No JailbreakMe for iOS 4.0.2 & iOS 3.2.2 From iPhone Dev Team [Official]
Bad news for those of you who were looking for a jailbreak from iPhone Dev Team for iOS 4.0.2 or iOS 3.2.2, because iPhone Dev Team has officially announced on their blog that they won’t be releasing a jailbreak for devices running iOS 4.0.2 or iOS 3.2.2. iPhone Dev Team supported their statement by saying that Apple has released these firmware updates just to patch PDF exploit, and releasing a jailbreak for such small updates will only benefit Apple. On the other hand, iPhone Dev Team indirectly mentioned that they will work on a jailbreak for iOS 4.1.
Here are the official words from iPhone Dev Team:
Jailbreakme v2.0 was a great success, and it’s provided a nice leveling point for all jailbreakers and unlockers on all devices at firmware versions less than 4.0.2/3.2.2. We hope that everybody ever interested in jailbreaks or unlocks was able to join in on the jailbreakme bonanza. Those of you who had Cydia capture your SHSH blobs, or those of you who captured them locally, will always be able to benefit from the jailbreakme.com v2.0 release. Congratulations!
Now it’s a few weeks later, and Apple has closed the jailbreakme.com hole. They’re shipping devices with FW 4.0.2/3.2.2, impervious to this particular jailbreak. So now, people will begin to ask: will there be a jailbreak for devices that shipped with 4.0.2/3.2.2, out of the box?
No, there won’t be. FW 4.0.2/3.2.2 was *only* released to fix the jailbreakme hole. With FW 4.1 still in its beta stages, it makes no sense to escalate the “cat & mouse” with Apple for FW updates that only fix the jailbreak holes. To quote WOPR, “the only winning move is not to play”.
If the cat & mouse game escalates too quickly, especially during beta FW periods, nobody but Apple benefits. For this reason, there won’t be a 4.0.2/3.2.2 jailbreak specifically during the period where 4.0.2/3.2.2 is the latest public release. At best, some future 4.1x FW jailbreak *may* be compatible with 4.0.2/3.2.2 (but don’t count on that).
If any of this is confusing, please ask below in our comments section!
P.S.: For those of you with iPhone3G or iPod Touch 2G(not MC version), it’s true you can always use redsn0w to jailbreak your 4.x devices. Don’t let that dilute the above message, though
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