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The latest Pangu jailbreak news, as well as download links and tutorials. Learn how to jailbreak iOS 8 with Pangu for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

How to jailbreak iOS 8.x with Pangu on Mac OS X using a virtual machine

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 23, 2014

Although you never can tell with these sorts of things, it doesn't look like we'll be seeing an OS X version of Pangu in the immediate future. Although I'm sure that the Pangu guys are working feverishly on an OS X version of the jailbreak tool for iOS 8.x, it likely lags behind other priorities, such as translation, embedding Cydia, etc.

With that in mind, what options exist for those of us in Mac-only households? You could, of course, visit a friend who owns a Windows machine. Or, you can do what I always do, and install Pangu and jailbreak using a Windows virtual machine on OS X. In fact, you may be surprised (or not), but I don't own a Windows machine, and haven't in years. But I'm always able to jailbreak on day one due to my Windows virtual machines.

In this tutorial, I'll tell you how to set up and install a virtual machine for free in order to jailbreak iOS 8.1 with Pangu on your Mac.

Cydia Substrate updated to 0.9.5013 to support iOS 8

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 23, 2014

Good news, fellow jailbreakers. Saurik has just pushed an update to Cydia Substrate to lend it iOS 8 compatibility. This means that tweaks that rely on Cydia Substrate to run (most of them should) can now be updated to work with iOS 8 as well.

Cydia Substrate has always been a big part of the puzzle that needed to be there for this iOS 8 jailbreak to really gain steam as far as jailbreak apps and tweaks are concerned. If you're already jailbroken and have Cydia installed, then Cydia Substrate 0.9.5013 should appear as an update in Cydia.

How to install Cydia on iOS 8 [video]

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 22, 2014

As you know, the Pangu jailbreak came out this morning and enabled the ability to jailbreak iOS 8-8.1. Unfortunately, the jailbreak wasn't bundled with Cydia, so it's not much use to the general jailbreak users by itself.

Thankfully, Saurik quickly compiled a working version of Cydia for iOS 8, which is pretty easy to install if you follow our 8 steps. We show you how in this hands-on video walkthrough.

How to jailbreak iOS 8.1 with Pangu 1.0.1 [video]

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 18, 2018

Pangu for iOS 8 caught us all by surprise, but it shouldn't be a shock that the talented Chinese jailbreak team pulled off a jailbreak in such a short period of time since iOS 8's release. While the Pangu tool for iOS 8 isn't exactly ideal as far as a consumer jailbreak goes—it doesn't come bundled with Cydia, it's in Chinese, and it's Windows only—it's certainly better than nothing.

In this video tutorial, we will show you how to jailbreak iOS 8.1 using Pangu 1.0.1 with a Windows machine. It's an extremely easy and simple process, as long as you follow the steps exactly. This tool can jailbreak the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and any other device capable of running iOS 8.x. Check out our full video tutorial for the details.

Saurik releases updated version of Cydia for iOS 8 to be installed manually

Alihassan Mahdi ∙ October 22, 2014

In a move that caught us by surprise, the Pangu Team released the jailbreak tool for iOS 8 today, although it doesn't install Cydia, but rather provides SSH access so that developers can update their tweaks and make them compatible with iOS 8.

Earlier we reported that Saurik has already started working on updating Cydia to make it compatible with iOS 8 and 8.1. The good news is that he has now released the updated version of Cydia compatible with iOS 8 and comes in the form of a .deb file. You can now download the file from his website, and install it manually on your device.

Pangu v1.0.1 brings bug fixes to this limited iOS 8 jailbreak

Sébastien Page ∙ October 22, 2014

The Pangu Team has released an update to their iOS 8 jailbreak tool which was released out of the blue earlier today. Although no clear changelog is available, Pangu v1.0.1 brings a few bug fixes, including one that might have caused users who successfully jailbroke their device with the initial version to lose their photos.

Although promising, Pangu v1.0.1 is still more of a tool for developers rather than end users. As we noted earlier today, the current version of Pangu doesn't install Cydia, which hasn't been updated to bring compatibility for iOS 8. It simply allows developers to test out their tweaks and update them for iOS 8.

Pangu jailbreak for iOS 8 – iOS 8.1 released

Sébastien Page ∙ October 22, 2014

The Pangu team has released a jailbreak for iOS 8 - iOS 8.1 devices today, just about 35 days after the launch of Apple's latest mobile operating system. The download link for Pangu for iOS 8 was briefly available on the official Pangu website before being pulled a few minutes later.

Although this is great news for jailbreakers, it does come with a few strings attached that make this initial iOS 8 jailbreak release somewhat useless for the time being.

GBA emulator developer talks about the death of the date trick in iOS 8.1

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 27, 2016

GBA4iOS developer, Riley Testut, has posted an enlightening entry on his personal blog about the history of GBA4iOS. It delves into its humble beginnings up to its current status as a lame duck emulator waiting to be largely phased out post iOS 8.1.

Testut's post is a fascinating read that explains not only the history of the uber-popular GameBoy Advanced emulator, but it also sheds some much-needed light on how the emulator was ever able to work on non-jailbroken devices in the first place. I highly recommend reading it.

PanguTeam confirms it’s working on iOS 8 jailbreak

Cody Lee ∙ September 17, 2014

Good news for those of you missing out on today's iOS 8 festivities in order to save your jailbreak, the PanguTeam says it's on the case. As part of a PSA yesterday to remind users to jailbreak while still possible, the team confirmed it has already begun work on hacking the new firmware.

Now before you go getting your hopes up, note that just because an iOS 8 jailbreak is being worked on, does not mean we will see one anytime soon. This is, however, more intel than we had a few days ago, and it may be pertinent to those deciding on whether or not to update to iOS 8.

Pangu 7.1.x untether package released on Cydia, causes issues for some users [update]

Sébastien Page ∙ August 21, 2014

An update for the Pangu 7.1 - 7.1.x untether jailbreak is available now on Cydia. Version 0.3, available to those who jailbroke their iOS device using Pangu, comes under the form of a package update in the Cydia/Telesphoreo repo, one of Cydia's default repos. According to the description, version 0.3 adds small improvements to the untether jailbreak. More specifically, it fixes sandboxing issues.

All users who see this update available in Cydia are prompted to update the package, regardless of what device or what iOS version they are currently running, but a few reports from users who have updated Pangu to version 0.3 can be cause for concerns.

Pangu 1.2.1 jailbreak fixes Windows issues

Sébastien Page ∙ August 12, 2014

Just three days after the release of Pangu 1.2.0, PanguTeam just released yet another update, this time for Windows users only. Pangu 1.2.1 fixes an issue where the Windows version of the utility would sometimes crash.

If you're a Windows user and were having problems, then Pangu 1.2.1 should fix it.If you haven't had any problems, then there is obviously no reason for you to do anything at this time...

Pangu 1.2 jailbreak is out with AFC2, bug fixes, and more

Cody Lee ∙ August 9, 2014

The Pangu team has released an update to their jailbreak tool today. Pangu 1.2 is out now for both Windows and Mac, and it includes a handful of bug fixes and improvements that make the jailbreaking process a little easier.

Among the fixes are a resolution for an ongoing boot loop bug that some iPhone 4/4s users are experiencing, and patches for sandbox log and task_for_pid issues. The new Pangu also brings support for afc2...