No iOS 9.3 Jailbreak Release as Hacker’s Dev Work Likely to Focus on iOS 10?

With Apple' beta release of iOS 9.3.2, it was practically confirmed as well that public rollout of the version will soon follow. However, jailbreaking fans are advised not to get their hopes too high for an iOS 9.3 JB tool as developers are likely looking beyond and work on an iOS 10 jailbreak instead, a new report said. 

To begin with, iOS 9.3.2 is mostly Apple making finishing touches on the software before moving on the bigger upgrade that is iOS 10. And as expected, independent developers are already training their sights on that release, which likely will happen soon after the June 2016 WWDC.

And even in the slim chance that a 9.3.2 public jailbreak is coming out after all, Gotta Be Mobile said that it going to be a silent rollout. "Jailbreak releases almost always come out of the blue, " the report added, explaining that JB developers are trying to stay ahead of Apple in order to successfully provide an untethered and fully working jailbreaking tool.

The statement makes sense as Apple detecting that iOS exploits that hackers utilize to modify the software will mean locking out the devs and that would mean no jailbreak at all.

But the more likely scenario is hackers skipping iOS 9.3xx altogether in favor of the next iOS that Apple will soon reveal come June 13. "Although it's still possible that we could see a tool for iOS 9.3.x, it's more likely that hackers are holding off for an iOS 10 jailbreak," 9to5Mac said in a report.

Such a move will mean that the wait will be further stretched for the next jailbreak release, perhaps in the last quarter of 2016 if the last jailbreak release in 2015 is of any indicator. Jailbreak iOS 9.1 was pushed out October last year and the same could happen this year as 9to5Mac noted that while the jailbreak scene is far being dead it is in state of "sustained lull."

Fortunately though, the extended downtime on jailbreak release can be remedied with alternatives like sideloading or the use of jailbreak tweaks. The former, which is installing iOS apps outside of the regular channel, is a thriving practice in light of the longer release cycle for public jailbreak.

On the other hand, using jailbreak tweaks, especially the fresh releases found on Cydia, somehow injects a new environment to a jailbroken device that runs on old JB tool.

But make no mistake, 9to5Mac said, as jailbreaking is far from dead. "As long as there are still hackers that are willing to invest time packaging exploits in a way that users can take advantage of, then jailbreaking will always be here," the report said.