Apple released the iOS 9.3.5 on August 25 but the American tech giant was not planning to use the update as some sort of a patch to nullify the jailbreak exploits of the Apple iOS 9.3.4 Jailbreak as developed by the Pangu Chinese jailbreaking team.
The American tech giant came out to say later that the release of iOS 9.3.5 was not really directed to the hacking exploits of Pangu and other jailbreaking teams. Accordingly, it was a patch released by the American tech giant in response to intrusions from a company called the NSO group.
Thus, even if Apple device users upgrade to iOS 9.3.5, they can still use the exploits and tweaks that were brought in by the iOS 9.3.4 Jailbreak.
Despite the assurance from Apple that the iOS 9.3.5 was not meant to put an end to the tweaks of the Apple iOS 9.3.4 Jailbreak, Pangu still proceeded in coming up with an iOS 9.3.5 Jailbreak a few days later.
It was not too difficult for Pangu to jailbreak the iOS 9.3.5 because it was very similar to the iOS 9.3.4 with the exception of the security feature. But Pangu decided not to publish the Apple iOS 9.3.5 Jailbreak tool since the iOS 10 is about to come out by then.
Apple iOS 10 was formally unveiled on September 13 or less than a week later after the Cupertino-based tech giant launched the iPhone 7, the iPhone 7 Plus, and the Apple Watch Series 2.
Focusing their attention
Pangu admitted that some of its team members have actually disregarded the development work for the iOS 9.3.5 Jailbreak in order to focus their attention on developing jailbreak tools for the iOS 10, reports the University Herald
The justification of the Pangu team on why they chose to stop working on the iOS 9.3.5 Jailbreak is that due to the upcoming operating system’s features, the Apple iOS 10 will be packed with a new and improved lock screen. There is also a smarter Siri, and also the more playful and user-friendly iMessage app.
Despite the iOS 9.3.5 Jailbreak officially not seeing the light of day, Apple device owners still have a couple of options to choose from. Device owners will have to use iOS 9.3.4 or below so that they can take advantage of the jailbreaking tools for these versions. But, if they choose such an option, there is also the risk that the feature might be patched by Apple sooner or later.
The launch of iOS 9.3.4 by Apple may have been sudden coming just two weeks after the public release of iOS 9.3.3, but the sudden nature of the release is also tinged with disappointment for jailbreakers.
Unlikely to come out instantly
iOS 9.3.4 is basically a firmware release that focuses predominantly on security fixes, and as such, essentially patches the vulnerabilities within the platform.
It is highly likely that the Chinese team behind the iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak solution is already tinkering with iOS 9.3.4/iOS 9.3.5 to see exactly what has changed and if there are any new vulnerabilities to be found that could be useful for a jailbreak. But history has shown that any release is unlikely to come instantly, details the Redmond Pie.
After Chinese jailbreaking team Pangu officially released the Apple iOS 9.3.2 Jailbreak and the subsequent iOS 9.3.3 Jailbreak, it was back to the cat-and-mouse game with Apple.
For several months since March until the middle of July, Apple maintained the bragging rights over the Chinese or any other jailbreaking teams since there has been no official published jailbreak tool for iOS 9.2 and up.
It was only late last month when Pangu released the Apple iOS 9.3.2 Jailbreak that it got itself in the game again with the American tech giant.
Early this month, Pangu also released the iOS 9.3.3 Jailbreak after Apple released the iOS 9.3.3 to patch the jailbreak exploits and tweaks on the iOS 9.3.2 Jailbreak.