iPhone/iPod touch 1.1.2 Firmware Released: iPod touch Jailbroken!

With the launch of the UK iPhone, Apple has released the iPhone/iPod touch 1.1.2 firmware. This update includes Multi-Lingual support with different keyboards, and various bug fixes, including covering the TIFF exploit hole.

Reports (Engadget, 9to5mac) are coming in from all over, testing the jailbreakme.com site to see if it works with the 1.1.2. Low and behold, it doesn’t. Moral of the story? Wait before you upgrade your iPhone if you want your 3rd party apps, themes, and all the other goodies. You could also wait until Apple releases the SDK, or just hold off on upgrading iTunes until jailbreakme.com figures things out.

There doesn’t seem to be any new “features”, but that may change as hackers start exploring. For now, we’re still without 1st party IM chat, voice notes, or a portable shaver (that last one isn’t planned). If you live in the U.S., 1.1.1 isn’t too bad.

Update: Well never mind, modmyifone is reporting that the iPod touch has indeed been jailbroken, possibly via the symlink exploit hackers have mentioned. Metaplsoit has an interesting article explaining the exploits for the curious.

The iPhone/iPod team, including Pumpkin, Edgan, Dinopio, Drudge, Kroo, and all the rest have already jailbroken the iPod Touch version 1.1.2. The picture above for a jailbroken touch is courtesy of hacker planetbeing.

Details will be coming soon once the method is debugged and some safety features and put in place.

iPhone 1.1.2 Firmware hack has to be coming soon guys. I would advise you to let people guinea pig it for you before attempting it once it lands.

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