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New iPhone 3GS bootrom not jailbreak-proof -- with a catch


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Published Oct. 19, 2009 at 4:45 a.m.
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A member of Dev-Team, which works on ways to jailbreak Apple's iPhone, says reports that the iPhone 3GS is "jailbreak-proof" are not accurate ...

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Apple's Jailbreak-Proof iPhone 3GS Units Totally Aren't [Jailbreak]


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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 1:51 p.m.
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iPhone 3GSes now ship with a chained-down boot ROM, intended to thwart jailbreakers at a fundamental level. It's already been cracked. But for what it's worth (seriously, what?), it has made life outside the App Store a little less convenient ... It turns out the new boot ROM doesn't totally prevent the 24kpwn exploit employed by the Dev Team hackers. [See update below] The result? You can still jailbreak your late-model 3GS, but the device needs to be tethered to your computer in order to

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False Alarm: New iPhone 3GS Not Jailbreak-Proof


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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 1:05 p.m.
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Several publications reported Wednesday that Apple's latest batch of iPhone 3GS units includes firmware making the device immune to jailbreaks (i.e., hacking). But iPhone hackers say that's not the case ...

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PhoneView gives you an inside look at your iPhone data


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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 11:30 a.m.
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Some time ago, I looked around for a way to access my iPhone to use it as a portable hard drive, almost like a generic USB device, for copying files back and forth between computers. I decided on PhoneView. At the time I didn't even care too much about the other features it offered. As time has passed, I've liked it even better and better ... The application has been polished with each release and now includes a very substantial feature list. In no particular order, here is what the

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Recent iPhone 3GS shipments block jailbreaking, jailbreakers still in business


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Published Oct. 14, 2009 at 2:42 p.m.
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Well, if you can't beat 'em, then just keep 'em busy. That seems to be the thinking at Apple these days at least, which has ratcheted up its fight with the iPhone jailbreaking community once again by updating the bootrom on iPhone 3GS units that started shipping in the past week. That was apparently first discovered by Mathieulh and later verified by iPhone Dev Team member "Muscle Nerd," who confirmed that the update (iBoot-359.3.2) renders the iPhone 3GS "impossible" to jailbreak for the time

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Report: New iPhone 3GS may be jailbreak-proof


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Published Oct. 14, 2009 at 10:56 a.m.
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The cat-and-mouse game between Apple and a cadre of hackers continues as Apple is reportedly now shipping iPhone 3GS units that are jailbreak-proof ...

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Dev Team Cracks iPhone 3.1.2, Jailbreaks Even Previously Unbroken iPhones [Jailbreak]


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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 10:32 p.m.
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The Dev Team has struck again, negating the security work of the iPhone 3.1.2 update. Looks like it'll work even if you've never jailbroken your phone before (though soon-to-be-released hardware may not?). Pwnage can be attained here. [ Thanks, SE! ] ...

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Apple's Shipping Jailbreak Resistant iPhone 3GS Units [IPhone]


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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 10:20 p.m.
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Maybe that downtime earlier is a result of bad karma for Apple's decision to start shipping iPhone 3GS units with a supposedly jailbreak-resistant bootrom. How long until the dev-team works around the immunity to their exploit? [iClarified via BGR] ...

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Apple shipping iPhone 3GS’ resistant to jailbreaking?


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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 6:28 p.m.

To be perfectly honest we’re surprised it took this long. Reports are surfacing that Apple is now shipping a new bootrom with the iPhone 3GS that is resistant to the 24kpwn exploit used by the Dev-Team and others to jailbreak the iPhone. DevTeam member MuscleNerd confirms that the bootrom update, dubbed iBoot-359.3.2, would make jailbreaking [ ... ] ...

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Blackra1n jailbreak now available for iPhone OS 3.1.2, iPod touch 3G


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Published Oct. 11, 2009 at 4:01 p.m.
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Wow, judging by our tips jar we'd say you're all pretty darn excited about Geohot's Blackra1n jailbreak, which lets you open up iPhone OS 3.1.2 devices including the iPod touch 3G and new iPhone 3GSs -- but you can't unlock yet, so don't get any big ideas about switching carriers. Windows-only at the moment, but with this level of enthusiasm out there we can't imagine a Mac version is far behind ... [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] ... Blackra1n jailbreak now available for iPhone OS 3.1.2,

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