iPhone 2.0 Jailbreak: Jeez- It Took a Week?

Posted by: Sr. Editor Lonny Paul on Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Having the ability to load the applications you choose - that’s what “jailbreaking” your phone does. And hackers have been furiously attempting to circumvent the Apple lock and key surrounding the iPhone 2.0, the 3G all-grown-up version - and after a week, they did it (or at least they say).

While the tool allows third-party applications not available at Apple’s App Store to be installed on the iPhone 3G, it apparently does not unlock the new phone to allow it to be used on unauthorized cell networks.

While the Dev Team may not have unlocked iPhone 3G, a Brazilian blog reported earlier this week that the iPhone 3G had been unlocked by using a special SIM card adapter that tricks the phone into thinking it’s on an approved network.

Source: Hacker team releases iPhone 2.0 jailbreak at Crave Blog (CNET)