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Popular iPhone hacker Posixninja (or Joshua Hill) of the Chronic Dev Team – the Dev Team who held accountable for Greenpois0n jailbreak tool and SHAtter exploit - has just announced that the iPad 2 jailbreak solution is in the works. Posixninja has just confirmed via tweet that they working on the iPad 2 jailbreak on iOS 4.3 and may be 4.3.2. It is very much likely that the Chronic Dev team will update their Greenpois0n to version RC7 with iPad 2 jailbreak package.
Here’s what p0sixninja tweeted:
“Since 4.3.1 is already exploited by the legendary @i0n1c, we’re working on finishing iPad2 jailbreak now.”
The iPhone Dev team together with Stefan Esser (also known as i0nic) already released the untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 on iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad1 and iPod Touch3G and 4G. If you unaware, Esser has just jumped to the iPhone jailbreaking scene for the very first time and he quickly discovered a new vulnerability, developed an exploit and he handed it to the iPhone Dev Team. After that, the Dev Team released it in the form of Redsn0w 0.9.6 RC9 and PwnageTool 4.3. iH8sn0w also utilizes Esser’s untethered jailbreak in his Sn0wbreeze 2.5 for Windows users.
In case you don’t know, the Cupertino, California-based Apple already patched up some iPad 2 jailbreak exploit in iOS 4.3 and iOS 4.3.1 found by the Chronic Dev Team, GeoHot’s Limera1n exploit, and lastly, Comex iPad 2 kernel exploit. Until now, it is quite unsure if Comex will still release his JailbreakMe 3.0 to jailbreak iPad 2.
There’s no word from the Chronic Dev Team regarding the release date of the new iPad 2 jailbreak. But it is expected to be released very soon. If you are an iPad 2 user and want to jailbreak, then keep your eyes peeled and your fingers crossed.
Last week we has informed you that Comex is the first iOS hacker that successfully jailbreak iOS 4.3 on the iPad 2. But today, we will find out a bit more information regarding the highly awaited iOS 4.3 jailbreak. In a reply to a Twitter users asking him regarding the exploit Comex had discovered in iOS 4.3, he said that he utilizes a userland exploit, which means the jailbreak might be applied directly from the device’s operating system, the same exploit used on his previous jailbreak tool JailbreakMe. And since it’s a userland exploit, it can be patched easily with just a simple software update, just like what Apple did with JailbreakMe.
Now, the good news is that, Comex has just confirmed that there's new bootrom exploit discovered by someone to jailbreak iPad 2 running iOS 4.3. Well, he might talking about i0nic’s (also known as Stefan Esser) untethered jailbreak method which is set to release very soon. However, with the rumors of iOS 4.3.1 coming in the next couple weeks, Esser might delay the release date of his untethered jailbreak, or thy might even save this exploit for after the iPhone 5 comes out.
Hoosiermo: @comex: is your new iPad 2 exploit in the boot rom? Or a userland exploit? Kinda curious. I am one of the lucky ones who landed one day one.
Comex: @Hoosiermmo: Userland, but I hear someone has a bootrom vulnerability that they might have exploited.
Though Comex already had a jailbroken iPad 2 on iOS 4.3, we didn’t get much more information about the jailbreak and its release date. It is speculated that this method will work only on iOS 4.3, but this has yet to be confirmed. Stay tuned!
Earlier, it seems like we will be able to jailbreak the Apple’s iPad 2 tablet due to the fact that the iOS 4.3 Gold Master was easily jailbroken on other iOS devices. However, apple surprised the entire iPhone jailbreak community when they released the latest version of iPad that runs on iOS 4.3 and powered with a new hardware, the A5 dual-core processor. And as a result, all hardware-based exploit has been patched. These include GeoHot’s Limera1n exploit and the Chronic Dev Team’s SHAtter exploit.
For those of you who aren’t aware, SHAtter exploit was discovered by Posixninja of the Chronic Dev Team. However, SHAtter exploit never saw the light, because GeoHot launched his jailbreak tool called Limera1n before the Chronic Dev-Team could get their jailbreak out. Both Limera1n and SHAtter was made use of an A4 chip exploit. Also, other jailbreak tools such as Sn0wbreeze, PwnageTool, and Redsn0w utilizes Limeara1n exploit. Meaning, the aforementioned jailbreak tool will not work on iPad 2 and future iOS devices.
MuscleNerd, the spokesperson of the iPhone Dev Team, recently Tweeted regarding the fix:
"Early testing also seems to show at least one thing SHAtter depends on was gone by March 2010 too :("
"SHAtter can't work at all with the "thing" i referred to gone"
"iPad2 bootrom version iBoot-838.3 means it was compiled March'10. Seems geohot guessed right: limera1n was already closed"
As quoted above, it is very interesting to know that fixes were actually around a year ago, long before the hacks were even released. Anyway, hopefully the Dev Team and iPhone hackers figure out how to resolve this issue. Stay tuned!
