Bug Found in iOS 5 Paves The Way To Untethered Jailbreak?

Posted by unlocker on Monday Nov 28, 2011 Under News

An iPhone hacker from Chronic Dev Team found a bug in the newest mobile operating system of Apple that may yield to an untethered jailbreak.
Pod2g announced this latest development via Twitter, “Hey jailbreaking friends, I’ve found a bug that can untether iOS 5. Don’t expect a release soon, but I’m gonna work hard in it.”
There is no definite description of the bug and how and where it was found. The details are still kept under wraps by the Chronic Dev Team.
It is yet to be confirmed whether the bug also exists in iOS 5.0.1 beta that Apple gave to developers of the iOS developer program. It is also unclear on which specific Apple devices the upcoming untethered jailbreak will run smoothly.
The iPhone Dev Team and iH8sn0w released Redsn0w and Sn0wbreeze to jailbreak the new iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1 beta. However, these support tethered jailbreaks.
A semi-tethered jailbreak for iPhone, iPod and iPad installed with Apple’s iOS 5 has hit the web mid-October. BigBoss released a new jailbreak package called SemiTether, which allows iDevice users to jailbreak their gadgets running in iOS 5 without the need to connect to a PC. But this new jailbreak package comes with some limitations.
The limitations of the SemiTether include rebooting to the home screen, important apps such as mail and Safari will no longer be available, one cannot use Cydia and it takes longer for the phone to boot.
Last month, a fake iOS 5 untethered jailbreak went viral on the web. There are some people who revealed step-by-step procedure and how-to instructions on jailbreaking the new iOS 5.
There is no definite date as to when the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 will be released. However, the Chronic Dev Team is closer in achieving this goal and they will probably release an updated version of greenpois0n – popular jailbreak tool.

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