Today is 10/10/10, thus it was supposed to be the day that a lot of iPhone iOS 4.1 users have been waiting for. Today was the day that the Chronic Dev Team was supposed to release the Greenpois0n iOS 4.1 jailbreak for download. However, things apparently have changed.

Another developer named Geohot decided to go ahead and release their Limera1n jailbreak before 10/10/10 and beat Greenpois0n to the punch. Their release of Limera1n came more than 24 hours before the scheduled release of Greenpois0n. Now, the Chronic Dev Team has decided to wait on releasing their jailbreak, because of issue. On the Dev Team’s official blog, they posted the following:

“Thanks to the irresponsible antics of geohot, we will have to delay the release of greenpois0n (new ETA = as soon as possible), so that we have time to clean up his little mess and integrate the exploit he uses in limera1n into greenpois0n. This way, we can save SHAtter for future devices that may still be vulnerable to it.

We know that this is not what some people want to hear, but due to geohot needing to feed his ego (as usual) and revealing his limera1n exploit, we do not have any other responsible options.”

While Limera1n is currently available for download, and it does in fact work in jailbreaking some iOS 4.1 devices, including several models of the iphone, there are reports that it does not work for the iPhone 3GS.

Meanwhile it appears as though Greenpois0n will be put on hold until Apple patches the exploit currently used by Limera1n. This way, when the Greenpois0n SHAtter jailbreak is finally released, it will be usable on all the iOS 4.1 devices, including the iPhone 3GS and potentially future models. The comments at the Dev Team’s blog show that many people are very upset over the delayed release. However, it really is the only thing to do right now.

You can download limera1n at the Geohot website located at http://limera1n.com, or you can keep checking to see if the Greenpois0n download is available at their website located at http://greenpois0n.com

What do you think? Should the Chronic Dev Team wait to release Greenpois0n SHAtter or simply release it now? Has anyone downloaded Limera1n?