If nothing has scared you about jailbreaking/unlocking your iPhone or iPod touch in the past, this warning from the experts might. The iPhone Dev team has categorically warned jailbroken iPhone users not to instantly upgrade their devices to iPhone 2.2 firmware, which Apple is releasing soon.

The iWorld is becoming tough for lawbreakers, sorry jailbreakers. The new MacBook series is not jailbreak friendly and now Apple grip is tightening with the upcoming 2.2 update. In the past, iPhone dev guys always managed to bail you out whenever you updated the iPhone software and your device becomes a brick. This time the process is likely to change, the warning tone is more serious:

Installing ‘2.2’ straight away on the iPhone 3G using the iTunes auto-updater could affect your chances of any software unlock in the near future (should one be found and released), so when you see an update in iTunes await our instructions first!

Wait for their instructions? Here is the ultimatum now:

Please don’t blindly install the update and then complain about it later 

There is still bad news for iPod 2G users. The whole iPhone Dev team is working on cracking the iPhone 3G software. So nothing new is expected for iPod 2G users.

Is it still a good idea to own a jailbroken device? Or a good idea to jailbreak at all? I leave that to you.