Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, introduces the new iOS software at an Apple event at the Worldwide Developer's Conference on June 13, 2016 in San Francisco, California. (Photo : Getty Images/Andrew Burton)
Lucas Todesco finally came out with a crack with the Yalu iOS 10.1.1 jailbreak but the tool was far from perfect. It was a semi-tethered jailbreak though Stefan Esser hints of a better iOS 10.2 jailbreak coming soon.
The Yalu iOS 10.1.1 jailbreak had one shortcoming and this was the need to re-enable it each time the Apple device would be restarted. Aside from that, the Lucas Todesco crack was allegedly unstable. The most stable of the beta versions was version 4-1 which offered support for Cydia.
Lastly, it was an iOS jailbreak applicable only to selected devices. The list included the iPhone 7/ 7 Plus, iPhone 6s/ 6s Plus and the iPad Pro. Despite the limitations, it is still the best news for the Apple Jailbreaking community until Stefan Esser came into the picture.
Esser claims that a group was working on an iOS 10.2 jailbreak and is something about to hit soon according to a post on Twitter. If Esser’s claim holds up, it would mark the first time that an iOS crack would be released back-to-back by separate teams, Forbes reported.
In the end the iOS 10.1.1 signing window closing is not such a big deal, considering that the iOS 10.2 jailbreak is about to hit soon.
— Stefan Esser (@i0n1c) December 21, 2016
Hence, the Apple jailbreaking community is left once again waiting for an iOS jailbreak hopefully better than what Todesco has to offer. Apple owners who would take the risk are also reminded of the fact that the Cupertino company has stopped signing iOS 10.1 and iOS 10.1.1.
Apple updated its iOS signing when iOS 10.2 was released. This means that users can no longer downgrade or revert to those older operating systems, meaning the only recourse is iOS 10.2, Apple Insider reported.
Apple normally does this to safeguard device owners from potential bugs or security vulnerabilities, not to mention invalidating obsolete codes to ensure smooth functioning devices.
Hence, the Apple jailbreakers will have to wait-and-see if another iOS 10 jailbreak rises from the ranks. Todesco’s iOS 10.1.1 breakthrough is the best crack yet with the last one being iOS 9.3.3 courtesy of Pangu last year. Since then, no iOS crack has come out from the Chinese hacking group.
Check out the video below covering the latest iOS 10.1.1 jailbreak as well as the latest on the potential release of an iOS 10.2 crack.
