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iOS 7.1 Jailbreak Utilities, UnTethered iOS 8 Jailbreak And Scams Discussed

 March 26, 2014 at 4:16 pm

Jailbreak 7.1 Utilities, UnTethered iOS 8 Jailbreak and Scams Discussed – After the shocking, albeit foreseen, blow to the jailbreak community when Apple issued iOS 7.1 to the public, in turn patching the evasi0n7 UnTethered jailbreak, a vast number of individuals desperately seeking a solution have regrettably fallen for despicable scams that now clutter the web. Although we’ve stated numerous times on Jailbreak Evasion Info, both before and after iOS 7.1′s release, that the latest firmware will patch the UnTethered iOS 7 jailbreak, we continue to receive questions pertaining to the iOS 7.1 firmware and whether it can be jailbroken. In today’s article, we’ll briefly discuss why it’s currently impossible to jailbreak 7.1 and the future of jailbreak utilities.

Jailbreak 7.1 and UnTethered iOS 8 Jailbreak Discussed

First, it’s important to understand that evasi0n7 will not currently, nor will it ever, support iOS 7.1 and jailbreak the firmware – those who updated will have to wait until the evad3rs release their next Untethered jailbreak.

Essentially, prior to releasing 7.1, Apple reverse engineered the evasi0n7 jailbreak to determine the vulnerabilities in iOS 7 that the tool exploited and simply closed said vulnerabilities in the public releases. Moreover, due to the fact that Apple is only signing  7.1 for iOS 7-powered devices, it’s impossible to restore (or even downgrade) to a firmware that’s supported by evasi0n7, like 7.0.6.

That’s not to say 7.1 cannot be jailbroken at all – in fact, it’s currently possible to achieve a Tethered jailbreak using GeekSn0w, which exclusively supports the iPhone 4 (refer to our tutorial for additional details).

As far as the future of jailbreaking is concerned, we know for a fact that the evad3rs will hold off on releasing their next UnTethered jailbreak until Apple issues both iOS 8 and their next round of iDevices. The team simply isn’t interested in burning through valuable exploits that could easily be patched by Apple without first having a justifiable reason to do so.

Additionally, while there have been videos floating around from various hackers such as winocm, the methods used to achieve root access in said videos do not apply to creating a public tool, as they most likely require the use of an Apple Developer account.

Although iOS 7.1′s future is relatively bleak, that of iOS 8′s is anything but. Stay tuned for complete coverage on the next UnTethered jailbreak for all iDevices and keep your browsers locked to Jailbreak Evasion Info.

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