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iOS 6 jailbroken on A4 devices, newer ones will take more time

iOS 6 jailbroken on A4 devices, newer ones will take more time
  • Posted September 20, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
  • While iOS 6 has been busy finding its way to iDevices everywhere, hackers too have been busy circumventing Apple's latest round of security measures. Redmond Pie reports that those efforts have apparently paid off, producing a tethered jailbreak for the…

Apple iOS 'Absinthe' jailbreak: 1 million downloads and counting

Apple iOS
  • Posted May 29, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Software
  • An untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 called Absinthe 2.0 released late last week has already been downloaded over 1 million times. Chronic-Dev, the team behind the jailbreak, claims that more than 200,000 third generation iPads were among those jailbroken.

iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak tool released, supports 4S, iPad 3

iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak tool released, supports 4S, iPad 3
  • Posted May 25, 2012, 1:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • News of an untethered jailbreak for Apple's iPhone OS 5.1.1 has been circulating for at least several days, but this morning iOS hackers managed to release the fruits of their labor: Greenpois0n's Absinthe 2.0.x. If you're curious, the press release…

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