Apple decided to release the iOS 4.3 Golden Master to developers already, a full week before the new iOS version is supposed to come out officially, but you’ll have to register a developer account with Apple before being able to install it on the iPhone 4 or 3GS, the iPad or the iPod touch, 3rd or 4th generation. Otherwise there’s some more waiting to be done in order to install it on your iOSdevice.
But the real news is not that iOS 4.3 GM has come out but that the new OS has been already jailbroken using PwnageTool, although the whole procedure is a little more complex and requires some more experience/patience to get it done. And we’re looking at a tethered jailbreak too, which might be deemed as annoying by some, but at least it’s available right away.
The fact that iOS 4.3 GM is already jailbreakable, even if the jailbreak process is not that user-friendly yet, only shows that there’s great potential in the future jailbreak of the iPad 2. Although, ultimately, that’s up to Apple. If the company decided to patch that known Limera1n exploit in this new piece of hardware than the fact that iOS 4.3 GM is ready for jailbreaks might not be enough.
Those of you looking to unlock your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3 are definitely advised to stay away of this new iOS 4.3 version, at least for another week, so we can all get a better view of what iOS 4.3 jailbreaking really means.
