The iPhone hacking community has recently managed to stay ahead of the cat and mouse game of jailbreaking the iPhone, thanks to blackra1n, Geohot’s amazingly easy jailbreaking tool and iPhone Dev Team’s PwnageTool.
But looks like Apple has just upped the ante. iClarified is reporting that Apple has started shipping new iPhone 3GS models with updated boot ROM that is not vulnerable to the 24kpwn exploit that has been used to jailbreak iPhone 3GS.
iClarified reports:
Apple is now shipping the iPhone 3GS with a new Bootrom that is not vulnerable to the 24kpwn exploit.
The iBoot-359.3.2 started to ship last week. A screenshot posted by Mathieulh shows the new version number.
MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev Team confirmed that if the updated boot ROM is no longer vulnerable to the 24kpwn exploit then it might not be able jailbreak these new iPhone 3GS models currently. He tweeted:
“oh oh, from what @cpich3g + @Mathieulh have found so far, a normal untethered JB may be in jeopardy in brand new 3GS units”
It’s the first time Apple seems to have updated the boot ROM on an existing iPhone model as they have typically done this when they release new iPhone models (once a year).
As ModMyI explains:
The bootrom is a snippet of code that runs at startup time, and checks on the status of the boot image. It's generally used to verify that the image has not been corrupted, but can also be used to check for unauthorized firmware. The 24kpwn exploit - otherwise known as 0x24000 Segment Overflow - bypassed the signature checks on iBoot and allowed unsigned firmware to be loaded.
If you want to find out the version of the boot ROM running on your iPhone 3GS then the only way to achieve this is to check the System Profiler while the phone is in DFU mode.
As always, let us know your thoughts about Apple’s latest attempt to prevent jailbreaking in the comments.
[via iClarified, ModMyI]
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Fuck apple! mother bitches! I'm switching to Android opensource.
I know someone will hack these fuckers soon!
I have a new 3gs and i applaud apple for doing what theyre doing. Jailbreakers are dumb.Its a phone! Leave it alone.you cry that you cant jailbreak it and you also cry when something goes wrong because you jailbroke it. Stop being little girls Apple is a company. AT&T has a contract with apple to sell iphones NOT T MOBILE! If you want an iphone that bad.. be real and change to at&t,Pay for what ever apps you want so the creators can get paid for their work.Morons,morons,morons and more morons. Get a life, A job and stop playing with your phone like its your dick.I have jailbroken iphones and used them and personally the iphone performs a hell of alot better when left STOCK! Get a life, Get a job, have a nice day and quit crying like babies any moron can make jailbreaking software and jailbreak an iphone leave it alone or figure it out on your own
ahh look a forum full of illegal activity buttholes…. Hackers suck.Iphones suck, Droids suck,You all suck,smartphones suck, jailbreaking is for low life scum people
Oh No! My iphone is locked to AT&T and its not jailbroken any more im going to have to kill myself now like a little whinning bitch
now we have nothing i don't want to hear about any apple device apple don't care about their customers what happen with them?this why i love nokia look how we suffer about their device 3gs if you make a mistake to update to 3.1.3 now you're just going to hell i have now one week without to sleep find the way to unlock this iphone 3gs with 3.1.3 firmware
I will never use Iphone again and give it back to their store. I,m living in other country, not USA. I like Iphone and I want to use it in my country but Apple prevents to jailbreak it, I feel sorry about that. do You know? I bought an iphone 3GS lock 16GB in USA, price 600usd + tax 42usd. Accidently I updated to fw 3.1.3 baseband 05.12.01, now It dies and looks like an ipod. I look my iphone and cry, I hate Apple, I hate Iphone. pls help me to jailbreak it. pls let me know when you have a tool to jailbreak it. Email: tranco_sea@yahoo.com
storm 2 sucks balls dude i had one for 2days and sold it…screen is too unresponsive
Really Sucks!! For the first time, I really liked Apple.. but now.. not ever again! The worst nightmare around… nothing to do.. and expensive trash all the way!! Even the itunes store sucks! Can even use the mobile for buying apps. BADBAD!
well I love apple stuff … Superior computers and phones etc. …
but what I do not understand is Why "FOR EXAMPLE" 4Gb of RAM for a laptop costs almost dubble the exact same RAM you can buy in a PC store???
no one, no matter what, can convince me that there is anything different with the ones sold at the aplle stores and that the PC RAM won't perform the exact same….
I have an iPhone 3G 3.1.3 … Jailbroken but still carrier Locked.
Today I bought a 3GS at chance … got the new baseband .. but hey … I can wait cuz I know that it won't take long until they crack it.
Cheers
lol yup a bunch of loser moron cry babies
why dont you let me jailbreak your woman like everyone else has? HAHAHA Fuckbags get a life leave your phone alone jerkoff
what? Is your country too poor to make a good phone??????
Could anyone help me with my Iphone?
It had 3.1.2 with 05.11 baseband and it was jailbrokcen and unlocked.
I have reseted by mistake all settings and it probably cleaned off everything in it and after that it keeps restaring itself every 15 min for whole day..
I tried to restore new 3.1.2 ispw firmware,but it doesnt let do to.. This window come up when I tried to restore 3.1.2
"Your Iphone could not be restored .This device is not eiligible to for the requested build…"
What is my chnace and what I can do to have Iphone works ?
Guy's,
After I accidentally updated my iPhone 3gs, today I have successfully installed Cydia through "Spirit Jailbreak".
w w w . iphonehacks.com/jailbreak_iphone/
(remove the space between http://www.iphone….)
this some bull-ish 7D11's are always getting the short end of the stick :.-(
They have to do it. As stated by the deal with AT&T.
Anything man made can be hacked/cracked… so why panique ? I agree with Basyarah, anything they ll come up with is just a waste of time anf effort, someone WILL JB this bootrom again, just a matter of time. It's like a cat & moues game to them, the difference is that APPLE is paying these developpers , while the hobbyist at home is pissing them off hacking it WITHOUT being paid for it. So wonder who the joke is on ? Apple should put more effort in the iphone 4 and get THAT one running as it should. lol
Wow was directed to this site on Yahoo poking around for another subject entirely, and now I’m revisit and go over the rest of your site.
Lol this kid says he discovered some Runescape hacks… do you think he’s kidding? Is that even doable since RS is a client side game?