MemeStreams | iOS5 Jailbreak

iOS 5 had just been showcased at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6. Only 24-hours later, the infamous Apple hacker group iPhone Dev Team announced they had successfully jailbroken the just-released beta version of the new OS. This is good news to those who are looking to buy iPhone 5 and unlocking its full potential.

The jailbreaking announcement came June 7 via Twitter by the member of iPhone Dev Team known only as MuscleNerd. He stated he had accomplished the deed using the Limera1n application with a tethered boot. MuscleNerd also stated that Apple had not given him too many surprises in trying to prevent an iPhone 5 jailbreak. He also posted two photos as evidence.

Of course, the iOS jailbreak was not done on an iPhone 5. It was performed on a fourth-generation iPod Touch with the beta version of the iOS 5 software that was released to developers shortly after it was unveiled at WWDC. The jailbreak allows for a third-party applications installer, known as Cydia, to be installed on the
iPhone 5. Once installed, Cydia allows users to circumvent iTunes and install apps that are not available through the official Apple App Store.

Along with a photo the homescreen of the jailbroken iPod, which displayed the Cydia logo, MuscleNerd released a second photo displaying the S SH iOS app showing that access had been obtained to the device’s root-level file system.

Because this jailbreak was done through a tethered boot, it means that the jailbreak is not permanent. The next time the iPhone 5 reboots, it will go back to its unjailbroken state. Jailbreaking the iPhone 5 again requires following the tethering and jailbreak process during each boot.

Past iOS jailbreaks used an untethered method. The untethered method is a more permanent solution to jailbreaking, allowing the phone to remain jailbroken until the next software update is installed.

The iPhone 5 news that the iOS 5 jailbreak came so soon did not come as a major surprise. The previous iOS version, iOS 4 gold master, was jailbroken in the same timeframe, a single day after being released to developers.

Apple intends to release a full version of iOS 5 to consumers this autumn. The iOS 5 jailbreak was performed on a beta version released only to registered iOS developers for the purpose of making sure their apps are fully compatible. The last iOS release went through 4 beta versions, with major updates and changes in each version, before the release was made final and public. It is expected iOS 5 will go through a
similar process, and the iOS 5 jailbreak may not function with later versions.

Undoubtedly, hacker groups such as iPhone Dev Team will be working diligently on new jailbreaks throughout the beta-testing process. An iPhone 5 jailbreak method will assuredly be found no matter what changes apple makes to the software before its final release.

iOS5 Jailbreak