iPhone 4 jailbreak detection which had slipped into the iOS API earlier this year has been quietly shelled. Code diggers say the decision seems odd but there are other methods open to Apple if it really wants to know whether you’ve been playing fast and loose with your iPhone 4, iPod touch or iPad. However, Apple abandoning the iPhone 4 jailbreak detection does make us wonder – has it realised this is a fight not worth having?
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The iPhone jailbreak 4 is legal in the US but that hasn’t stopped Apple from investigating new ways to stop users from cracking open iOS. The latest weapon in its anti-jailbreaking arsenal appeared over the weekend, a patent proposed as a way to protect iPhone owners from thieves and other ne’er-do-wells. But conveniently for Apple, it could also be an iPhone jailbreak killer…
The iPhone 4 jailbreak fix that Apple promised has arrived with the iOS 4.0.2. The firmware bump focuses entirely on plastering over the bugs exploited by the iPhone 4 jailbreak creators, so if you jumped on the jailbreak and unlocking bandwagon you’d best leave well alone. Read on for Apple’s explanation and what iPhone 4 jailbreak makers have to say about the iOS 4.0.2 update…
If you grabbed the iPhone 4 jailbreak and the ultrasn0w unlock, have you spotted a sudden decrease in your iPhone 4 battery life? Forums are filling up with tales that the combination of the two is seriously sapping battery life. Read on for details and news on what the coders have to say about it…
The iPhone 4 jailbreak uses a pair of security flaws in iOS and Apple has finally slung out a statement to confirm that it knows about them and is getting set to plug the holes. That’s good news if you’re worried about the threat to your iPhone from malicious code popped into PDFs but it’ll also mean the brains behind the iPhone 4 jailbreak will have to think again…
The iPhone 4 jailbreak finally allows you to make FaceTime 3G calls. But while fooling your iPhone 4 into thinking your 3G connection is a Wi-Fi hotspot is simple, you might want to think twice before you start video chatting yourself into a frenzy. FaceTime 3G calls chew through data faster than an emotionally unstable fat man presented with a pile of pies and a picture of his cheating wife. Read on for how to get FaceTime 3G calls on your jailbroken iPhone 4 and why you might not want to…
Yesterday’s iPhone 4 jailbreak celebrations didn’t take into account just how the Jailbreakme website manages to crack open the iPhone 4 and other iOS-packing devices. Comex publicly pondered how long it would take to uncover the bug he used to make the iPhone 4 jailbreak work. Turns out it was just a day and the iPhone 4 jailbreak uses a Safari PDF security flaw which affects every iPhone…
The iPhone 4 jailbreak has finally arrived through a Safari browser exploit that Jailbreakme.com takes advantage of. But don’t expect that chink in Apple’s armour to be around for long. Comex, the main brains behind the iPhone 4 jailbreak, has already predicted that Apple will be working hard to plug the hole…