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That is, posting a picture of a jailbroken iPhone 4, not releasing it, then going into recluse?


If that ass wasn't going to release it, he should have never posted a picture or told people he was able to jailbreak it, IMO
While I don't deny he's a drama queen driven by glory, who the hell are you to be mad at him? He jailbroke his own device (the actual way (first time I did it there was like 72 command line steps, and that was actually the short version)).

Do you expect him to now write and test his own program to do it automatically just because he did us a favor once before? Come on.
 
That is, posting a picture of a jailbroken iPhone 4, not releasing it, then going into recluse?


If that ass wasn't going to release it, he should have never posted a picture or told people he was able to jailbreak it, IMO

Maybe he thought he had it broken, and started bragging too soon. And realized that there was a problem or Apple was able to close the hole that he used to jailbreak it.

Or maybe Apple came knocking at his door and had him arrested, and he is sitting in Jail right now.
 
i understand where he's coming from with all the complaining and begging, but the way he went about it was bad imo. he's just coming off as a drama queen who likes/craves the attention, but then acts like it's all too much for him.
 
Maybe he thought he had it broken, and started bragging too soon. And realized that there was a problem or Apple was able to close the hole that he used to jailbreak it.

Or maybe Apple came knocking at his door and had him arrested, and he is sitting in Jail right now.

Arrest him for what? Jailbreaking an iphone its not illegal.


Unbelibably when blackrain was working, there were people demanding a unthreated or threated (don't remember wich), solution. He was very annoyed with the amount of messages from people demanding and getting mad at him for not releasing said solution and that is when he started to fed up.
 
people get burned out, cant fault the guy for leaving....lots of pressure im sure.

If he wasnt such an ass about it all it wouldnt be an issue. The dev team is very good at handling the situation, they dont talk about things they have completed and then never have any plans for releasing them...

there is a reason why this twitter account was created
http://twitter.com/egohot
 
This thread is not about me.
Doesn't matter, I already made a thread about his leave and it turned into a disaster.

He's done.

Gone.

Through.

I dont know why we're still on this subject.

If he comes back with something, cool.

If not, he stuck to his word this time.

But at least we know there are people still working on it for us, and thats all we can ask at this point.
 
Smart guy, a bit arrogant and a jerk. But, he has contributed to the iPhone/iPod Touch scene a lot and i thank him for that.
 
about geohot i think he did a very good job in the jailbreaking scene but sometimes he was an ass by leaking the hacks like the ps3 and the iphone 4 and then not releasing them sorry if im wrong
 
about geohot i think he did a very good job in the jailbreaking scene but sometimes he was an ass by leaking the hacks like the ps3 and the iphone 4 and then not releasing them sorry if im wrong

Everyone mentions the (lack of) PS3 hack. He DID release the tools for the exploit to the community. He never said he'd develop for it all by himself, that would be a huge amount of work.

As for the iPhone 4 jailbreak did you expect him to release it next day? The journey from proof of concept to stable release code is a long one, and there would have been no point as the dev team has found an exploit already.
 
Who gives a damn? There's a big, long line of people just as smart if not smarter waiting for their 15 minutes of fame.
 
Happy trails dude

Blackra1n provided me an easy, reliable JB solution (I know not the case for everyone), so I'm very grateful to the young tyro.

As for highly talented people in the limelight becoming prima donnas who act unpredictably and apparently irrationally? No! I'm shocked ;)
 
he doesnt owe anyone a jailbreak... i jailbroke my iphone 4..... am i now an ass for not giving it to you? um no. idk why people feel they are entitled to it
 
In regards to geohot, this is still my stance. Genius but created his own criticism

Oh gosh, here we go

My bottom line with geohot is that I wish him all the best, hope he finds what he likes doing in college, thank him for what he did that none of us could do, owe him quite a bit concerning using my iPhone overseas - I really feel that way. He's a genius that this community owes quite a bit... but people are allowed to criticize him for being dramatic, childish, rude, and pretentious. Genius, gratitude, well wishes being criticized and are generally mutually exclusive.

Are we allowed to admire what he has done but criticize him for being a drama queen? Furthermore, people are allowed to be critical even if they can't perform the tasks they are criticizing... apply the same logic to another example and you can see - Im critical of a lot of things: Apples iPhone 4 design flaws, The Chicago Cubs, Politicians - can I do what they do - certainly not

Oh well, just my thoughts.
 
he doesnt owe anyone a jailbreak... i jailbroke my iphone 4..... am i now an ass for not giving it to you? um no. idk why people feel they are entitled to it

I cured my own cancer, am I an ass for not giving the cure to everyone else?

YES. Don't post your videos of your jailbroken iPhone 4, rub it in our faces and then quit the iPhone hacking scene without releasing whatever you used to do it.

ITS A DICK MOVE.
 
I cured my own cancer, am I an ass for not giving the cure to everyone else?

YES. Don't post your videos of your jailbroken iPhone 4, rub it in our faces and then quit the iPhone hacking scene without releasing whatever you used to do it.

ITS A DICK MOVE.


It was fake - he didn't JB it. He's young and maybe like a freshman in college... almost everyone I knew at that age was a dick.

Not to take away from your point, because I agree with you. I'm just ready to move on without him, but wish him the best.
 
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