iPhone jailbreak for the masses released
Third-party applications for the iPhone won't be released until early next year, but there's an easy-to-install new jailbreaking application out this week if you can't wait.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog, source of much of the details behind The Great iPhone Hack 2007, brings news of the release of the AppSnapp installer, which bypasses Apple's OS X 1.1.1 update in order to let iPhone and iPod Touch users put third-party applications on their devices. This appears to be one of the simplest jailbreak applications yet released for the 1.1.1 update; the others involved lots of complicated steps or additional scripts to open up the iPhone.
A new iPhone jailbreaking application has been released that's relatively simple to install.
(Credit: CNET Networks)The iPhone hacking saga lost a little steam last month when Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company would release a software developer's kit for the iPhone in February of next year. Uncertainty around Apple's plans for third-party applications on the iPhone spurred numerous projects to open up the iPhone, which also allows iPhone users to unlock their phones from AT&T's network.
In fact, the AppSnapp folks claim their software activates iPhones that have another carrier's SIM card installed. Last week, Apple estimated that 250,000 iPhones were purchased with the intention of unlocking them from AT&T's network. The company struck back in early September with the 1.1.1 update, and was able to make unlocking really difficult as well as deter future unlocking attempts by "bricking" unlocked iPhones that installed the software update.
With four months between now and the expected release of the SDK, it's very likely that Apple will have at least one more software update for the iPhone that could very well wipe out these jailbreaking efforts, and perhaps once again brick the phones. If you go ahead and install AppSnapp, understand that you probably won't be able to get service for your iPhone if you walk into the store with AppSnapp installed and a problem for the Geniuses. You might be able to do a factory restore to get AppSnapp off the phone and just install it after you're done with the service, but be forewarned.
Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip companies such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and mobile computers ranging from Research In Motion's to Palm's. E-mail Tom.
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hack the phone also patches the exact same exploit it uses,
rendering the possibility that the TIFF exploit can be used as
being nil. (I may be wrong in regards to the mention of the
patch, since I skimmed this, having read it elsewhere.)
Its also worth noting, that the patch is available separately from
the installer.app, for those of us who used the older, longer
methods.
Has anyone confirmed that this can be done?
I wouldn't do any hacks to my phone until I knew I could restore it to factory defaults if I wanted to.
partition. Looking at the iPod Touch, it has a 300MB partition for
the system volume, I suspect the phone is the same. When you
do a software update/restore, it essentially overwrites this
partition with the OS - I've recovered some of my work-mates
iPods thanks to this (Mostly because they installed an
Application that forced OS X into a never ending crash/reboot
loop. Just power the unit off, then hold down both the sleep
button and the home button when you power it up, it will force
it into restore mode..
Not a clue how this bears on the sim unlock however.
Gadgets are just that, gadgets and it does not matter who makes them I hate Apple and won't use them and instead use Microsoft and other products it's what works for me, however I do find it really strange that a company that gets so much loyatity treats it's customers so bad and still the customers legitimise Apples behavior as being ok. These people love Apple yet Apple see them as a threat, its sounds arrogant to me.
oh and by the way The Iphone does not run on gas.
Oh and just because I have voiced a belief that does not agree with Apple or its followers it does not mean that I am wrong accept of course if I am.
unlocked. The national carriers that support GSM are AT&T, and T-
Mobile. There may also be regional or local GSM carriers in your
area. If you are in europe, any of the european carriers should
work. youtube and visual voicemail will not easily work when the
phone is unlocked.