News about the Pangu iOS 8 jailbreak emerged last week and those who wanted to break free from the regular iOS turned to the said jailbreak. However, it seems that the OS workaround will be short-lived as iOS 8.1.1 reportedly blocks the new iOS 8 jailbreak from Pangu. The beta version of iOS 8.1.1 has been rolled out to developers and will probably be released to the public soon.
"Apple has released iOS 8.1.1 beta to developers. After our tests, it has patched the jailbreak exploit. Anyone who wishes to jailbreak, please seize the chance to upgrade to iOS 8.1 and do so before Apple officially releases iOS 8.1.1," a member of the Pangu team posted on Chinese social media web site Weibo.
iOS users who want to jailbreak their devices now or in the near future should not update to iOS 8.1.1 as there is a big chance that Apple will squash the jailbreak. However, Apple has not commented on the matter.
Meanwhile, The Pangu team released the iOS 8 jailbreak last week that supports the new iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus as well as iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad mini, Retina iPad mini, and iPod touch 5G.
However, iDigitalTimes reported that the iOS 8 jailbreak is not stable and is far from perfect. A lot of bugs and issues were spotted such as app icons do not show, while others cannot be installed. iTunes cannot be synced and, sometimes, the device freezes or hangs. Pangu claims that they are working on the limitations of the jailbreak.
In the past, Apple has been trying to strengthen the security of its operating systems to prevent jailbreakers from jailbreaking the iOS. However, Pangu and Evaders succeeded from releasing stable jailbreaks in the past.
