Flickr Find: Jailbroken iPhone at Apple Store

That said, we at TUAW can't recommend you do something like this yourself-- those geniuses at the Apple Store don't get paid enough to put up with your mischievous behavior, so give 'em a break. Plus, it's only funny once. But this one time, it is pretty funny.
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Just like Macenstein, I can't actually tell you whether this photo is real, photoshopped, or just staged (my guess is staged), but it is...
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@36: That's interesting. Sounds like you are an Apple store employee. Do you make it a regular habit to promulgate policy, or is that Apple's? I suspect it is the former. If it is the latter, I sure would like to read it in a more official forum than in the comments section of some blog you like to follow.
November 05 2007 at 5:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIf I see you doing this in my store, I will throw you out.
November 01 2007 at 6:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@30: jailbreaking never hurts anything permanently. You *can* always do a restore.
It is SIM unlocking that can cause bad things to happen if you are not careful.
of course this is staged all the apple stuff have another cabe that hold em there so ppl dont just snatch the damm thing
November 01 2007 at 5:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou can clearly see the reflection of Apple's security cable in the reflection behind the phone as pointed out rather early on. This is legit. And not that exciting as JailbreakMe.com can do the deed in less time than the average user stands there fiddling with the phone.
November 30 2007 at 12:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI saw a jailbroken (is that a real word??) iPod Touch in London's Regent Street store yesterday.... I smiled
November 01 2007 at 4:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyremember that when you add any applications, you void the warranty on the iphone.
November 01 2007 at 1:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@20: Best comment ever! Wish tuaw had the ranking system the way engadget does.
"that said, if you're the kind of kid who comes in and unlocks them because it's so edgy and cool (or whatever you kids are up to these days), you won't care how much annoyance it causes us anyway, so i suppose this is pointless.
and if you think you are "informing the masses" on the unlock, you are so far from on target. most people who see the unlocked phones are going to freak out and think they have a virus or something. people are retarded."
Wow, I can't believe there's 30 comments already and no one has mentioned this. APPLE, FIX THE &%$#@ TIFF VULNERABILITY ALREADY! Bam, problem solved.
November 01 2007 at 10:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyluckily for iStore hackers even if they block the hack over wifi I think they are powerless over the EDGE connection, unless ATT wants to get in on the fun and start blocking URLs
on another not, i really want to hack my phone. I've heard from many sources that it "causes no damage" and that a restore "removes all traces" is this a provable truth? or is it just assumed because the phone is no longer jailbroken after a restore? what's the possibility that some small setting will remain changed and flagged by apple in the next update for bricking?
Hmm. it sounds like the hackers are doing Apple a favour. The new jailbroken phones fix the TIFF exploit and make the iPhones safer for surfing the internet.
It is the stock Apple iPhones that are unsafe and vulnerable to viruses NOT the jailbroken iPhones.
Don't beleive the FUD from Apple.
FUD 1 -- Breaking the iPhone causes irrepable harm. UNTRUE. (As others have pointed out you can do a restore from iTunes)
FUD 2 -- Jailbreaking the iPhone makes them vulnerable to viruses etc. UNTRUE. It is the stock iPhone that is vulnerable to viruses with the TIFF
exploit in the Safari browser. The jailbroken iPhone is not.
I find it hard to beleive anything from Apple's mouths these days.
IMHO, Apple and AT&T do not want you to put third party apps on the iPhone since it might affect the amount of revenue that BOTH Apple and AT&T get from the wireless cellular service. (e.g. using a Chat program might cut into SMS messages. Using Skpye might cut into phone revenues etc).
When the iPhone SDK gets released, it will be interesting to see what third party apps Apple will allow on the iPhone. I would not hold you breath for a iChat type client.
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