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General iH8Sn0w Discovers iBoot Exploit Making A5(X) Devices Jailbreakable for Life!
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If this exploit is an hardware one (am I wrong?) why keep it secret? I don't understand..
Definitely great for the apple tv, otherwise meh...nevermind. Apparently they still don't have a JB for it according to musclenerd
For future development of jailbreak. And it's also a pain to use (I assume they meant that a lot of steps are needed and you meet a list of criteria before you can use the exploit)
He says it also works on a6 and probably a7, but he cant realease it due to apple patching it in the future. It is the same as a bootrom exploit though. As in downgrades, blob dumping etc!
From a reddit post by saurik he says they are a bit different and can be patched unlike a bootrom exploit.
Interesting.
So in other words if they can patch it then it's not jb for life.
Wish we could get an untethered bootrom exploit like the old 3GS with verbose boot for the newer devices.
we will probably see a release with the next jailbreak. probably the first iOS 8 jailbreak. that way, iOS 5-8 devices can have a boot rom pretty much.
But is this a bootrom exploit or iboot that can be patched?
If it's really unpatchable and a low level bootrom flaw then there's no point on waiting right?
So in other words does anyone really know what this discovery really is
But is this a bootrom exploit or iboot that can be patched?
If it's really unpatchable and a low level bootrom flaw then there's no point on waiting right?
So in other words does anyone really know what this discovery really is
It's an iBoot exploit through an LLB vulnerability, which is fixable.
That sucks
Thanks for the info though bro.
It does, but at least it will be used toward future jailbreaks (to deliver them quicker)
I just read on the updated iClarified page that the exploit would never be released, but it would be used for future exploits and grabbing encryption codes. First, what does grabbing encryption codes mean? Second, what are the chances that they'd be able to jailbreak the ATV 3 now? I mean if they aren't going to release this one, what are the chances they find another one with it for the ATV 3? I know it's probably hard to tell, but I just want some opinions, hopefully to make me hopeful. haha.
the ATV 3 still can't be jailbroken with this iBoot bug. a jailbreak is needed to begin with in order to use this iBoot exploit, of which, the iBoot doesn't
this iBoot bug helps easier with kernel patching
edit: https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/429980276949651458
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That sucks
Thanks for the info though bro.
sounds really cool the iBoot bug has the potential to downgrade without SHSH blobs!
https://twitter.com/iH8sn0w/status/430079880538390528
edit: and this is probably how his devices are jailbroken for life: https://twitter.com/iH8sn0w/status/429786267144826880
probably also relies on "preventive" measures. kind of like how you would upgrade without updating the baseband if you wanted to use ultrasn0w. that, or there's a special process to go about it when upgrading
I am wondering what does this news means? Does it means A5(X) devices are jailbreak no matter which firmware? Even Apple patched all exploits used for iOS 7.x.x jailbreak on iOS 7.1?