Comments on: Latest iPhone update jailbroken before it hits the ground

Latest software update, timed to arrive with the European launches, has already been hacked to allow owners to install third-party applications.

[thedreaming]

Poor Apple

They make money out of every iphone that runs with at&t service, but so many people are buying unlocked phones and keeping them unlocked.

[Lee in San Diego]

They make no money from

It is even sadder when you take into account that Apple makes no
money at all from the sale of the iPhone. All the income comes
from the deal with AT&T /snark

So how many people are "so many people" unlocking their iPhone?

[technewsjunkie]

The CARRIERS should open up...

...and let us use our cell phones on any carrier without co$tly penalties.

I can use my computer with any ISP. Why not my cell phone on any carrier?

[timber2005]

Diffrent Technologies

There was a previous article were someone spelled out why you just can't walk across carriers. I think it was the Sprint Unlocking Their Phones Due to California Settlement story.

Anyway, since I don't remember the terms (other than one uses a SIM card, and the other does not), I'll call it Technology A, and Technology B.

Tech A uses Sim
Tech B uses no sim.

Tech A is used by AT&T (and T-Mobile if I recall)
Tech B is used by Sprint (and Verizon)

If you have these phones, and you want to go from AT&T to T-Mobile, its easier as you unlock, and change sims as we've seen with the iPhone. But to go from Sprint (whose phones have NO sim slot even), to T-Mobile, you need a phone with a sim slot.

Thats it in a nutshell. We'd have to merge the technologies, or let one dominate.

[smokeonit]

150000 sold to resellers that hacked it...

since 150k went to the EU for illegit resellers no wonder the lines
were not as long, LOL...

[J.G.]

New iPhones not hacked

What actually happened is the hackers downgraded version
1.1.2 to earlier versions. They have not made it possible to
'jailbreak' the European iPhones while they are using their native
software. Erica Sadun is a self-promoter who cannot be relied
on as a source. C/NET will be publishing more misinformation if
it continues to rely on her.

[Tom Krazit]

Not exactly

You're right that they did have to downgrade to 1.1.1 to make it work, but the process still involves upgrading back to 1.1.2.

The steps she described: Downgrade to 1.1.1, install the OktoPrep software, upgrade back to 1.1.2, and run the jailbreaking code. You'll then be able to put third-party apps on a 1.1.2 iPhone, and they must have figured out something about the 1.1.2 code in order to let that happen.

[cary1]

does it make a difference?

1.1.2 doesn't give any advantage to users. So if I have a phone with 1.1.1 firmware, I don't have any reason to upgrade it to 1.1.2

God bless the hackers ;)

[baxxy]

Should i buy ot wait?

Hi there, i'm from the UK but in the states for the next 8 days.
My plan was to pick up an iphone here for a cheaper price, unlock and use my t-mobile sim back in the uk.

Bad timing with this new update launch, do i think i should hold off buying now or go ahead?

In the worse case, is it relatively easy to downgrade to 1.1.1?

Cheers all

[cary1]

buy it..

if you buy it right now, chances are that the phones in stock have firmware 1.1.1 on them (since 1.1.2 came out only couple of days ago)

You can go to this website: http://iphone.unlock.no/ and follow few easy steps to unlock it