iPhone OS 3.1.2 Jailbreak Pending

The infamous team of hackers developing the PwnageTool application for the purpose of jailbreaking and unlocking iPhones has posted an update on its blog signaling that yesterday’s OS 3.1.2 is not supported by PwnageTool 3.1.3. For those who enjoy the benefits of a jailbroken / unlocked iPhone, updating via iTunes is not recommended, the team says.

The post in question, using capital and bolded characters here and there, signals that the 3.1.2 update via iTunes is a serious business.

WARNING! At 10.20AM PDT on October 8th 2009 Apple released the 3.1.2 version (7D11) of the iPhoneOS.

If you care about your jailbreak and unlock, don’t update your device – 3G and 3G(S) owners should pay particular attention to this warning.
PwnageTool and redsn0w are not yet compatible with 3.1.2.
There is no estimated release time for compatible tools (please don’t bug us about this).
Any information we have regarding this update will be posted here.
You can also follow us on twitter – @iphone_dev.

Before the release of iPhone OS 3.1.2, the iPhone Dev Team had just updated PwnageTool to version 3.1.2, enabling jailbreak for all but one Apple handheld – iPod touch third generation. The team is now looking for holes within OS 3.1.2, which it'll be able to exploit in the next version of PwnageTool.

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