The eagerly awaited iPhone 3GS jailbreak hack is working and finished, says its creator, the iPhone Dev Team. It could be released in the next ten minutes if the Team so desired, but it’s going to be kept under wraps for the time being so that it’s harder for Apple to circumvent it.
It sounds cruel, but the iPhone Dev Team has a sound reason for not jumping the gun. “We can jailbreak the 3GS right now,” it reveals, but “once the jailbreak is out, Apple will fix the iBoot-family bug we use to accomplish it. If you bought your phone after Apple has done this, there’s nothing you can do…the jailbreak isn’t going to work for you.”
This relies on Apple updating the iPhone OS 3.0 software in the near future, which is quite likely once the various bugs are identified. Apple also needs to fix the previous Ultrasn0w exploit too, ironically. The iPhone Dev Team admits that Apple could still find out how to prevent the unreleased iPhone 3GS hack by itself, but doesn’t want to hand it over on a silver platter.
So you’ll have to stay patient in the meantime, and once iPhone OS 3.0.1 is launched, the iPhone 3GS will be hacked open like a ripe watermelon.
Out TBA | £Free | Apple (via The iPhone Dev Team)
I fail to see why I would want to do this to my beloved iPhone in the first place!
its a lot of money to pay out then go and jailbreak it just to get free apps,
I hear the new iphone 3Gs can now be used as a portable BBQ
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/overheating-iphones/
is there anything the iphone 3Gs can’t do?