One of the developers, of the application which can jailbreak beta firmware 3.1 version 3 called iH8sn0w, discovered that the expiration date is September 18th. This means Apple is either going to release a new beta version or launch the official 3.1 firmware.
Apple finally responded to SMS security vulnerability. The news of the vulnerability quickly spreaded all around the world several days ago and was disclosed at Thursday’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. Reuters said hackers need no more then two weeks to build the software that can exploit this matter. And Apple now came with an answer. iPhone firmware 3.0.1 should close the leak. » SMS Security Vulnerability Secured With iPhone 3.0.1
Yesterday developers got access to the new iPhone OS 3.1 beta firmware. Today the previous beta firmware version expires, so it comes to no surprise Apple released the next version. Only developers with a payed developeraccount can download the new firmware. With this the official release date comes closer. The worldwide release of iPhone OS 3.1 is rumored to take place in September, the same month Apple will probably introduce new iPods and a much rumored Mac Tablet.
Today Apple released the iPhone Firmware 3.1 Beta for developers. The iPhone SDK 3.1 is also ready to be downloaded from the iPhone Dev Center. It said so in the e-mail send to developers. » iPhone Firmware 3.1 Beta And SDK
Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 Beta pre-installation advisory document states that once you’ve updated a device it will be in a locked stateĀ with no way of going back to an earlier firmware. Well Ralf Rottmann has tried after restoring Beta 3.0 to downgrade his 2G iPhone back to 2.0.
Check out after the break how he did it.
» Downgrading & unlocking iPhone OS 3.0 is possible!
Only 1 day after the presentation of Apple, The iPhone Dev Team confirmed that you can jailbreak Firmware 3.0. However, those using 3G yellowsn0w are facing some restraints, as their baseband will be modified, the team advises these users to wait for PwnageTool to create a custom IPSW that avoids the baseband update. Read the full article after the break.
» Dev Team: Jailbreak Firmware 3.0 is possible
The guys of engadget published a little video were they are demonstrating the features of the latest iPhone Firmware 3.0. Hit the break to see the video.
» iPhone OS 3.0 walkthrough
