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  • MuscleNerd reveals that the iPad mini is Already Jailbroken
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    Akshay Masand
    Published on 11-04-2012 05:22 PM
    64 Comments Comments


    Shortly after the iPad mini was officially released to the public, the device was already jailbroken. MuscleNerd recently tweeted a screenshot of him obtaining root access to the newly released Apple tablet. Although such proof shows that a jailbreak is capable on the device, unfortunately it is far from reach for the general public.

    According to MuscleNerd, he used the same “failbreak” method that Chpwn used to jailbreak the iPhone 5 to gain root access to the mini. To those of you who don’t remember, the failbreak method was the term Chpwn used to describe a jailbreak that can’t be released to the public due to the fact that it was complicated process. This means that you shouldn't get too excited just yet.

    The good news here is that the jailbreak developers are working on releasing a public-friendly iteration of the jailbreak soon. It should only be a matter of time before we see jailbreaks for both the iPhone 5 and iPad mini along with other older iOS devices as well. Stay tuned for more information regarding the matter.

    Source: MuscleNerd (Twitter)
    This article was originally published in forum thread: MuscleNerd reveals that the iPad mini is Already Jailbroken started by Akshay Masand View original post
    Categories:
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    2. Apple,
    3. iPad
    Comments 64 Comments
    1. NewdestinyX's Avatar
      NewdestinyX - 11-05-2012, 08:13 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by csglinux View Post
      I think most of us can agree that the recent DMCA ruling that exempts phone jailbreaks, but not tablet jailbreaks is a total farce - and history will show it as such. Nonetheless, for the next three years, the law is what it is. It's not true to say nobody cares if you jailbreak a tablet. There's one particularly litigious company with very deep pockets that does.
      Oh I agree they have deep pockets - just no way to 'enforce' their will even with this 'law'. Impossible to track a tablet's JB state (or at all for that matter) - especially for those of us who use an 'altered name' and PO BOX when registering our i-stuff with said 'deep-pocketed' company.
    1. Silverado1987's Avatar
      Silverado1987 - 11-05-2012, 09:15 AM
      Well bottom line when it comes too and there's a jailbreak for the iPads. We're all gonna do it
    1. PoEtikly's Avatar
      PoEtikly - 11-05-2012, 09:15 AM
      Well let's hope to see some jb's released soon
    1. bigboyz's Avatar
      bigboyz - 11-05-2012, 09:24 AM
      Its probably the jailbreak that does not include Cydia. No offense but whats the point. There is already a 6.0 tethered jailbreak. Am i missing something here? Looks like a lot of feedback for old news IMHO.
    1. Modding life's Avatar
      Modding life - 11-05-2012, 09:27 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by NewdestinyX View Post
      Oh I agree they have deep pockets - just no way to 'enforce' their will even with this 'law'. Impossible to track a tablet's JB state (or at all for that matter) - especially for those of us who use an 'altered name' and PO BOX when registering our i-stuff with said 'deep-pocketed' company.
      I guess you have not heard with
      Ios6 because of the new API system
      That was made for AppStore apps
      We are connected to apple's servers
      And apple now have a new patent
      On REMOTE ACCESS for idevices
      So they can disable our **** if they wanted to
    1. GeoffS4's Avatar
      GeoffS4 - 11-05-2012, 10:08 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by NewdestinyX View Post
      What I think you meant to say is - "to the best of your knowledge there is currently no law making LEGAL - picking of your nose,etc.." Which doesn't then necessarily make it illegal. You just mis-typed there I think.

      Exactly. And that's why the hype of this story is just pure nonsense.


