citation needed] The term can also be used as a verb. For example, "I bricked my MP3 player when I tried to modify its firmware."

In the strictest sense of the term, bricking must imply that the device is completely unrecoverable without some hardware replacement. If the device can be repaired through software or firmware changes, it's not a brick.

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Chronic Dev Team: The Chronic Dev Team is a team of developers made up of, but not limited to, chronic, ius, westbaer, AriX, pod2g, and probably more. Chronic Dev Blog

comex: The developer of the Spirit Jailbreak - allows you to jailbreak any model/generation iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad running on Firmware 3.1.2/3.1.3 or 3.2. He also is known for the website jailbreakme. Now an intern at Apple Inc

Cydia: Cydia is a package installer developed and managed by Jay Freeman (aka saurik). It's essentially an App Store for jailbroken applications.

Cydia Store: Allows you to purchase various jailbroken third-party applications. For jailbroken applications that are not free.

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DFU: DFU or Device Firmware Upgrade mode allows the S5L8900 to be restored from any state. It resides in the VROM and is vulnerable to the pwnage 2.0 exploit. In other words... its like Recovery Mode, but used if your iPod/iPhone is "severe" condition. Also has since been released for the iPhone 3g, iPod Touch 4G and iPad known as SHAtter exploit and also used in the iphonelinux project

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How To Enter DFU Mode:
1. Put the iPod/iPhone in Recovery Mode, and have the iPod Cable Connected. (See Recovery Mode)
2. Hold the Home button for 5 Seconds.
3. Without letting go, Hold the Home and Sleep Buttons for 10 Seconds.
4. Let go of the Sleep button, and keep on holding the Home button for 30 more seconds.

Dock: The Dock is located at the bottom of the Springboard, which hold 4 Apps. The Apps do not change when the Page is changed on the Springboard. The iPad and iPad 2 can hold 5 Applications in the dock

Dreamboard: An Alternative to Winterboard that makes customizing the springboard easier than ever. Works the best on A4 and A5 devices

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E.G: Another way to say "For Example". It is an abbreviation of Latin phrase exempli gratia.

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Firmware: Firmware is a term sometimes used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs that internally control various electronic devices. Typical examples range from end user products such as remote controls or calculators, via computer parts and devices like harddisks, keyboards, TFT screens or memory cards, all the way to scientific instrumentation and industrial robotics.

Firmware Umbrella, The: Essentially the coolest thing since sliced bread. Created by @notcom. This program allows the iOS device user to magically restore their device to a previous firmware as long as they have the SHSH blob stored on Cydia's server.

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geohot: A developer who has successfully managed to jailbreak various firmwares and devices such as the iPhone and iPad.

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Installer: Installer is a 3rd party application that was created by Nullriver. It is now being developed by R.I.P Dev, but it will never be the same... OH GOD NO!!!

iPodTouchFans: Its the damn site bro! Now known as iFans

iPTF: See iPodTouchFans
iFNS: See iPodTouchFans

iPod:iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001. Some people refer to the iPod Touch as just an iPod... since this is a iPod Touch Forum.

iPod Touch: The iPod Touch is a portable media player and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the main thing we talk about on this Website... dont know what one is? Well... why are you here?


iPod Touch 2G: The Second Generation of iPod Touch. Its a slight upgrade from the iPod Touch... few new features include Speakers, New Processor, and new back. See iPod Touch.


iPhone: The iPhone is an internet-connected multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface.


iPhone 3G: The Second Generation iPhone. New Features include a new screen, new back, and added 3G Capabilities. See iPhone.


