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Apple Releases 8.0.1, Is it Possible to Jailbreak 8.0.1 Untethered? Update Breaks Touch ID And Cell Service - Today, exactly one week after releasing iOS 8 to the general public and, in turn, effectively patching the Pangu UnTethered jailbreak, Apple issued the company’s first iOS 8 update in the form of 8.0.1. In addition to being available for immediate download via iOS’ built-in over-the-air (commonly referred to as OTA) update ability, 8.0.1 can be downloaded via iTunes - however, whether your jailbroken or not, all users should avoid 8.0.1 for the time being. Interestingly enough, it appears as though the firmware not only breaks cellular connectivity for a number of iPhone owners, but also causes significant issues with Touch ID. Beyond the rather glaring usability issues though, 8.0.1’s predecessor, 8.0, patches the vulnerabilities exploited by Pangu, rendering the the UnTethered utility useless on the latest firmwares and making it impossible for the public to jailbreak 8.0.1 UnTethered on any device! For more on 8.0.1, as well as jailbreaking, continue reading past the break.
As far as iOS 8.0.1 is concerned, the update comes bearing a revised build number of 12A402 and was intended to improve a number of complicates that afflicted 8.0.
Among the number of bug corrections, 8.0.1 addresses an issue that causes apps to not interface with HealthKit and others that complicate third-party keyboards, the Photo Library, Reachability, videos playing via Safari and more.
With that being said, in light of the aforementioned problems with 8.0.1, being the fact that it breaks cellular connectivity and Touch ID, all iDevice owners should steer clear of updating to 8.0.1 until Apple corrects said problems.
Also, for those of you who wish to maintain your devices’ jailbroken state(s), avoid updating to iOS 8 (including 8.0.1 and subsequent updates) at all costs, as Pangu and the evad3rs are still working diligently on the next UnTethered jailbreak.
In summary, it won’t be possible to jailbreak 8.0.1 Untethered for any device until a new tool is made available and all users should stay on 8.0 (provided the update to iOS 8 was made in the first place) - hopefully Apple will release 8.0.2 or correct another iteration of 8.0.1 in the hours or days to come.
Also, on a related note, if you’re interested in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, check out this great video from iCrackUriDevice.
With that said, if you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch that’s on iOS 7.1 through 7.1.2, you can still take advantage of the awesome Pangu utility to jailbreak your device, so long as you avoid updating to iOS 8.0.1. To jailbreak 7.1.2, we strongly advise following our detailed Pangu untethered jailbreak tutorial.
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Is it safe for iPods? Like the iPod 5?
As much as I’d LOVE ios8’s jailbreak, I do SO hope that they wait to release it till 8 is much further along or we’ll be stuck with a problematic operating system. No one will want THAT!
Glad I’m on 7.1.2 waiting for 8.x to come out for jailbreaking