Jailbreak News: iPod touch 4 SHAttered via PwnageTool, iPhone 4 Support Coming

The iPhone Dev Team has begun testing the SHAtter exploit developed by @pod2g a few months after @p0sixninja of the Chronic Dev Team discovered the crash. The exploit has been fed to a beta version of PwnageTool which was used to successfully jailbreak a 4th-gen iPod touch, but the Team claims much faster tools are being developed.

“Those of you with Apple’s new iPod touch 4G, or those of you who bought another recent device after the jailbreakme.com exploit was closed, have probably heard about a brand new exploit called SHAtter,” the Team’s newest blog post reads.

“The exploit (and payload) was developed by @pod2g a few months after @p0sixninja of the Chronic Dev Team discovered the crash,” the hackers explain.

The Chronic Dev Team is reportedly working hard at bringing users a jailbreak tool that relies on the exploit. According to those knowledgeable in such matters, “It’s not the sort of thing that can be developed overnight.”

As such, jailbreakers are advised to be patient while waiting for any announcements from the Chronic Dev Team.

“In the meantime, we’ve put @pod2g’s exploit into a beta version of PwnageTool to test the waters,” the iPhone Dev Team continues.

“The SHAtter exploit was enough to convince the iPod touch 4G to restore to our custom IPSW. The successful result is shown below!  It’s all working: customized Preferences to show battery percentage, Cydia, root shell…the works!”

However, the hackers admit that “Although PwnageTool was a useful first test of a full iPod 4G jailbreak via SHAtter, it’s really overkill compared to the faster tools being developed.”

The iPhone Dev Team notes that an updated version of PwnageTool making use of the exploit will only serve iPhone 4 users for preserving their baseband and ultrasn0w carrier unlock

“In any event, this is another exciting time for iPhone and iPod touch users…the cat and mouse game continues!”, the Team concludes.

A video featuring an iPod touch 4 jailbroken using this exploit has been published to YouTube (embedded below).


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