Nearly
five months after Apple shipped iOS 6, an untethered jailbreak for the
operating system is now available.
Unlike its predecessor, the Evasi0n iOS 6 jailbreak tool works on Mac OS X,
Windows and Linux at launch.
The
release of Evasi0n has been highly anticipated for owners of the iPhone 5 and
fourth generation iPad, both of which shipped running iOS 6 by default. For
others, the release means they can finally upgrade their devices to iOS 6
without losing the ability to download unauthorized apps and customize the look
and feel of their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
High Jailbreak Demand
As
is now standard for iOS jailbreaks, the launch of Evasi0n came with its fair
share of technical difficulties. Demand is so high for jailbreaks that they
tens to crash servers and cause performance issues on the hosting site - at
least at first. In this case, the evaders team that developed it decided to use
Google Sites, which apparently has a page view limit. After several failed
attempts, I finally managed to get the .dmg file to download.
Although
it probably felt like an eternity for iPhone 5 users, the release of the iOS 6
jailbreak arrived at roughly the same time as the Absinthe A5 jailbreak tool
for iOS 5 last year. In December 2011, Pod2G released a jailbreak for iOS 5,
but that didn't include the devices with A5 chips like the iPhone 4S and iPad
2. That tool arrived on January 20 of last year. So the new jailbreaking team
was only slightly behind schedule with this one.
The
Evasi0n jailbreak was actually well underway as of last week, but the team
didn't want to push it out prior to Apple's release of iOS 6.1, lest the
company patch the exploits the team used to jailbreak.
Why
Jailbreak?
Jailbreaking
isn't for everybody. While the process is relatively user friendly (so long as
the directions are followed with caution and the device is backed up first), the
experience is best suited for that subset of users who prefer to have the
ability to customize their devices and download apps that wouldn't meet Apple's
requirements for inclusion in the App Store.
This
includes things like tethering your data
connection to other devices and running classic video game emulators.
To
download the iOS 6 jailbreak, head over to evasi0n.com and select your
operating system of choice. Depending on how overloaded the server is at the
moment, be prepared to hit "refresh" more than a few times.
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