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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Hold off on upgrading your iPhone to OS 3.1.

The development team explains how this could prevent your device from being opened (hacked) permanently.

FORUM REGARDING HACKING THE IPHONE 3GS HERE. (Do *not* eMail the developers.)


F.A.Q. REGARDING 3GS JAILBREAKING (HACKING) OPTIONS HERE.


3GS issue: explanation from BigBoss (and Saurik) here.


Geek Tech article here.     (-MacWorld reprint here.)


The Unofficial Apple Weblog's take here.

Posted by Tom at 8:00 PM
Labels: iPhone / iTouch: Hacking, iPhone: All, iTouch: All
Hold off on upgrading your iPhone to OS 3.1.
The development team explains how this could prevent your device from being opened (hacked) permanently.

FORUM REGARDING HACKING THE IPHONE 3GS HERE. (Do *not* eMail the developers.)


F.A.Q. REGARDING 3GS JAILBREAKING (HACKING) OPTIONS HERE.


3GS issue: explanation from BigBoss (and Saurik) here.


Geek Tech article here.     (-MacWorld reprint here.)


The Unofficial Apple Weblog's take here.
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