Semi-Restore: Upcoming tool claims to let you restore the device to a fresh version of iOS without losing jailbreak

Semi-Restore: Upcoming tool claims to let you restore the device to a fresh version of iOS without losing jailbreak

Ever since Apple released iOS 6.1.3 and then iOS 6.1.4 (for iPhone 5), users who have a jailbroken iOS device have to be careful when they install tweaks to ensure it doesn’t mess up the device forcing them to restore their device. This would in turn mean that they would also lose the jailbreak.

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evad3rs To Hold Press Conference at HITBSecConf2013 Tomorrow – Will They Release iOS 6.1.3 Jailbreak?

evad3rs To Hold Press Conference at HITBSecConf2013 Tomorrow – Will They Release iOS 6.1.3 Jailbreak?

Team members of the evad3rs team, pod2g, planetbeing, MuscleNerd and pimskeks are currently in Amsterdam attending the Hack In The Box (HITBSecConf2013) security conference.

The organizers of the conference have announced earlier today that evad3rs team will be holding a press conference tomorrow.

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pod2g: Evad3rs not working on iOS 6.1.3 Jailbreak

pod2g: Evad3rs not working on iOS 6.1.3 Jailbreak

Apple released the iOS 6.1.3 software update on March 19th. It fixed the Lock screen bug and brought improvements to Maps app for Japanese users.

Unfortunately from a jailbreaker point of view, it also killed the evasi0n jailbreak as Apple fixed 4 security flaws used by the evad3r to develop the jailbreak.

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What Does The iOS 6.1.3 Update Mean For Jailbreakers

What Does The iOS 6.1.3 Update Mean For Jailbreakers

Yesterday, Apple released iOS 6.1.3 to fix the Lock screen bug and bring improvements to Maps app for Japanese users.

So what does the iOS 6.1.3 update mean for jailbreakers?

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Evasi0n Update Adds French, German and Chinese Localization [Updated to Evasi0n 1.5.3]

Evasi0n Update Adds French, German and Chinese Localization [Updated to Evasi0n 1.5.3]

evad3rs dev team has just announced the release of evasi0n 1.5.2, a minor update for their popular jailbreak tool.

The update now includes localization for French, German and Chinese and also updated Cydia package list.

Update: evad3rs has just released evasi0n 1.5.3 to fix a crashing issue on Windows.

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evasi0n 1.5.1 Released To Update Cydia Package List

evasi0n 1.5.1 Released To Update Cydia Package List

evad3rs dev team has quietly rolled an update for evasi0n. evasi0n 1.5.1 comes with an updated Cydia package list.

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Over 14 Million Devices On iOS 6.x Have Been Jailbroken

Over 14 Million Devices On iOS 6.x Have Been Jailbroken

It has been almost a month since evasi0n, the most eagerly awaited jailbreak was released for iOS 6.x and new devices like iPhone 5, iPad 4 and iPad mini.

Jay Freeman aka saurik, founder of Cydia has revealed (via pod2g) that over 14 million iOS devices running iOS 6.x.x have been jailbroken.

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TinyUmbrella Updated With Support For iOS 6.1.2

TinyUmbrella Updated With Support For iOS 6.1.2

Notcom a.k.a semaphore has released a new version of TinyUmbrella (v6.12.00) to add support for iOS 6.1.2 that was released last week.

TinyUmbrella allows you to take backups of SHSH blobs (ECID SHSH). Hackers have previously figured out a way to use the SHSH blobs to downgrade to older iOS versions even after Apple stopped signing the firmware file.

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evasi0n 1.5 Released To Improve Boot-Up Time

evasi0n 1.5 Released To Improve Boot-Up Time

Hot on the heels of releasing evasi0n 6.0-6.1.2 Untether Cydia package, evad3rs dev team has also released a new version evasi0n – evasi0n 1.5 that improves boot-up times and also comes with updated Cydia package list.

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evasi0n 6.0-6.1.2 Untether Jailbreak Cydia Package Released To Fix Booting Problems

evasi0n 6.0-6.1.2 Untether Jailbreak Cydia Package Released To Fix Booting Problems

evad3rs dev team has just pushed out an update for the evasi0n Untether jailbreak package on Cydia.

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