PDF Patch: Foolproof your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

2Sep/100

PDF Patch: Foolproof your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Remember the PDF exploit, the dent in Apple’s igadgets shining armor made public by @comex in the 2^nd coming of jailbreakMe.com? Well, Apple has finally realized the gravity of the situation and released iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 3.2.2 firmware to patch up that large security hole. But in doing so Apple inadvertently alienated its iPhone 2G and iPod touch 1G users by ignoring them outright!

The hackers currently haven’t come up with jailbreak against iOS 4.0.2, 3.2.2 but that doesn’t mean all other devices running previous version of iOS like iOS 4.0.1 are safe. They are still vulnerable and on the mercy of malicious hackers.

Apple has tried to make amends by acknowledging the magnitude of these holes in their security update but that is still no consolation for iPhone 2G and iPod touch 1G owners who were left in the lurch. The owners of these gadgets are completely exposed to truly malevolent versions of jailbreakMe which are sure to make an appearance in the not so distant future.

Lucky break for Apple, the folks at jailbreak aren’t so unsympathetic. The owners of iPhone 2G and iPod Touch 1G and all other igadgets running previous versions like iOS 4.0.1 who don’t want to install iOS 4.0.2 but still retain the jailbreak status of their devices can fix the PDF exploit. Saurik, the mastermind who created Cydia and a respectable member of the Dev-team has come as a savior and released PDF patch, a surefire way of fixing the PDF exploit, in Cydia. The said patch is now at everyone’s disposal free of cost at Cydia, just download and install it.

The PDF patch renders your device foolproof against the security gaps which allowed Comex to develop JailbreakMe 2.0 and will definitely stop attempts to infect your device with malicious software. Just open Cydia, seek out PDF patch and install. You will successfully render your iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPod Touch 3G, 2G, 1G and iPad, foolproof without having to install iOS 4.0.2 or iOS 3.2.2.