Untethered iOS 6.1 evasi0n Jailbreak Arrives For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch 112
An anonymous reader writes "The jailbreak tool evasi0n for iOS 6.x, meaning currently iOS 6.0 and iOS 6.1, has finally been released. It can perform an untethered jailbreak of the iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, and iPod touch running either of those two mobile operating systems. Most of Apple’s latest devices can run iOS 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, and 6.1: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2, third-generation iPad, fourth-generation iPad, iPad mini, fourth-generation iPod touch, and fifth-generation iPod touch. Unlike previous jailbreak tools, this one should work on all of them as long as they have been updated to iOS 6.x. The tool won’t work for other Apple devices. Aside from your iOS 6.x device and the tool on your computer, you’ll also need a USB cable to connect the two. Backup first to ensure you won’t lose any data if something goes wrong, disable the lock passcode, and “be patient while the jailbreaking process is running.” That means don’t start iTunes or Xcode while it’s running; in fact, the creators recommend that you don’t touch the computer until the process is complete.."
Re:Hardware or software exploit? (Score:5, Insightful)
Since they were waiting deliberately for 6.1 instead of "burning" the exploit they found in 6.01, I would assume it's software.
Re:Hardware or software exploit? (Score:4, Insightful)
"This is a software issue and will be patched shortly, making ios even stronger"
Your name truly indicates your ignorance. The larger and more complex a system gets, the more holes you're bound to find to exploit.
Man makes it, man will break it. It's that simple.
Re:Yippee. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:It's that simple (Score:2, Insightful)
So buy a device you are allowed to own.
Buying this says you are OK with someone else deciding what programs you are allowed to run.
I gave up jailbreaking (Score:4, Insightful)
Got an iPhone 5 when it came out. No jailbreak for months and months. Guess what? All those tweaks I thought I couldn't live without? Don't miss them one bit. I don't miss the crashes and random unscreened application running as root on the iPhone either. All that theming and tweaking was just one big waste of time.