Hello everyone. Good news for those all waiting for an untethered jailbreak for their iDevice on iOS 5.1 or 5.1.1. iPhone security researcher pod2g has made it possible again. pod2g found exploit(s) needed to make iOS 5.1 jailbreak untethered a few weeks ago and he was testing it out on all iDevices. He confirmed that his iOS 5.1 untethered is working fine but then Apple released iOS 5.1.1 with a few bug fixes.
pod2g then started testing his exploit on iOS 5.1.1 and he has got his untethered jailbreak working on iOS 5.1.1 too. He recently Tweeted that his untethered may not work on iPhone 3GS and iPod 3G as the kernel vulnerability didn't work on them.
Sad news. Just tested the untether on an iPod 3G. The kernel vulnerability don't happen on this one. I think iPhone 3Gs is out too.
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 14, 2012
But a few days later he suggested that he has found a way to make the untethered work on iPhone 3GS and iPod 3G.
Good news. We've found a way through for iPod 3G and iPhone 3Gs users. Upcoming jailbreak will be compatible.
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 18, 2012
After testing his untethered on all devices, he has confirmed his 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak working on all devices except AppleTV 3.
Heya! My iPhone 4 running iOS 5.1 is now untethered :-)
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 3, 2012
OK, tested on an iPad 3,1 running 5.1.1. Jailbroken untethered. :-) No issue.
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 11, 2012
iPhone 4S iOS 5-1-1 confirmed to work perfect with the upcoming jailbreak
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 14, 2012
iPad1,1 and iPad2,1 tested with iOS 5.1.1. Untethering worked.
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 14, 2012
pod2g has also confirmed that @planetbeing has worked hard and has fixed iBooks issue with the upcoming untethered jailbreak just in a few hours.
@planetbeing worked on his 'crazeles' binary to fix issues with the jailbreak and DRMd books. Did it in a few hours. What a legend he his...
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 16, 2012
After testing and confirming his iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak working on all iDevices (except AppleTV 3), pod2g posted a poll on his blog in which he asked whether he should release the jailbreak or wait for iOS 6 release. Most of the voters voted in favor of release the jailbreak instead of waiting for iOS 6 release.
Now it seems that the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak is ready to release now and it pod2g will release it soon, possibly at the Hack In The Box Conference 2012 at Amsterdam which is taking place between May 21st to 25th.
Thanks to awesome work of @planetbeing and @pimskeks, we're near ready for a release. Now it's a matter of days.
— pod2g (@pod2g) May 20, 2012
Ready for some jailbreak goodness? We are :) #HITB2012AMS registrations close soon conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf201…
— Chronic-Dev, LLC (@chronicdevteam) May 14, 2012
pod2g has posted a list of device tested with the 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak on which it it confirmed working, not working and devices remained to test (but should work).
Now all those waiting for iOS 5.1 or 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak won't need to wait more. The 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak is on its way, just in a matter of days.
Update : iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak is out now. Read more and learn how to jailbreak your iDevice on iOS 5.1.1 here.
