iPhone 4 jailbreak app goes live

[Simon]

Jailbreakme, the iPhone utility that lets users run non-approved applications, has been released.

Developers said the new Jailbreakme 2.0 would work on all iPhones and iPod Touches running iOS4.  However, there are reports that iPhone owners are losing FaceTime and multimedia messaging services, as well as problems for iPad users.  The new utility comes a week after US regulators announced it was lawful to hack or jailbreak an iPhone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10836692

[Rik]

Tempted?

[Simon]

I've still got the 3GS, so perhaps a little experimentation might be fun.   

[Rik]

 

Watch this space.

[Simon]

It won't be soon.  I've got Chris all week without a break, so I'm not going to have time for anything much else.

[Rik]

Just a week or longer?

[Simon]

He's away on respite all of next week.  Haven't planned what I'm doing yet.

[Rik]

Sleeping?

[Simon]

Quite possibly!

[Glenn]

How long will the jailbreak app work for? It exploits an unpatched security hole in Safari, to jailbreak the phone apparently.

[Simon]

Ahh...

[pctech]

I'd expect a tweaked firmware out soon then.

[Simon]

I'm not interested in third party apps, really.  All I want is to be able to use my own message and reminder tones.

[Technical Ben]

I'm not interested in third party apps, really.  All I want is to be able to use my own message and reminder tones.

But that's obviously illegal right. To have your own recordings on a phone you paid for without paying extra for the privileged. 
Wonder how long until you can get Android onto an Iphone!

[Glenn]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/196595/how_to_install_android_on_your_iphone.html There you go 

[Rik]

Speedy service, Glenn.

[pctech]

And next week iOS on your Nokia.

[Simon]

iBerry, anyone?  

Ben, you're right.  I've bought the thing, so I should be able to do what I bloody well like with it, within the law.  The ringtones I use are all either my own creations, or freely available on the web, so there are no copyright issues.  Why shouldn't I be allowed to use them without hacking the phone and therefore voiding the warranty?

[Technical Ben]

I might like to see if you could "dual boot" the OS. As it uses flash media anyhow, perhaps partition a 16gb into two 8gb Iphones. With OS4 for texting and web browsing, and Android for the pritty animated backgrounds and ringtones. 

[Simon]

I've decided it's too much like hard work just to change the ringtones, so I'm probably not going to bother.  There's other things I don't like about it as well, like the Home screen, and those silly bubbles in the SMS app.

[D-Dan]

Ermm - why not just buy a phone that doesn't need jailbreaking? That's what I did.

Steve

[Simon]

I have.  This was an impulse buy. 

[D-Dan]

It's one of the things that baffles me about the loyalty to Apple hardware. The desire for freedom whilst actively settling for being locked down 

Steve

[Simon]

I didn't realise that basics such as message tones couldn't be changed, Steve.  That's the sort of thing you don't find out till you've bought it.

[Lance]

I've got a custom ringtone on my 3GS and I've had it on there for over a year now - I'm guessing that something has changed to stop you creating you own ringtones since?