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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. tagged suprising? by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll
    why the fuck is this tagged suprising? apple released a shitty locked down phone and people hacked it. did you all think apple secretly liked you doing it or something? news flash - apple doesn't love you, won't give you hugs and kisses and will treat you exactly like MS would or any other large tech corp would.

    the only suprise here is that apple didn't BRICK your iphones with the update.

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  2. Wake up Apple! by Vskye · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dear Steve Jobs, I will *never* buy a iphone if you keep pulling this BS. (along with the fact that you are tied into AT&T) Stop behaving like MS, or I'll just build another PC next year vs purchasing a iMac.. and of course, install linux on the PC.
     
    Is that simple enough for you Steve?

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  3. Jeve Stobs by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Troll

    Proof of my theory, that Jeve Stobs doesn't want people running third-party software on the uPhone. He obviously wants to allow exclusive access to fourth-party apps.

  4. Re:Just need to wait until it's jailbreaked... by Z00L00K · · Score: 0, Troll
    There is no reason to have the iPhone at all considering all the hassle that has been popping up all the time with broken apps and being locked to a single operator. It is only good for the designfreaks.

    Personally I stick with unbranded unlocked phones.

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  5. Re:Watch it, Apple... by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sure, it's allowed. All opinions are welcome. But at the same time, no one is entitled to have Apple give them exactly the product they desire, and the ceaseless whining about it is annoying. So I'm allowed, in turn, to point out that the people who buy the iPhone, then complain about it not being exactly what they want even though they knew that ahead of time, are morons.

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  6. Re:Walled Garden - IDIOT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You must be an idiot or have never worked with an "official" apple SDK. Most things in them are broken and if you don't do exactly what they want they don't support you. Ask any low-level OSX hacker out there and they will tell you there is no support from Apple unless your doing a "hello world" app.

  7. Re:Just need to wait until it's jailbreaked... by WhatAmIDoingHere · · Score: 1, Troll

    Personally, I only use previously owned generic unlocked phones the size of a work boot. I buy them at thrift stores.

    Moron.

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  8. Re:Just need to wait until it's jailbreaked... by Columcille · · Score: 1, Troll

    So it's worth noting that Apple is releasing an iPhone SDK sometime in 2008, opening up room for 3rd party apps... And the iPhone OS of 2010 will not be the iPhone OS of 2007. However, if things in the OSS community continue as normal, any OSS phone OS of 2010 will likely be like a phone OS of 2005. Android might possibly be an exception and since that's the one you mentioned, we'll just have to wait and see.

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