The Jailbreak Matrix Find the Right Jailbreaking Tools

The Jailbreak Matrix Find the Right Jailbreaking Tools

Last week the U.S. government surprised everyone by announcing that jailbreaking, root access, and carrier unlocking was a legal option for buyers of smartphones that want to access apps not sold by the manufacturer or to free the handset for use on the network of their choice.

After this decision it is likely that more people will be jailbreaking their iPhones, iPads, or iPod touches. There are over 100 million iOS devices in circulation and it is thought that a mere fraction of these are jailbroken.

Jailbreaking isn’t necessarily an easy thing to do, but there are many how-to’s (including our own below) that will explain to you how to do it. The problem with that is that you need to find the right one to fit your iOS device. That isn’t easy with the plethora of iOS versions and different iOS device models out there until now.

The Jailbreak Matrix solves that problem. The Matrix is a chart that will show you the details you need to jailbreak your specific iOS device and its version of iOS. It will even tell if you if a jailbreak doesn’t exist, provide download links for firmware and iTunes, and versioning information for firmware and baseband (if appropriate). The information provide is likely to help you to prevent bricking your device.

You can view the  Jailbreak Matrix and find the jailbreaking how-to suitable for your circumstances or you can check out Culf of Mac’s Jailbreak Superguide. Regardless of the option you choose you can jailbreak most iOS devices in no time at all.

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David W. Martin has more than 20 years of experience in the industry as a programmer, systems and business analyst, author, and consultant. David has written for CNET's iPhoneatlas.com and MacLife.com he currently writes for CultofMac.com and BYTE.com. He comes to Cult of Mac's website with deep knowledge and passion for the all things Apple. Follow David on Twitter @david_w_martin.

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  • Chris

    It’s the right time to put out this Matrix, but with yesterday’s late announcement, it probably would have made sense to wait to publish this article until the Matriz could include the jailbreakme.com option, which is the way that most people (if they are going to jailbreak in the first place) will go (until Apple closes that loophole).

  • http://ObamaPacman.com ObamaPacman

    LOL. Obsolete already.

  • http://www.jailbreakmatrix.com jailbreak matrix

    guys i update the site daily since its been open, if you click the link you will see jailbreakme.com was included 10 minutes after it was released, this chart is always up to date

  • http://jailbreakmatrix.com cadsii

    version 2 launched !!!