JailbreakMe 3.0 has been the talk of the town recently, since it was supposed to be the only jailbreak tool that would work on the newly released iPad 2. We have seen plenty of rumors regarding its availability in the past few weeks, and we have even seen it get leaked this past weekend, but we're finally there, as Comex has released the jailbreak tool you were expecting.
JailbreakMe 3.0 works not only the iPad 2, thus finally offering you a way to install all the custom apps you want on Apple's newly released iDevice, but also on plenty of other iOS-powered devices like the original iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, CDMA iPhone 4 and the third- and fourth-generation iPod (ipod touch firmware 3.1.3 download) touch. And since the iPad 2 has been jailbroken we can only imagine that the iPhone 5 will also be cracked open once launched. We're looking also looking at an untethered jailbreak which so many of you will appreciate since it won't require a computer to do the entire hard job.
In order to use it you will need an active Internet connection, iOS 4.3.3 running on your device (support for other iOS versions will be available in the near future) and some common sense. We certainly won't advise you to go for any such tools that can get you in trouble with Apple, but should you want to do it then we're definitely going to remind you to read all the updates from the iPhone Dev Team beforehand. In fact below you'll find some important Q&A's of the official introduction of JailbreakMe 3.0, as found on the iPhone Dev Team's blog (full details available at the source link):
Q: Do the holes discovered by @comex put my device at risk?
A: Yes. We recommend installing "PDF Patcher 2" in Cydia once you're jailbroken to eliminate this risk (any firmware version).Q: How does jbme3.0 differ from the existing jailbreaks?
A: jbme3.0 is entirely userland-based, from start to finish. The A5 chip in the iPad2 has no iBoot or bootrom-level exploits yet, so tools like redsn0w, PwnageTool and sn0wbreeze can't use the limera1n bootrom exploit to inject the jailbreak. Even for those devices where limera1n works, jbme3.0 injects the jailbreak with a userland exploit.Q: Are the holes exploited by jbme3.0 closed in iOS5?
A: The holes still exist in the iOS5 betas, but they'll almost certainly be fixed by the time iOS5 is public. However because the iPad2 had no public jailbreak yet, it probably wasn't worth waiting until the fall to use them. If history repeats itself though, there will be more holes and exploits.Q: Will I permanently lose the jailbreak if I need to restore my device?
A: For all except the iPad2, saving your SHSH blobs should let you always restore your device to iOS versions where this jailbreak works. The iPad2 is a little more complicated. If you have a wifi-only iPad2 and saved SHSH blobs, you're in good shape. But if you have the GSM or CDMA iPad2, you won't be able to restore to 4.3.3 or lower once Apple stops signing its baseband. There are a few ideas that might work to get around this limitation, but for now it's best to assume there's no going back to 4.3.3 once 4.3.4 is out for iPad2 GSM or CDMA owners.
Have you jailbroken any iDevice running JailbreakMe 3.0? Let us know how it all works for you in the comments section below or via Twitter and Facebook!
Update: Here's our tutorial on how to jailbreak your iDevice (iPad 2 included) using JailbreakMe 3.0.
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