14.11.2008 13:50 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

No more jailbreaking the iPhone with the new portables

With the arrival of the new portables from Apple, many people have noted that it is no longer to put the iPhones and the iPod Touch into mode DFU. This is a particular mode in which the device accepts more easily the firmware updates. However, more importantly, this mode is essential if one wants to "jailbreak" the iPhones. Apple thus seem to have started again its battle against the hackers. If, for a moment, some thought that this limitation was related to the hardware, it now seems more likely that it is instead related to the specific version of Mac OS X installed on new MacBook and MacBook Pro. This new attempt against the unlocking of these devices had to arrive. Indeed, for a long time the principal goal of the jailbreak was related to the desimlockage of the iPhone or with the installation of third party software, it has since become a means of pirating the software of the AppStore and this, to our eyes, is infinitely more condemnable. [translation by

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