iOS5 Beta Jailbroken with limera1n Exploit

Humberto Saabedra

limera1n jailbreakNot long after the announcement and availability of the iOS5 Beta preview for developers, members of the iPhone Dev-Team were able to make short work of the forthcoming iOS release by jailbreaking it using the long-standing limera1n boot rom exploit on the fourth generation iPod touch, though it still requires tethering on reboot to jailbreak. While the release has not presented a challenge on the iPod Touch, the main goal for the team as well as other members of the community is to develop a working jailbreak for the iPad 2, as it has yet to be jailbroken at this point.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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