How To Jailbreak iOS6 (You Know You Want To)

iOS owners who ran out and grabbed themselves a shiny new iPhone 5 have been waiting for the day when they can jailbreak their precious device. Previous device owners who updated to iOS assuming a jailbreak would come quickly have been stuck in limbo, patiently waiting for the diligent community of iOS hackers to come through with a jailbreak. And wait they did. And just when they thought they wouldn’t have to wait anymore, they continued to wait. Thankfully, the folks from the Evad3rs dev team have finally figured out the secret. What’s the secret? Who cares, all I need to know is that iOS 6, and all the updates to iOS that followed are ready to receive an untethered jailbreak, which is the only reasonable way to jailbreak an iOS device. A tethered jailbreak requires device owners to boot the device while connected to a computer each time the phone restarts, and that is downright annoying. Today, I will take you step by step through the process of getting an untethered jailbreak on your iOS device running iOS 6 through iOS version 6.1.2. It’s a relatively simple process, and you should have no trouble with it as long as you follow these instructions. The Process The first thing you will need to do is make sure your iOS device is running iOS 6 or later. To do this, connect your device to iTunes and check the version installed on your device. If it’s iOS 6 or later, you’re good to go, if not, click “Update” or “Restore” to