April 24, 2014
Is Pangu Safe To Use And Can I Jailbreak 7.1.1 UnTethered?
Simply stated, yes, Pangu is safe. While there have been questions pertaining to the tool’s authenticity and origin, we’ll highlight all areas of concern in today’s explanatory post - please reserve your questions until after reading all of our key points.
MuscleNerd of the evad3rs, Saurik (the creator of Cydia), i0n1c, iH8Sn0w and iCrackUriDevice, as well as the staff of Jailbreak Pangu (formerly Jailbreak Evasi0n Info) have all confirmed the legitimacy of Pangu and have verified that the tool is safe.
(I personally wouldn’t jump from JB 7.0.x to 7.1.1 for this. But if I were at 6.x or 7.1.x already, it appears to be okay so far!)
— MuscleNerd (@MuscleNerd) June 23, 2014
It’s HERE! My Untethered iOS 7.1.1 #JAILBREAK Tutorial: http://t.co/7oENY41dce #pangu #iOS711 — iCu iD (@iCrackUriDevice) June 23, 2014
Where does Pangu come from and who Developed it?
Pangu was created by a group of Chinese hackers that go by the same name as the utility: the Pangu Team.
The group of iOS hackers were hired by a third-party Chinese company that offered to pay Pangu an undisclosed sum of money to create a new Untethered jailbreak for 7.1.1 and bundle somewhat questionable software with it. However, said software can be opted out of prior to the install, which is actually what we recommended doing in our detailed Pangu jailbreak tutorial.
Why do I need to set the Date to June 2nd and What’s the Certificate Pangu installs?
Both of these commonly asked questions can be answered simultaneously when knowing how Pangu works. Essentially, instead of burning through valuable exploits for the initial execution of unsigned code to exploit iOS 7.1.1, Pangu makes use of an Enterprise Developer account from Apple, which requires the installation of certificates.
As for why it’s required to roll the date back when jailbreaking with Pangu, for the same reason a similar process is required when installing GBA4iOS. Due to the fact that Apple doesn’t sanction the use of Developer certificates for the purpose of jailbreaking, the company has revoked the distribution privileges of the Developer account that generated the certificates. In light of that fact, setting the date back to June 2nd, a time when the Developer account still possessed distribution privileges, is required to actually make use of the certificates and allow the jailbreak to function properly.
Can I change my device’s Settings to reflect the current Date after Jailbreaking with Pangu?
Yes, once jailbroken on iOS 7.1.1, you may return your device to the current date. In fact, following the final reboot in the jailbreak process, Pangu should revert the date Settings on 7.1.x automatically.
Will the Evad3rs Update Evasi0n? I think I’ll wait until they Release Evasion 7.1.1
Unfortunately, that’s not a possibility. The evad3rs won’t update evasi0n to jailbreak 7.1.1 - in fact, they can’t. When Apple released iOS 7.1 to the public, the company effectively patched the key iOS vulnerabilities that evasi0n exploited to achieve an UnTethered jailbreak on iOS 7.0 through 7.0.6. That, in conjunction with the fact that Pangu utilizes a Developer Enterprise cert (certificate) are the contributing factors in why the evad3rs cannot simply reverse engineer Pangu to update evasi0n for iOS 7.1.1
The use of the (expired) enterprise certificate is the most unique part of Pangu JB (but it’s something we avoid for legal reasons)
— MuscleNerd (@MuscleNerd) June 23, 2014
While the evad3rs are bound by the US law in relation to iOS and the use of Enterprise accounts for the execution of unsigned code, the Pangu team presumably reside outside the jurisdiction of the any such restrictions.
Pangu is in Chinese, I can’t understand it - Is there an English version of Pangu?
No, as of now, the interface for Pangu 1.0 is exclusively written in Chinese. However, our in-depth tutorial, which is linked to both above and below, contains not only fool-proof instructions to successfully jailbreak 7.1.1, but also a step-by-step video explantation.
Updated instructional and Jailbreak Pangu Q&A video from iCrackUriDevice.
Original Pangu tutorial on its release day from iCuiD (iCrackUriDevice’s secondary channel).
What’s the Jailbreak Process like, is it Easy enough to use Pangu to Jailbreak 7.1.1?
Surprisingly, it’s a breeze to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with Pangu - it’s a relatively painless process and devices jailbroken via Pangu remain extremely responsive.
If you have yet to jailbreak iOS 7.1.1 UnTethered, don’t forget to follow our comprehensive iOS 7.1.1 Pangu tutorial for the most thorough guide on the web.
Stay tuned for additional coverage on Pangu and if you’re interested in learning how to earn paid iOS 7.1.1 App Store apps for Free, with or without a Jailbreak, we advise navigating to our tutorial on FreeAppLife.
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To those of you who say certain cydia apps do not function on 7.1.1, well that is not completely true:
Using geek0w to semi-untether jb on an iPhone 4 on iOS 7.1.1, featured repos’ apps have a version inhibitor for apps unsupported on 7.1.1 and there is no ‘install’ button.
But, other repos you can add to cydia will not stop an install if it isn’t supported on 7.1.1
So some installed apps like iFile, do work. Activator has some non working features, but works for my needs (tapping status bar for SBSsettings drop down, for example).
