iPhone 3GS Jailbreak: It’s Delayed

A couple days ago, I covered that iPhone Dev Team will soon release jailbreak & unlock tools for the new iPhone 3GS. Sorry, here is the bad news:

Today, iPhone Dev Team announces that they’ll postpone the release for iPhone 3GS jailbreak and unlock tool. The jailbreak for iPhone 3GS is confirmed. However, don’t expect it’ll be released soon. There is no timeline set and you’d expect the jailbreak tool for iPhone 3GS will only be available after the release of iPhone 3.0.1.

It’s really a bad news for those who already bought iPhone 3GS or those planning to upgrade to iPhone 3GS and expect a jailbreak.

But, as explained by the team, it does more good than harm. iPhone Dev Team has explained in its blog why they decided to delay the release:

We can jailbreak the 3GS right now. But making our jailbreak public at this point in time would benefit relatively few people. It would in fact be detrimental to many more people than it would help. So we feel it’s best to keep our version of the jailbreak out of Apple’s sights for the time being.

Unlike the older generation of iPhones, Apple has added a new layer of security to the iPhone 3GS known as the ECID (a unique chip ID). And, the jailbreak for iPhone 3GS depends on the exploit of firmware 3.0 and this ECID of your iPhone 3GS.

If the team considered to release the jailbreak tool now, it’s inevitable that Apple will check out the tools, look for the bugs and implement a fix for the holes. That means, the jailbreak tool won’t work for any future iPhone 3GS buyers. And, iPhone Dev team needs to re-develop the jailbreak tool again.

The team also expects iPhone OS 3.0.1, a bug fix version, will be out shortly. It’s better to see how iPhone OS 3.0.1 looks like before releasing an update of jailbreak tools for iPhone 3GS:

Apple is surely coming out with a 3.0.1 firmware release shortly. They need to fix ultrasn0w. They need to fix some UI issues. 3.0 is buggy and 3.0.1 is coming. We’re going to wait and see what 3.0.1 brings before figuring out the release date for our version of the jailbreak.

So, be patient. The iPhone Dev team won’t disappoint you. Though you’ll not see iPhone 3GS jailbreak release today, the tools will be out when iPhone 3.0.1 is available. Stay tuned.

To learn about the details of explanation about the delay, you can further check out iPhone Dev Team’s blog.

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