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While Sam is quite right that the new Blackra1n jailbreaking tool works great on iPhones and even new iPod Touches sold before today (I used it on my iPod Touch 3G and it worked perfectly), the times may be a’changing.

Apparently in a new push to deal with those pesky jailbreakers once and for all. Apple has started using a new bootrom (iBoot-359.3.2) that the claims will make jailbreaking impossible.

While “impossible” is a mighty big word and open to doubt, we do know for certain that the chosen jailbreaking weapon of the Dev-Team (and therefore most other developers as well), 24kpwn, can’t work it’s magic on this bootrom.

Of course, I am sure that the people who unlike me be smart like that and develop jailbreaking tools will soon find a new exploit to make use of, but that will take time. Therefore, if you have your heart set on jailbreaking a new iPhone or iPod Touch, until further notice make sure you find one with an earlier bootrom.

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