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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
evasi0n Jailbreak Won’t Work on iOS 6.1.3 [Updated]
We’ve some bad news for jailbreakers. David Wang aka planetbeing has revealed that iOS 6.1.3 beta 2 that was seeded to developers last week, fixes a vulnerability that was used by evad3rs dev team for the evasi0n jailbreak.
This means that evasi0n jailbreak won’t work on iOS devices running iOS 6.1.3.
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.





