In the previous two articles we’ve gone over some functionalities and Jailbreaking as a whole, but how did it all start? There are many, many, different Jailbreaking tools, and each are dependent on many different things, such as processor chip, iOS version, phone model, etc. One of the first jailbreaks was called Redsn0w and was primarily made for the iPhone 3gs. It was one of the first mainstream jailbreaks and helped to kick off the jailbreak scene as a whole, and there was always different types of tools per iOS, multiple tools for the same iOS as well. Some other example tools that were made for iOS 3 were Purplera1n, Sn0wbreeze, and Limera1n. These jailbreaks are now what is known as untethered, meaning when the device reboots it will still be in a Jailbroken state compared to modern semi-untethered, where the device can be Jailbroken but needs to be re-jailbroken to reload the system daemons and reload all the tweaks upon a restart of the device. Redsn0w was the main tool used to jailbreak all the way up to iOS 7, then a new tool was developed called Pangu. Pangu was the king of iOS jailbreaking bringing alot of new functionality to the table to adjust to the new features of each iOS, and added alot more stability. Pangu only lasted until iOS 9 though, as with iOS 10 a bunch of new tools were developed, and iOS 10 was the time I, myself, was introduced to the Jailbreaking scene. Some of these new tools included Doubleh3lix, Meridian, Yalu102, Saigon, G0blin, and Totallynotspyware. Personally, I always used Yalu102 because that’s what I was so used to but the other tools as well were great tools. iOS 10 Jailbreaking lasted a long time, until iOS 11 finally was Jailbroken by the new and rising developer Coolstar, with his Jailbreaking tool called Electra. Electra started the iOS 11 Jailbreak, and was the only tool for awhile, then a new software was developed known as Unc0ver. Unc0ver and Electra, now known as Chimera, is still the current top jailbreak tools today for iOS 11 and 12, but for iOS 13 a new ‘super-jailbreak’ tool was developed known as Checkra1n, as it could jailbreak any iOS version including the newest versions of iOS 13. Currently Checkra1n has no windows support but will get it soon, as you need a mac to use it, but is still a very powerful tool and is currently the newest one available. iOS Jailbreaking has had quite a history and is sure to grow even more in the coming years.
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