The world of jailbreaking is really moving fast. In fact, ever since the LiberiOS and Electra jailbreak toolkits were released, a lot of jailbreak enthusiasts are looking forward to iOS 11.2.5/11.2.x jailbreak tool rolls out. With that, here’s the current status of the much-anticipated tool.
iOS 11.2.5 / 11.2.x Jailbreak Current Status
To be able to jailbreak iOS 11.2.1, 11.2.2, iOS 11.2.5 and beyond effectively, the hackers will need to have another kernel level exploit, which is capable of petting them kernel escape privileges. A recent jailbreak tool has been verified by Alibaba Pandora Labs and the company’s head Song Yang has explained that the jailbreak is fully untethered and lets full root access.
As of this moment, this is the current and only jailbreak claiming to liberate devices on iOS 11.2.x. Unluckily, Yang also stated during the demonstration that they have no plans of releasing anything publicly.
Additionally, the official statement from Alibaba Pandora Labs was open to a definite level of interpretation. This basically means that jailbreak enthusiasts could essentially see something release once the bugs utilized have been reported to Apple and reinforced in upcoming versions of iOS.
As of the now, it’s unknown if the team has plans of cash in on the bug through Apple’s Bug Bounty Program. This means that there is a very small possibility that something will be released in the future when iOS 11.3 or beyond is rolled out.
Why do I need to downgrade to iOS 11.2.2 or iOS 11.2.1?
If you want to jailbreak your iPhone and you have the current version, you might reconsider this situation until the further endeavor is found. It’s possible, though, to downgrade iOS 11.2.5 to an older version, but that is available for a limited amount of time.
How to Downgrade iOS 11.2.5 to iOS 11.2.2 or iOS 11.2.1?
It is easy to handle, you may take the following two tutorials as reference:
Downgrade Your iPhone from iOS 11.2.5 Beta to iOS 11.2 Without Losing Data
How to Downgrade iOS 11.2.5 to iOS11.2/iOS11.2.1 With iTunes?