Chimera

Chimera

Developer(s)	Electra Team CoolStar
Initial release	30 Apr 2019 (2019-04-30)
Stable release	1.3.3 (iOS) 1.2.6 (tvOS) / 20 August 2019 (iOS) 26 July 2019 (tvOS)
Operating system	iOS, tvOS
Available in	English
Type	Jailbreaking
Website	Chimera.sh

Chimera is a semi-untethered jailbreak for A7-A11 devices running 12.0-12.2 and 12.4, A12 devices on 12.0-12.1.2, and tvOS 12.0-12.2.

Versions

iOS

Version	Date	Changes
1.0	30 April 2019	Initial Release
1.0.1		Fix voucher_swap on betas Fix voucher_swap on some iPad Pros Reduce IPA size by 32%
1.0.2		Fixes issues with A12X iPad Pro's failing to jailbreak
1.0.3	4 May 2019	Adds a fix for RocketBootstrap issues on certain devices and updates the bundled @GetSileo to version 1.0.5!
1.0.4		Removes the broken SSH toggle on 1.0.3 and fixes non-working SSH
1.0.5	10 May 2019	Fixes Mail.app send bug. Updates Sileo to 1.0.6 Attempts to fix A12-only Camera bug Fixes issues with the app occasionally black screening at step 2 and should improve success rate. Adds machswap2 for A12
1.0.6	19 May 2019	Improves jailbreak success rate Fixes issue in 1.0.5 that would result in automatic rootfs restores
1.0.7	26 May 2019	Makes re-jailbreaking significantly faster (4 seconds instead of 12 seconds on a device tested with mach_swap2)!
1.0.8	9 June 2019	This fixes the issue where the Sileo icon wouldn't show up after jailbreaking with 1.0.7, 1.0.8 is otherwise identical to 1.0.7.
1.0.9	2 July 2019	This includes a few stability fixes and optimizations, as well as updating the bundled Sileo to 1.1.2!
1.1.0	8 July 2019	Updates bundled Sileo to 1.1.5 Fixes Sileo icon not showing up after jailbreak
1.2.0	12 July 2019	add support for A9 - A11 devices on iOS 12.1.3 - 12.2
1.2.1		This fixes issues that users were experiencing with the exploit failing on 12.2
1.2.2		This fixes an issue where 1.2.1 would fail to jailbreak A12 devices using voucher_swap
1.2.3	14 July 2019	This adds support for some beta versions of iOS 12.3!
1.2.4	15 July 2019	This adds support for A7 and A8 devices on 12.1.3 to 12.2 including certain 12.3 betas!
1.2.5	23 July 2019	Improves stability significantly on iOS 12.2 Fixes occasional freezes on 12.0 - 12.1.x Adds @NedWilliamson to in-app credits for sockpuppet
1.2.6	24 July 2019	This adds sockpuppet2 for devices on iOS 12.1 - 12.2, increasing reliability of the exploit! Note, 12.0/12.0.1 will get sockpuppet 1.5 instead; though they may use machswap(2) or voucher_swap
1.2.7	26 July 2019	adds support for sockpuppet 1.5 on A12 devices on 12.0 - 12.1.2
1.2.8	18 August 2019	Adds support for iOS 12.4 on A9 - A11 devices!
1.2.9		This bundles the package updates that were pushed after 1.2.8, and should fix issues with installing certain packages (such as NewTerm or Anemone 3)
1.3.0	19 August 2019	adds support for A8 devices on 12.4
1.3.3	20 August 2019	This replaces the sockpuppet 1.5 & sockpuppet2 exploits with the sockpuppet3 exploit (thanks to @umanghere) This also adds support for A7 & A8X

tvOS

Version	Date	Changes
1.0	30 April 2019	Initial Release
1.0.2	4 May 2019	Fixes issues with Apple TV 4K failing to jailbreak
1.0.6	20 May 2019	Improves jailbreak success rate
1.0.7	28 May 2019	Makes re-jailbreaking significantly faster
1.2.2	14 July 2019	This version adds support for tvOS 12.2 on the Apple TV 4K , 1080p Apple TV 4 is only supported up to 12.1.1
1.2.5	23 July 2019	This brings all the stability fixes from Chimera 1.2.5 to ATV!
1.2.6	26 July 2019	adds support for sockpuppet2 on the A10 Apple TV on 12.0 - 12.2