Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the iOS 10.1 during a product launch event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California on October 27, 2016. (Photo : Getty Images/Josh Edelson)
It appears more unlikely that Team Pangu will skip on releasing an iOS 10 jailbreak, at least this 2016 but security researcher Luca Todesco has an alternative to offer. The dev just issued a jailbreak loader for Safari that resolved one key issue of the existing JB tool originally provided by the Chinese hacking team - expiring certification.
To be clear, the Todesco jailbreak will not replace the semi-tethered iOS 9.3.3 crack that Pangu first provided. Rather, it is a tool that makes it easier to re-jailbreak a liberated iPhone or iPad. As the Pangu JB tool needs to be re-jailbroken after a certain period part of the process is to deal with expiring certification. But the new jailbreak provided a welcome shortcut, sort of according to WCCFTech.
True to his earlier statement, Todesco took advantage of the exploit he had identified earlier on Apple's mobile Safari browser. "Thanks to the hard work of hacker Luca Todesco you don't have to go through the trouble again as you can re-jailbreak your device right from Safari," the report said.
And per the same report again, to re-jailbreak is quite easy. "Simply visit the following link from Safari if you are jailbroken on iOS 9.3.3 - jbme.qwertyoruiop.com - then tap on the Go button to bring your device back into the jailbroken state. You don't have to worry about expiring certificates whatsoever," WCCFTech said.
But there are few important things to note before taking the plunge. According to iDownloadblog.com, Todesco's jailbreak rework is a solution exclusive to the latest Pangu JB tool and in the same manner will not work on iPhone 5 and earlier models. That means the re-jailbreak tool is 64-bit only.
Also as mentioned, the Todesco tool is not a replacement for the Pangu jailbreak and to highlight this fact the same report indicated that Cydia will not install on the companion jailbreak. Users will to jailbreak first with the modified iOS 9.2-9.3.3 shared to the public by Team Pangu.
And even with the tool in effect, there is no chance that the Pangu jailbreak will become fully untethered, iDownloadblog.com reiterated on its report.
But the annoying semi-tethered state might just disappear when the next jailbreak from Team Pangu or TaiG comes rolling down. There is no clue when the iOS 10 jailbreak release date will happen but those still waiting Todesco has one piece of advice - while holding out better stick with the 10.1.1 release as the next jailbreak could be based on that version.
