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iOS 4.1 “Unfixable” BootROM Exploit Found

Almost in unison with Apple releasing iOS 4.1, iOS tinkerer pod2g announced a bootrom exploit that will allow the jailbreaking community access to the innards of the California company’s mobile operating system. The exploit will eventually facilitate the next wave of iDevice jailbreaking, and isn’t something that can be plugged with a simple software update; Apple would have to flash a new bootrom to iPhones, etc. before they leave the factory.

In an update to that piece BGR are quoting a source who is “familiar” with the exploit as saying that Apple would need “a whole new processor rev.” to patch this.

I am sceptical of that second bit. But it’s not my field. So I will keep my comments to myself.