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Untethered iOS 6.1 evasi0n Jailbreak Arrives For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Posted by Soulskill on from the freeing-software dept.

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.."

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  1. Yippee. by irving47 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just want to take a moment to say thanks to the team that did it.

    Also want to shout out to Apple, if you'd open things up a bit more, you'd have a lot less people thinking about switching over to Android. I need "Wifi Analyzer" for work, but Steve or Tim decided it's a "Hacking tool" to see db, channel, and MAC addresses, so it's been locked out of the App store for years... It prevents me from updating my iOS versions.

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    1. Re:Yippee. by noh8rz9 · · Score: 1, Informative

      Late 90s, apple licensed their OS and nearly disappeared. The first thing sj did was break those contracts. So check yourself before you wreck yourself, eh?

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  2. Re:Untethered + USB? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Both. Untethered refers to the post-jailbreak state. It requires USB to install, but after that you can reboot your iDevice away from the computer. A tethered jailbreak requires plugging in everytime you restart the device.

  3. Re:Untethered + USB? by Darkness404 · · Score: 4, Informative

    A tethered jailbreak is one where you have to re-jailbreak your device every time it boots up. An untethered jailbreak is one that stays jailbroken even when you reboot your device.

    Untethered != wireless.

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