There’s good news and bad news for anyone who wants to upgrade their iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to the latest version of iOS, but also wants to be able to jailbreak their device to run apps that aren’t supported by Apple. The good news is that you can jailbreak iOS 4.3.1. The bad news is that the process is rather long and complicated, you’ll need to connect your device to a computer to reboot if you don’t want to lose your jailbreak, and there’s no support for carrier unlocking, which means if you’re using your iPhone with an unsupported network, you should probably just hold off on updating to iOS 4.3.1. altogether.
The latest operating system update provides minor bug fixes, addressing a graphics glitch on the latest iPod touch models and some other bugs affecting iPhones and iPads. But if you need a carrier unlock or if you wand an “untethered” jailbreak which lets you reboot without a computer nearby, you should probably hold off until hackers release new jailbreak tools. Read the rest of this entry »