The iPhone Dev Team has released an application to allow
people to download unapproved software applications for the iPhone
3G S, without going through the Apple App store.
Earlier this week hacker George Hotz made available the first
'jailbreak' for the iPhone 3G S.
He moved away from normal hacker etiquette by making available
an application that will enable users to download software onto
iPhones even if it is not in the Apple App Store before Apple had a
chance to create a fix.
Now the
iPhone Dev Team has released the redsn0w jailbreak and
ultrasn0w carrier unlock tools for the iPhone 3G S.
"Last night we released updated versions of our redsn0w
jailbreak and ultrasn0w carrier unlock. These versions are now
compatible with the iPhone 3G S running at 3.0. Welcome aboard, 3G
S owners."
"We realise we upset some folks (eg existing 3G S owners) with
our
earlier announcement that we wanted to hold onto the 3G S
iBoot-family hole until 3.1 was out. Our aim there was to get as
many people as possible onboard (within reason of course) before
revealing the hole, since Apple will fix it immediately. But all of
that became moot when the purplera1n release was made, since it
uses the same hole."