iOS 10 jailbreak release date news: Luca Todesco releases jailbreak software

Janna Dela Cruz Saturday, December 24, 2016

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Italian hacker Luca Todesco has made public an iOS 10 jailbreak as the wait continues for the version of jailbreak development team Pangu to come out.

Todesco, who has showcased his jailbreak tools for previous iOS versions but never made them public, shared to everyone a beta form of a semi-untethered iOS 10 jailbreak software for users to utilize.

Since it is in the said form, it is to be noted that the iOS 10 jailbreak from Todesco could have bugs and may not be completely stable.

More than that, being untethered, the iOS 10 jailbreak will have to be re-launched every time the device it is installed in is rebooted.

However, it is important to know that the iOS 10 jailbreak from Todesco is only compatible with the iOS 10.1.1, which means that users will have to upgrade.

Ever since Pangu announced its iOS 10 jailbreak tool back in July, many jailbreak fans stuck with iOS 9.3.3 to be able to make sure of the software should it come out.

Now, the dilemma that users will face with Todesco's jailbreak offering is whether or not they will upgrade from iOS 9.3.3 especially with the issue of stability of the software. Either way, this is the closest thing they have to the jailbreak tool they have been waiting.

Thankfully, there is an answer when it comes to the trouble of downgrading and upgrading especially when Apple decides to stop signing certain releases â€” SHSH blobs.

These items allow players to move back and forth with software versions by saving a blob on a certain version to upgrade or downgrade to.

With a tool called Prometheus TSSChecker, users will be able to save these SHSH blobs. This means that while the wait for the iOS 10 jailbreak continues, users can switch between software versions.

Should Pangu come out with the iOS 10 jailbreak in the future, users can first try out the new versions Apple rolls out and then move back to iOS 9.3.3 when the jailbreak tool from the Chinese hacker group arrives.

When that will happen, however, remains to be seen at the moment.