[spongebobiwan]

From the Dev-Team Blog:
The needs of the many...
Spock said it best: “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…”



Summary:

We can jailbreak the 3GS right now. But making our jailbreak public at this point in time would benefit relatively few people. It would in fact be detrimental to many more people than it would help. So we feel it’s best to keep our version of the jailbreak out of Apple’s sights for the time being.

Details:

If you already have a 3GS phone and have already done a full USB dump or captured your img3’s signed with your ECID, then you’re in great shape. You will always be able to jailbreak. But many people who plan on getting a 3GS do not yet have one. For instance, many people are waiting for their existing contracts to mature to the point where they get a price break on the 3GS. Many people are trying to sell their 3G before they can buy the 3GS. There are parts of the globe where you can’t even buy a 3GS yet! The reasons are varied, but they are many.

The nature of the 3GS hardware allows Apple to stop IPSWs from being usable unless you’ve already gotten the signed chunks they send to you based on your ECID (a unique chip ID). You cannot get these signed chunks without knowing your ECID, and you don’t know your ECID until you’ve bought your 3GS.

The jailbreak requires at least one signed iBoot-family img3 for your device. And that iBoot needs to have an exploitable bug. It’s an all-or-nothing deal…you either have your signed exploitable iBoot ready to use, for now and forever — always jailbreakable — or you have nothing.

Here’s the critical point, the reason why we’re delaying our version of the jailbreak: Once the jailbreak is out, Apple will fix the iBoot-family bug we use to accomplish it. They will simply stop signing the old iBoots and only sign the fixed ones. If you bought your phone after Apple has done this, there’s nothing you can do…the jailbreak isn’t going to work for you.

It is possible that Apple will find the bug we use without our handing it to them on a silver platter (via a public jailbreak). In that case, we will have delayed our jailbreak for “nothing”. But we’d rather be safe than sorry!

Apple is surely coming out with a 3.0.1 firmware release shortly. They need to fix ultrasn0w. They need to fix some UI issues. 3.0 is buggy and 3.0.1 is coming. We’re going to wait and see what 3.0.1 brings before figuring out the release date for our version of the jailbreak.

In the meantime, we have some remaining 3.0 jailbreak issues to investigate, including push notification. Thanks for being patient with us while we took a 3GS “timeout”!

[blkcadi]

It has been posted in a couple threads already, but thanks.

[StealthBravo]

Only 30 hours old but thanks!

[cpjr]

Yeah was up yesterday

[StealthBravo]

^ Now that was plain mean

[spongebobiwan]

Geezzz. Sorry.. I must need glasses. UGH

[Zwayne]

^^^lmmfao

[mr.sparky]

no you dont need glasses.you just need to use the search,but hey it happens...
Thank you for thinking about us

[CaptainChaos]

So they are going to wait until after 3.0.1 to test the functionality of the jailbreak on the new firmware. Hopefully they will send the 3.0 break at that time instead of waiting even longer for them to work around 3.0.1

It is good to see them looking out for us.

[spongebobiwan]

Originally Posted by mr.sparky

no you dont need glasses.you just need to use the search,but hey it happens...
Thank you for thinking about us

LOL Ya THINK, Sparky? Well, I pretty much check in here at least 3 or 4 times a day minimum to keep up with the news, and somehow missed it that way. And then I DID do a search across All Forums on keywords 3Gs, Jailbreak, Dev Team (I think that's all I used), and still came up empti-handed that way as well.

So, that being said, I go back to my original statement: "I think I need glasses." Either that, or senility just plain sucks. LMAO (I shall now proceed back to my "timeout corner" for the next 24 hours)

P.S. And, you're welcome

P.S. Just as a side note: Even after being advised that this has already been posted, I am STILL unable to locate those posting...OH BROTHER!! I think it best I call my physician tomorrow. I wonder what I did with his number?

[blkcadi]

Don't feel bad spongie, I have done the same thing. It's all good.