Follow along as we cover everything related to palera1n, a jailbreak that was developed primarily for developers using the checkm8 hardware-based bootrom exploit for devices with A9-A11 chips.
Around a week ago, we shared the news about a breakthrough new tool called meowbrek2 by iOS developer @dora2ios that could effectively turn the semi-tethered palera1n jailbreak for arm64 devices running iOS 15-16 into a semi-untethered jailbreak by making use of the kfd exploit.
If you have ever jailbroke an iOS or iPadOS device with palera1n before, then you would know that the tool’s semi-tethered status requires you to connect to a computer every time you want to re-jailbreak your device.
If you’re a user of the Dopamine or palera1n rootless jailbreaks for iOS or iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1, then you might want to pay attention to this.
In case you haven’t been following along, the palera1n jailbreak is powered by the unpatchable checkm8 bootrom exploit and has officially supported iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16 on all A11 and older devices since being released.
Apple released iOS & iPadOS 17 in September, and a lot of people are still caught in the echo chamber that is people saying “we still don’t have an iOS & iPadOS 16 jailbreak yet!”
We’re accustomed to seeing interesting things in the jailbreak community. That’s why it may not come as much of a surprise that someone has used their ASUS ROG Ally handheld gaming system to jailbreak their checkm8-susceptible device.
Just a couple of days ago after WWDC 2023 kicked off, the palera1n team confirmed that it would support iPadOS 17 on the small subset of iPads that were both susceptible to the checkm8 bootrom exploit and capable of running iPadOS 17.
While Apple will indeed be killing off the iPhone X and older starting with iOS 17 despite initial rumors suggesting the contrary, the good news is that certain checkm8 bootrom exploit-vulnerable devices including older iPads and Apple TVs can run iPadOS 17 and tvOS 17.
In April, there were conflicting reports concerning whether the upcoming iOS 17 software update would drop support for the aging iPhone X, 8, and 8 Plus or not. Following the WWDC 2023 keynote, Apple confirmed the company’s decision to ditch those devices in a press release.
Any palera1n jailbreak users out there are going to wake up to a pleasant surprise Tuesday morning, as the palera1n team published a new build of its checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool late last night.
Apple on Thursday released iOS & iPadOS 16.5 for all of their latest devices, as well as iOS & iPadOS 15.7.6 for some of their older devices that can’t run iOS or iPadOS 16. These updates comprised of a small number of new features, but incorporated a wide array of security patches that will make future jailbreaks more challenging to achieve.
If you were experiencing any problems trying to use the palera1n-c jailbreak this past weekend, then you probably weren’t alone. According to announcement shared in the palera1n Discord server on Saturday, the team was unaware they were using a Google Cloud trial to host stuff that had finally expired.