iPhone and iPhone 3G owners still waiting to update their jailbroken smartphone to the iPhone 3.1 OS are in hazard today. The iPhone Dev Team has just released their latest PwnageTool update! With the new PwnageTool utility, iPhone users can update to jailbroken iPhone 3.1 OS firmware without worrying about losing the break (which allows instalment of unofficial apps) or the software unlock (which allows the iPhone to employment on any GSM network in the world). The bad news is that iPhone 3GS users volition rich person to wait it out a bit longer – the Dev Team is workings on an updated redsn0w utility that will allow the iPhone 3GS to be updated to the latest iPhone OS version without losing the jailbreak or unlock.
That’s goodness newsworthiness and all for iPhone users without an duplicate “s” to call option their own, but what’s the stickup for iPhone 3GS owners? Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) apparently changed the means they update iPhone firmwares. The new update operation requires the iPhone to phone home and verify its microcode edition. Apple is lockup down feather the iPhone 3GS, and lockup it down feather goodness.
Still, the Team is workings on a jailbreak method that volition at least preserves the break and unlock for the iPhone 3GS until Apple’s next iPhone OS liberation. It’s a wait game at this point.
Find the updated PwnageTool usefulness for iPhone and iPhone 3G here. If you’ve already updated to iPhone 3.1 OS and miss your jailbreak, you’ll do wellspring to strike up saurik’s (of Cydia celebrity) tutorial on how to downgrade your iPhone back to iPhone 3.0 OS.