iPod Touch 3G: The Third Generation iPod. New Features included a new boot loader upgrade from the iPod Touch 2G, RAM, CPU and GPU internals from the iPhone 3GS, added Voice Control with Voice Over support from iPhone OS 3.0, bundled remote earphones with microphone and originally came with iPhone OS 3.1.1 at release. Has ceased production


iPhone 3GS: Essentially an update for the iPhone 3G. Its features primarily consist of faster performance, a camera with higher resolution and video capability, voice control, and support for 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA downloading (but remains limited to 384 kbps uploading as Apple had not implemented the HSUPA protocol). It was released in the U.S., Canada and six European countries on June 19, 2009, in Australia and Japan on June 26, and internationally in July and August 2009. Originally came with iPhone OS 3.0. Has ceased production since June 24, 2010. 8GB Black models are still in production


iPhone 4G: Initially released as Gizmodo leak. The iPhone 4 was one of the most failed creations by Apple with the release of the Antenna issue called the "grip of death". But has been remedied by a case that goes on the iPhone 4. Was the first iDevice to feature a white model deriving from their traditional black models and also the first device to feature a 1 GHZ processor known as the A1 processor. New features include Facetime, a video chat service that was intended for wireless connections but has since been able to use on 3G via the jailbreak solution. New cameras which featured a front facing camera and a 5MP with LED flash, the first iDevice to feature a Retina Display, iOS 4.0 which i will explain in that definition, HD Video recording and editing, and has been released to Verizon, the first iDevice to leave the icy cold grip of Sprint as an CDMA phone


iPod Touch 4G: Release after the iPhone 4


iPad: One of the first tablet devices to be released by Apple


iPad 2: Second tablet to be released by Apple


iPhoneLinux: iPhonelinux is a project which goals are to port linux on the iPhone and make a Free (free software) OS alternative to the Apple proprietary "iPhone OS".

iPhone Dev Team: A development team that has worked on various exploits on the iPod and iPhone. Their team is derived from asap18, bgm, Bugout, bushing, c1de0x, chris, dinopio, drudge, Fred_, ghost_000, gray, iZsh, jim–, MuscleNerd, netkas, np101137, p*nisbird, planetbeing, pr3d4t0r, pumpkin, pytey, roxfan, saurik, Turbo, w___, wizdaz, Zf.

iTouch: See iPod Touch... its recommended if you don't say this when referring to the iPod Touch, you will get flamed.

Icy: An application that downloads and installs third party apps, like Cydia. This is RIPDev's attempt to make a cleaner and faster version of Cydia, and an attempt to better their version of Installer.

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Jailbreak: Jailbreak is the act of exploiting a bug or design flaw in a software application or hardware to gain access to resources which normally would have been protected from an application or user. The result is that the application or hardware performs actions with more privileges than intended by the application developer or system administrator.

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Macintosh (Mac): A brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Includes the MacBook, iMac, and Mac Pro.

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Notification Center: New feature added to iOS5. You get all kinds of notifications on your iOS device: new email, texts, friend requests, and more. With Notification Center, you can keep track of them all in one convenient location. Just swipe down from the top of any screen to enter Notification Center. Choose which notifications you want to see. Even see a stock ticker and the current weather. New notifications appear briefly at the top of your screen, without interrupting what you’re doing. And the Lock screen displays notifications so you can act on them with just a swipe. Notification Center is the best way to stay on top of your life’s breaking news.

Nullriver: Nullriver was the creator of Installer and Summerboard. Nullriver now develops for the App Store. See AppStore. Installer is now managed and developed by R.I.P Dev Team. See R.I.P Dev Team.

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Operating System: An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the infrastructure software component of a computer system; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer.

OS: See Operating System.

OOB: "Out of box" or "Out of the Box". It usually refers to iPhone unlockability directly out of the box... with out hard modifications, or to describe the firmware that the iPhone or iPod comes with (E.G. iPhone 2.0 OOB)

openiboot: a DFU based exploit which allows the iOS device boot android/iOS

OTB: See OOB

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Pwn: See Pwnage.

Pwnage: Pwnage was an exploit found from the iPhone Development Team that modifies the VROM. It is the main Jailbreak tool that is used now. See Pwnage Tool

Pwnage Tool: Pwnage Tool is created by the iPhone Development Team that uses the Pwnage exploit

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QuickPwn: A fast and easy tool to use to Pwn your iPod or iPhone. See PwnageTool.

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RedSn0w: RenSn0w is the exploit and jailbreak tool for the iPod Touch 2G that the iPhone Dev Team has developed. It was released as a set of commands that have to be manually entered. At the moment, it is a Tethered Jailbreak. See Tethered Jailbreak.

Recovery Mode: This is the mode the Apple ramdisk enters to restore the iPod/iPhone.

