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iPhone 3GS Finally Hacked

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the almost-like-consumers-don't-like-being-dictated-to dept.

Well, the inevitable hacking of Apple's latest flavor of iPhone has happened. Named "purplera1n," the tool will only allow installation of unauthorized applications instead of a full unlock. "The purplera1n jailbreak will free your iPhone from the limitations imposed on it by AT&T and Apple. After jailbreaking, a user will be able to customize the iPhone with home-screen wallpapers and third-party ringtones. But the biggest advantage of jailbreaking is the support of unapproved apps such as iBlackList (blacklists and whitelists for contacts) and many others."

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  1. "Finally"! by cbhacking · · Score: 1, Troll

    Wow, that took a long time... is Apple actually putting real security on these things now? Also, what *doesn't* this jailbreak permit?

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    1. Re:"Finally"! by Runaway1956 · · Score: 0, Troll

      What, you think slashdot is a luser's club? RTFM, RTFA, Winbloze users don't do that kind of thing. You gotta hold their hands, and explain it to them in kindergarten terms.

      KINDERDOT!! Let's get the name of this place changed to reflect it's real purpose: educating those who can't read!

      You done good, though, in explaining.

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  2. Wow by ponraul · · Score: 0, Troll

    "a user will be able to customize the iPhone with home-screen wallpapers and third-party ringtones. "

    Holly shit: custom wallpapers and custom ringtones! Thanks for reminding me again why I got a G1.

  3. Re:Don't need to jailbreak for wallpaper/ring tone by anethema · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh waa you need to perform a 30 second procedure it takes the intelligence of a small child to accomplish.

    What an odd thing to complain about on a nerd oriented site.

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  4. Re:why doing this? by justinlee37 · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Evil" is probably putting it a little strongly. Adolf Hitler is evil. Josef Stalin is evil. Satan is evil. Corporate executives chasing their next bonus are pretty mild when compared to evil. Like it or not the world isn't black and white and to pretend so is to become evil yourself.

  5. Re:And the fanboy appears... by Uther_Dark · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, you come to a site entitled Slashdot: News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters, and insult nerds? How about I go to your football site and bag on you for not mentioning any new tech news? That is by definition TROLLING, Please go away.