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Mac OS 10.5.6 Breaks Jailbreaking Tools

Tuesday December 16, 2008 4:02 am PST by longofest
iPhone Alley is reporting that updated USB kernel extensions in yesterday's Mac OS 10.5.6 update breaks mac-based iPhone/iPod touch jailbreaking tools. Workarounds are documented by the Dev-Team blog and include re-installing the relevant 10.5.5 kernel extensions or using a USB hub.

While many may have lost interest in "jailbreaking" their iPhones since Apple has implemented the App Store, the Dev-Team has been responsible for software unlocks of the original iPhone and is working on a software unlock for the iPhone 3G.
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DanielJvdBerg
Posted: 41 months ago
I wonder if they did the breaking on purpose.
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Kilamite
Posted: 41 months ago

I wonder if they did the breaking on purpose..


Probably.

But it seems that the next update for jailbreaking after an update breaks it is always only a day or two away.
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daveschroeder
Posted: 41 months ago

I wonder if they did the breaking on purpose..


No, that is very unlikely.

What is more likely that tools using private APIs, hacks, and relying on undocumented methods of interfacing with devices via USB might break when Apple makes changes.

That's the nature of things like this.

Of course, I'm sure a lot of people will think that Apple intentionally and vindictively did this...
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daveschroeder
Posted: 41 months ago

Probably.


No. Probably not, actually.
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daneoni
Posted: 41 months ago
So does anyone have the 10.5.5 kexts...it seems having to use a USB hub isn't the ideal solution...especially for laptops
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TheMacBookPro
Posted: 41 months ago

So does anyone have the 10.5.5 kexts...it seems having to use a USB hub isn't the ideal solution...especially for laptops


Why? Jailbreaking is just a one-time process... unless the update also breaks iTunes support for jailbroken devices? :confused:
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longofest
Posted: 41 months ago

Why? Jailbreaking is just a one-time process... unless the update also breaks iTunes support for jailbroken devices? :confused:


You have to jailbreak each time you update your device I believe.
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daveschroeder
Posted: 41 months ago

So does anyone have the 10.5.5 kexts...it seems having to use a USB hub isn't the ideal solution...especially for laptops


Uh, if you need them, why don't you just grab the kexts yourself? It's not like 10.5.5 ceased to exist.

http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_5_Update

...and I'm not sure why people are so worried about this. Do you have to jailbreak again, today, after updating to 10.5.6? Will there not be updates to the jailbreaking tools to accommodate the kext updates in 10.5.6?

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iMacoo7
Posted: 41 months ago
As always there will be a work around provided by the Dev Team. This is what has made them famous. So they will continue to provide ways around it.
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bytethese
Posted: 41 months ago


While many may have lost interest in "jailbreaking" their iPhones since Apple has implemented the App Store


People shouldn't lose interest, especially Law Enforcement. Without Jailbreaking, it would be damn near impossible to forensically recover any data from the phone to prove any possible criminal activity.
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