Jailbreak iOS 8 – 8.1 on Mac With the Pangu Jailbreak Tool

Pangu development team has been upgraded their iOS 8 / 8.1 jailbreak tool to fully support Mac. A week ago, the development team has just launched an upgraded Windows version of the jailbreak tool.

Pangea is the first jailbreak tool is compatible with any iOS device 8 to 8.1, and even support of the latest iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. This tool allows users to install the theme, custom fine-tune the system, or from sources other than the App Store where to install the application. Before using the tool, the development team recommends that users of their devices for backup, and pointed out the way to use OTA upgrade equipment may need to perform a system recovery.

Cydia administrator Jay Freeman on Twitter pointed out, Pangu jailbreak "stable enough", developers can now Cydia on your application marked as compatible with iOS 8 a.

Pangea is a perfect jailbreak jailbreak mode, users can download the OS X and Windows platforms and execution.

Pangu jailbreak released before the day of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said he and the Library of Congress together submitted a new petition to extend the exemption to legalize maintain jailbreak. This provision was founded in 2010 by the US Congress, and has been extended in 2012.

Supported Devices

Pangu8 for Mac supports every iOS device running iOS 8.0 through iOS 8.1, but for the sake of clarification, here’s the run-down:

iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 5s
iPhone 5c
iPhone 5
iPhone 4s
iPad (2, 3, 4, Air, Air 2, mini 1, mini 2, mini 3)
iPod touch 5

Software Versions

iOS 8.0
iOS 8.0.1
iOS 8.0.2
iOS 8.1

How To Jailbreak iOS 8 / 8.1 Untethered Using Pangu

Backuping your data from iPhone iPad or iPod touch is strongly recommended before jailbreak your device on iOS 8, so that you can easily get back your data when loss.

Step 1: Download Pangu Jailbreak Tool and install it on your computer.

Step 2: Right-click on the Pangu icon and then click on Run as Administrator.

Step 3: With Pangu up and running, connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to your PC using USB.

Step 4: Click on the big ‘Start Jailbreak’ button in the center of the display, followed by ‘Already did’ on the next screen to begin the jailbreak process. Your device will reboot couple of times during the process so be patient.

Step 5: Once the Pangu tool says ‘Jailbreak succeeded’, that’s it. It’s done, you will find Pangu app along with Cydia app icon on the home screen. Simply run Cydia and start installing your favorite tweaks!

Related Tutorial: How to Jailbreak iPhone iPad iPod Running iOS 8 on Windows