In a video purportedly demonstrating a working untethered jailbreak of iOS 9.2 on an iPhone 6, lone hacker "qwertyoruiop" claims the tool will work on iOS 9.2.1 and iOS 9.3 beta as well. Meanwhile, jailbreakers are still waiting on an official jailbreak tool release for iOS 9.2 and iOS 9.2.1 from Pangu or TaiG.

The last popular jailbreak for iOS 9, Pangu 9, only works on iOS 9.0, iOS 9.0.1, and iOS 9.0.2 right now. Apple's release of iOS 9.2 and iOS 9.2.1 plugged many of the vulnerabilities that Pangu 9 took advantage of.

And with the hacker group, and its rival TaiG, still working on a jailbreak solution for iOS 9.2, Apple's beta release of iOS 9.3 is practically baiting the jailbreak developers to show the iPhone-maker what vulnerabilities they can patch before the full release.

But meanwhile, a lone hacker seems to have demonstrated a working untethered jailbreak for iOS 9.2, according to a new report from Inquisitr.


The video is pretty convincing, though the hacker "qwertyoruiop" has kept his purported untethered jailbreak solution to Apple's security patches to himself, rather than really prove to the community that he's broken iOS 9.2 through iOS 9.3 beta.

Nevertheless, the video shows the hacker running Cydia on iOS 9.2, along with using Mobile Terminal and WinterBoard. And qwertyoruiop claims it will work on 9.3 beta as well, though he has offered no visual proof to back it up.

Meanwhile, Pangu and TaiG have remained mum about the possibility of releasing any jailbreak solutions for iOS 9.2 or iOS 9.2.1 in the near future. One developer for Pangu, however, did publish a detailed rundown of Apple's security and bug fixes included in iOS 9.2 - iOS 9.2.1 -- even recommending the latest firmware update to Apple users who aren't interested having a jailbroken iPhone.

But more importantly, and suggestively, he also mentioned that if you do care about having a jailbreak in the future, you should stick to iOS 9.2.

Do you believe the lone hackers who claim to have jailbreak solutions to iOS 9.2, iOS 9.2.1, or (especially) iOS 9.3 beta? Or are you waiting for official word from Pangu before you think about updating your iPhone's firmware? Let us know in the comments below!

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