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How to Enter Recovery Mode:
1. Disconnect your iPod, and hold the home button.
2. While holding the Home Button, connect your iPod/iPhone to your Computer.
3. Keep holding the home button, and an image of iTunes should come up on the iPod/iPhone.

Repo: See Repository.

Repository: Repository is a site that has packages downloadable by Cydia or Installer. A Repository can be added to Cydia or Installer as a link to a website.

R.I.P Development Team: Another Development Team in the iPhone Scene. They Manage the famous Installer... well, the not so famous anymore.

Rock Your Phone: Similar to Cydia Store, its a app on your iTem that lets you purchase full fledged programs, from 3rd Party Companies. Has since been acquired by Cydia's owner saurik

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Safari: Safari is a proprietary Internet web browser developed by Apple Inc. It is now the main internet browser for Mac OS, and iPhone OS.

Saurik: Creator of Cydia

Screenshot: A screenshot, screen capture, or screen dump is an image taken by the computer to record the visible items displayed on the monitor or another visual output device. It can also be also be referred to a Screenie, Screeny, SS, and Screen Cap.

Springboard: The Springboard is the screen that you know and love... the screen that you have all seen... the Home Screen.

Summerboard: Summerboard was the first application (Developed by NullRiver) to allow the iPod/iPhone to be theme-able... it was discontinued when the Development team for this application started to make applications for the App Store

SSH: Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices.

SHSH Blob: Also known as a Signature Hash. is a 1024 bit RSA signature used to verify the validity of firmware on newer (iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch 2G MC onward) Apple iOS devices.
SHSH Blobs are used in a challenge-response authentication of the firmware, where the challenge key comes in a combination of a hash of the firmware and the Exclusive Chip ID (ECID) of the device. The response from Apple is the SHSH itself, the digital signature required to validate the firmware. This is essentially used with tinyumbrealla to "DOWNGRADE" the firmware of the device

Sticky: A post that is Stuck or Stickied means that its always going to be on top of other posts. It will move around but it will always be on top of post that are not Stickied.

Status Bar: The Status Bar, or Notification Bar, is the bar that is always on the top of the iPod/iPhone. It shows the Phone Carrier, Phone Signal, Wi-Fi Signal, Time, and Battery Status.

SMB: An abbreviation for Super Monkey Ball, or formerly for Summerboard.

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Tethered Jailbreak: A Tethered Jailbreak is when an iPod/iPhone needs to have commands injected to boot up to a Jailbroken State.

TTR: Abbreviation for the original jailbreak game called Tap Tap Revolution and it's App Store successor called Tap Tap Revenge (a game developed by Tapulous).

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Un-Tethered Jailbreak: An untethered jailbreak is a type of jailbreak where your device does not require you to reboot with a connection to an external device capable of executing commands on the device. Mostly used in combination with a userland exploit

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WinterBoard: The successor to NullRivers Summerboard, which allows more customization to the iPod/iPhone.

WinSCP: WinSCP (Windows Secure CoPy) is an open source SFTP and FTP client for Microsoft Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote computer.

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Zibri: The Creator or "Stealer" of ZiPhone.

ZiPhone: ZiPhone was a Jailbreak tool developed by Zibri (See Zibri) for use on both Windows and Mac to jailbreak firmware 1.1.3 to 1.1.5. There were allegations of Zibri "stealing code from other development teams to create ZiPhone. ZiPhone is not in development anymore.

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3G: A short form for "3rd generation" and a cellular networking protocol (iPhone 3G or 3G for example).

Nicely compiled!

yeah. its gona take me a while to get it back to look like the original. So yeah plus i have an irl interview. so wish me the best of luck

Something you can add to S: SHSH Blobs - many new members don't know what they are.

Nice work! Good luck on your interview.

thanks all. my interview went great. onlyusemeblade, if you can find a definition, im more than willing to add it, pls send it to me through PM though so i can keep my facts straight and so i dont have to scan the whole thread for the words plz

This is really nicely organized. Maybe even put a request for a sticky?

would love to have it stickied. But i have emailed j and i haven't received a reply yet

Awesome job!

awesome, i just hope nobody tries to quote the first post @_@!