14 DAY TRIAL // The Chinese hacking team known as Pangu has released an updated version of its jailbreak tool for iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.1 firmware, addressing some issues while adding a much needed English interface. Perhaps most importantly, the app is also available for Mac users now.
Pangu reportedly uses stolen goods to deliver on its promise, but that’s something that regular users needn’t worry about. According to most user reports as well based on our own testing, Pangu is reliable and performs as expected, especially in its latest form, version 1.1.
Both Windows and Mac customers can download and use Pangu starting today, with the hacking team noting that version 1.1 has a significantly reduced binary (through compression of resources), includes fixes for infinite reboots, replaces the vulnerabilities used to jailbreak iOS, increases network protection, and includes an English interface for those of you who don’t speak Chinese.
Last week, hacker extraordinaire Stefan Esser took to Twitter to report that the Chinese team behind Pangu cashed in on hundreds of thousands of dollars by “stealing” his iOS 7.1 jailbreak exploits and using them to create Pangu.
Some argue that, since his disclosure was somewhat public, the hackers were free to do whatever they wanted with the vulnerabilities / exploits in question.
Pangu requires a Windows XP computer or a Macintosh running a relatively new version of OS X. An up-to-date version of iTunes is needed, as well as the USB cable supplied with the iDevice by Apple.
Speaking of devices, Pangu supports everything in the iOS 7 range, including iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPad second generation, iPad third generation, iPad fourth generation, iPad Air, iPad mini, iPad mini with Retina display, and iPod touch fifth generation.
The developers use their best English skills to include this warning with the Pangu download: “Although Pangu jailbreak on most models are tested successfully, or please back up your data before jailbreak to avoid data loss. Use this software at your own risk.”
To back up your device, connect it to your computer, launch iTunes, select the device in the left services bar, right-click it, and choose Back Up. It’s very important that you do this, because tampering with the device can render it unusable (i.e. bricked, in a reboot loop, in restore mode, etc.).
Check out our Pangu Jailbreak Guide and visit the related links below for more information on this topic. Also worth noting is that, because the Pangu team burned some newly-found exploits, iOS 8 may not see a jailbreak for a very long time.