Prepare For iOS 8.3 Jailbreak And Apple Watch, Proper 8.3 Update Guide
How to Update for Future iOS 8.3 Jailbreak and Apple Watch - Today, a sizable portion of iPhone jailbreakers find that the moment of reckoning is upon them in light of the Apple Watch’s official release in 9 countries. However, prior to being able to fully use the device, one must update their iPhone 5 or higher (including the 5c, 5c, and the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus) to at least iOS 8.2, if not the current iOS 8.3 public firmware. That poses serious complications for those currently jailbroken on either > iOS 8.1.2 or iOS 8.2 betas 1 or 2 (both are jailbreakable, yet neither support the Apple Watch), as the latest TaiG jailbreak was officially patched by Apple with iOS 8.1.3. Having said that, while i0n1c successfully achieved an Untethered iOS 8.4 jailbreak on the first beta version of the firmware, and both Pangu and TaiG are confirmed to be creating new untethered jailbreak iOS 8.3 utilities, what about right now? Currently, as of writing this article, a jailbreak doesn’t exist for either of the aforementioned public firmwares that support Apple’s hottest post-PC wearable, so for those of you who already purchased the device and plan on receiving it either today or in the near future, you’ll need to leave the comfort of your jailbreak and update to iOS 8.3 - but like most things in life, there’s a right way and a wrong way to update. In light of that glaring fact, we’re going to guide you through the proper update procedure in today’s article - make the jump past the break to learn how to properly update to iOS 8.3 with the intent of jailbreaking when a new utility is released.
How to Update To iOS 8.3 For The Future Jailbreak
First, it’s also important to mention that this guide is multifaceted in nature, as it will also serve those seeking to update to iOS 8.3 in the future once a new jailbreak is made available.
Also, as for the rumors swirling around the jailbreak blogosphere suggesting that iOS 8.2 will be jailbroken before 8.3 and to avoid the latest release, that’s simply not the case. While iOS 8.3 does close security vulnerabilities, they were left over from the original TaiG jailbreak that Apple simply left unattended when the company patched TaiG with 8.1.3, i.e. they’re not new vulnerabilities and TaiG and/or Pangu wouldn’t issue a new jailbreak without supporting the latest firmware (in this case iOS 8.3).
Avoid OTA Update To Jailbreak 8.3
For those of you currently unjailbroken who intend on both updating your iPhones to iOS 8.3, or even iPads and iPod touches for that matter, and jailbreaking, you must avoid Apple’s built-in over-the-air (OTA for short) update feature, as OTA updates are known to cause severe complications with jailbreaks. In laymen’s terms, an OTA update simply ‘replaces’ what’s changed from the starting firmware to the one a device is updating to and doesn’t fully update the device, which can lead to random and sporadic issues post-jailbreak - follow today’s guide to ensure said issues don’t happen to you and your device.
Update To iOS 8.3: Apple Watch Jailbreak 8.3
To preface, as always, it’s important that you check and verify that you do indeed have a current backup of your data (even if you followed the corresponding step in this tutorial), as iTunes might not have backed-up your device properly the first time around. Finally, without further ado, let’s delve into the proper iOS 8.3 update procedure for those who intend to jailbreak on 8.3.
Step 1. Plug your iPhone into your computer via a standard lightning USB cable and launch iTunes.
Step 2. Navigate to the device overview portion of iTunes’ interface and initiate the backup process to ensure that all of your data is retained.
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