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.

Note: The Apple TV 3G has never been jailbroken.

Jailbreak Tools

1.x

iOS	Jailbreak Tool	Tool Version	Devices
			iPhone	iPod touch
1.0	AppSnapp	1.0	No	N/A
	AppTapp Installer	1.0	Yes	N/A
1.0.1	AppSnapp	1.0	No	N/A
	AppTapp Installer	1.0	Yes	N/A
1.0.2	AppSnapp	1.0	No	N/A
	AppTapp Installer	1.0	Yes	N/A
1.1.1	AppSnapp	1.0	Yes
1.1.2	OktoPrep	1.0	Update from jailbroken 1.1.1
1.1.3	iLiberty / iLiberty+	1.0	Yes
1.1.4	iLiberty / iLiberty+	1.0	Yes
	PwnageTool	1.1.4	Yes
1.1.5	iLiberty / iLiberty+	1.0	N/A	Yes

6.x

iOS	Jailbreak Tool	Tool Version	Devices
			iPad 2	iPad 3	iPad 4	iPad mini 1G	iPhone 3GS	iPhone 4	iPhone 4S	iPhone 5	iPod touch 4G	iPod touch 5G
6.0	evasi0n	1.0-1.5.3	Yes
	redsn0w	0.9.15b11-0.9.15b31	No				Yes1	Tethered	No		Tethered	No
	sn0wbreeze	2.9.8-2.9.14	No				Yes		No		Yes	No
6.0.1	evasi0n	1.0-1.5.3	Yes
	redsn0w	0.9.15b12-0.9.15b32	No				Yes2	Tethered2	No		Tethered2	No
	sn0wbreeze	2.9.8-2.9.14	No				Yes		No		Yes	No
6.0.2	evasi0n	1.0-1.5.3	N/A			Yes	N/A			Yes	N/A
6.1	evasi0n	1.0-1.5.3	Yes
	redsn0w	0.9.15b12-0.9.15b32	No				Yes2	Tethered2	No		Tethered2	No
	sn0wbreeze	2.9.8-2.9.14	No				Yes		No		Yes	No
6.1.1	evasi0n	1.3-1.5.3	N/A						Yes	N/A
6.1.2	evasi0n	1.4-1.5.3	Yes
	redsn0w	0.9.15b12-0.9.15b32	No				Yes2	Tethered2	No		Tethered2	No
	sn0wbreeze	2.9.10-2.9.14	No				Yes		No		Yes	No
6.1.3	p0sixspwn	1.0-1.0.7	Yes
	redsn0w	0.9.15b12-0.9.15b32	No				Yes2	Tethered2	No		Tethered2	No
	sn0wbreeze	2.9.141	No				Tethered1		No		Tethered1	No
6.1.4	p0sixspwn	1.0-1.0.7	N/A							Yes	N/A
6.1.5	p0sixspwn	1.0-1.0.7	N/A								Yes	N/A
	redsn0w	0.9.15b12-0.9.15b32	N/A								Tethered2	N/A
6.1.6	redsn0w	0.9.15b12-0.9.15b32	N/A				Tethered3	N/A			Tethered3	N/A

¹ Tethered jailbreak on devices not vulnerable to 0x24000 Segment Overflow.
² Point at 6.0 IPSW. Also Tethered jailbreak on devices not vulnerable to 0x24000 Segment Overflow.
³ Tethered jailbreak on devices not vulnerable to 0x24000 Segment Overflow. Requires pointing to 6.0 IPSW. Upgradable to untethered jailbreak via p0sixspwn Cydia package.

Apple TV 2G

Marketing Version	iOS Version	Jailbreak Tool	Tool Version	Device
				Apple TV 2G
5.1	6.0	redsn0w	0.9.15b1	Tethered
		evasi0n	1.0-1.5.3	Yes
		Seas0nPass Mac	0.8.?	Yes
		Seas0nPass Windows	0.8.?	Yes
5.1.1	6.0.1	redsn0w	0.9.15b32	Tethered
		evasi0n	1.0-1.5.3	Yes
		Seas0nPass Mac	0.8.?	Yes
		Seas0nPass Windows	0.8.?	Yes
5.2	6.1	redsn0w	0.9.15b32	Tethered
		evasi0n	1.0-1.5.3	Yes
		Seas0nPass Mac	0.8.9.655	Yes
		Seas0nPass Windows	0.8.9.11241	Yes
5.2.1	6.1.3	redsn0w	0.9.15b32	Tethered
		p0sixspwn	1.0-1.0.7	Yes
		Seas0nPass Mac	0.9.?1	Yes
		Seas0nPass Windows	0.9.?1	Yes
5.3	6.1.4	redsn0w	0.9.15b32	Tethered
		p0sixspwn	1.0-1.0.7	Yes
		Seas0nPass Mac	0.9.5	Yes
		Seas0nPass Windows	0.9.5	Yes

¹ Tethered jailbreak.
² Point at 6.0 IPSW. Also Tethered jailbreak.

7.x

iOS	Jailbreak Tool	Tool Version	Devices
			iPad 2	iPad 3	iPad 4	iPad Air	iPad mini 1G	iPad mini 2G	iPhone 4	iPhone 4S	iPhone 5	iPhone 5c	iPhone 5s	iPod touch 5G
7.0	evasi0n7	1.0-1.0.7	Yes									Yes1		Yes
7.0.1	evasi0n7	1.0-1.0.7	N/A									Yes		N/A
7.0.2	evasi0n7	1.0-1.0.7	Yes
7.0.3	evasi0n7	1.0-1.0.7	Yes
7.0.4	evasi0n7	1.0-1.0.7	Yes
7.0.5	evasi0n7	1.0.5-1.0.7	N/A									Yes		N/A
7.0.6	evasi0n7	1.0.6-1.0.7	Yes
7.1	Geeksn0w	2.5-2.8.33 / 2.92	No						Tethered/Semi-Tethered	No
7.1.1	Geeksn0w	2.92	No						Semi-Tethered	No

¹ Requires a hex edit of evasi0n7 binary. For instructions, look here
² Semi-Tethered jailbreak
³ Tethered jailbreak. Upgradable to Semi-Tethered jailbreak via repo http://geekrepo.beiphone.it package

Apple TV

• There is no jailbreak available for the Apple TV 2G on 7.x.

See Also

• Failbreak
• Jailbreak Exploits
• Kernel Patches