It seems the iPhone 4 jailbreak standoff we talked about earlier in the week could cut both ways. Reports are popping up that Apple Store employees have been told customers the iOS 4 update promised in the wake of the iPhone 4 signal controversy is being delayed to patch holes that might be used in an iPhone 4 jailbreak.

Previous iOS updates have been used to block iPhone jailbreak exploits. Planetbeing, the brains behind Linux on iPhone, reported in a tweet earlier this week that Apple had added code in iOS 4 specifically to deal with known unlocking methods: “Apple added an anti-blacksn0w trick this time around…”

Twitter is also the source of reports that Apple may be delaying the iOS 4.1 update to add extra measures to combat the iPhone 4 jailbreak. A tweet from @MaxdMerc says an Apple employee at its oh-so-glamorous Lakeside store told him that was why the update has yet to emerge. Others have received the same advice.

There’s also speculation that Apple is holding fire in the hope that the iPhone 4 jailbreak will be released before the iOS 4.1 update giving it the opportunity to counteract the coders efforts. With the folks beavering away on the iPhone 4 jailbreak waiting for Apple’s next move, we could have a Mexican standoff on our hands.

Of course, there’s every chance that the rumours of Apple keeping the iOS 4.1 update under wraps in the hope of heading off the iPhone 4 jailbreak are just idle chit chat. Apple can slip out a OS update whenever it chooses and often does.

Let us know: are you planning on using the iPhone 4 jailbreak when it arrives? Are you impatiently waiting for Apple to release the iOS 4.1 update?

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  • ste

    Jailbreak is the best invention ever, giving us customers the freedom to use our (expensive) devices however we choose

  • McCartney's boy

    Yup, impatiently (but forced to be patient as well), waiting for the IOS 4.1 update so us jailbreakers can JB our iPhones

  • Raoul Moat

    And if you believe that…………..
    The vast majority of iPhone owners don't Jailbreak them.
    Come on Apple it's clear you're just buying time.

  • Mchow17

    I rather get the jailbreak… I have a case on my iPhone so I have no signal problems… If there are other issues people are experiencing I won't know, other than losing calls after palming the phone I'm happy with my iPhone 4

  • jman

    waiting for jailbreak?…ummm yes who isnt??

  • Martinlyczewski

    I cant wait for the jail break to be released so i can tether to my ipad without being on the hook for a data plan

  • Cesar

    @Raoul Moat: You are right, apple its just buying time, but we can only wait.
    I wonder if they will fix the yellow pictures on low light condition for the iphone 4.

  • Tecboy2001

    ya know apple has made thier monie. they might as well leave us alone just let us have our jailbreak. there is so many people that want to use, it it might even boost thier sales with people knowing that they can un lock it and or jailbreak it to customise howevr u want to.

  • Geohot

    We're not waiting for iOS4.1 to jailbreak.

    Apple has plugged holes that we are working on unplugging.

    -Geohot

  • Dfdsg

    I'm def waiting for Jailbreak.

  • Runduh

    Hello
    Thank you for working on jailbreak!!!!
    I do not see any problem with antenna reception and I do not really care. Please release Jailbreak and I never will upgrade apple firmware. Jailbreak provide freedom but Apple put back in jail. I waiting for jailbreak every day……!!!!!

  • Zerocool

    Yes I will jailbreak for sure :) and I think that Apple will loose this standoff. Our hackers are not going to release this until the update comes out. Truth is the hackers made a public comment saying they will wait. And apple made a comment and promise to release update to MANY unhappy customers. With all the class action lawsuits they have against them, they can not be playing around waiting for a jailbreak. They need to do everything in there power to convince the court that they have nothing but the cunsumer in mind so they can to ensure they do not have to supply 2 million people with bumpers FREE :P

  • Munch.

    Apple needs to stop being greedy. We spend hundreds of dollars on their items, and we should be able to use them however we please. Apple.. those shiesty mofos need to release 4.1 so i can play pokemon on gb4iphone :(

  • BL41N3Y

    Waiting patiently, running 2 contracts until the jailbreak and carrier unlock is released.

  • http://twitter.com/Sp1kestrip Spike DeClue

    If the people in the hundreds of Apple Stores knew this kind of thing, we wouldn't have to wait for a baseband engineer to lose a prototype in a bar. Managers, Specialists, Creatives, Geniuses, and everyone else in the Apple Store are far too low on the totem pole to be told this kind of critical information. The retail employees know nothing. Some of them like to make it seem like they do, but most likely it is speculation. I can assure you, retail employees are not at the bottom of the food chain, they are not a part of it. Apple may be fixing things, but unless one of the Dev Team leaked their jailbreak directly to Apple, there is no way they would know how to patch it. Think, people.

  • Bob

    I skipped the 3GS and went to the 4 from my jailbroken 3. The jailbreak/cydia video recorder is so much better! It can run when the phone is off or running other apps. The Backgrounder multitasking is also much better.

    Really looking forward to the jailbreak, but I don't want to have to start over when apple releases their bug fixes either so I can wait…

  • qrisjin

    Can't wait for jailbreak! Apple boasts about the “freedom” the iPhone gives yet stifles innovation with their death grip of control. How wildly popular would a device be if it truly allowed the most freedom, only limited by the user's inspiration? Unstoppable. Apple open your eyes!

  • Zerocool

    I intend to jailbreak and I think that anyone that intends to jailbreak their phone should NOT update to 4.1 or 4.0.1 until it is confirmed that the hole they found has NOT been patched by apple in the newest update. If it were patched you could jailbreak on 4.0 and wait until a new exploit is discovered.

    I have a bumper so reception is not an issue anymore for me I would rather have the jailbreak :)

  • Nater

    No doubt I'll jailbreak. My previous iPhone was jailbroken, and I hate that I can't do as much right now as I could with my 3G. The wait will be worth it!

  • http://www.daddyville.posterous.com/ S. Casey

    I am eagerly awaiting the update to iOS 4 in the hopes that it will remedy the super slow functioning of my iPhone 3G on iOS 4. I love the features of iOS 4 and have not experienced ALL the difficulties that some other 3G owners have, but of all the downsides I think the overall speed performance of the device is one of those things that is going to stand out for most users seeing as how they are accustomed to overall faster device functionality. I have my fingers crossed that I will not have to downgrade to 3.1.3. Even if Apple removes some key features from iOS 4 FOR 3G I will be happy if it restores the overall speed of the device. I'm not sure that this will be the end result for 3G owners, but one can hope.
    I talked to Apple recently about this very 'speed issue' with the 3G running iOS 4 and they said that there was no way to go back to 3.1.3. Translation: they would not downgrade it for me; I would be doing that on my own. There is a 'way' to do that, but I guess it's not Apple approved. I don't know why. Can anyone enlighten me on why this is, all sarcasm aside please? Thanks.

  • nastymouth

    i have not one signal problem i just want my phone to be how it used to be

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