Apple has issued a third beta of its iPhone 2.1 upgrade but is being characteristically secretive with details of what it changes. Simultaneously, however, the just-launched 2.0.1 firmware has already been cracked to allow unofficial apps.
Beta 3 of the upcoming iPhone firmware makes no specific mention of new additions and, upon early inspection by those familiar with the update, primarily resolves bugs from earlier builds.
The fix nonetheless comes just a week and a half after the release of beta 2 and indicates a short turnaround schedule for Apple's test releases, which started on July 24th.
The 2.1 refresh is expected to center around the background push notification service that allows live apps to receive Internet data while shut down, but will also have directional GPS support that enables more complex navigation than the simple positional system used with 2.0.
Those not content to wait for official Apple software solutions, however, now have their own update.
The iPhone Dev Team's PwnageTool 2.0.2 allows users to jailbreak any iPhone running the recent 2.0.1 firmware that appears to have broken previous hacks.
Like earlier builds, however, full unlocking to enable support for unofficial cellular carriers is limited to original iPhones due to a change in the cellular baseband with the 3G hardware, which prevents the previous trick from working.
As always, these tools carry the risk of bricking the iPhone's firmware and have no support from Apple either during or after the install process.
Beta 3 of the upcoming iPhone firmware makes no specific mention of new additions and, upon early inspection by those familiar with the update, primarily resolves bugs from earlier builds.
The fix nonetheless comes just a week and a half after the release of beta 2 and indicates a short turnaround schedule for Apple's test releases, which started on July 24th.
The 2.1 refresh is expected to center around the background push notification service that allows live apps to receive Internet data while shut down, but will also have directional GPS support that enables more complex navigation than the simple positional system used with 2.0.
Those not content to wait for official Apple software solutions, however, now have their own update.
The iPhone Dev Team's PwnageTool 2.0.2 allows users to jailbreak any iPhone running the recent 2.0.1 firmware that appears to have broken previous hacks.
Like earlier builds, however, full unlocking to enable support for unofficial cellular carriers is limited to original iPhones due to a change in the cellular baseband with the 3G hardware, which prevents the previous trick from working.
As always, these tools carry the risk of bricking the iPhone's firmware and have no support from Apple either during or after the install process.
I was thinking of getting an iPhone through her but she told me the iPhone looks cool of course but its reception is not that great compared to say AU/KDDi. This has always been the case and is why many new mobile users in Japan choose AU/KDDi for their first phone like I did. When I first arrived in Japan my Japanese friends told me to use AU because they have the best reception. No subway dropouts etc. The Japanese input is slow and some features like fun cool emoticons are non existent.
Doesn't "cracker" in the software world denote someone that cracks a code or device for less than ethical, or financial reasons? The last time I checked the DevTeam, nor Zibri were selling their wares but were offering them for free. Zibri was accepting donations but his site is mainly ad driven.
