Jailbreak your iPhone 4 with JailbreakMe

David Swan
Monday, 02 August 2010 21:56

Your IT - Mobility

The infamous iPhone Dev Team has released an online jailbreak for Apple's iPhone 4, allowing users to install unofficial apps and take full control of their devices.

The hack, known as 'JailbreakMe', can be accessed through the iPhone's Safari web browser at www.jailbreakme and works on all iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches running iOS 4 and iOS 4.0.1.

An Apple representative told iTWire that jailbreaking was indeed legal, but 'not recommended, due to potential instabilities and voiding of your warranty.'

Last week, the US Copyright Office ruled that it was legal to 'hack' a mobile phone in the US in order to run applications or to use a different network provider. The legal status of jailbreaking in Australia is unknown.

Users should be warned that FaceTime and MMS are not working on iPhone 4 with the jailbreak, however an update to fix these issues is coming 'soon.'

The long anticipated release is proving so popular that some users have reported problems downloading the jailbreak, because the iPhone Dev Team's servers have been overwhelmed by the number of visitors.

Publicly, Apple has downplayed the significance of the hack's release, and of the US Copyright Office's ruling.

'The vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones,' Apple said in a statement. 'This can violate the warranty, and can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably.'

 

It was only a matter of time.