Iphone 3.1 cracked in six days
THE IPHONE DEV TEAM has once again thrown a spanner in Apple's works by releasing a partial jailbreak for the Iphone OS 3.1.
As late as yesterday the Iphone-cracking scallywags were warning wayward users not to touch the official update with a very long stick as that would over-ride previously unlocked handsets.
"If you want to keep the jailbreak or unlock on your 3GS," the group's blog reported, "you should resist all urges to install Apple’s official firmware updates without knowing if a jailbreak exists for that version yet. Unless another (different) bootrom exploit is found for the 3GS that doesn’t require a 'foot in the door' with a signed official iBoot, then accepting official updates willy-nilly may cause you to be cutoff from the jailbreak. And it will definitely cause you to be cutoff from the carrier unlock."
And although the new 3GS handset and 2G and 3G Ipod Touches still seem to be resisting all attempts to break Apple's security lock-down, many older devices have been succesfully jailbroken.
The original Iphone, the Iphone 3G and the Ipod touch 1G can all be made to do lots of things Job's Mob don't want you to do with the newly released Pwnage Tool 3.1 which is doing the rounds of a P2P network somewhere near you as we write.
The tool is a desktop application allows users to create a tweaked version of the Iphone OS and then trick Itunes into installing it, whilst another tool called Ultrasnow allows the handset to use cellular services not sanctioned by the Cupertino Cabal.
Jalibreaking, which was mainly used in the past to allow Iphone users to install software which had not been through Apple's rigorous vetting process, has taken on a different role since the advent of the App Store. Many frustrated Iphone fans now crack their handsets to allow them to be used in countries where the ubiquitous gadget is not officially sold. Others use the tools to bypass Apple's policy of using single airtime providers in many territories.
Installing the 3.1 update in the Apple recommended manner will mess with a jailbroken device's baseband - the part of the hardware which allows the processing chips to talk to the communications chips - permanently cutting off connections to non-approved airtime providers.
The Dev Team has made no promises about unlocking the latest Iphone 3GS but says that it will happen some time in the near future, saying "Please don't bug us about it. we'll release it when we have something ready."
The Dev Team has been an irritating thorn in Apple's side since the release of the very first Iphone in January 2007 and they have been cited by the Electronic Frontier Foundation as a shining example to all in their attempts to force Apple to allow more public access to the Iphone's top secret internal workings. It is estimated that at least 1.6 million devices have been jailbroken using tools provided by the team and it's little short of amazing that Apple hasn't sicced its dogs of law on the irreverent Iphone hackers.
The Cupertino company's cast iron End User licence agreements will of course mean that jailbroken Iphones are exempt from any warranty repairs. Then again, you wouldn't deliberately put diesel fuel in a petrol-engined car and then insist that the manufacturer should have to pay for the repairs, would you? µ
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Ironically, the Dev Team are the enemy of freedom.
Because of the Dev Team, Apple (cursed be Their name) can sell DRM-infested crap to people who have no intention of obeying the licensing conditions. Many of these people may be buying an iPhone *only* because they know it can be cracked.
Without the Dev Team, Apple (cursed be Their name) would succeed in Their attempt to lock down Their hardware. So nobody would buy it. So they would either (a) go bust, or (b) be forced to bring out a legitimately free version. Either way, everybody wins.
I accept that "so nobody would buy it" is a weak link in my chain of reasoning there. But I do believe this theory may explain why Apple (cursed be Their name) havent tried *too* hard to stop this.
I have not jailbroken my iphone yet. But if the lunacy Apple is serving up with the app store rules doesn't change soon (Especially the totally unfair Slingplayer fiasco when Orb does the exact same thing and is allowed on 3G) I very well may jailbreak my iphone.
I am only considering an iPhone because it can be cracked.
There is no way I would otherwise.
I'm still reluctant though because I detest iTunes of old when it used to infiltrate it's host computer and take control of many functions and file associations. Not sure if it still does, but it did years ago and I have refused to use it since.
Pour télécharger les firmware déjà jailbreakés (Custom) à installer avec iTunes (même sous Windows):
Firmware 3.1.1 pour iPod Touch première génération, jailbreaké, avec une partition de 1Go :
http://rapidshare.com/users/16YYZ8
Firmware 3.1 pour iPhone première génération, jailbreaké, activé, désimlocké, avec une partition de 768Mo :
http://rapidshare.com/users/UX7Q20
Firmware 3.1 pour iPhone 3G, jailbreaké, activé, avec une partition de 768Mo :
http://rapidshare.com/users/L5RXK2
Why bother with itunes? or with the stupid app shop?
You can use your iPhone through other tools than itunes...and you cna put apps on it after jailbreaking...
iPhool apple & they don;t care, cause they get the mula.
(Off topic, but funny and interesting.)
"... you wouldn't deliberately put diesel fuel in a petrol-engined car and then insist that the manufacturer should have to pay for the repairs, would you?"
Reminds me of a story told by a friend who used to work at a gas station...
One day an old man drove up in a Volvo Amazon and began to fuel it up. But there was something wrong... he used the diesel pump!
My friend went out to the man and told him he was using the wrong fuel. He was also offered help to empty the tank before filling it up with petrol.
The man had filled about half the tank with diesel, but refused to empty it. Instead he just topped it off with high octane petrol rather than the low octane he normally used. Then he drove off.
About two weeks later he was back, and the station crew was eager to hear what happened when he used 50% diesel. The reply was that the engine (Volvo B18, for anybody concerned) had been going a bit rough, but otherwise no problems!
So, no need for repairs just because the wrong fuel was used... :-)
Cheers
Olle
I totally agree that "the dev team" have opened up more market for apple iphones than Apple would normally have sold.
I as an example bought an iPhone only when a friend confirmed that, he unlocked and jalibroke his iphone with a software from http://www.iphoneunlockingprogram.com
With this confirmation from a friend, that is why i decided to buy one and did the same as my friend did using the same software.
I believe there are many folks out there like me.
i was using a i phone 1.1.4 version i uploaded the version 3.1 and now it is locked so just tell me what should i do to make it unlocked