iBooks App Disabling Content on Jailbroken iOS devices
Jailbreaking can bring a ton of fresh features to your iOS device. Apparently, it can also take a few away. According to a number of reports, devices that have been jailbroken using Greenpois0n, have lost the ability to read the books they purchased via the iBookstore.
According to Mac Rumors, jailbreakers hoping to get down with their bad book-reading self using iBooks 1.2.1 will be disappointed to find that many of the books they've purchased via Apple's iBooks app will refuse to open, instead telling readers "There is a problem with the configuration of your iPhone. Please restore with iTunes and Reinstall iBooks". iPad and iPod touch users? Same deal. For the time being, the only fix is to restore your jailbroken iOS device to its vanilla Apple factory settings. Of course, for jailbreakers that insist upon fighting the iBookstore power, iBooks alternates, such as the Kindle or Barnes & Noble App still work just fine.
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Bear90039
February 15, 2011 at 6:55pm
This could put them back in court. It's no longer 'jailbreaking" according to the supreme court. If you bought something through Apple and they deliberately take it's use away from you they are stealing, aren't they? There are many legitimate reasons for unlocking your iOS device. Tethering and hotspot use without paying twice. Besides there are plenty other places to buy non-drm ebooks. And they will be read on an iPhone. I have dozens of them and you don't need to unlock it to import them. Just import them into itunes and sync. In many cases you can purchase them straight from the author's website, giving them full credit for their work. I won't even get into bit-torrent.
my 2 cents
robinthe4th
February 15, 2011 at 1:59pm
Imagine that. Jailbreaking your iPhone and putting a bunch of crap on there will screw it up. Go figure.
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