Comex?s iOS 4.3 Jailbreak uses a Userland Exploit

[BLiNK]

Comex?s iOS 4.3 Jailbreak uses a Userland Exploit

Last week we reported about Comex being the first to jailbreak iOS 4.3 on the iPad 2. Today we find out a bit more information about this iOS 4.3 jailbreak. In a reply to a tweet asking him what kind of exploit Comex had found in iOS 4.3, he said that he uses a userland exploit, meaning the jailbreak might be applied directly from the device, a la JailbreakMe.

Because a userland jailbreak can easily be patched via a software update, and with the rumors of iOS 4.3.1 coming in the next couple weeks, I doubt we will see Comex?s jailbreak before then?

In his tweet, Comex also refers to a bootrom exploit, which probably is i0n1c?s jailbreak we talked about a couple weeks ago. Because this type of jailbreak can only be patched via a hardware upgrade, the jailbreak community might want to save this exploit for after the iPhone 5 comes out.

Since he revealed he had successfully jailbroken an iPad 2 on iOS 4.3, we didn?t get much more information about the jailbreak. I assume this userland exploit would work with any device on iOS 4.3, but this has yet to be confirmed.

2 more weeks??

 

[Ipheuria]

sweet by then maybe I'll finally have an iPad 2 and be able to just put my theme on that without missing a beat.

 

[iRandom]

2 weeks is when iOS 4.3.1 comes out.

 

[Ipheuria]

Yeah but if it already works on 4.3 I don't think it would take much longer to be released.

 

[BLiNK]

thank God if Comex will wait for the next.. it would be a waste on the POS 4.3 OS

 

[Ipheuria]

Amen to the POS part

 

[Elliott09k]

4.3 Jailbreak?

Can i jailbreak this yet? ..


If so what software? Green Poison? Ultrasnow?

 

[Ipheuria]

I believe I heard redsn0w or sn0wbreeze can't remember which one but it has sn0w in it LOL. There is a thread with a link here so just look around.

 

[BLiNK]

Can i jailbreak this yet? ..


If so what software? Green Poison? Ultrasnow?

honestly, i would just wait for a stable untethered version to be released. also this will let some of your favorite apps/tweaks fine tune for the newer OS

 

[Altimate]

Any word when the untethered JB is coming this weekend?

 

[buci1er]

Any word when the untethered JB is coming this weekend?

Is there any indication that he's releasing it this weekend?

 

[BLiNK]

i don't see it coming out this weekend, well.. what's left of it anyways

i have been stalking the Dev Team & Comex's twitter too so..

 

[buci1er]

Lol.. Well I'm sure it'll hit here pretty much immediately when it's ready.

 

[phinx404]

honestly, i would just wait for a stable untethered version to be released. also this will let some of your favorite apps/tweaks fine tune for the newer OS

I'm in the same boat. yes there is a tethered release now.. i want a rock solid untethered release before i upgrading!