Hackers Release iPhone OS 3.1 Jailbreak Tool for Third-Gen iPhone

October 2nd, 2009 admin

Owners of the new iPhone 3GS can now jailbreak the latest iPhone operating system (3.1) thanks to the hardworking hackers known as Dev Team. One caveat: If you didn’t jailbreak the iPhone when it was running iPhone OS 3.0 or iPhone OS 3.0.1, you can’t directly jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1. Confusing with all the numbers, isn’t it? Allow me …


Originally posted on Wired

 
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