Like other software releases, the new "Spirit" jailbreak can be applied to any iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch running firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.2, enabling users to break into their own devices and run ...

While Apple's iPad tablet has been hailed as a "game-changer," security experts contend that the device is ripe for the same jailbreaking exploits carried out on the iPhone and other mobile devices.

Despite iOS 7 being the most successful mobile OS update ever, there's still one question that everyone's asking: When can we expect to download an iOS 7 jailbreak for the iPhone and iPad? This is a ...

Ever since the iPad was announced, one of the many things users had been waiting for was a way to jailbreak the thing. Well, your iPad jailbreak method has arrived in the form of the free Spirit ...

OS jailbreaking in 2026: here's why it's probably not worth the hassle to liberate your iPhone from Apple's shackles anymore.

Last Friday the Chronic Dev Team released Absinthe, a free tool for jailbreaking the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0 and 5.0.1. The release was met with such high demand that many were unable to ...

Jailbreaking gains popularity to users who can't bypass certain apps on a specific platform. For instance, some iPhone owners could not access third-party software due to restrictions from Apple.

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 ...

Apple software hackers unveiled a website late Wednesday where the latest untethered jailbreak is expected to be released soon. An elite team of hackers has been working for months to develop an ...