The "Can I Jailbreak my iPhone on iOS X.X.X" Thread

ffmoofus · Mar 26, 2013

Anyone hear of a 6.1.3 jailbreak yet?

Thomasjtsi · Mar 26, 2013

ffmoofus said:
Anyone hear of a 6.1.3 jailbreak yet?

Chances of a 6.1.3 Untethered JB are nill. The evad3rs JB team has already stated they have more exploits... but WILL NOT burn them for 6.1.3.

6.1.3 can be JB Tethered on pre-A5 iDevices.

iphonefr33k · Mar 27, 2013

Is there a way that evasi0n or the next jail break could encrypt the JB so apple does not know what vulnerabilities were found. Not even put in on wiki so apple can leave their stinking noises out of the jb

Thomasjtsi · Mar 27, 2013

iphonefr33k said:
Is there a way that evasi0n or the next jail break could encrypt the JB so apple does not know what vulnerabilities were found. Not even put in on wiki so apple can leave their stinking noises out of the jb

Apple has more $$ and security/encryption specialists than you could possibly imagine. Keeping a JB secret and/or unbreakable from them would be impossible.

willerz2 · Mar 27, 2013

Chances are, their sec specs will jailbreak a device and take it apart to see what's going on, patch it, implement it in an iOS upgrade, and ship it out to block it.

Rik756 · Mar 27, 2013

Thomasjtsi said:
Chances of a 6.1.3 Untethered JB are nill. The evad3rs JB team has already stated they have more exploits... but WILL NOT burn them for 6.1.3.

6.1.3 can be JB Tethered on pre-A5 iDevices.

So they're waiting for 6.2 or something? I don't even thing anything past 6.1.3 is rumored to be in the works, is it?

I waited too long on mine so I'm still stuck at 5.0.1 lol. No chance I'll risk losing my JB though!

Rick

Thomasjtsi · Mar 27, 2013

Rik756 said:
So they're waiting for 6.2 or something? I don't even thing anything past 6.1.3 is rumored to be in the works, is it?

I waited to long on mine so I'm still stuck at 5.0.1 lol. No chance I'll risk losing my JB though!

Rick

Nothing in the works that we're aware of. There isn't even a beta from Apple beyond 6.1.3 yet.

Rik756 · Mar 27, 2013

Thomasjtsi said:
Nothing in the works that we're aware of. There isn't even a beta from Apple beyond 6.1.3 yet.

Thanks. That's a real bummer though

willerz2 · Mar 27, 2013

6.2 will probably be another hotfix once again. I'd put my money on iOS 6.3 or iOS 7 assuming if iOS 6 is ending on 6.1.3.

Thomasjtsi · Mar 27, 2013

I doubt we'll see another Jailbreak within iOS 6.x.x. iOS 7 hopefully won't be as hard. Wishful thinking...

iphonefr33k · Mar 27, 2013

Even when they release one for 7 they need to encrypt it make it so apple had no idea what it does to keep future JB intact

willerz2 · Mar 27, 2013

Reverse engineering. If it's something public, it'll be blown apart, ripped into pieces and reassembled.

aox4121 · Mar 28, 2013

Yeah. iPhone 5S release is too close - and iOS 7 will be the next step for Apple. 6.1.3 or maybe 6.1.4 are the end of iOS6's reign. And the evasi0n team will not release any other fixes. Pretty sure of that. And, Thomas, it is indeed wishful thinking to believe it will take less time to get our jailbreak next time. LOL!!!!! iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak release was 16 weeks. iOS 6 jailbreak took 20 weeks. By comparison - the first iOS 4 jailbreak was out in 7 weeks.

. Apple is making this way harder than they used to. I predict iOS7 will take so long - the next phone will be out before a jailbreak is practical to release. Apple, I fear, is gonna have the last word on jailbreaking in the end.

willerz2 · Mar 28, 2013

aox4121 said:
Yeah. iPhone 5S release is too close - and iOS 7 will be the next step for Apple. 6.1.3 or maybe 6.1.4 are the end of iOS6's reign. And the evasi0n team will not release any other fixes. Pretty sure of that. And, Thomas, it is indeed wishful thinking to believe it will take less time to get our jailbreak next time. LOL!!!!! iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak release was 16 weeks. iOS 6 jailbreak took 20 weeks. By comparison - the first iOS 4 jailbreak was out in 7 weeks. . Apple is making this way harder than they used to. I predict iOS7 will take so long - the next phone will be out before a jailbreak is practical to release. Apple, I fear, is gonna have the last word on jailbreaking in the end.

Remember that Apple takes into account all the previous exploits and implements them into the newer device, making it harder and harder to find new exploits.

aox4121 · Mar 28, 2013

willerz2 said:
Remember that Apple takes into account all the previous exploits and implements them into the newer device, making it harder and harder to find new exploits.

Yes, I agree with you... and is the reason for my pessimism. Yet those on the more optimistic side of this argument will say, "but remember, with each new iOS update, come 10's of thousands of new lines of code to be exploited". And they're right about that.

But a couple of our beloved devs have "sold out" over the years and went to work for Apple. Don't blame them. They're making killer $. And so the "jailbreak" process itself is well known to Apple.

In Apple's defense - to them "any exploit" is a potential "real" security risk. Their angle on closing exploits has nothing to do with taking away the jailbreaker's fun and everything to do with protecting their users from real security risks - no different than Windows coming out with updates almost every other day. It's all about security. This is why Apple will never stop plugging the holes that the jailbreak devs discover.