71² – The ramblings of two 30-something developers

Apple has apparently made a slight change in new models of the iPhone 3GS that makes the handset resist attempts to jailbreak it. Jailbreaking changes an iPhone’s software to let it use applications not cleared for distribution in the App Store. Apple is also fighting jailbreakers in court. It’s unclear, though, how effective the 3GS’ new boot ROM will be in repelling jailbreakers.

Here are some details on our latest version of PwnageTool for Mac OS X that adds support for the 3.1 release of the iPhone software for iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G.