iOS 6.1.3 Beta Fixes Jailbreak Bug

When iOS 6.1.3 hits, it’ll put a stop to the evasi0n jailbreak, according to evad3rs team member planetbeing. Beta 2 of the OS hit just a few days ago; at the time, it was unclear if the software, which fixes that passcode security exploit, put an end to the massively popular jailbreak tool.

Planetbeing tested 6.1.3 over the weekend and found that one of the five exploits evasi0n uses was repaired. “The beta update likely signals the end of using evasi0n to hack new or updated devices after the updates is released to users,” planetbeing explained. He said he’s further investigating to see what other vulnerabilities were patched.

Apple has been quick to roll out iOS updates over the past few weeks, but evasi0n still endured. Planetbeing said that while some vulnerabilities are being closed, the team has already discovered new ones, so the cat and mouse game will likely continue on even when iOS 6.1.3 officially hits.

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7 Million Devices Jailbroken With Evasi0n! In The First 4 Days!

Nearly seven million devices have been jailbroken by Evasi0n in four days making it the most popular jailbreak ever, according to Jay Freeman founder of Cydia.

As of Thursday night there were 5.15 million iPhones, 1.35 million iPads, and 0.4 million iPod touches jailbroken by Evasi0n.

Saurik tells Forbes that Evasi0n has brought Cydia “insanely more new traffic” than the release of the jailbreak tool called Absinthe that worked on some versions of iOS 5. And even Jailbreakme3, the popular web-based jailbreak released by iPhone hacker Comex in the summer of 2011, was only used on 1.4 million devices in its first nine days online, Comex told me at the time.

Part of the reason for the surge in jailbreakers is the large number of new iOS device owners coupled with the long wait for a jailbreak. It took 136 days for an iPhone jailbreak to be released. That's compared to 98 days for the iPhone 4S, 38 days for the iPhone 4, and 14 days for the iPhone 3GS.

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