iPhone OS 4 jailbreak available, enables multitasking on 3G

Chris Foresman, Ars Technica, 4/16//2010

iPhone OS 4, set to ship later this summer, has already been jailbroken. The iPhoneDevTeam has released a preliminary beta of the redsn0w jailbreaking tool, but be warned: it’s definitely not for the casual jailbreaker.

redsn0w 0.9.5 is a beta release with limited functionality. Right now, it only supports jailbreaking iPhone OS 4.0 beta 1 on iPhone 3G hardware and the tool only runs on Mac OS X. The iPhoneDevTeam also notes that the beta firmware overwrites the baseband firmware, so it’s not compatible with carrier unlocks at this time.

This beta is designed to give jailbreak app developers an opportunity to update their apps to work with the latest APIs, as many private APIs and other functions used by jailbreak apps no longer work properly on 4.0. Another sign that this release is geared towards developers is the lack of automatic “hacktivation”; only developers with a registered UDID can get past the activation screen after the jailbroken firmware is loaded.

One thing to note is that the jailbreak makes it possible to enable Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0 multitasking system on the iPhone 3G, despite the fact that Apple has said that the hardware can’t support it.

Share

Related posts:

  1. Jailbreak for iPad and newer iPhone released Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet, 5/3/2010 Hackers have released a package that jailbreaks the iPad and newer iPhone OS, allowing users to...
  2. iPad jailbreak released, works on iPhone and iPod touch Aron Trimble, TUAW, 5/3/2010 Within a few hours of its release the iPad had already been jailbroken and video proof...
  3. Sn0wbreeze 1.4 Released to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone OS 3.1.3 iPhone Hacks, 2/8/2010 iH8sn0w dev team have released Sn0wbreeze 1.4 to jailbreak and unlock iPhone OS 3.1.3. However, please read...
Posted on April 16, 2010 at 4:57 pm by lesliemanzara · Permalink
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: , ,

2 Responses

Subscribe to comments via RSS

  1. Written by MobileInternetS
    on April 16, 2010 at 9:57 pm
    Permalink

    iPhone OS 4 jailbreak available, enables multitasking on 3G http://is.gd/bw7u7

  2. Written by MobileInternetS
    on April 18, 2010 at 1:39 am
    Permalink

    RT@mobileinternets iPhone OS 4 jailbreak available, enables multitasking on 3G http://bt.io/EvWa (via @backtype)

Subscribe to comments via RSS

Leave a Reply