It was only back in August when we first heard about the nekoJB project by HAHALOSAH, which was essentially a kernel file descriptor (kfd) exploit-based jailbreak for arm64 devices —the iPhone X and older — and today, that project appears to have reached completion.
Published online to the project’s official https://nekojb.hhls.xyz/ web page Wednesday afternoon, the first public beta of nekoJB is now available for anyone and everyone with a compatible device to try out.
From what we can gather, nekoJB is a semi-untethered rootless jailbreak that supports arm64 devices (A11 and older) running iOS & iPadOS versions 15.0-15.8. The full list of supported device types is as follows:
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone SE
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone X
- iPad 5th generation
- iPad 6th generation
- iPad 7th generation
- 2016 iPad Pro (A9X)
- 2017 iPad Pro (A10X)
- iPad mini 4
- iPad Air 2
- iPod touch 7th generation
Also see: What is a semi-untethered jailbreak?
If you’re already jailbroken by way of the semi-tethered palera1n, then you can safely install nekoJB on your device as a semi-untethered backup. It won’t clash with palera1n, and it can actually help you out of a pinch where you otherwise wouldn’t be able to access your jailbreak content following a reboot.
If you’re using an arm64e device instead (iPhone XS or newer), and have iOS or iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1 installed, then consider checking out Dopamine or XinaA15 instead. There’s also a powerful new KTRR bypass that sounds like it’ll make jailbreaking iOS & iPadOS 16.5.1 and older a lot easier than it has been as of late.
Are you planning to see what the new nekoJB tool is all about? Be sure to let us know why or why not in the comments section down below.