I am new with IDA assembler and i used to work with hopper app. the problem is i can't change instruction in IDA from something like CBNZ to NOP. is there any button to do this? i can't find anything on the internet and I have been searching for it all day. I have tried many options from the edit menu.
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1Have you tried this ?– shxdowJan 12, 2019 at 20:35
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NOTE: I'm assuming you're using IDA 7.X, although this should work equally well for 6.X versions.
The option you're looking for is called Patch Program. For your specific question, you'd do the following:
- Select the instruction you want to change
- Go to
Edit -> Patch Program -> Assemble - Replace the instruction in the text box with the instruction you'd like it to be.
- Click OK
The original instruction will now have been replaced with the new one.
This article has more info and examples of using the other options in the Patch Program submenu.
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thank you for your answer. I have tried that before. the program says: sorry, this processor module doesn't support the assembler, I am trying to patch an ios arm7 app.– jimutyJan 13, 2019 at 5:36
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1Are you using the free version? If you are, this might be a side effect of that. It's also possible that the error message is accurate and that feature really isn't available for iOS binaries; I'm not sure. Regardless, here are two examples of people using alternative methods to patch iOS binaries; maybe one of them will help. zdziarski.com/blog/?p=2172 resources.infosecinstitute.com/… Jan 13, 2019 at 7:33