Pangu jailbreak

Five 'Pangu jailbreak' stories November 2014 - July 2016

Pangu shows Cydia running on iOS 10; reportedly hints at upcoming iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak

Jeff Benjamin Jul 1 2016 - 6:13 am PT

Pangu iOS 10 jailbreak

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a publicly-released jailbreak, but this year’s Mobile Security Conference (MOSEC) in Shanghai made it clear that jailbreaking isn’t dead.

MOSEC is a one-day security conference co-hosted by Pangu, the Chinese hacking team responsible for several of the most recent jailbreaks. This year’s event was scheduled for today, July 1st, and was hosted at the Grand Kempinski hotel, in Shanghai, China.

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This week’s top stories: Apple’s Mar. 21 iPhone SE event, OS X ransomware, iPhone 7 leaks, iOS 9.3 beta 6, & more

Jordan Kahn Mar 12 2016 - 9:23 am PT

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Tim-Cook-reading

The Apple and FBI controversy just barely makes it into our top stories again this week, but it’s overshadowed by Apple’s announcement of its upcoming March 21 iPhone SE event, a new OS X ransomware detected in the wild, the release of iOS 9.3 beta 6, and leaks related to the much anticipated iPhone 7.

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Pangu releases a jailbreak for iOS 9.1, Apple TV 4 jailbreak coming soon

Jeff Benjamin Mar 11 2016 - 9:11 am PT

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Pangu Jailbreak iOS 9

Out of seemingly nowhere, the Pangu hacking team has released an update to its jailbreak tool for devices running iOS 9.1. The tool, which is available for both Mac and Windows, allows users to jailbreak the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. More interestingly, the same team is promising to release a jailbreak for the 4th generation Apple TV next week.

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State of jailbreak: March 2016 [Video]

Jeff Benjamin Mar 1 2016 - 5:54 pm PT

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State of Jailbreak March 2016

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a new jailbreak release hit the scene publicly. Sure, we’ve seen teased images of jailbreaks from some well-known hackers within the community, but the last publicly available jailbreak tool was shared back in October 2015. Since then, iOS has been updated several times, and Apple has closed the signing window for iOS 9.0.2, the last firmware susceptible to a publicly released jailbreak tool.

Even though it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen a jailbreak, that doesn’t necessarily mean things have slowed down on the community side of fence. In fact, many new jailbreak tweaks continue to land on Cydia every single month. We also now have tools like Extensify that allow us to tweak some of our favorite App Store apps on non-jailbroken iPhones. Yes, jailbreaking has hit a bit of a lull, but developers and community enthusiasts continue to contribute on a regular basis.
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Pangu jailbreak for iOS 8.0-8.1 now “stable enough” for use, says Cydia creator

Ben Lovejoy Nov 7 2014 - 7:41 am PT

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[tweet https://twitter.com/saurik/status/530454505994076161]

Cydia creator Jay Freeman (better known as Saurik) has tweeted that the Pangu jailbreak for iOS 8.0 to 8.1 is now “stable enough” for use.

We first saw a developer version of the jailbreak last month, with a user version released a week later, complete with Cydia installer. The installer is Windows-only, but it’s an untethered jailbreak, so once it’s done you won’t need to reconnect to a PC following a reboot …
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