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Hi all,
Well it appears you can Jailbrake and add Clydia installer to the 3G even running 2.0.1 firmware but no unlock solution seems to have of appeared as yet.
Marc
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Posted: 2008-08-13 23:35:42
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Steve Jobs Confirms iPhone Has a Kill Switch
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that the iPhone 3G has a kill switch that can remotely remove software from the devices.
Jobs told The Wall Street Journal that Apple needs the capability in case it inadvertently allows a malicious program -- such as an application that steals user's personal data -- to be distributed to iPhones through its App Store.
"Hopefully we never have to pull that lever, but we would be irresponsible not to have a lever like that to pull," Jobs said.
Switch Not Used
Jobs' statement reveals Apple hasn't used the kill switch yet, but the company did remove an application from the App Store last week.
Apple removed the $999 "I Am Rich" application, which had the sole purpose of showing people the owner has money. The program creates a red icon that sits on the iPhone deck with a the words "I Am Rich" underneath. After the user activates the application, it glows on the handset like a ruby.
Apple initially approved the application, which bumps up against the pricing limit for applications sold on its App Store. The company was not immediately available for comment on why it decided to pull the plug.
Disappearing Acts
But the real controversy started when Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the books iPhone Open Application Development and iPhone Forensics Manual, discovered a URL buried in Apple's firmware. That URL links to a file dubbed "unauthorizedApps" where malicious or simply bad apps might go once they disappear from the App Store.
According to Zdziarski, I Am Rich isn't the only app to disappear. BoxOffice (renamed to Now Playing) and NullRiver's NetShare were also removed. But removing the applications from the App Store and removing them from a consumer's iPhone are two different issues.
"The kill switch is a very controlling gesture. I am not sure why Apple didn't disclose it up front as simply a security measure," said Avi Greengart, an analyst at Current Analysis. "Consumers will accept an awful lot if you let them know what they are accepting."
What Else is Apple Hiding?
In the past, Jobs has said he wants to be careful not to allow applications to bring down the network. Greengart doesn't see that as a major threat, especially since Apple is approving the applications.
However, Greengart said he's less concerned with the "heavy-handed and Big Brotherish" kill switch than the fact that Apple didn't disclose it in the first place. As far as he knows, no other mobile phone has a kill-switch capability.
"To my way of thinking, the issue is that you don't really know what your phone might be doing or not be doing," Greengart said. "I am not 100 percent sure what the capability is or is not. That is the problem. What is the capability? When might they use it? When wouldn't they use it? Is there anything else Apple is not disclosing?"
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Posted: 2008-08-14 02:09:12
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iPhone firmware 2.0.2 out... "fixes bugs"!?
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Posted: 2008-08-18 23:55:28
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no.... its "bug fixes"!
(as usual!)
anyway, I'm half way through so I'll see if I can see any difference.
still, its sort of nice not having to wait for a new jailbreak/unlock solution between updates....
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Posted: 2008-08-19 00:08:31
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He he.... snap me too Masseur....
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Posted: 2008-08-19 00:23:36
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Just updating to new software now...
Is just me or is this thread very quiet lately?
Are there so few iPhone users?
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Posted: 2008-08-21 12:53:53
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I think its quiet because there's not much to say.
I'm certainly not having any problems other than the occassional 3g hang where I see full reception but it seems the phone can't get data. after some seconds (up to a couple of minutes somtimes) 3g functionality returns again but it doesn't happen very often.
Apparantly its a known issue to do with the infineon chip and its going to be fixed in a firmware update sometime soon.
they're some great apps appearing on the appshop. apart from shazam and a couple of others I mentioned previously, I really like Koi pond and brain tuner and I've also put visualit's Tube London on there now too, oh, and converter which is one I had in the pre-appshop days which is now available in appshop
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Posted: 2008-08-21 13:26:26
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yeah that's the thing.. there isn't always that much to discuss... some bugs but overall people are just satifisied and using it i think...
app store + jailbreak + cydia is support heaven...
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http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=152437&start=0[ This Message was edited by: DragonEye on 2008-08-21 21:00 ]
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Posted: 2008-08-21 22:00:30
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Apple Admits iPhone Kill Switch
If I had paid a small fortune to be the owner of an iPhone and discovered that Apple had installed code in the operating system to kill third party applications it disapproved of, I would be around to the Apple HQ to insert saidiPhone into whatever orifice of Steve Jobs' first appeared.
The Daily Telegraph carries the full story but essentially someone has discovered lines of code in the iPhone operating system that acts as a kill switch to neutralise programs Apple doesn't want you to have on your phone. Apple has, unsurprisingly came out with a lot of guff and hot air to defend this, but the Telegraph story may hold the true reason.
The Telegraph story states: "Mr Jobs also announced that in the month since the iPhone 3G was released and the Application Store launched, around 60 million applications had been downloaded for the iPhone and iPod touch. About $30 million (£15 million) in revenue has been generated by the store. Developers keep a 70 per cent slice of this revenue, while Apple take the remaining 30 per cent. Mr Jobs said Apple was on course to make about $360 million this year from the App Store."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/co[....]2008/08/11/dlapplephone111.xml
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Posted: 2008-08-21 22:17:13
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if you've got a jailbroken iphone the kill switch can be disabled by a hack
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Posted: 2008-08-21 22:52:11
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