The iOS 8 Pangu jailbreak tool was made available on the Mac today after being on Windows only for the past few weeks.
Once downloaded, Pangu can jailbreak any iOS device running iOS 8 through 8.1 via USB. The process usually takes less than five minutes.
Developed by a group of Chinese hackers, the jailbreak itself was just recently given the stamp of approval from Cydia, the jailbreak version of the App Store.
Pangu won’t install malware on your device, but there are security and stability compromises associated with jailbreaking. You get free reign to install whatever you want on iOS, but you’re also stuck on the iOS version you jailbroke.
The Pangu team has confirmed that the upcoming iOS 8.1.1 release patches their jailbreak, so when it’s time to update, jailbreakers will have to choose between staying on 8.1 or going back to Apple’s walled garden.
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11 responses to “Pangu iOS 8 jailbreak now available for Mac”
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS PIECE OF CRAP!!!!! I just tried it on my ipad air and am running into all kinds of problems. RIght now, I am going to have to reinstall IOS entirely. I have no jailbreak done and the ipad won’t even turn on. MAJOR problems with this one! If you’re reading this, count yourself warned! Wait and see if they update it. As of now, it’s crap!!!
UPDATE: As of now, I can’t even get my Mac to recognize the ipad. It MAY be bricked. I am working with it to see what’s going on. Will update again!
Latest update: I managed to reinstall IOS fresh and tried the jailbreak again. Still, no luck. It stops at the 2/6 point. I can’t stress enough, wait until an update comes out. Considering the problem pangu had with the initial windows version, and now this, I think it’s obvious they release half baked software.
I will be waiting to see what update comes out before trying again. I have lost more than half a day on this and have NOTHING except problems still ahead of me the rest of the night trying to get everything back on the ipad as it was before.
If you choose to ignore my warning and try this, then backup your ipad or iphone first. Do NOT do it unless you are ready to deal with the possible problems that pop up. Don’t do it on your iphone if you need it in the next few hours!
If you are reading this, consider yourself warned!!! Stay away from the mac version as of now!
Its true i had the same problem here with iPhone 6 , i restore it and back up.
Hmm, wonder if the issues only exist with the mac version. I couldn’t bare waiting any longer, and borrowed my gfs PC to jailbreak both my Air and 6Plus with zero issues. Both jailbroke first try in a couple minutes, and I am thoroughly enjoying having my jailbreak back. Sucks to hear there’s mac issues, guess my impatience paid off.
Yes. That’s why I specifically said it’s the mac version. As everyone knows, the windows version had a VERY rough start. Then after a few updates, it was up to par. I guess the same thing applies here. Note to self, NEVER use the first version of any pangu software again!
You highly suggest not to do it, yet you post an update saying to attempted it again…you need to reevaluate your decisions.
No reevaluation needed. Once I was in the middle of the mess, I seen no reason to not try it again. If it failed again, I already knew what to do this time.
I think you just have a problem understanding the simple point I already made. I know what I am doing. Most everyday users would not have been able to rescue their ipad without help. Even with my knowledge, for about 30 minutes I wasn’t sure if it was bricked or if I could recover it.
Finally I did get it taken care of. I had to do a crap load of things to get my ipad back to normal. So as I said BEFORE and you obvously didn’t understand, do not try this unless you back up, etc. AND you REALLY know what you are doing.
If you want to know what I said, go back and read it. I thought it was self explanatory enough. But thanks for your help, advice, or whatever you call that, lol! I call it not understanding the conversation and making a useless point that has nothing to do with the main point.
As a side note, other people are posting on the net about having the same problem. It just appears I was one of the very first to post about it anywhere.
Great news for everyone who wants the Chinese Government on their iOS device.
To all you Chinese fear mongers about where the jb team came from this time around, I only have to say that if Saurik is fully embracing and supporting the Pangu jb team, thats insurance enough for me.
Yeah, cause Saurik is smarter than the entire Chinese military.
I wouldn’t put it past him :)
You tell em Lynn! We Americans don’t allow anyone but the NSA to have full access to our information! Lol. Come on! I agree that if Saurik ok’s it, it is most likely good to go. However, he doesn’t guarantee it’s crash proof. I found that out!
The sad truth is that the chinese are advancing quiet fast in all things. Then again, they should be considering there are about 1.5 billion of them and the U.S. has been financing their rise for 20 years.
So for instance, they have better programmers, hackers, etc. than the U.S. Believe me, it pains me to say that, but saying anything less is pure denial.
So now while we prefer to keep up with the kardashians, justin beiber, american idol, etc. the chinese are educating themselves and advancing their country like never before seen in history.
What am I getting at? Well, you’d better get used to jailbreaks coming from them or you won’t be jailbreaking much anymore!