The fifth and probably the final beta of Apple iOS 9.3 has been seeded by the American tech giant to developers and public beta testers a few days ago which patched a jailbreak vulnerability of the beta 4.
Thus, Apple has made it a notch higher to break the iOS 9.3 this time around. However, Italian hacker Luca Todesco, who carries with him the reputation of jailbreaking the iOS 9.2.1 and the first four betas of iOS 9.3, has claimed shortly after that he has already jailbroken the iOS 9.3 beta 5, reports MobiPicker.
With the release of the iOS 9.3 beta 5, it is likely that the final and full version of the iOS 9.3 is just around the corner. In fact, enthusiasts think that it would likely happen before the end of March.
Contrary yet again to Apple’s claim of ‘unjailbreakability,’ the iOS 9.3 beta 5, just like its predecessor the iOS 9.3 beta 4, is also jailbreak-friendly.
Luca Todesco confirmed in a tweet a few days ago that his code works on iOS 9.3 beta 5, implying that the OS is indeed jailbreakable. But just like his previous jailbreak exploits on the latest Apple iOS, he will not release the jailbreak to the public.
What this means is that someone else has to figure out the exploit and release a tool for the public, as if challenging the hackers at TaiG and Pangu to do one better than him.
Waiting for the full version
Many are of the opinion that Todesco may not be releasing the jailbreak exploits for the iOS 9.3 betas but once Apple officially launches the iOS 9.3 full version, he would likely release a public version of his exploit so as to ensure that Apple would not be able to patch his jailbreak exploit.
Just like his previous jailbreak exploits, Todesco, who goes by the name of qwertyoruiop on Twitter, also released a video to prove that he has indeed jailbroken the iOS 9.3 beta 5.
Todesco also confirmed that he has jailbroken the iOS 9.3 beta 5 when he replied to a query by hacker and security researcher Steffan Essar who goes by the name of i0n1c on Twitter.
For the past four months, there have not been any official jailbreak releases which somehow strengthened the claim of Apple that its iOS 9.0 and onwards will be tough to jailbreak.
Normally, a jailbreak release can be expected within a few days of the firmware release so users should expect it to happen after the iOS 9.3 officially comes out, notes N4BB.
Fake iOS 9.2 Jailbreak tools
Because of the absence of latest and official jailbreak tools, there are several fake iOS 9.2 jailbreak tools that are currently available for download on the internet.
Thus, iOS users are warned that they should be wary and be careful of so-called jailbreak tools, however, legit they may seem.
What is clear at this time is there is no working jailbreak for iOS 9.2 or iOS 9.2.1 so those who claim to have the tools for such are most likely fake. Once users install the tools, it will download a fake app on their iOS device or just destroy their PC and Mac.
Since Apple officially unveiled the iOS 9 in September last year, the American tech giant has come up with three official firmware updates thus far – iOS 9.1, iOS 9.2, and iOS 9.2.1.
However, iOS 9.2.1 was rather short-lived because along with its release, Apple has also seeded to developers the first beta of the iOS 9.3.
Before the official rollout of the iOS 9 in September, Apple has claimed that its latest mobile OS is unjailbreakable, a word that the jailbreaking community finds absurd, if not ridiculous.