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Apple Releases iOS 4.3.4 to Address Latest Jailbreaking Vulnerability
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A lot of upset jailbreakers in here.
I just want them to allow an unlock feature once your contract with ATT is up.
I just want them to allow an unlock feature once your contract with ATT is up.
+1. I personally put much more importance on being able to unlock the phone. And before the contract is up for that matter.
I'm not upset at the update, I'll just skip it until there's a JB for it. It's not like when iOS 5 will be released and I'm missing out on new features.
I'm upset at stupid people who make assumptions that JB phones break more than others.
Yes. But that is just a protection from any criminal or legal actions. Apple is under no obligation to support jailbreaking.
There is no way that any company can detect every vulnerability. No matter the level of testing.
Apple Cares
Clearly, it is because Apple cares (snort!)...about their stock price. Users are just people who give you money, don't you know?
Only jailbreak that actually made sense to me was one for a Wifi hotspot. Paying $20/month to Verizon or AT&T is a complete and utter ripoff. You are paying money to them to use your bandwidth that you are already paying for??
Didn't see anything else on Cydia that was really worth it to me, though I have no objections to jailbreaking or Cydia.
Clearly, it is because Apple cares (snort!)...about their stock price. Users are just people who give you money, don't you know?
Only jailbreak that actually made sense to me was one for a Wifi hotspot. Paying $20/month to Verizon or AT&T is a complete and utter ripoff. You are paying money to them to use your bandwidth that you are already paying for??
Didn't see anything else on Cydia that was really worth it to me, though I have no objections to jailbreaking or Cydia.
No kidding.
However, with the resources and staff that Apple has, you would think the patch would have arrived a lot sooner. That's all I'm saying.
I wonder if a custom iOS update (preserving older broadband version) voids warranty? No jailbreaking needed.
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That's a function of the carrier, not Apple. You can buy an unlocked iPhone today in the U.S.
In some markets (I believe Belgium is one), carrier locked handsets are illegal.
VZW probably paid apple a bunch of money for the iphone to cut their churn numbers and keep some people happy. cheaper to pay apple and keep customers than advertise for new ones
Yes it is legal, but when a security hole is present in the OS, apple has no choice but to fix it, it's nothing to do with making 'jailbreakers upset'.
Not true. Last year I took my iPhone to the Apple store and they replaced it after the fact that they saw it was jailbroken.
I'm not buying an ATT phone, I'm buying an apple phone subsidized by ATT for 2 years.
Once the two years is up, I technically own an apple phone that should be able to be used on any GSM network. Unlocking a phone once the contract is done isn't some new idea. It's been going on for a while now. I'd just like the current iphones to follow suit.
That particular representative may have replaced it, but they were under no legal obligation to do so. Jailbreaking does, in fact, void your warranty. (Yes, we all know that restoring the factory firmware is easy to do, but legally speaking, jailbreaking voids your warranty).
Because each jailbreak results from a security breach, which must be patched. If nice guys can find the hole, then so can the nasties, and use it for something else. Want Trojans on your iPhone?
That's flawed thinking. The patching process that gets done at Apple undoubtedly is far more complete than what somebody else does simply because that other person doesn't need to test and do QC while Apple does.
Formal bug repair is always going to be done at a different pace. Apple has a schedule for everything - they can't just go patching the OS every single time a bug creeps around when you are dealing with complex code.
Fast download, but the backup is taking forever...
I'm assuming you're using Windows.
Jailbreak developers will continue to be able to jailbreak whatever new iOS Apple throws out. It's really not the best use of their time, and those with jailbroken iphones can just say on the iOS they have to maintain the jailbreak.
And I thought jailbreaking was legal now anyway?
And I thought jailbreaking was legal now anyway?