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Jailbreak iPhone 5 on iOS 6.0 Achieved In Record Time

With yesterday’s iPhone 5 release, millions of customers happily received or purchased their iPhone 5. I’m not going to lie, while only offering incremental changes to the iPhone, the 5 makes a world of difference over its predecessors. Offering revisions such as a taller, 1136-by-640 display with 40 percent more color saturation and 326 ppi (pixels per inch), a two-tone aluminum and glass back unibody design, the new Lightning connector port, iOS 6 and much more, the iPhone 5 is certainly the best iPhone to date. Furthermore, despite the iPhone 5′s taller form-factor, Apple managed to manufacture the device in such a way as to trim down on thickness by 18 percent and decrease the overall weight by 20 percent.

Jailbreak iPhone 5 on iOS 6 information :

Chances are good though you didn’t come here to be sold on the new iPhone 5 with iOS 6.0. You were probably looking for a jailbreak solution for your new iPhone that seems to be somewhat plain in comparison to your old jailbroken phone. While this isn’t a jailbreak tutorial, seeing as the iPhone 5 has only been available to the public for roughly a day now, we have something just as good. Yesterday, an iOS security expert and hacker by the name of Grant Paul (chpwn) revealed that he has jailbroken the iPhone 5 on iOS 6!

In the above image, it’s apparent that Cydia is present on the iOS 6 homescreen of an iPhone 5 - it’s the rightmost app in the 5^th row. With the tweet that accompanied the screenshot, chpwn said the following:

Taller screens like Cydia too.

While obviously referring to the iPhone 5, if that’s not enough proof, chpwn also posted the image below, which is of the Cydia app open on the iPhone 5. In the picture, the following identifying text is displayed: ” iPhone5,1, iOS 6.0, Cydia 1.1.6+2 “.

Despite the certain possibility that the above images could have been faked, chpwn is certainly a reliable source and a major contributor to the jailbreak community. Moreover, chpwns initial tweet was retweeted by MuscleNerd (the most widely known member of the iPhone Dev Team).

Jailbreak 6.0 iPhone 5 UnTethered :

Of course, we have to discuss the likelihood of an UnTethered iOS 6.0 jailbreak for the iPhone 5, as it’s a question we’re asked frequently. To briefly summarize, the major difference between a Tethered and UnTethered jailbreak is that all tethered jailbreaks rely on the assistance of a utility to successfully boot the iOS device once it’s jailbroken. Additionally, due to the nature of the Tethered jailbreak, it will only function properly on A4 devices and earlier, which would include the following: iPhone 4, iPhone 3Gs and the 4^th-generation iPod touch 4G.

While the tethered jailbreak seems limited, it does have one major advantage over the UnTethered variety. Because tethered jailbreaks exploit hardware-based vulnerabilities, an updated utility can typically be pushed out closely following the release of a new firmware.

However, it’s safe to assume that the majority of jailbreakers prefer the UnTethered option, as they don’t have to worry about rebooting their device with the assistance of a MAC or windows-based PC. That being said, since there isn’t a known hardware vulnerability for newer devices, chpwn’s jailbroken iPhone 5 on iOS 6 is likely running on an UnTethered jailbreak.

Also, as a side note, even though chpwn has managed to jailbreak his iPhone 5, there’s a strong possibility that we won’t see a public jailbreak released for some time. The developers typically like to save the exploits they’ve discovered, check compatibility for other devices (in this instance, that would include the iPhone 4S, iPad 3, iPad 2, the 5^th-generation iPod touch 5G and all A4 devices), ensure that Apple doesn’t release an updated version of iOS and take their sweet time compiling a utility.

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