iOS 4.3.1 Jailbreak On iPhone 4 And Others CAN Make You $50K

iOS 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak using PwnageTool 4.3 was released last weekend. If you have the skills to jailbreak an iPhone 4 using that or maybe even an iPad 2, why not do what this student do? He jailbroke iOS devices and made profit on doing so.

The Washington Post ran an article on this yesterday on how one student was able to live off of jailbreaking devices: “Kevin Lee, a George Mason University senior, says he earns about $50,000 a year with an illicit-sounding pitch on Craigslist: “Get Your iPhone Jailbroken Today.””

Within minutes, the computer science major can download code onto his customers’ iPhones and fling open the portal to an alternative world of apps and software that Apple condemns. The jailbreak perks include: tethering the iPhone’s Internet connection to a laptop or iPad without paying extra AT&T charges; swapping out the AT&T or Verizon service for a cheaper carrier; or, customizing the iPhone with 3-D screens, bouncing icons or funkier fonts.

Apple of course thinks jailbreaking is illegal, but the Library of Congress thinks otherwise. Since the article was posted, the Craigslist link has been taken down. It’s unclear if Apple made Mr Lee do it, or if he just got a tremendous response. Either way, it sounds like I just gave you a new business opportunity!