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Hacker jailbreaks the Iphone 3GS
THE TEEN HACKER who unlocked the original Iphone claims to have created an app that can 'jailbreak' Apple's recently released Iphone 3GS.
George Hotz, 19, wrote a program called "purplera1n" which he says can install third-party software on an Iphone 3GS, even if that software is not approved by Apple.
It didn't take him very long to hack the device, which has only been available since June 19.
This shows that it isn't impossible to bypass Apple's wonderful built-in security features for the Iphone and it makes a mockery of the outfit's autocractic control of users.
It also means that users can run whatever they like on the gizmo rather than only what Steve Jobs says they are allowed.
Hotz released software that works with Windows-based computers and the latest version of Itunes, as well as the Iphone 3GS running Apple's latest Iphone 3.0 software. Over the weekend he released a Mac version, too.
Hotz got his first 15 minutes of fame two years ago when, at the age of 17, he became the first hacker to crack the Iphone's security so it could run unauthorised apps. µ
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i bet this gimmick has a massive price tage due to security development costs.
and it doesnt even work
muhahahahahahaaaaaaaaa......
mugs!
This has already been accomplished by the iPhone Dev Team. The program is called ultrasn0w. They released it the day after the new iPhone and 3.0 firmware came out
The iPhone 3.0 SOFTWARE on the iPhone 3G and iPhone (notice the lack of the 'S') were accomplished on the day after it came out (if not before) The 3GS (notice the 'S') has just been jailbroken.
Good For Him!
I bought my 3Gs on Saturday and jail broke it the same day. The programs do work.
Such funky named programs don't look to be very user-friendly, I guess they require some thinking to work. Given the average smartness level of someone who spends that amount of money on a small noisy thing that becomes obsolete in a few months, I wonder who the hell this piece of underground software is aimed for.
Dev-team got owned!
Just a clarification, ultrasn0w is the unlock app for 2g-3g phones made by the dev-team.
Redsn0w is their jailbreaking app. It does NOT support 3gs as Geohot beat them to the punch line with purplera1n.
Currently, ultrasn0w will work to unlock the new 3gs devices that have been jailbroken by Geohot's tool.
-**However upgrading to the beta 3.1 OS will prevent 3gs users from ever unlocking their phone with ultrasn0w due to the baseband chip being updated**-
If you want to read more about the history of the rivalry between hotz and the dev-team, check out the George Hotz Wikipedia article.
He did well, especially based on apples maximum operating temp of 35 degrees, the lads prob only been able to switch the phone on twice since he got it ;p
did he have to sit in the freezer while he did it?
This way users can get a full set of apps increasing the desirability of the device whilst Apple can say they did all they could to lock it down thus preventing lawsuits from concerned parents and copyright owners.
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple put this vulnerability in on purpose.
Here is a site that has an abundance of links to reviews and articles which explain the release of 3G S and understanding of its design, features and performance. http://pfx.me/y5