Apple released iOS 9 beta 2 for public testing, which included bug fixes, improvement in speed and new features. (Photo : Facebook)
It appears that Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 9, has the vulnerabilities sufficient enough for developers to cook up an untethered jailbreak. Popular dev iH8Sn0w just released a YouTube clip that seems to prove iOS 9 is jailbreakable.
Apple is scheduled to release the final cut of iOS on September 16 but iH8Sn0w already cracked the GM version of the software. As everyone knows, iOS on GM stage is pretty much the official build so what iH8Sn0w has achieved is to practically prove that iOS 9 has doors that hackers can easily open. The dev's iPhone 5, as shown in the clip, runs the iOS 9 jailbreak in untethered implement with all the essential elements that prove the JB functions to minimal expectations.
The work by iH8Sn0w includes a Verbose booting, code injection and with a matching boot logo.
But while assuring that his work so far is in the proper jailbreak form, iH8Sn0w reminds that its current state remains "dirty and hacky," according to 9to5Mac. He noted too that the hack is also applicable to iOS 9.1 beta, somehow proving that he had started something that others in the jailbreak community can continue on.
That appears to be the plan - for fellow developers to pick up from his unfinished work and likely release an iOS 9 jailbreak for the public to consume soon.
"You can race it though if you want to play with things ... Just be quick," iH8Sn0w was reported by ZDNet as saying.
And the signal he's trying to sound off is just about correct - that no public iOS 9 jailbreak will originate from iH8Sn0w anytime soon. He'd let the likes of the Team Evad3rs, TaiG and Pangu to do the honors. One reason iH8Sn0w is not releasing the jailbreak from his end is to stop Apple from patching the exploit and killing the tool even before launch, ZDNet said.
Now when likely is the iOS 9 jailbreak release date? Not too long is the best bet, perhaps around 2015 Christmas season, considering that iOS 9.1 is already in beta phase.
The normal course for the likes of iH8Sn0w is they let Apple to issue a major update of the iOS before taking matters into their own hands, which in most cases ensures that the jailbreak to come out is both functioning and will last for an extended period.
While waiting, TaiG's iOS 8.4 jailbreak tool, is there for the taking but users must first ensure that they're not running the jailbreak-killer iOS 8.4.1.
