iPhone 2.2.1 Update Breaks Yellowsnow

Category: Mobile
Posted: January 29, 2009 05:52AM
Author: d3bruts1d

On Tuesday Apple released the 2.2.1 update for the iPhone and iPod Touch. While the official changes didn't amount to much and didn't add any of those highly requested features, I was happy for the Safari stability update. Today Wired is reporting that the 2.2.1 updated had an extra "feature" that breaks Yellowsnow. Yellowsnow is a hack by the iPhone Dev-Team that unlocks the iPhone from it's carrier (i.e. AT&T) and allows you to drop in a SIM card from any other provider.

This really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, as Apple has done similar tricks in the past in order to protect the exclusivity of the iPhone with various carriers. Something I wonder if it wasn't a requirement in the contract with AT&T and others. Personally, I'm too chicken to do anything like this with mine.