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Comex releases jailbreakme v3, now supports iPad 2

by Erica Sadun Jul 6th 2011 at 9:00AM

iPad 2 owners who have been longing to jailbreak their units can finally do so using Comex's jailbreakme. The jailbreakme.com site relies on an exploit that crashes Safari, allowing custom code injection to create the iOS jailbreak. The site was first used way back in 2008, and again in 2010, to provide an incredibly user-friendly approach to jailbreak.

Jailbreak allows users to gain full root access to their devices, letting them install third party software outside of Apple's app store system and to leverage full Unix command line access. While not for everyone, the Library of Congress has affirmed that jailbreaking is legal. Jailbreakme exploits inevitably patch themselves, so the device becomes (admittedly, somewhat ironically) more secure after the exploit than before.

To perform the jailbreak, visit jailbreakme.com from an iOS device.



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theswweet

I did this and got Cydia installed on my itouch 4.2.1... but uh, Its not rebooting now. Its just looping after I installed something from cydia.

July 09 2011 at 3:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cam Hyde

I used this on my iPhone last night and got stuck in the Apple logo loop and that was just after answering three texts through Bite SMS. I don't recommend this method.

July 07 2011 at 12:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob Abooey

Is there a way to stream video from the HBOGo app to the AppleTv? Currently only streams audio?

July 06 2011 at 2:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
 Mike Beasley

Erica, you should mention that due to time constraints place on him by the leak of the beta version, comex only had time to write support for 4.3.3. Other versions of 4.3 aren't supported and shouldn't be used.

July 06 2011 at 1:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
robogobo

Honestly, I've been waiting so long for this, I've gotten used to my iPad2 unjailbroken. I'm not sure I need to do it anymore. I'll have to go back and read all those post I made answering the question "why Jailbreak?" and see if any of it still applies. I'll probably still do it, if for no other reason than to patch the PDF hole, which, ironically, the security paranoid-Jailbreak-naysayers can't do without Jailbreaking. I love this country.

PS, TUAW, your login process has changed AGAIN? wtf?

July 06 2011 at 12:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Victor Agreda Jr

This is the 3rd commenting system we've had in 6 years. The last change was over 4 years ago.

July 07 2011 at 3:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
johnblackmore

Works a treat on my iphone4 (4.3.1), however strangely not working on my ipad 2 running 4.3.1 firmware. It crashes mobile safari just the same but doesn't install Cydia. I hope this gets resolved.

July 06 2011 at 10:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mark

You NEED to be on 4.3.3.

July 06 2011 at 11:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
robogobo

You have to update to 4.3.3 in iTunes first. That's in the info somehwere.

July 06 2011 at 12:09 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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johnblackmore

thanks for the update guys, i must have missed that somehow

July 07 2011 at 7:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down
fn0000rd

I've always jailbroken my phones, but I honestly have no need to jailbreak my iPad 2.

July 06 2011 at 10:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rich

I would love to do this for the iPad 2. My only question is, are the apps mostly for the iPhone? Are there enough apps to make jail breaking the iPad2 worthwhile? I don't want to use apps in 2x mode. My two reasons to jailbreak would be better flash support (I do use Skyfire) and themes. Thanks!

July 06 2011 at 9:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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 Mike Beasley

They aren't apps. They're tweaks. Huge difference. Most work exactly the same on the iPad as they do on the iPhone. Some are only for the iPhone and some are only for the iPad.

Actually, there is a tweak called FullForce that forces iPhone apps to adapt and look and function like regular iPad apps rather than working in 2x mode. It's really pretty slick. Makes lots of iPhone apps feel, look and work like native iPad apps.

July 06 2011 at 1:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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puhsitch

I just tried FullForce, and it's pretty great for a free download. It's a little quirky with some apps (and doesn't really do anything with games), but it seems to work well for things like Facebook, etc.

July 06 2011 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down
misael3xp

Hey, what should I do after I jailbreak my iPad 2?

July 06 2011 at 9:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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ianlogsdon

download lockinfo, Notifier+, and Popup blocker, SBSettings, and Multifl0w

July 06 2011 at 9:36 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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johnblackmore

Agreed, SBSettings is the single most useful app I've used on my iPhone4 for toggling the Wifi/BT. The restart feature is really handy as well as I always found I turned the phone off and then forgot to turn it back on.

July 06 2011 at 11:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down
puhsitch

I'm gonna consider RetinaPad to get all those pesky iPhone apps to run at full resolution.

July 06 2011 at 12:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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 Mike Beasley

Try FullForce. It does something similar but instead of forcing the use of @2x graphics, it forces the elements to function like their iPad counterparts. Most apps look and feel like native iPad apps that way, although there are some exceptions.

July 06 2011 at 1:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down
puhsitch

Looks like the ideal solution might involve both FullForce and RetinaPad...apps that are more text-focused are best with FF (fonts don't scale up, and it inserts the iPad keyboard), while the graphics-focused are best with RP.

July 06 2011 at 4:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down
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