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Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, the jailbreak-detection system mentioned here[1] was removed as of iOS 5.

[1] http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/02/ibooks-to-jailbreakers-...

No: was definitely present on iOS 5. In fact, this plagued people during the first week after the 5.0.1 jailbreak release[1] and was later defeated by planetbeing as part of "crazeles"[2].

[1] http://www.redmondpie.com/fix-ibooks-on-ios-5.0.1-iphone-ipa...

[2] http://theiphonewiki.com/wiki/Crazeles

What a waste. People don't know how to use a jailbreak detection system. One doesn't "plague" people with the information. Doing this actually destroys the value of it. One should never restrict features and functionality based on this.

Oh! I take that back, thank you.

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