Jailbreak

Jailbreaking is the process by which full execute and write access is obtained on all the partitions of the Apple TV, iPad, iPad mini, iPhone or iPod touch. It is done by patching /private/etc/fstab to mount the System partition as 'read-write'. This is entirely different from an unlock. Jailbreaking is the first action that must be taken before things like unofficial activation (hacktivation), and unofficial unlocking can be applied.

The original jailbreak also included modifying the AFC service (used by iTunes to access the filesystem) to give full filesystem access from root. This was later updated to create a new service (AFC2) that allows access to the full filesystem.

Modern jailbreaks also include patching the kernel to get around code signing and other restrictions. These are called Kernel Patches.

NOTE: The legality of jailbreaking your device varies with each country/region. Wikipedia has a summary of legality for some countries.

Version numbers are the first to jailbreak and last is the last supported version. Last will only be listed if a newer version is out that does not support the device and iOS.

Jailbreak Tools

AppSnapp

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone 2G	iPod touch 1G
1.1.1	1.0

AppTapp Installer

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone 2G
1.0	1.0
1.0.1	1.0
1.0.2	1.0

evasi0n

iOS Version	Device
	Apple TV 2G	iPad 2	iPad 3	iPad 4	iPad mini 1G	iPhone 3GS	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,2)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,3)	iPhone 4S	iPhone 5	iPod touch 4G	iPod touch 5G
6.0	1.0-1.5.3
6.0.1	1.0-1.5.3
6.0.2	N/A										1.0-1.5.3	N/A
6.1	1.0-1.5.3
6.1.1	N/A									1.3-1.5.3	N/A
6.1.2	N/A	1.4-1.5.3

evasi0n7

iOS Version	Device
	iPad 2	iPad 3	iPad 4	iPad Air	iPad mini 1G	iPad mini 2G	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,2)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,3)	iPhone 4S	iPhone 5	iPhone 5c	iPhone 5s	iPod touch 5G
7.0 (11A465)	1.0-1.0.8
7.0 (11A466)	N/A											1.0.8		N/A
7.0.1	N/A											1.0-1.0.8		N/A
7.0.2	1.0-1.0.8
7.0.3	1.0-1.0.8
7.0.4	1.0-1.0.8
7.0.5	N/A											1.0.5-1.0.8		N/A
7.0.6	1.0.6-1.0.8

Geeksn0w

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,2)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,3)
7.1	2.5-2.8.313/2.92
7.1.1	2.92

¹ Tethered jailbreak
² Semi-Tethered jailbreak
³ Upgradable to Semi-Tethered jailbreak via repo http://geekrepo.beiphone.it package

greenpois0n

iOS Version	Device
	Apple TV 2G	iPad	iPhone 3GS	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,3)	iPod touch 2G	iPod touch 3G)	iPod touch 4G)
3.2.2	N/A	RC4	N/A
4.1	no package management GUI	N/A	RC4
4.2.1	RC6-RC6.1	RC5-RC6.1

iLiberty / iLiberty+

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone	iPod touch 1G
1.1.3	1.0
1.1.4	1.0
1.1.5	N/A	1.0

OktoPrep

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone	iPod touch 1G
1.1.2	Update from jailbroken 1.1.1

p0sixspwn

iOS Version	Device
	iPad 2	iPad 3	iPad 4	iPad mini 1G	iPhone 3GS	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,2)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,3)	iPhone 4S	iPhone 5	iPod touch 4G	iPod touch 5G
6.1.3	1.0-1.0.7
6.1.4	N/A									1.0-1.0.7	N/A
6.1.5	N/A										1.0-1.0.7	N/A
6.1.6	N/A				Cydia package only1	N/A					Cydia package only1	N/A

¹ Use redsn0w to tethered jailbreak and then upgrade to untethered by downloading the p0sixspwn package from Cydia.

purplera1n

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone 2G	iPhone 3GS	iPod touch 1G	iPod touch 2G
3.0	Yes			Yes1

¹ Only applicable for devices with the old bootrom.

QuickPwn

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone	iPod touch 1G
2.0	1.0
2.0.1	1.0
2.0.2	1.0
2.1	1.0
2.2	1.0
2.2.1	1.0

Saffron

iOS Version	Device
	iPad	iPad 2 (iPad2,1)	iPad 2 (iPad2,2)	iPad 2 (iPad2,3)	iPhone 3GS	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,3)	iPod touch 3G	iPod touch 4G
4.3	Yes						N/A	Yes
4.3.1	Yes						N/A	No	Yes
4.3.2	Yes						N/A	Yes
4.3.3	Yes						N/A	Yes
4.2.6	N/A						Yes	N/A
4.2.7	N/A						Yes	N/A
4.2.8	N/A						Yes	N/A

Soft Upgrade

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone	iPod touch 1G
1.1.3	Update from jailbroken 1.1.2

Star

iOS Version	Device
	iPad	iPhone 2G	iPhone 3G	iPhone 3GS	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPod touch 1G	iPod touch 2G	iPod touch 3G)
3.1.2	N/A	Yes			N/A	Yes		1.0
3.1.3	N/A	Yes			N/A	Yes		1.0
3.2	Yes	N/A
3.2.1	Yes	N/A
4.0	N/A	Yes					N/A	1.0
4.0.1	N/A	Yes					N/A	1.0

unthredera1n

iOS Version	Device
	iPad	iPad 2 (iPad2,1)	iPad 2 (iPad2,2)	iPad 2 (iPad2,3)	iPhone 3GS	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1)	iPhone 4 (iPhone3,3)	iPod touch 3G	iPod touch 4G
4.3	Yes						N/A	Yes
4.3.1	Yes						N/A	Yes
4.3.2	Yes						N/A	Yes
4.3.3	Yes						N/A	Yes
4.2.6	N/A						Yes	N/A
4.2.7	N/A						Yes	N/A
4.2.8	N/A						Yes	N/A
5.0	Yes						N/A	Yes
5.0.1	Yes						N/A	Yes
5.1	Yes						N/A	Yes
5.1.1	Yes						N/A	Yes

ZiPhone

iOS Version	Device
	iPhone	iPod touch 1G
1.1.3	1.0
1.1.4	1.0
1.1.5	N/A	1.0

See Also

• Failbreak
• Jailbreak Exploits
• Kernel Patches