New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof, But Needs Tether To Boot

Edward Kirk · October 15th, 2009, 05:27 PM

Good news, everyone! Yesterday, the unfortunate news broke that Apple was now shipping iPhone 3GSs with a modified boot ROM that would make the devices impervious to the Dev Team's jailbreak exploit, 24kpwn. Amazingly, this has already been cracked, and one of the new devices has been successfully jailbroken.

There is a slight catch, however. In order to boot the device once it's been jailbroken, it must be tethered to your computer. It's inconvenient (especially given OS 3.1's crashy nature) but it still works.
Also, keep in mind that the most recent iPod touch suffered from a similar problem, but was fixed a few weeks later. Hopefully the hackers will get a better solution working soon.
[via Wired]

iPhone4idiots · October 15th, 2009, 05:47 PM #2

Please, anybody that thinks Apple is gonna make a jailbreak proof iPhone is crazy. GeoHot or the Dev Team will find a new jailbreak way before Apple comes out with 4th generation iPhone in the summer.

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Edward Kirk WrAdminterizer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 3,084 Thanks: 19 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof, But Needs Tether To Boot - October 15th, 2009, 05:27 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> Good news, everyone! Yesterday, the unfortunate news broke that Apple was now shipping iPhone 3GSs with a modified boot ROM that would make the devices impervious to the Dev Team's jailbreak exploit, 24kpwn. Amazingly, this has already been cracked, and one of the new devices has been successfully jailbroken. There is a slight catch, however. In order to boot the device once it's been jailbroken, it must be tethered to your computer. It's inconvenient (especially given OS 3.1's crashy nature) but it still works. Also, keep in mind that the most recent iPod touch suffered from a similar problem, but was fixed a few weeks later. Hopefully the hackers will get a better solution working soon. [via Wired] __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: iPhone 3G 16GB White iPhone Version: 3.0 Computer & OS: MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X 10.5.4 Twitter

iPhone4idiots Forum Lurker Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	October 15th, 2009, 05:47 PM #2
	Please, anybody that thinks Apple is gonna make a jailbreak proof iPhone is crazy. GeoHot or the Dev Team will find a new jailbreak way before Apple comes out with 4th generation iPhone in the summer. __________________ iPhone 3G jailbroken with Qckpwn, re-jailbroken with redsnow on 3.0 and PwnageTool on 3.1.2