New Firmware Beta Seeded To Developers, Hacked

Edward Kirk · March 29th, 2008, 02:16 PM

It looks like Apple might have a harder time patching the iPhone to block out hackers than previously suspected. iPhone Dev Team recently reported that a new version of the iPhone fimrware beta has recently been seeded to developers. They also said that, not even a full 24 hours after the release, they have yet again successfully 'pwned' the firmware build, unlocking it and enabling 3rd party apps. (Images after the break.)

According to the Dev Team, "Apple will not really be able to patch it this time."

They posted the following images of the springboard and 'About' screens as evidence, which show the device running firmware version "2.0 (5A225c)" and unlocked running on the network "o2 - de".

click to view:

[via Gizmodo]

Michael Johnston · March 29th, 2008, 03:03 PM #2

Sheesh. Hopefully Apple takes the "iTunes approach" to this problem and makes official development extremely easy. Obviously it seems that way and I'm not sure many people will be into hacking their iPhone once sanctioned apps come out.

slipstream · March 29th, 2008, 04:14 PM #3

as long as we can unlock our phones that probably the most important thing for those of us outside the states who's country has no official iphone provider.. certainly looks nice and positive though doesn't it.

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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 Firmware Beta Seeded To Developers, Hacked - March 29th, 2008, 02:16 PM #1
	It looks like Apple might have a harder time patching the iPhone to block out hackers than previously suspected. iPhone Dev Team recently reported that a new version of the iPhone fimrware beta has recently been seeded to developers. They also said that, not even a full 24 hours after the release, they have yet again successfully 'pwned' the firmware build, unlocking it and enabling 3rd party apps. (Images after the break.) According to the Dev Team, "Apple will not really be able to patch it this time." They posted the following images of the springboard and 'About' screens as evidence, which show the device running firmware version "2.0 (5A225c)" and unlocked running on the network "o2 - de". click to view: [via Gizmodo] __________________ 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

Michael Johnston This is my fricken site, durrrr Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 2,691 Thanks: 11 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	March 29th, 2008, 03:03 PM #2
	Sheesh. Hopefully Apple takes the "iTunes approach" to this problem and makes official development extremely easy. Obviously it seems that way and I'm not sure many people will be into hacking their iPhone once sanctioned apps come out. __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: White 32GB iPhone 3GS iPhone Version: Whatever the latest is because I'm crazy like that. Computer & OS: 15" Unibody MacBook Pro + OS X Leopard 10.5 AIM: iPhoneAlley twitter: MichaelJohnston

slipstream iPA Regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	March 29th, 2008, 04:14 PM #3
	as long as we can unlock our phones that probably the most important thing for those of us outside the states who's country has no official iphone provider.. certainly looks nice and positive though doesn't it.