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General iOS 8 jailbreak will likely be very difficult.

zorinlynx

zorinlynx

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I was just thinking something earlier while sipping my coffee in Starbucks and reading about the newly released iOS 7 jailbreak.

The iOS 8 jailbreak is going to be really difficult.

Reason? Up until iOS 7, jailbreak devs have had access to the OS on a device with a known bootrom exploit (the iPhone 4) -- They can use the bootrom exploit to get into the system and learn about it, so they can find an exploit to use that will work on all devices, including later ones with non-exploitable bootroms.

Most people are certain at this point that iOS 8 will not support the iPhone 4. This means it will be the first iOS released on a platform that has no available bootrom exploits. I'm sure they will eventually figure it out, but it will be MUCH harder to find holes in the system without this initial open door.

So enjoy your iOS 7 jailbreak, folks. It may be the last one we see for a very long time.
 
It doesn't have to be a bootrom exploit to poke around. It could be a vulnerability anywhere.
They have many aces up there sleeves. ;)
Anyway you assume lots of things that clearly you don't understand fully.
 
Applejuiced said:
It doesn't have to be a bootrom exploit to poke around. It could be a vulnerability anywhere.
They have many aces up there sleeves. ;)
Anyway you assume lots of things that clearly you don't understand fully.
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Right. OP, don't you remember slide to Jailbreak? :D
 
zorinlynx said:
I was just thinking something earlier while sipping my coffee in Starbucks and reading about the newly released iOS 7 jailbreak.

The iOS 8 jailbreak is going to be really difficult.

Reason? Up until iOS 7, jailbreak devs have had access to the OS on a device with a known bootrom exploit (the iPhone 4) -- They can use the bootrom exploit to get into the system and learn about it, so they can find an exploit to use that will work on all devices, including later ones with non-exploitable bootroms.

Most people are certain at this point that iOS 8 will not support the iPhone 4. This means it will be the first iOS released on a platform that has no available bootrom exploits. I'm sure they will eventually figure it out, but it will be MUCH harder to find holes in the system without this initial open door.

So enjoy your iOS 7 jailbreak, folks. It may be the last one we see for a very long time.
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You silly boy. :rolleyes:
 
MuscleNerd has already stated exploits were saved for Apple's 7.1 firmware release - but he also stated he does not expect Apple to patch the exploits revealed by the jailbreak quickly.
 
From what I read there is also quite a lot of private exploits that just simply cannot be made public due to using Apple code / tools? So while I think iOS 8 might be a bit more difficult, its for different reasons (cough look at the drama yesterday cough)
 
Each jailbreak is harder and harder. That has long been a fact. Each time Apple closes a hole, it becomes harder to find other holes.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
Each jailbreak is harder and harder. That has long been a fact. Each time Apple closes a hole, it becomes harder to find other holes.
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Not necessarily, didn't iOS 6 take longer to JB than iOS 7 IIRC?

Anyway, I don't expect iOS 8 to be significantly harder to JB than iOS 7, it will take awhile like every time.
 
haxrnick said:
Stopped reading at "sipping my coffee in Starbucks."
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Me too. Who sips Starbucks coffee?

But seriously, the same was said when the iOS 5 JB came out, and when the iOS 6 JB came out, and now they're already saying it about iOS 8? LOL. Who'd have thought there would be naysayers?!?!
 
Wise Potato said:
Not necessarily, didn't iOS 6 take longer to JB than iOS 7 IIRC?

Anyway, I don't expect iOS 8 to be significantly harder to JB than iOS 7, it will take awhile like every time.
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I don't think the iOS 6 jailbreak took longer, just that it was a more timed and better prepared release
 
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