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iPhone 1.1.3 Update Confirmed, Breaks Apps and Unlocks

Posted by Zonk on from the peak-into-the-itech-future dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gizmodo has gathered conclusive evidence which confirms that the iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 update is 100% real. It installs only from iTunes using the obligatory Apple private encryption key, which nobody has. The list of new features, like GPS-like triangulation positioning in Google Maps, has been confirmed too. Apparently it will be coming out next week, but there's bad news as expected: it breaks the unlocks, patches the previous vulnerabilities used by hackers and takes away all your third-party applications."

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  1. And lo... by ravenspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    I felt a great disturbance in the airwaves, as if millions of helpless iPhone apps cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

    They cried out, "don't raze me bro!!!"

    1. Re:And lo... by Dr.+Hellno · · Score: 5, Funny

      when I get the update I'll tell it, "these are not the apps you are looking for."

    2. Re:And lo... by moro_666 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can already imagine the scene.

      Poor iPhone shaking on the ground, a running helicopter in the distance.
      A fanatic iPhone hacker tries to twiddle with the touch-screen to get the damn big investment to work, next to him stands Jobs in a long latex costume, holding a firmware update next to the hacker's head. He says "Unlock this" and fires the update 1.1.3.

      But Neo isn't there, Neo is home, enjoying a simple unlocked phone that has 3G and tons on applications and just works (and it was cheaper) :-)

      When iphone came out, a lot of people made the noise "locked phone ? forget it mate, i will go and buy something else" ... some others fought back and said "oh come on, we will hack it, ha-ha-ha" ... who is laughing now with their several hundred $ investment ?

      --

      I'd tell you the chances of this story being a dupe, but you wouldn't like it.
  2. How dare they! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How dare Apple fix security bugs that can lead to arbitrary code execution!

    They're violating hackers' right to run their code on whoever's hardware they like!

  3. Re:Two words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    support and liability.

          Yes, because OS publishers have typically been liable for security holes in their products in the past and have had judgments against them... in fact, Microsoft is now out of business.

          Get real.

  4. why Android will push out the iPhone by peas_n_carrots · · Score: 3, Funny

    The iPhone is a slick product. Kudos to apple for pushing the edge of UI design. But, once again apple's closed-system philosophy is their undoing. Yes they're releasing an SDK as a business response to Android. They're *responding* in this department, not innovating. That's why Google's Android will overrun the market and apple will be stuck with their ~3% market share just like the Mac.
    Predictions are difficult, and I'm no seer. This one looks obvious to me though.

  5. Re:Not remotely GPS-like.. by Dr.+Hellno · · Score: 4, Funny
    In defense of this clearly defective feature:

    This way big brother might know I'm in the red light district, but at least he won't know whether I'm in Marv's Muff Emporium or Kinky Kurt's Krotch Kingdom

  6. Steve says: Pwn Different by Zhe+Mappel · · Score: 2, Funny

    What, you didn't think your iPhone was yours, did you?

  7. Re:Walled Garden by stewbacca · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm still waiting for Hoover to allow third party vacuum apps, those bastards!