Article by George Norman

On 15 Feb 2010

Earlier this month Cupertino-based software developer Apple updated the iPhone OS and iPhone OS for iPod Touch to version 3.1.3. The update fixed the "accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS”, a bug that caused apps to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard, and a bug that prevented certain 3rd party apps from launching. iPhone OS 3.1.3 also plugged a total of 5 security holes, out of which 3 carried the “critical” tag.

The iPhone Dev team let users that care about their jailbreak/unlock know this is a minor update; and if they care about the jailbreak/unlock they should stay away from the iPhone OS 3.1.3 update. User should update only if they “personally observed a problem with the reporting of [their] battery percentage". But then the Dev Team realized some users out there will not resist the temptation to update. For these users the Dev Team released PwnageTool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X. The application lets the user who can't resist the urge to update do so safely, without losing the jailbreak or ultrasn0w unlock.


The Dev Team takes an interest in this topic because, well, they’re the Dev Team and that’s what they do. It would seem they are not the only ones to show interest in the jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.3 topic. People with malicious intent that want to scam users out of their money have shown interest in the topic as well. The Dev Team issued the warning below to inform all iPhone users out there and ensure they don’t fall for a scam:

“While Apple’s 3.1.3 firmware was minor in terms of new features, it’s had the side effect of opening up a huge market for scam sites. These sites will promise you a 3.1.3 jailbreak for newer devices like the iPod touch 3G, or a baseband 05.12 software unlock. Those desperate enough to “just give it a shot” will find, 100% of the time, that they were misled. After money has changed hands they’ll be told “well the 05.12 unlock is coming, in the meantime here’s the 05.11 unlock” (of course the 05.11 unlock was intended to be free, as you all know). They’ll hold your money until one day the 05.12 unlock does come out, even if that’s months later (and of course it’ll be released for free). In the meantime they’ll be able to claim they gave you part of what they advertised, and keep at least part of your money (in actuality they’ll usually keep all of it).

Don’t fall for these scam sites! None of them have a 05.12 unlock, none have the 05.11 unlock working on 3.1.3, none have a 3.1.3 jailbreak for newer devices like the ipt3G. They’re trying to capitalize on your upgrade mistake, and they only need a very small percentage of people to fall for them to make their money and run.”



Tags: Apple, iPhone, iPhone OS 3.1.3, Dev Team, Jailbreak, Scam

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