      HA! Yes, my double negative was meant to be LEGAL followed by illegal. thx...now corrected...
    1. nealh's Avatar
      nealh - 11-05-2012, 10:24 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Modding life View Post
      I guess you have not heard with
      Ios6 because of the new API system
      That was made for AppStore apps
      We are connected to apple's servers
      And apple now have a new patent
      On REMOTE ACCESS for idevices
      So they can disable our **** if they wanted to
      Are you suggesting they might lock a device remotely if it is JB? Holy crap, cant imagine what can worms that would open? I am betting JB is more popular outside of the US. The US general population seems less tech savvy than other countries??
    1. Modding life's Avatar
      Modding life - 11-05-2012, 10:32 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by nealh View Post
      Are you suggesting they might lock a device remotely if it is JB? Holy crap, cant imagine what can worms that would open? I am betting JB is more popular outside of the US. The US general population seems less tech savvy than other countries??
      Yeah but it will only effect people in USA with iPads
    1. NewdestinyX's Avatar
      NewdestinyX - 11-05-2012, 11:11 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Modding life View Post
      I guess you have not heard with
      Ios6 because of the new API system
      That was made for AppStore apps
      We are connected to apple's servers
      And apple now have a new patent
      On REMOTE ACCESS for idevices
      So they can disable our **** if they wanted to
      This is utterly false. You are not understanding what you're reading. Where dud you read such nonsense?!
    1. Modding life's Avatar
      Modding life - 11-05-2012, 11:17 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by NewdestinyX View Post
      This is utterly false. You are not understanding what you're reading. Where dud you read such nonsense?!
      It's real it is all over YouTube plus I saw
      The PDF copy of it
    1. thazsar's Avatar
      thazsar - 11-05-2012, 11:17 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Modding life View Post
      I guess you have not heard with
      Ios6 because of the new API system
      That was made for AppStore apps
      We are connected to apple's servers
      And apple now have a new patent
      On REMOTE ACCESS for idevices
      So they can disable our **** if they wanted to
      Even if this was true, wouldn't that make it more exciting for the Devs to figure out a way to bypass it?!?! That's why they're in it...for the fun! Regardless, they'll find a way to hack it...it would just take more time.
    1. Paulw2008's Avatar
      Paulw2008 - 11-05-2012, 12:15 PM
      Thats great news , should be a interesting few weeks/months
    1. kraziebone's Avatar
      kraziebone - 11-05-2012, 12:19 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Colby21 View Post
      Why is this news? Can we jailbreak the iphone 4s? yes... Can we jailbreak the ipad mini? yes! It runs the same processor so hardware locks aren't impeding anything like the A6 is.
      Although we once saw a jailbreak for the iPhone 4S it's hardware hasn't been "pwned" so it does not guarantee future tethered jailbreaks. The A4 was the last to be pwned to that level.
    1. thazsar's Avatar
      thazsar - 11-05-2012, 12:27 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by kraziebone View Post
      Although we once saw a jailbreak for the iPhone 4S it's hardware hasn't been "pwned" so it does not guarantee future tethered jailbreaks. The A4 was the last to be pwned to that level.
      Correct!
      People still seem to forget that the ip4S and iPad 3 exploit was a SOFTWARE exploit found in iOS 5. There never was a HARDWARE exploit found in the A5 chip so there will never be a tethered JB for those devices unless they discover one.

      Since iOS 6 is a new SOFTWARE, a usable exploit must be found for the public to attain a JB on A5 & A6 devices.

      So...
      A4 chip - HARDWARE/SOFTWARE (iOS 4/5/6) = tethered/untethered

      A5 chip - SOFTWARE (iOS 5) = untethered

      A6 chip - SOFTWARE (iOS 6) = Nothing *except for developer accts
    1. wgr73's Avatar
      wgr73 - 11-05-2012, 12:28 PM
      Guys, Musclenerd has done this the past few device releases and it has done NO good!! He never releases a jailbreak....it's only for show. That's it! This means nothing, other than it can be done. But to you and me and other noobs, it means nothing.
    1. Richard's Avatar
      Richard - 11-05-2012, 12:51 PM
      I can't believe all this talk about legal and illegal !

      They will never be able to stop it world wide, as if and when the exploit is discovered they will just post it on a china site for argument sake.

      Just because this ruling was made in the US this does not make it a world wide ban ?

      There are plenty out there that are using pirate sites to install pirate apps and I am sure Apple are loosing more money through that than they are bothered about the Jailbreak situation. Granted if they stop Jailbreaking then they will stop the pirates. But I don't this will ever happen. And I don't think Apple will be stupid enough to try and stop people Jailbreaking as there wold loose millions to Android devices. Because if we were honest how many of us would be with Apple if we could not Jailbreak ?

      Just my opinion
    1. Modding life's Avatar
      Modding life - 11-05-2012, 12:58 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by wgr73 View Post
      Guys, Musclenerd has done this the past few device releases and it has done NO good!! He never releases a jailbreak....it's only for show. That's it! This means nothing, other than it can be done. But to you and me and other noobs, it means nothing.
      Musclenerd does releases jailbreaks

      It's i0n1c that doesn't
    1. The6uest's Avatar
      The6uest - 11-05-2012, 08:48 PM
      C'mon Dream Team!
    1. Cowboy's Avatar
      Cowboy - 11-05-2012, 11:29 PM
      Ok here is a tweet from musclenerd himself stating that jail breaking an iPad is illegal.
      https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/statu...15045732085760

      Anywho you guys that are say there will still be a jailbreak for the iPads coming out for iOS 6 you have lost your mind.

      Your right there isn't away to track down ( as far I know) a jailbroken device. But there is away to track down Devs that make the tools to perform the jailbreak.
      Hell there are only a handful of them in the world right now working on it. Making it easy for Apple or who ever to sue (spelled it right that time ) them for releasing the tool to jail break iPads.
    1. NewdestinyX's Avatar
      NewdestinyX - 11-06-2012, 08:18 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by Cowboy View Post
      Ok here is a tweet from musclenerd himself stating that jail breaking an iPad is illegal.
      https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/statu...15045732085760

      Anywho you guys that are say there will still be a jailbreak for the iPads coming out for iOS 6 you have lost your mind.

      Your right there isn't away to track down ( as far I know) a jailbroken device. But there is away to track down Devs that make the tools to perform the jailbreak.
      Hell there are only a handful of them in the world right now working on it. Making it easy for Apple or who ever to sue (spelled it right that time ) them for releasing the tool to jail break iPads.
      All nonsense.
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