In case you didn’t know, there is somebody working on the iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4 jailbreak. And that somebody is winocm. The hacker made an announcement earlier today via Twitter setting an ETA for the jailbreak – which ‘is before 2014′ – and he also asks people to be patient: “We are all trying to get things done as soon as possible.”. » Winocm Will Release iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4 Jailbreak Before 2014
Member of evad3rs “pod2g“, announced on Twitter that the evad3rs team is not working on an iOS 6.1.3 jailbreak. “we are not working on a 6.1.3 jailbreak, that would be too much efforts for a minimal update. We’re waiting for a major release.” This means that we have to wait till iOS 6.2 “if Apple will release such an update” or iOS 7. » No Jailbreak For iOS 6.1.3
As most of you know, Apple’s latest iOS update “iOS 6.1.3” addresses the security holes used by the evasi0n jailbreak tool and made it impossible to jailbreak your iDevice running iOS 6.1.3. But it appears that p0sixninja has discovered some new vulnerabilities and tweeted “Well, so far it looks like the next jailbreak might be created entirely by me”.» P0sixninja: New iOS Exploits Found For Next Jailbreak
Yesterday we wrote that Apple released iOS 6.1.3 to Maps in Japan, prevent the jailbreak tool “evasi0n” from working and to fix a passcode security bug. However, just one day after the iOS 6.1.3 release, another passcode security flaw has been discovered. It looks like that this vulnerability affects the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5, and involves the Voice Dial command as shown in the video above. » New iPhone Passcode Security Flaw Discovered in iOS 6.1.3
Apple has just released iOS 6.1.3 to the public and includes minor enhancements including a fix for a passcode security bug, improvements to Maps in Japan and it addresses at least one of the security holes used by the evasi0n jailbreak tool. So if you love your jailbroken device, do not update! Everybody else, do update, since it fixes a vulnerability that has been discovered in iOS 6.1 that can be exploited to bypass passcode locks on iOS devices. » Apple Releases iOS 6.1.3 With Passcode Bug Fix, Japanese Maps Enhancements, But Kills Evasi0n Jailbreak
With over 100.000 downloads within 10 minutes after its release, the iOS 6.x jailbreak tool evasi0n has been the most populair jailbreak tool so far. Four days later that number grew to 7 million and now almost a month after evasi0n’s release, pod2g tweeted that more than 14 million devices have now been seen running Cydia on iOS 6.x. » Over 14 Million Devices Are Running Cydia On iOS 6.x
Forbes reports that Apple’s upcoming iOS 6.1.3 update will put an end to new versions of the evasi0n jailbreak. In Apple’s latest Beta one of the five exploits the hack uses has been repaired, making it not possible to use evasion anymore “unless new exploits will be found”. » iOS 6.1.3 Beta 2 Fixes Exploits Used For Evasi0n Tool [jailbreak]