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The iPhone 5 jailbreak is here

Jailbreaking is back for iOS 6.0/6.1-capable devices, including iPhone 5.
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Published: Feb. 4, 2013 at 12:51 PM
By KATE STANTON, UPI.com

Security improvements at Apple have made it harder for hackers to come up with a usable iPhone 5 jailbreak, but after a relatively long wait, it's finally here.

A group of iOS hackers called Evad3rs released the first untethered jailbreak for your iPhone 5, and most other iOS 6.0 or 6.1 devices. According to CNET, The evasi0n tool, as it's called, allows users to install applications available outside Apple's AppStore through alternatives like Cydia.


You can run the evasi0n jailbreak on Mac, Windows and Linus software. Here's a list of the devices it will work on (via Gizmodo):

iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPad 2
iPad 3
iPad 4
iPad mini
iPod touch 4th generation
iPod touch 5th generation

Apple released its latest iOS platform, iOS 6.1, just one week ago.

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