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iOS 5.1 Jailbreak for iPhone 4S & New iPad Exploits Discovered
Users may soon be able to jailbreak the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and new iPad 3rd generation thanks to progress by famed iOS hacker Pod2g and the iPhone hacking community.
Pod2g was an integral member of the iPhone Hacking Dream Team that delivered the iPhone 4S jailbreak on iOS 5.0.1.
This week Pod2g announced that the team had gathered all the exploits needed for the iOS 5.1 Untethered jailbreak on Apple A5 and A5X devices. The group is working on a final security bypass, before publicly releasing the jailbreak.
News: we have all exploits required to do a new jailbreak. I’m working on bypassing ASLR at bootup.
— pod2g (@pod2g) April 18, 2012
Untethered iOS 5.1 Jailbreak Progress
An untethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak for the new iPad has not been released to the public, but hackers have shown off the New iPad jailbreak progress on several occasions, including the video below.
Users could Jailbreak the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1, but iOS 5.1 removed the ability to jailbreak. Users who updated to iOS 5.1 or purchased a new iPhone 4S could not downgrade or jailbreak. The New iPad has not seen a public jailbreak, but according to reports this new jailbreak will work on the iPad 3rd Generation.
What’s Missing?
iPhone hackers still need a final piece of the puzzle to bring a new iPhone 4S jailbreak to the masses. The ASLR part mentioned by Pod2g is Apple’s way of preventing exploits from taking control of the iOS system.
iOS 5.1 Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and New iPad Release Date
iPhone 4S and new iPad jailbreak progress doesn’t mean that a release date is right around the corner. The team has a lot of work to do before releasing an updated version of Corona, RedSn0w or Absinthe to jailbreak A5 and A5X devices.
Remember: just because all the exploits are found doesn’t mean that a jailbreak exists — it’s likely months away from first working at all.
— Grant Paul (chpwn) (@chpwn) April 18, 2012
Hacker chpwn warns that compiling these exploits into a publicly releasable jailbreak for the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iPad 3rd generation will take a long time.
Why to Jailbreak
Users jailbreak the iPhone 4S and iPad to run apps that Apple doesn’t approve in the app store. There are many tweaks that make jailbreaking appealing to a variety of users.
Some of the most popular jailbreak tweaks allow users to use Siri to open apps, change the screen color for better night reading, add lock screen info, quick access to settings and more.
Check out 18 Reasons to Jailbreak the iPhone 4S for more reasons to jailbreak. For more, read the top iPhone 4S jailbreak apps and the top iPad 2 Jailbreak apps.
Why Not to Jailbreak
For all the added features, jailbreaking isn’t for every one. There are a number of reasons users shouldn’t jailbreak the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 or new iPad.
Jailbreaking is legal, but it does void the Apple warranty. Most of the time it is possible to un-jailbreak the device before sending it back to Apple for service, so this is a very minor reason.
Read: Why Not to Jailbreak
The bigger reason that the average user may not want to jailbreak is the possibility of odd iPhone behavior. The iPhone 4S and iPad are very stable devices, but jailbreak tweaks and apps can introduce stability issues that affect usability and battery life.
My iPhone 4S lost stability while jailbroken earlier this year, which was one of the reasons I decided to un-jailbreak my iPhone 4S when iOS 5.1 came out.
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Users who are willing to troubleshoot issues on their own have little to worry about, and many users with jailbroken iPhone 4S’ report great performance.
Are you looking forward to the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and new iPad jailbreak?
Malihaakter
04/18/2012 at 8:36 am
when is come out jailbreak 5.1 i phone 4s?
george aevog
04/19/2012 at 10:52 pm
zzzzz
Malihaakter
04/18/2012 at 8:40 am
i really want know i can’t wait anymore
Ahmedadel91
04/18/2012 at 9:48 am
i got my new iphone 4s 5.0.1 and jailbroken it and it was awesome and when 5.1 i upgraded it and didn’t know there wasn’t a jailbreak still am still new with iphone’s so am trapped
Ben1983
04/18/2012 at 9:58 am
Hi, i have an iphone 4.2.1 and have jailbroke this some time ago. What will happen if i update to 5.1? Cheers.
Danyer
04/18/2012 at 11:44 am
Don’t update to 5.1 unless you want to lose all the JB stuff you have downloaded… wait it should only be a month before a new JB for 5.1 is released or so we hope is less than a month …. :(
Fereda Babary
04/19/2012 at 1:42 pm
you will lose your jailbreak apps and everything and since there is no jailbreak for the 4s yet you will have to wait until there is one
Malihaakter
04/18/2012 at 10:20 am
How can I tethered jailbreak my iPhone 4s 5.1
Malihaakter
04/19/2012 at 8:31 am
thank u very much.
mukhtar hussain
04/19/2012 at 9:34 am
i became tired still im waiting there is no jailbreak for iphone 4s 5.1 any one help
Artan-kabashi
04/19/2012 at 11:33 am
where can i find jailbreak 5.1 i am waiting for a long time but nothing . If anyone find it please tell me :P
Ryeacierto
04/19/2012 at 8:53 pm
its not available yet
gonzalez
04/20/2012 at 2:02 pm
i can’t waiting for the jailbreak 5.1 for iphone 4s can u tell me when is came ?
Khan-Rihan
04/21/2012 at 1:41 pm
Great news for all iphone 4s 5.1 user the jail break release next month(may). so wait some days.i got this msg from Dev(Dev-Team)
Kevin
04/22/2012 at 9:16 am
r u serious???
Petesy27
04/25/2012 at 8:57 am
Does a jailbreak unlock your phones network also??
rene
05/03/2012 at 3:47 am
Name: rene
Email: [email protected]
Message: hi friend. i bought my iphone4 jailbroken from lebanon,worked perfectly then i upgraded and it stopped working took it to the guy who sold it he put something called turbo sim wich bmade it work for few months then it got a virus that disconnected it every hour the guy said u have to live with it wich was impossible.so i upgraded again and now i can’t make it work at all after activation process it says invalid sim card. is there any solution for that. thank you in adavance..
iOS 7 Jailbreak Guide
10/11/2013 at 3:25 pm
Pod2g worked hard to get iOS 5.1 jailbreak out for everyone, and joined Evad3rs, and DreamTeam to let them use his exploit for free of cost.