New iPad has Been Jailbroken

It hasn’t even been a full 24 hours since the new iPad (3^rd Generation) has been released and there have already been screenshots of what claims to be a jailbreak. Hours after today’s launch, jailbreaker MuscleNerd posted his screenshots of what appears to be his jailbroken third-generation iPad. According to MusclNerd, there is “still lots of work to do!” This means that the official jailbreak is far from being released to the general public. Currently, the most proof we have are the screenshots of Cydia running on the new iPad.

“It’s impossible to predict how or when these things turn out…”

Above was quoted from the Dev-Team Blog. They have posted some new notes that you may be interested in.

We can confirm that the method used to jailbreak the iPad2 4 months ago (before corona) still works even in 5.1.  That means we’ll at least be able to get our foot in the door to get the required kernel dumps on the iPad3.  That’s an important step, but by no means is it the end of the story.

Those of you following @i0n1c may have noticed he’s already tweeted pictures of his iPad2 jailbroken at 5.1.  As far as we know, he’s using a method completely unrelated to the one mentioned above.  That would be great news!

We’ve also seen bits and pieces of an entirely different jailbreak method being investigated by someone close to the Cydia repo scene.

Don’t update your new iPad3 past whatever iOS it comes shipped with

By the way, it’s rare but entirely possible that some of you may find your iPad3 comes with an iOS version that’s not quite 5.1.  If you do, be sure to let us know

What are your thoughts? Would you like to see the new iPad jailbroken? Leave your thoughts in the comment section.

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