iPhone/iPod touch 1.1.2 jailbreak confirmed

A new 'jailbreak' for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices was confirmed today after a screenshot surfaced depicting a jailbroken iPod touch. Despite Apple's v1.1.2 firmware update for its multitouch-enabled devices, which the company released yesterday, hackers have already managed to 'jailbreak' the devices and obtain read/write access to the filesystem. 'Jailbreaking' the iPhone and iPod touch paves the way for installing third-party applications. iPhone owners who jailbreak their handsets can proceed to 'unlock' the devices, removing Apple's requirement to use AT&T as the exclusive wireless carrier.

According to TUAW, successfully jailbreaking Apple's v1.1.2 firmware update requires preparing a system in v1.1.1 before upgrading. The tester who confirmed the jailbreak used an application called iPhuc to bring the iPhone into recovery mode and install the necessary firmware. Using iTunes the iPhone was restored to v1.1.1, after which a single package was installed before upgrading to v1.1.2 and finally jailbreaking the phone using the new unreleased software.

[Photos courtesy of TUAW]

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jarod

11/09, 1:34pm, EST

Now there's a cheerful piece of information!

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Tins

jailbreak???

11/09, 3:29pm, EST

When did we start using the word jailbreak instead of hack? Sounds like a stupid marketing ploy to me.

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Great News

11/10, 9:24am, EST

This is great because it will hopefully get Apple to get serious about security and locking their software down. For every lock there is a key, but damn they need to create better locks. Luckily they wont though because as soon as apple brings something out to lock my iphone, out comes the hack to snap it open!

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