iOS 7 Jailbreak iPhone 5: Can New Apple iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c Be Jailbroken?
Hackers always seem to find a way around everything in technology.
We're still working hard on the jailbreak. May have all the pieces at this point (but not certain yet).— planetbeing (@planetbeing) October 2, 2013
Some rumors are floating around about jailbreak developers working on an iOS 7 jailbreak option, with a member of the iOS hacking team Evad3rs saying on Twitter that they "may have all the pieces at this point (but not certain yet)."
The International Business Times said that there were many false claims about an iOS 6 jailbreak back when the previous version of the operating system was released. Thus, this recent news should probably be taken with a grain of salt.
Itproportal.com says that a jailbreak is not necessarily imminent and that it is unclear whether we will ever see one. "There is every chance that you will never be able to download an iOS 7 jailbreak," the website said.
Itproportal also said that this is because Apple improves its defenses against jailbreakers with every single update to the operating system. Jailbreaking was sailing smoothly when iOS 6.1.3 was exploited, but Apple soon released an update and it put an end to that.
Jailbreakers reportedly have not been able to find a solid way around iOS 7's defenses except on the iPhone 4, but that jailbreak is tethered-only and it's missing Cydia, making it only really useful for developers. In fact, itproportal said that iOS 7 will be much more difficult to jailbreak on the 4s, 5, 5c, and 5s thanks to Apple's improvements and changes.
If a jailbreak does come, however, users are warned that it will likely be a few months. One Apple hacker said it could take up to 6 months. In the meantime, new features on iOS 7 obsolete some of the options offered by jailbreaking.
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