Reduced Time For Jailbreaking by Comex

Posted by iunlock under Jailbreak on Tuesday Jul 5, 2011

The very popular tool used for jailbreaking will soon expose a brand new version t jailbreak the iPad 2. What we are talking about here is Comex, which is the developer of JailbreakMe. They have even revealed lately that they have lessened the time to jailbreak an iOS device with the use of the unionfs method instead of the usual stashing means, common to most jailbreaking tools. However, the users of iPad who is interested with using JailbreakMe should be patient enough to wait some more time before they can get used to it.

Comex has even shared some information about how its performance will improve. With the usual stashing approach that the jailbreak has been utilizing for years now include the movement of a lot of huge directories from the small to the large partitions. This ensures that there are free space created right outside the directories. However, it also has its own issues with the process taking on forever before you can finally jailbreak it.

But with the unionfs, new files are created in the partitions so that there will no files to be moved there will be no descriptors that would remain invalidated. It also opens the opportunity to upgrade the base operating system without ruining the jailbreak files. What the developer is just working on too at present is to avoid the crashes that still get in the way of the code of the unionfs for it to be eventually fixed for the kernels of iPad 2.

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iPad 2 Jailbroken

Posted by unlocker under Jailbreak, iPad on Tuesday May 10, 2011

The developer of some of the popular jailbreaking tools such as Spirit and JailbreakMe has successfully jailbroken iPad 2, which was launched last Friday. Comex was able to jailbreak the second generation of iPad. This is really quick since Apple has patched the limera1n and the SHAtter exploit in iPad 2 to minimize jailbreaking attempt. Apple has problems on the issue of jailbreaking their devices.

Comex delivered this breaking news through their tweets and they were congratulated by the iPhone Dev Team: chpwn: by @comex: http://t.co/osP6lz comex: would’ve had it yesterday if I didn’t have to spend 1.5 days looking for a replacement exploit (which came from a most unexpected place…) iphone_dev: Congrats to @comex for jailbreaking yet another brand new device (iPad2) while 2500 miles away from it!

Comex was able to install Cydia on this white iPad 2, and he’s apparently already hard at work on a public jailbreak. According to his Twitter feed, the hack required a brand new exploit, as previous bugs were squashed in iOS 4.3. We’ll keep you posted on when the hack’s ready for you to use, too. You may want to check out how the iPad 2 is running in Cydia, which is the unofficial App Store for jailbreak apps. The software package which “allows a user to find and download applications and software packages for a jailbroken iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, by browsing repositories that list these applications and packages, most of which are available at no cost.” There is currently no ETA on when it will be released.

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