I do not get why anyone would want to jailbreak an iPhone. If you do not like the walled garden, why not switch to another platform?
New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
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Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#92From Jay Freeman's (saurik) twitter: So, I got no lead time on evasi0n7, nor was I asked for an official iOS 7 Cydia; I was not given builds, nor was I asked for things to test. In fact, @evad3rs didn't even try my testing build of Substrate I gave core developers, so they didn't notice a fundamental incompatibility. This means they are going to have to push a new version of their untether to fix this oversight befor…
Well, the reason that the Cydia store doesn't work, and that Saurik wasn't included in the discussions, is starting to become clear. A Chinese company paid the evad3rs a rumored 1 million dollars for the jailbreak, forcing their own App Store onto the phone. If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but i…
This sounds terrible. I just jailbroke my phone. What's the best path backwards ?
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#93Just in time for Apple to patch iOS 7.1 ahead of its release. What a waste (unless it's been already patched in 7.1 beta and this is the last chance for this to be used by someone).
"Apple has purportedly already fixed exploits used for iOS 7 jailbreak" http://www.ifans.com/blog/95118/
It looks like it's compatible with iOS 7.1 beta 2 though. http://imgur.com/HjyNM79
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#94Has anyone verified that this jailbreak is safe? Is the project source available?
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, the reason that the Cydia store doesn't work, and that Saurik wasn't included in the discussions, is starting to become clear. A Chinese company paid the evad3rs a rumored 1 million dollars for the jailbreak, forcing their own App Store onto the phone. If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but i…
This sounds terrible. I just jailbroke my phone. What's the best path backwards ?
Erase all content and settings, then restore from your pre-jailbreak backup.
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good points, but I'm sorry to point out that buying the iPhone itself supports the war on general purpose computing. Jailbreaking might get you out of this set of digital handcuffs, but what about the next one, or the one after that?
Excellent point! This is my old iPod Touch 4th Gen, I have since gotten an Android phone.
iOS 7 isn't available on the iPod Touch 4th Gen, that doesn't change with this news. So, your reasons focus on iOS 6 and lower. iOS 7 imho leaves only a few edge cases to favor a jailbreak, especially on an unlocked device.
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#97From Jay Freeman's (saurik) twitter: So, I got no lead time on evasi0n7, nor was I asked for an official iOS 7 Cydia; I was not given builds, nor was I asked for things to test. In fact, @evad3rs didn't even try my testing build of Substrate I gave core developers, so they didn't notice a fundamental incompatibility. This means they are going to have to push a new version of their untether to fix this oversight befor…
Well, the reason that the Cydia store doesn't work, and that Saurik wasn't included in the discussions, is starting to become clear. A Chinese company paid the evad3rs a rumored 1 million dollars for the jailbreak, forcing their own App Store onto the phone. If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but i…
Just some additions:
- Taig[1] installs apps that run in the sandbox, not as root.
- The Taig app itself runs as root.
- Taig is removable if installed.
- Taig appears to contain a lot of copyrighted material.
- The evad3rs want to try to explain themselves[2]
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#98I can't think of a compelling reason to jailbreak my iPhone in 2013, and I suspect that's true for a lot more people than it was in the past.
You get root access to your phone/pad, that alone is definitely worth it (spec. if you're a developer); sometimes you just NEED a shell.
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#99From Jay Freeman's (saurik) twitter: So, I got no lead time on evasi0n7, nor was I asked for an official iOS 7 Cydia; I was not given builds, nor was I asked for things to test. In fact, @evad3rs didn't even try my testing build of Substrate I gave core developers, so they didn't notice a fundamental incompatibility. This means they are going to have to push a new version of their untether to fix this oversight befor…
Well, the reason that the Cydia store doesn't work, and that Saurik wasn't included in the discussions, is starting to become clear. A Chinese company paid the evad3rs a rumored 1 million dollars for the jailbreak, forcing their own App Store onto the phone. If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but i…
Wow. This changes a whole lot of things.
This is basically the worst-case scenario for Apple in terms of jailbreaks: For the first time, there's an unknown corporate actor calling the shots, and the high code-signing security of iOS 7 has backfired, causing this to be the only jailbreak on the market.
If this becomes anywhere near as popular as Evasi0n for iOS 6.1 (over 7 million downloads in its first few days), Apple will have not simply lost control of the platform to a bunch of power users, but to a well-funded entity with unclear motives.
Apart from trying some kind of political game in China to shut this down (I don't know how much pull they have there for this sort of thing), I see only one solution, which is to change the rules of the fight: Port Gatekeeper to iOS. Kill the market for jailbreaks altogether.
Re: New jailbreak available for iOS7 by the evad3rs
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, the reason that the Cydia store doesn't work, and that Saurik wasn't included in the discussions, is starting to become clear. A Chinese company paid the evad3rs a rumored 1 million dollars for the jailbreak, forcing their own App Store onto the phone. If the computer running the jailbreak has Chinese as the main language, then the Chinese 太极 (taiji) market app is install. Cydia is available as an option, but i…
Just some additions: - Taig[1] installs apps that run in the sandbox, not as root. - The Taig app itself runs as root. - Taig is removable if installed. - Taig appears to contain a lot of copyrighted material. - The evad3rs want to try to explain themselves[2] [1] http://www.taig.com [2] https://twitter.com/pod2g/status/414810704349499392
Apparently it also calls home with encrypted data: http://bbs.weiphone.com/read-htm-tid-7417919.html