iPhone jailbreak – It’s legal, it’s easy, it works…kind of!

Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad? Well, the good news is that it’s now legal; since last month’s US Copyright ruling. Better still, a new app claims to make it super easy to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad too.

So, a legal and easy way to reliably jailbreak your devices and free them from the bullshit DRM that has driven users nuts for years – right?

Err, no, not exactly!

Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad with jailbreakme 2.0

A new app called jailbreakme 2.0 has just been released, promising users of iOS4 devices the chance to easily jailbreak them.  Easily?  Yep, unlike previous jailbreak apps, which required you to hook your device up to a computer, jailbreakme runs from mobile Safari.  At the time of writing this, their servers are down due to high traffic, hardly surprising with all the coverage jailbreakme is getting right now.

The perfect way to jailbreak your iPhone?

Unfortunately, there are widespread media reports today, saying that users are reporting various faults after liberating their iPhones and iPads with jailbreakme.  FaceTime problems and faults to MMS services seem to be the most common issues.  That said, I would be extremely surprised if a fix was not in the mix very soon.

I fully expect we shall see a surge in apps like jailbreakme, over the coming weeks/months.  Maybe, just maybe, this will see enough users running non-DRM’ed iOS4 devices that Apple will reconsider their approach to DRM?

OK, OK – I only said MAYBE!

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