iOS 8.1 Jailbreak Released For iPhone, iPad

While the iOS 8 Jailbreaking universe was a mixed bag of oddities, many creators stuck in Beta mode for many moons, iOS 8.1 ready right off the blocks. This entirely un-authorized look at iOS 8.1 comes from the folks at Team Pangu. That's inside China – and a good indicator of how awesome it's going to be having China onboard with the iOS Jailbreaking game from now on. This Jailbreak also works on iOS 8.0 right out the gate. And you CAN get English instructions if you don't read Chinese.

So you've got the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, and a vast collection of iPhones and iPads – like the very popular iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s, all with iOS 8.1. This is a very quick-spreading version of iOS, and certainly one folks around the world are going to be wanting to jailbreak immediately. So what does Team Pangu do? They jailbreak it in record time.

The jailbreak Team Pangu have released this week works with every single device able to run iOS 8 or iOS 8.1. You will need a Windows PC to run this program. This program only supports SSH, no Cydia at the moment, and a Mac OS X version is on the way.

The solution released this week by Team Pangu is a work in progress. This means it's not perfected, but does work well enough to release to the public.

We recommend you take extreme care in using this tool if you do so choose to use it. The article you're reading now is not an endorsement of said tool – it's only a news article making clear that jailbreaking is happening at warp-speed now that China is onboard.

VIA: Redmond Pie