List of installed packages:
0. 1812 Overture Ringtone
1. 7-zip (POSIX)
2. Activator
3. AdBlocker
4. adv-cmds
5. AppList
6. AppSync Unified
7. APR (/usr/lib)
8. APR-util
9. APT 0.6 Transitional
10. APT 0.7 (apt-key)
11. APT 0.7 Strict
12. APT 0.7 Strict (lib)
13. Barrel
14. basic-cmds
15. Berkeley DB
16. BigBoss Icon Set
17. biteSMS
18. Bloard
19. Boba Fett Loading Wheel
20. Bourne-Again SHell
21. Bridge
22. BYA Repo Icons
23. bzip2
24. Complete PPSync Remover
25. Core Utilities
26. Core Utilities (/bin)
27. cURL
28. CyDelete7
29. Cydia Substrate
30. Darwin Tools
31. Debian Packager
32. Debian Utilities
33. Default HD SBSettings
34. Diff Utilities
35. diskdev-cmds
36. Effects+
37. Erica Utilities
38. Essential
39. f.lux
40. file-cmds
41. Find Utilities
42. FindFile
43. Five Icon Dock
44. Flipswitch
45. Fresh Prince Intro Ringtone
46. Gawk
47. GeekSn0w Semi Untether Payload
48. Germs
49. gettext
50. GNU Privacy Guard
51. grep
52. gzip
53. HHGTTG Ringtone
54. HYI Repo Icons
55. IconSupport
56. iFile Cracked
57. inetutils
58. less
59. libhide
60. LowPowerBanner
61. LZMA Utils
62. network-cmds
63. New Curses
64. New Day Ringtone
65. NoSlowAnimations
66. OpenSSH
67. OpenSSL
68. PAM (Apple)
69. PAM Modules
70. PC Networking
71. pcre
72. pincrush
73. PkgBackup Cracked
74. Pokemon Battle Fire
75. Pokemon Emerald (ENG)
76. PreferenceLoader
77. Profile Directory
78. PwnCenter
79. readline
80. Robot Ringtone
81. RocketBootstrap
82. Saurik’s Source
83. SBSettings
84. sbsettingstoggles
85. sed
86. Serious SBSettings HD
87. shell-cmds
88. ShowCase
89. SiNfuL iPhone Repo Icons
90. SQLite 3.x Library
91. Star Wars
92. Substrate Safe Mode
93. syslogd to /var/log/syslog
94. system-cmds
95. Tape Archive
96. UIKit Tools
97. unrar
98. VLC media player
99. WeeLoader
100. wget
101. WiFiFoFum
102. Windows Music
103. WinterBoard
Phone is rebooted as required (I forget to charge it) from DFU-mode with geeksn0w and operates very well and is stable.
It jailbreaks fine but none of the apps in Cydia are compatable on 7.1.1 so now it’s useless to me. I should have stayed on 7.0.6
I’ve jailbroken iphone 5 and seems to be working very fine however the battery is draining very fast as compare to non jailbroken. If you have same issue or any solution for this… plz help me
Now that’s some great 411. The jailbreak works I can say for sure the day it was realesed I JB my ipad air running 7.1.1 & have’nt had any issues. If Saurik & the evad3rs crew have given the stamp of approval there’s nothing to worry.
WHAT,i just went to download the pangu jb,was guna test it on my old iphone 4s,BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY!
The evaders do it for free,it works out @ $33 aus,if it dont work are you going to refund mt money?
Plus as i said above,IM STILL waiting for app developers to catch up to 7.0.6,winterboard works on my iphone not on my ipad,same with add blocker,i can just see me wastin $30 and bein stuck usin less apps than now.
Ill think on it read a few more comments.
I thawt it was illegal to charge for a jailbreak?
My IOS 7.1.1 corrupted after I installed the Pangu. several applications have been corrupted.
Davis, I replied to your post with instructions but my answer to you has not been approved.
MuscleNerd … I’m indeed with 1 phone on iOS 6.1.2 jailbreak and other phone on iOS 7.0.6. As my English is not perfect. I understand in your words, stay were you are if it works fine. I like to know, we are now 2 days further if your meaning is still same? Is it worthy to update with iTunes to iOS 7.1.1 and use the new jailbreak?
Good day
Jeannette
Installed a treat….
Unfortunately,had to remove straight away-Barclays on-line
banking not allowed on JB devices.
Something I use every day..
Ah well, exciting whilst it lasted.
Peter
Pangu pls fix the iPhone 5 boot loop problem..
Works perfect on my 5s gold
Fast jailbreak
Is it worth uprading my jb from 7.0.6 evasion to the 7.1.1 pangu jb.
Im still waiting now for app devlopers to catch up to 7.0.6 wirh updates,if i upgrade again,the wait will be even longer?
After restore to new IOS 7.1.1 , is this jailbreak activate the locked phone 5 ??
PKGBackup firstly……
I wouldn’t trust this to save my life. No thanks!
I did this on my iphone 5 everything went perfectly!
I have ipad mini 2, and the program gives me that my device is ipad 4,4 .
can I continue installing or not?????
please, reply fast!!!!!!!!!