Apple has seeded iPhone OS 3.1 to developers with a few new features.
- Voice Control activation from a Bluetooth Headset
- iPhone vibrates on moving apps on the Home Screen
- Modem firmware updated to 5.08.01
- OpenGL and Quartz improvements
- Cut, Copy, Paste functionality in Dial Pad of Phone App
- Non destructive Video editing – option to trim your clip then “Save as copy…” instead of replacing the original clip.
- APIs to allow third party apps to access videos and edit them
But, OS 3.1 might leave some iPhones out there completely disabled for ultrasn0w per Dev Team. Here is what they are saying:
You’ve seen us give this warning before, and there are only so many ways to say it or come up with a clever title
But here it is: ultrasn0w users must stay away from any firmware updates past 3.0 (including today’s 3.1 beta) until we release the tools that let you update the firmware without updating the baseband. For most phones out there, baseband updates are irreversible and you’ll lose ultrasn0w.
The 3.0 jailbreak was one of those (rare) times where both the jailbreak and the unlock coincided (the only other time was 2.2). It’s important that people realize that *most* firmware releases aren’t like that, and you need to take steps (via the tools) to separate the firmware update from its included baseband update.
This warning does not apply to the iPhone 2G, which uses BootNeuter for the unlock, not ultrasn0w.
This does not affect iPhone 2G so if you have a 3G or 3GS and want to unlock your iPhone, hold your horses – as always.
However, you can jailbreak your iPhone 3g with redsn0w right now.
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