SlashGear and other Apple watchers warned that Apple looks to be making life more difficult in general for those who want to jailbreak, or mess around with the insides of their iPhones and other mobile Apple devices: "[T]he road ahead for iOS jailbreakers looks to be trickier than ever. iOS 4.3.4 reportedly also closed off [two] other loopholes hackers had been using for untethered solutions – an integer overflow-related bug and an incomplete code signing issue. Meanwhile, iOS 5 will reportedly block firmware downgrades'using a new signing system."
Apple Closes Loophole
The message from the iPhone Dev Team is that most users should stay on iOS 4.3.3 and not update at all; there's no new functionality to be had, only the security fix (which can be achieved with a third-party app called PDF Patcher 2, available from the Cydia unofficial app store). Meanwhile this new jailbreak won't work on the iPad 2, and is being billed as primarily for the benefit of kernel hackers who want to work on the very latest firmware version.
iPhone Dev Team
While Apple's update may take untethered jailbreaking off the table, it doesn't necessarily mean cable-bound hacking will be the only option for iOS devices in the future. The iPhone Dev Team, as well as a long list of other coders, are a clever group and could come up with yet another untethered jailbreak option.
Right Way
The easiest way as of writing to make sure your iPhone or iPod (ipod touch firmware 3.1.3 download) Touch is jailbreakable with JailbreakMe v3 is to upgrade to the latest version of iOS available for your iPhone or iPod (ipod touch firmware 3.1.3 download) Touch. Just plug your device into iTunes, click on it under Devices in the sidebar, then click 'Check For Update' on the Summary tab. If your device isn't up to date, you'll be prompted to install the latest update. Do so… and prepare for jailbreak!
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