With Apple's release of iTunes 7.7 and the new 2.0 firmware for iPod touch and iPhone, everything seems to be running a day early. Over at hacker central, the iPhone dev team guys are still in wait mode.
For those of you looking for a glimpse of hackage to come, they've posted a number of screen shots, showing all kinds of nifty Apple-unapproved applications.
| # | Blogger | Posts | Cmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cory Bohon | 55 | 1 |
| 2 | Robert Palmer | 53 | 39 |
| 3 | Steven Sande | 50 | 15 |
| 4 | Mike Schramm | 25 | 0 |
| 5 | Erica Sadun | 23 | 1 |
| 6 | Michael Rose | 23 | 28 |
| 7 | Dave Caolo | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | Giles Turnbull | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | Mat Lu | 18 | 8 |
| 10 | Christina Warren | 13 | 28 |
| 11 | Brett Terpstra | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | TUAW Blogger | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Victor Agreda, Jr. | 5 | 12 |
| 14 | Scott McNulty | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Jason Clarke | 1 | 1 |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
7-10-2008 @ 11:51AM
shadow1969@hotmail.com said...
This update does not work on the iPod Touch. It's for the iPhone only. The iPod file will be available tomorrow.
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7-10-2008 @ 12:26PM
Travis said...
Or later tonight. The iPhone update hasn't been *officially* released yet either. They just poked around and found a download link.
7-10-2008 @ 1:19PM
Brandon Martinez said...
I'm not sure that you will find a link to it - you have to pay for it; it's probably hidden away or user linked.
7-10-2008 @ 11:51AM
JGO said...
...and the cat and mouse game starts over... again
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7-10-2008 @ 11:58AM
Lincoln said...
Yeah... forget jailbreaking. Goodbye instability, unreliable apps, crashing, and unreliable installation system, and hello AppStore!
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7-10-2008 @ 12:06PM
phi said...
there are still some of us that would like our phones unlocked
7-10-2008 @ 12:33PM
nick said...
True for most apps, but until there's a workaround to running backgound apps, there are still (non-phone-related) reasons for the jailbreaking. Last.fm's app has already been announced it wont (initially) be able to scrobble for this reason and 1password as we saw yesterday was redesigned as its own browser application. Not to mention UI hacks and the like.
7-14-2008 @ 9:09PM
max said...
lincoln... lots of friends of mine are experiencing all of the above with the app store and the apple update (crashing, instability and such)... looks like jailbreaking is not so evil after all...
7-10-2008 @ 12:00PM
yokken said...
i'm loving the 2.0 firmware. i only used a number of my jailbreak apps as it was, half of them are already on the appstore for free. i have no qualms.
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7-10-2008 @ 12:00PM
Fabri said...
Erica, can you link the new AppleTV 2.1 dmg update file ?? Thanks in advance !
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7-10-2008 @ 12:00PM
BOK said...
Nice misleading headline there, TUAW.
How hard is it to check a fact or two? Or is it more important just to hit your post count quotas?
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7-10-2008 @ 12:16PM
ZinkDifferent said...
Not necessarily TUAW's fault, just Erica up to her old bi-polar passive-aggressive self, posting mostly useless stuff.
Jailbreak is nice, for those that love their iPhones to crash, freeze, and break - carrier free unlocking is a WHOLE different matter.
Wanna start a pool how long it will take before the 'Dev team' will just give up?
Mind you, it's no trick creating a Frankenstein out of earlier beta code, with patches of more recent firmwares, to make it look as if they've done a jailbreak - let's see how well this goes with the ACTUAL firmware that's shipping.
Doubt they will unlock anytime soon, and doubt anyone will jailbreak and ACTUAL iPhone 3G (all of these pics are regular original iPhones, with the bootloader exploit, having 2.0 firmware loaded on. NOT an iPhone 3G.)
Like I said - betting pool, anyone?
7-10-2008 @ 1:31PM
MeatPop said...
You're honestly doubting that someone will jailbreak a 3G iPhone? I mean come on someone will do it, within a few days I suspect. maybe you should "zinkdifferent" and no doubt some incredibly talented people who are doing these things with only donations.
7-10-2008 @ 12:07PM
collie said...
"We found a reference in an XML file that links to a URL on Apple's CDN that you can download and run in a not-clearly-documented manner that will update (certain) models of the hardware in question though apparently it fails on some phones" is not "2.0 is out."
Seriously, you guys are just the worst kind of reporters ever.
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7-10-2008 @ 12:21PM
Devon said...
It seems like they always want to be the first ones to post things or something, even though mostly it's just links to other blogs without fact checking at all.
7-10-2008 @ 12:07PM
Devon said...
Has anyone tried to upgrade a 1.1.4 jailbroken/sim unlocked phone yet? I want to know what will happen because I have 1.1.4 here in Canada on Robbers(Rogers) but I'm hoping that I don't have to wait and still have to SIM unlock it.
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7-10-2008 @ 2:57PM
Jonathan Wise said...
Ya, dev team says don't try it on IRC. I'm in the same boat, and patience is key.
However, if you try it (and you don't brick your phone) let me know!
7-10-2008 @ 12:08PM
Tobby said...
Need unlock, no jailbreak!
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7-10-2008 @ 12:08PM
Jones said...
iTunes still says 1.1.4 is the most current version. What's the deal???
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7-10-2008 @ 12:17PM
Mistress said...
Same here, I want 2.0 but not sure I want to use the file that was provided in a previous post.. I want to be patient and wait for apple to release it but I'm getting impatient lol