With every iPhone update that Apple releases they try to find ways to crush advancements that the iPhone Dev Team are making. We expect firmware 2.2 will have a few different tweaks to prevent jailbreaking, what we didn’t expect was that the new MacBooks would be the next wave of defense.
People over at Howard Forums are complaining that they are unable to jailbreak their iPhone using the Pwnage Tool on newly purchased MacBooks. The new MacBooks do not recognize iPhones that are placed in recovery mode (DFU Mode), a vital step in the jailbreaking process. It seems the creation of the modified firmware is where Apple has decided to put an end to it. This is going to create problems because users who are not trying to jailbreak their phones can not restore their iPhone anymore.
It seems the way Apple has stopped progress is in a small software modification as not much else has changed. It looks like the culprit in this case just may be the new build of iTunes. As with all the attempts that Apple makes to stop people from jailbreaking their phones, it is only a matter of time before the iPhone Dev Team finds a way around it.
[Via Engadget and HowardForums]
looks like your gunna have to use older mac or older itunes?
The sources links [Via Engadget and HowardForums] should be [Via Gizmodo and HowardForums] coz the word Engadget is linked to Gizmodo
The new macbooks/macbook pro’s come with a newer version of iTunes 8.0.1 (12) versus the current public issue of iTunes via software update 8.0.1 (11).
by their very nature, the hackers always have to be one step ahead of the game
Eventually Apple will crush jailbreaking. It’s just like the satellite TV cards. There was a cat and mouse game for awhile and eventually Directv and Dish shut the hackers down for good.
All of your jailbroken phones will soon be worthless.
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