Things got rather emotional in the #jailbreak section of the Sileo / Taurine / Odyssey Discord channel over the weekend after Odyssey Team lead developer CoolStar appeared to lay out a roadmap of their plans for the upcoming iOS & iPadOS 15 jailbreak, including what appeared to be a mention that it would be the final jailbreak that CoolStar contributes to.
Although Apple hasn't talked much about the state of Studio Display firmware, reviewers have discovered that the monitor runs a full version of iOS 15.4.
All the hubbub lately surrounding kernel vulnerabilities for the iPhone and iPad has been in relation to the now-turned kernel exploit for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1. But a fresh announcement shared Wednesday afternoon to Twitter by @Synacktiv is turning quite a few heads.
Using Face ID while wearing a mask requires relatively recent hardware. Consult this list of iPhone models that support Face ID with a mask to see if yours is compatible.
If you’re jailbroken right now, then it’s because you’re on iOS or iPadOS 14 or earlier. Many continue to patiently wait for a jailbreak on iOS or iPadOS 15, but now that the deadline to DelayOTA to iOS 15.1.x has expired, many are left wondering what jailbreak tweaks they can use to simulate an iOS or iPadOS 15-like experience on their pwned iOS or iPadOS 14 device.
If you’ve been following along with us as we report on the journey to an iOS & iPadOS 15 jailbreak, then you’ve likely caught wind about Odyssey Team lead developer CoolStar explaining how it will be easier to jailbreak A9-A11-equipped handsets than it will be to do the same with A12 and newer-equipped handsets.
Nearing around two weeks after security researcher @b1n4r1b01 published a working kernel exploit for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 based on Brightiup’s CVE-2021-30955 kernel bug, another respected hacker now appears to be surfacing with an exploit release.
Earlier today, Apple released updates for iOS, watchOS, and the company's other platforms. There are some standout features mixed in, including using Face ID while wearing a mask (and unlocking your phone without needing an Apple Watch), the arrival of Universal Control, and much more. And there's even a nice little bonus, too.
Ever since a kernel-level exploit for iPhones and iPads running iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 officially dropped, major players of the jailbreak community have been looking into the feasibility of incorporating it into a public jailbreak. Odyssey Team lead developer CoolStar was among one of the first to publicly acknowledge this, however they also warned about how changes made under the hood would make jailbreaking later firmware on A12 and newer devices more of a challenge.
Prospective jailbreakers, in an attempt to motivate jailbreak developers to create and release an iOS & iPadOS 15-compatible jailbreak tool, are now banding together to organize a bounty that will award the payout to anyone who releases such a jailbreak first.
The Odyssey Team has been investigating the feasibility of the new iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 kernel exploit for an upcoming semi-untethered jailbreak tool, and many prospective jailbreakers are undoubtedly anxious to see what happens next.
If you’ve been following the developments surrounding iOS & iPadOS security research lately, then there’s no way you could have missed Brightiup’s CVE-2021-30955 kernel bug for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1. Soon after the write-up, hackers and security researchers alike began making proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and later came the full-blown exploit from @b1n4r1b01.