iOS 6 GM tethered jailbreak released! 3GS and A4 devices only *Update 5*

[karma]

Originally Posted by UrbanRave

A4 uses the limera1n bootrom exploit so why cant it be untethered whit the first jailbreak like old bootrom 3GS? i always thought that when an iDevice got bootrom exploit it was untethered for life just like the old 3gs, but i guess i was wrong

Old bootrom 3GS has the 24kpwn exploit (bundled along with limera1n) whereas A4 devices use just limera1n. The 24kpwn exploit allows the 3GS to always be untethered. However, the only exploit being used in this release was limera1n, so the untethered exploit was left out, for whatever reason.

A bootrom exploit only allows the devices in question to be jailbroken for life. It doesn't nessecarily mean they will be untethered for life. Nowadays, to gain untethered status, it's usually done through a different userland (firmware level) exploit.

[jordan0269]

just as soon as you get your iDevice exactly the way you want it, something "newer" comes out. I think I'll just enjoy mine for a while

[flameapes]

Looking forward to untether!

[jason848]

this iOS 6 is really a good update so far has the bate goes am wondering if its going to be has good like they say it will be !!!

[JohnM109R]

This is fantastic news guys

[babemsorry]

thanks for the info

[wares]

Boners are par for the course. Awesome news.
Mindless Drivel

[tolikkozak]

New iOS 6 features that are old news | ITProPortal.com

Wil look like that?

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Hehe, never mind. i pressed back and scrolled down and got my answer. Thanks for all your work, erverybody!

[ziggy2002]

Great job guys!

[player04]

Its only a beta firmware and its tethered. No cydia, no app store, basically a nonjailbreak iphone.

[DCFCDJ]

Originally Posted by player04

Its only a beta firmware and its tethered. No cydia, no app store, basically a nonjailbreak iphone.

AppStore works and so does a jailbreak if you know what you're doing! I have iFile, Iconoclasm, Five Icon Dock and Winterboard running on my iOS 6 Beta 1 and partly NCsettings all through trial and error.

You just have to know what to do!

[vokesy]

Originally Posted by DCFCDJ

AppStore works and so does a jailbreak if you know what you're doing! I have iFile, Iconoclasm, Five Icon Dock and Winterboard running on my iOS 6 Beta 1 and partly NCsettings all through trial and error.

You just have to know what to do!

a tutorial for this would be much appreciated

[Phonebricker]

I think you guys should just leave it alone for now. Haven't you figured out that Apple releases (leaks) betas so that everyone can sit here and report what works, what doesnt in terms of jailbreaking? You are all giving them far too valuable information by posting in these threads. Wait till the final release. Let these dudes jailbreak it and slap Apple in the face with it. Don't sit there and poke at the lion.

[BlckDragn22]

haha agreed!

[DCFCDJ]

Originally Posted by vokesy

a tutorial for this would be much appreciated

Originally Posted by Phonebricker

I think you guys should just leave it alone for now. Haven't you figured out that Apple releases (leaks) betas so that everyone can sit here and report what works, what doesnt in terms of jailbreaking? You are all giving them far too valuable information by posting in these threads. Wait till the final release. Let these dudes jailbreak it and slap Apple in the face with it. Don't sit there and poke at the lion.

Which is why I wasn't going to make a tutorial! Too many bugs / crashes in the tweaks also, not really usable for the normal user

If people REALLY want to know, there's a few guides around the net beginning to pop up. If you know how to use Google and edit plists then use them

[iTach 5G]

Thanks for this. (:

[thec0rrupted1]

this is great news!

[livinlarge]

The cat and mouse has begun anew. I wouldn't bet against the Devs

[DCFCDJ]

A little mini update thing, Saurik is pissed! Don't expect anymore jailbreaks for betas anytime soon. This is due to someone releasing Cydia that works on iOS 6 beta

From the perspective of many of the community developers, this is very disappointing, and it is exceptionally so that WyndWarrior (in particular) did this without getting on IRC and asking any questions before deciding to post this build publicly.

In essence, when Cydia runs on a build of iOS, it causes massive end user adoption of that firmware version. Developers, on the other hand, do not need, nor do they often even care about, Cydia on their system: they use apt.

What this means for beta builds of the firmware is that there is then rampant piracy of Apple's firmware and flagrant violation of Apple's developer account terms of service. This is obviously something we have the goal to minimize.

Meanwhile, developers in Cydia then begin to receive large numbers of complaints about things available in Cydia that don't work yet; something that is exceptionally silly, as the firmware is still itself a moving and buggy target.

In fact, in the case of iOS 5.0 ignoring b1 was actually the most correct thing for developers: by b3, Apple had fixed many of the bugs that were happening--yes, even in our jailbreak-specific projects--by the later betas.

Thereby, all of the major developers, the repositories, and many of the people working on jailbreaks themselves (certainly most of those that were around at the time)... we all were incredibly happy when Cydia didn't work on iOS 6b1.

The argument is that, without a working version of Cydia, this beta firmware jailbreak can be released publicly, but will only get adoption by developers, not end users; we, in essence, do not have to worry about these aforementioned problems.

So, despite a number of hesitations and arguments, even those most strongly against releasing jailbreaks for beta versions of iOS reluctantly withdrew their complaints about a release of common jailbreaks, such as redsn0w, for iOS 6b1.

After all, with a more public jailbreak process, it does become easier for many developers to update their software throughout the betas. The last component missing, Cydia, could then be released only with a jailbreak for "the real firmware".

Sadly, however, the result seems to be that we cannot actually trust the extended developer community. It took only two or three days for someone not realizing the delicate balance to opt for some publicity and release a replacement Cydia build. *sigh*

This means that many of us, certainly me, will now be registering a strong "no" when it comes to a public release of any future jailbreak for beta releases of iOS (and "absolutely not" for b1), whether or not Cydia operates.

[vanro]

thank