iPhone Dev Team announces initial iPhone v1.1.1 jailbreak hack

Oct 08

iPhone Dev Team announces initial iPhone v1.1.1 jailbreak hack

iPhone v1.1.1 update jailbreak hack preliminaries

That’s right, the iPhone v1.1.1 isn’t as secure as we once thought - you know, a whole week ago. With the iPhone v1.1.1 update having killed all our favorite third-party updates in return for the WiFi iTunes Music Store and a louder speaker volume, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the iPhone developer community’s response to the newly locked-down firmware. But we never thought that the iPhone Dev Team would have a preliminary v1.1.1 jailbreak hack already in the works.The iPhone Dev Team has announced that they’ve made the initial steps into a truly workable iPhone v1.1.1 jailbreak hack. As it stands, the iPhone Dev Team’s v1.1.1 jailbreak method reveals that :

Third party applications may still be viable with a little recoding for the new frameworks.
Springboard no longer recognizes DisplayOrder.plist. The order of Apple’s OEM iPhone apps cannot be changed anymore - they are hard-coded into Springboard.
The iPhone can been activated via third-party workarounds.
The 1.1.1 binaries barely work with 1.0.2. WiFi iTunes Music Store might work on v1.0.2 with some hacking.
The Mobile Terminal App works on 1.1.1.
Command line works.
The v1.1.1 firmware references both com.apple.mobile.radio and com.apple.mobile.nike.

But, the v1.1.1 jailbreak is still in its infancy and the iPhone Dev Team still needs more time to produce a working commercial solution. Those of you hesitant to take the plunge to v1.1.1 and give up all those third-party apps might have a good reason to apply the update in the near future. At least a better reason than the WiFi iTunes Music Store.

[Via: TUAW]

—
Related Articles at IntoMobile: