Apple iPhone 4 "antennagate"

It's just brouhaha, fed by opponents.

It does not matter how many decibels we receive, what affects the call quality is SNR (signal-to-noise ratio).

Despite being at one bar, one could very well be able to make quality calls from a sensitive and well-designed radio module like iPhone 4's.

And - yes - they fixed the bar display with firmware 4.0.1.

One more exploit for Nokia 1208

As a follow-up to previous topic, here's another firmware defect on Nokia 1208.
Let's ironically call it "a longer way to reboot", or a "Nokian way of Ctrl+Alt+Del"?

Here's how to epxloit it:

1/ From the main screen, press Down button to go to Contacts
2/ Open any contact
3/ Press Down button to see contact Name, not number
4/ Select "Options" by pressing Left soft button
5/ Scroll down to "Copy Contact" and select it
6/ Press Back, as to cancel contact copy
7/ Now scroll to "Delete Contact" and select it

Boom, RESTART
Enjoy

Exploiting a Nokia 1208? Why not?

There are simple things you are almost always sure of. Water pipes, electricity, central heating, cell phones... Ooops!
Did I say "cell phones"? In fact, most often than not, you could find some ways to hinder its' performance. Even for the smallest ones, the dumbest ones.

Take Nokia 1208, for example.
Who'd ever think that this "flashlight" phone, running sub-par version (is it S20, I'm not sure) can be exploited?

Now, don't hold your breath, the exploit is purely local - only phone's user can do it.
It can not be said of as a "security breach", just a fun with firmware, an example of attention needed for thorough and rigorous testing.

You can cause stack overflow and phone restart with the following routine:

1/ Press "Menu", go to "Messages"






2/ Select "Message Settings"

3/ You will see 10 items, starting with "Info Service". Note the number 1 in upper right.

4/ You can scroll down all 10 items, and you will roll back at "Info Service", number one.

5/ Press "Select", then press "Back". Notice the scroller on the scroll bar became smaller!


6/ Now, if you keep scrolling down, you will start passing numbers 11, 12, 13 and so on. The list got duplicated as result of step 5.

7/ Repeat step 4, going into "Info Message" and back. Try scrolling down again, looking up numbers and notice the increasing thinness of the scroller.



8/ Once you have appended list 6 times, you will pass number 71 "Info Service".






9/ One step down and boom - your phone restarts. Enjoy.

Of course this is very geeky and who cares about such kind of "local exploit" but hey - just for your fun and info!
Firmware RH-105 v3.72