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October 14th, 2009

Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS

Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 8:36 am

Categories: Jailbreak, iPhone, iPhone 3GS

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Barely three days have passed since Geohot released the fabled Blackra1n jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS (which is now available for the Mac, pictured) and Apple has already issued a smackdown to the iPhone Dev Team.

Apple is attempting to stop the jailbreak in its tracks by shipping new iPhones with an updated bootrom (iBoot-359.3.2) that is resistant to the 24kpwn exploit used by the Dev-Team and others to jailbreak the iPhone. BGR notes that the DevTeam has confirmed that Apple’s new bootrom update makes new iPhone’s “impossible” to JB – for now.

Jason D. O'GradyJason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.

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^What he said
In other headlines today, Microsoft has removed 600,000 customers
from their xbox live service for violating its terms of service by modifing
the console. A console which the consumer bought.
Companies defend there products. All companies.... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Tigertank Posted on: 11/11/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
ha  xicanonaztlanca | 10/14/09
In The Words of Jay-Z  bharris322 | 10/14/09
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  Geedavey | 10/14/09
US Army Bomb Disposal  GuidingLight | 10/14/09
Guess I won't be buying an iPhone after all  roncemer | 10/14/09
Tethering Isn't Disabled  itanalyst2@... | 10/14/09
How?  edy_z | 10/14/09
RE: Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS  Ceridan | 10/14/09
Ya gotta love the spin on this article.  frgough | 10/14/09
I'm curious...  James T. Kirk | 10/14/09
I hate to say it but...  Real World | 10/14/09
spin to the left, spin to the right...  Ceridan | 10/14/09
Jailbreaking not a security issue  macadam | 10/15/09
How do you know it's a spin?  athynz | 10/15/09
The "Lock" will only "protect" contented sheep!  kd5auq | 10/14/09
So, anyone who doesn't want  T25 | 10/14/09
It is true! It is impossible to jailbreak  GuidingLight | 10/14/09
Apple against the World... same as Microsoft Vista LOL  toaosv | 10/14/09
If you pay $700  macadam | 10/15/09
^What he said  Tigertank | 11/11/09
jailbreaking vista  mikeismith | 10/17/09
wah  tentaclejoe@... | 10/14/09
Yes and No...  Wolfie2K3 | 10/14/09
not necessarily  steeleblue_cactus | 10/15/09
RE: Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS  Franco De Besta | 11/11/09
Who honestly thought Apple wasn't going to do this?  Tigertank | 11/11/09

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