How long before 2.0 is hacked?

Originally Posted by bottlecap

I give it two months, I give it that long because Apple has watched the iphone 1 get hacked, unlocked, chopped AND screwed, and they are taking that information and applying it to the new iphone. Steve is a wiley one.

Originally Posted by toomer

You may be right on that.

Before, since Apple had a revenue share agreement with carriers - you could assume they were very concerned about "unlocking", and how that impacted their bottom line.

But now, with that revenue item gone ... and the AppStore replacing it, it's not a big jump to assume that jailbreaking will be much more of a concern for them now (i.e.: people getting free apps, instead of paying for them through iTunes). They may put more focus on hardening up the OS as a whole.

Honestly, though - I think the market will solve this problem for them, though. If enough fun/cool apps are free through the iTunes store, the amount of interest in actually jailbreaking the phone will drop significantly - which means the labor available to do so will also drop.

Hard to know for sure. But I definitely don't think firmware 2.0 will be jailbroken within 48 hours. Didn't they run into trouble with jailbreaking the last 3, 4 fw2.0 releases? I could have sworn I saw a post on TUAW that said they haven't been able to jailbreak 2.0 since the release bundled with SDK 3 (they are now up to SDK release 7).

Originally Posted by DaRtHXtC

That info I didn't know. I was basing my assumption that they had already hacked the beta 2.0 firmwares so it would be a repeat process.

Originally Posted by toomer

I'm looking around on TUAW to see if I can find that quote again, but not having any luck at the moment. But I could swear I'd read there (or maybe it was another site) that they have not jailbroken the last 3, 4 firmwares. But I guess the big question is - how much effort have they put in to doing so? If they haven't put a lot of effort in, then perhaps it's no big deal.

Maybe someone more familiar with the subject can chime in.

Originally Posted by Meave

There is no doubt that 2.0 is going to get hacked allowing us T-Mobile people to acceess all the glory of the new update, but the question is-how long? I say 48 hours max.

Originally Posted by toomer

Didn't they run into trouble with jailbreaking the last 3, 4 fw2.0 releases? I could have sworn I saw a post on TUAW that said they haven't been able to jailbreak 2.0 since the release bundled with SDK 3 (they are now up to SDK release 7).

Originally Posted by XanderMac

the beta releases have already been hacked and unlocked. Apparently though, with each new release of the beta its getting more and more secure. I imagine the final release will be locked down tighter than a gnats chuff.

Originally Posted by Xarlon

Yes, I remember reading that as well. They also said the last 2.0 fw they were able to jailbrake was expected to be easily patched by Apple before it's actual release.

Originally Posted by tenorsaw

T-Mobile customers won't access all the glory, especially the 3G.

Originally Posted by bobolito

It will be interesting to know if T-Mobile users will be able to roam on AT&T's 3G. If that's the case, then T-Mobile customers with "jailbroken" 3G iPhones could access all of its glory!

Of course, that will be only in areas where T-Mobile allows AT&T roaming.