There was quite a long lull in the jailbreaking scene after the release of iOS 6 and the iPhone 5, until recently when the evad3rs team released evasi0n, the first untethered jailbreak for all iOS devices running iOS 6.
The prolonged lull gave rise to fears that jailbreaking was dead, and these fears continue to exist as Apple continues to make iOS more secure version-over-version.
Apple has updated its knowledge base article on “Unauthorized modifications of iOS” with minor changes, warning users of the risks associated with jailbreaking. This document was first published a couple of years back, and was most recently updated on the 3rd of February, a day before the release of the evasi0n iOS 6.x jailbreak.
Ever since Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, there have a number of reasons to jailbreak it.
Even though Apple has added features to iOS such as copy and paste, Custom Wallpaper, multitasking, Notification Center, FaceTime over cellular etc, that were only possible if you had jailbroken your iOS device, the jailbreak community has continued to release some amazing tweaks and apps that still make it quite compelling to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
One of the concerns people seem to have with the imminent release of the evasi0n jailbreak for iOS 6.x is whether Cydia will be able to handle the load.
If you had jailbroken your iOS device when a new jailbreak like the absinthe jailbreak is released then you may remember that Cydia had some performance related issues, especially while reloading data.
Now that Google Maps is available for iPhone we can all rejoice. Well, except for the fact that we can’t set it as the default Maps app. Unless you have a jailbroken iPhone that is. MapsOpener is a new tweak that allows you to get Google Maps as the default and is available via Cydia.
We published a about the supposed tethered jailbreak coming for iOS 6 a while ago, and I think from the consensus of the group, it’s probably a hoax. The folks at iDownload blog feel the same despite the YouTube video posted today. Pity no one told CNET.
While Find My iPhone has just been updated, jailbreakers chalk one up for themselves as jailbreak app iGotYa has been used to send a picture of a person with a stolen iPhone back to the phone’s owner.
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