[TalinTheLost]

So I had some issues with my old 3G iPhone and decided to get a new one.

It seems I'm one of the (un)lucky ones to get one of the brand new 3GS's with the fixed bootloader (from what I understand at least - serials where the 4th and 5th digits are 41 or above).

From what I understand (and have experienced), I'm (and those in the same boat are) effectively screwed (currently).

-Blackra1n RC2 offers a tethered JB
-Blackra1n RC3 (BlackSn0w?) is also a tethered JB
-There's nothing on the horizon offering an untethered JB

Can anyone confirm this is correct? I see a lot of posts going around about this, but nothing specific about the future of the 3GS with new iBoot.

Thanks!

[reddawg]

Originally Posted by TalinTheLost

So I had some issues with my old 3G iPhone and decided to get a new one.

It seems I'm one of the (un)lucky ones to get one of the brand new 3GS's with the fixed bootloader (from what I understand at least - serials where the 4th and 5th digits are 41 or above).

From what I understand (and have experienced), I'm (and those in the same boat are) effectively screwed (currently).

-Blackra1n RC2 offers a tethered JB
-Blackra1n RC3 (BlackSn0w?) is also a tethered JB
-There's nothing on the horizon offering an untethered JB

Can anyone confirm this is correct? I see a lot of posts going around about this, but nothing specific about the future of the 3GS with new iBoot.

Thanks!

You are correct on all three points. There nothing on the horizon, but who knows. GeoHot could wake up one morning and pull another rabbit out of his hat.

[Staj]

what does it matter if its tethered?

[dazza]

If you're out and about and have to reboot the phone for whatever reason you're screwed unless you have a pc nearby to re - JB it.

[TalinTheLost]

Originally Posted by Staj

what does it matter if its tethered?

Pretty much what dazza said.. imagine being on holidays somewhere for a week, your iPhone rebooting for some random reason and not being able to get access to a PC with the JB software. No phone until you get back from holidays (or buy a new one while you're on holidays).

[stevevalo]

Thank you for the posting, the info you have supplied has confirmed my postion aswell.

Is there still nothing on the horizon?

[TalinTheLost]

Originally Posted by stevevalo

Thank you for the posting, the info you have supplied has confirmed my postion aswell.

Is there still nothing on the horizon?

Not that I've been able to find, but I haven't looked that hard recently. Anyone else know anything?

[BenderUnit22]

They might have a solution for this (as soon as the full version will be released). In my understanding you can at least boot into the "unjealbroken" part of the Phone as long as you do not have a PC to rejailbreak nearby


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[cyrex]

As a matter of fact you cant boot to the iphone cause its will be fixed on the recovery mode and u cant do anything unless you jailbreak it again or restore the FW.

[CocaColaKid]

From what I read and understand they would like to, or should I say will hold off releasing anything until June when the new devices are released. They don't want to take the chance Apple to patch the exploit in the new devices. This does actually make a lot of sense to me anyways. For those people that have a new iBoot it kind of sucks but it could be worse, the could not have a JB phone at all. Typically I maybe reboot mine once a week if that. Most of the time I'm at home or work when I do it anyways.

[dhamien]

I don't think they have a patch for the new bootrom. The poll they put up was just about what people would prefer if there indeed was one.

[lamsik]

Not at the moment, but i guess we will all hope for the best.