Today is the day that jailbreakers have been waiting for — the release of a tool that’ll crack open the iPhone 5 and iPad 3/4. According to Redmond Pie, the Evad3rs jailbreak teamannounced via Twitter that the jailbreak tool is in the final stages of development and will land on February 4th. The Evasi0n website has a status bar that counts down to the launch time and the underlying code for that counter pegs the release for 9 AM Pacific and Noon Eastern time.
Update: The jailbreak is now live on evasi0n’s website.
[Via Redmond Pie]
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Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at
places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she
spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe
Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several
years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she
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