iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Software Update: Jailbreak Successful But Delayed
The much awaited jailbreak software for iPhone 3GS has been developed but the Dev team isn’t going to release it for a while citing reasons like the upcoming 3.0.1 software update which is inevitable to fix the bugs in Apple OS 3.0, they are also worried about the iBoot exploit being fixed by Apple once they release their jailbreak. So for a while they are not going to release the Jailbreaking solution for iPhone 3GS, it might become available once the 3.0.1 software update becomes available.
From Dev team blog:
Apple is surely coming out with a 3.0.1 firmware release shortly. They need to fix ultrasn0w. They need to fix some UI issues. 3.0 is buggy and 3.0.1 is coming. We’re going to wait and see what 3.0.1 brings before figuring out the release date for our version of the jailbreak.
The nature of the 3GS hardware allows Apple to stop IPSWs from being usable unless you’ve already gotten the signed chunks they send to you based on your ECID (a unique chip ID). You cannot get these signed chunks without knowing your ECID, and you don’t know your ECID until you’ve bought your 3GS.
Here’s the critical point, the reason why we’re delaying our version of the jailbreak: Once the jailbreak is out, Apple will fix the iBoot-family bug we use to accomplish it. They will simply stop signing the old iBoots and only sign the fixed ones. If you bought your phone after Apple has done this, there’s nothing you can do…the jailbreak isn’t going to work for you.
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I lost my old iPhone 3g and went out today and bought the 3gs, will they fix the new iboot software? It automatically came with the 3.1 firmware so I kno I have no luck downgrading now. Im a patient person but does any one have an eta?