Posted By Tinman on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 under General | No Comments
23
Oct
According to Apple COO, Tim Cook, 250,000.
"Apple’s efforts to prevent customers from modifying, or "unlocking," iPhones to work on networks other than Apple’s carrier partner in the United States, AT&T Corp., also frustrated users — and sparked lawsuits. Apple’s "guess" is that buyers of 250,000 of the 1.4 million iPhones sold so far intended to unlock them, Cook said." -Yahoo News
Assuming that includes iPhones that were (only) jailbroken too, and not unlocked, this number is pretty darned high. If it just includes unlocked iPhones, then the combined number of unlocked and jailbroken iPhones should be even higher.
I’ve had a gut feeling that it was around 10%, maybe 15% tops.
But 18%, and coming from the Apple COO himself, is quite a shock to me. Keep in mind unlocking didn’t really get started till September.
So much for unlockers/jailbreakers being in the super-small minority, as many have claimed.
This also speaks well about future iPhone sales, outside the USA. If people are scampering to buy iPhones now, I can only imagine the influx of sales when it is available much more easily.
Posted By Tinman on Thursday, October 11, 2007 under General | 3 Comments
11
Oct
I did it. I now have my iPhone updated to 1.1.1 firmware, and fully jailbroken. The process is not for the faint of heart, but once you understand what you are trying to accomplish it is not all that difficult.
There are many guides on how to do this, but I mainly used the guide found here at ModMyIPhone.com:
I expect easier solutions to appear within a week.
So far every third-party application that I had installed under 1.0.2 is working on my iPhone with 1.1.1 firmware. There are a few exceptions:
Sketches: Will not execute (this app crashed on my in 1.0.2).
Summerboard: Not really needed since 1.1.1 includes a scrollable springboard.
Custom Ringtones: All of mine are gone for now. Currently looking for a work-around.
All in all I am glad I did it. I now have the added benefits of 1.1.1, with the third-party applications I’d grown very fond of. Again, the process will likely get easier in the near future. But if you can follow written instructions well, you might want to try it right now. C’mon in, the water’s great!
Posted By Tinman on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 under General | No Comments
3
Oct
You might be in for a long wait. Everything I have read seems to indicate that there has been virtually no progress made in doing so.
If "jailbreaking" 1.0.2 and prior is like going to the moon, jailbreaking 1.1.1 is like going to another galaxy. The difference is astronomical. Jailbreaking, by the way, is merely a way to allow third-party applications, and modifications such as wallpapers, to be added to the iPhone. It is not nearly as dire as its name suggests.
I write this as it seems the consensus is that jailbreaking 1.1.1 is no big thing, and that it’ll be knocked out in a week or two.
Well I predict it won’t be for months, if ever.
The rumors you hear about a 1.1.1 unlock are just that: about an unlock. And indeed I do expect this to appear within a week or so. But that is merely dealing with using carriers other than AT&T, and unbricking currently bricked iPhones. It has very little to do with jailbreaking and using third-party apps.
The encryption used in 1.1.1, and the iPod Touch, is very strong. It cannot be brute-force attacked, and without the key we are pretty much dead in the water.
I truly hope I am wrong about this, but as of right now it’s not looking too good. So those of you on the fence about adding third-party applications, and are thinking of updating under the impression that a 1.1.1 third-party application solution is right around the corner, might want to reconsider whether to upgrade or not.
Posted By Tinman on Saturday, September 29, 2007 under General | No Comments
29
Sep
Unless you live under a rock within the Brazilian Rain Forest you already know that the 1.1.1 iPhone update released this Thursday not only killed third-party applications it prevented them from being used thereafter. It also will kill unlocked iPhones, rendering them incapable of making phone calls.
But what you might not know is the man most likely responsible for this heavy-handedness, Steve Jobs, once sold illegal “blue boxes” which were built by his friend and future Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. These boxes tricked the phone system into allowing free phone calls. The (only) phone company back then was AT&T.
Is that ironic or what?
“In 1971 Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak designed a device called the ‘Blue Box’. It allowed — of course illegal — phone calls free of charge by faking the signals used by the phone companies. His friend Steve Jobs instantly realized that there must be a huge market for something that useful. He bought the parts for $40, Woz built the boxes and Jobs sold them to his fellow students at the University of California in Berkeley for $150.”
Posted By Tinman on Thursday, September 27, 2007 under General | 6 Comments
27
Sep
Today at approximately 10:30 AM Cupertino time Apple released version 1.1.1 of the iPhone’s software. Some people, like yours truly, could not wait and jumped right in. In my case that was a mistake. Changes in 1.1.1 are covered here.
There were several preliminary reports that pointed to success for “modded” iPhones. Please note by modded I am referring to iPhones that have had third-party applications installed, or in iPhone terminology “jailbreaked” (modified to get around Apple’s walled-in garden). This is not quite as invasive as “unlocked” iPhones. By unlocked I mean iPhones that are not only jailbreaked, but have also been modified to allow carriers other than AT&T.
In reality the 1.1.1 update will kill any third-party applications or modifications, and more importantly (at this time) will prevent them from being installed afterwards. DO NOT UPDATE if you value your third-party applications or modifications!
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Assuming that includes iPhones that were (only) jailbroken too, and not unlocked, this number is pretty darned high. If it just includes unlocked iPhones, then the combined number of unlocked and jailbroken iPhones should be even higher.
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