Jailbreaking has been quite popular in the world of iOS and iPhone. And why not, it gives users the chance to do a lot more on their iOS device. With the Apple’s rigid security on their iOS, it is difficult to even change the theme on iPhone without Jailbreaking. But these restrictions are not only imposed on the iOS and iPhone, but also on the Apple Watch and its watchOS.
Apple Watch is a very capable device, but with it can only do so much on its native watchOS. it lacks in many areas like allowing custom watch faces, changing themes and icon styles and third-party app support. So, developers have been working on developing a jailbreak for watchOS for quite some time. With such a attention, It’s no surprise that a jailbreak for Apple Watch is now available. According to sources a jailbreak for Apple Watch running on watchOS 4.1.
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What is Apple Watch?
Apple Watch is a smartwatch-type wearable device from Apple that can be worn on a user’s wrist. Like iPhone, Apple Watch houses a retina display touch screen with Sapphire protection. You can use both the touch screen and the digital crown wheel for operations.
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With Apple Watch, you can make phone calls, check callers ID, send/receive text messages, get weather updates, and get access to some other iOS and Apple product services. It also provides fitness tracking and health monitoring capabilities. It also supports Siri voice assistant and Apple Pay mobile payments service.
Jailbreak for Apple WatchOS 4.1 & WatchOS 4.0
The watchOS as it is lacking in several aspects like user customizations, and other features. But with Jailbreaking, all of what is not possible yet will be possible in the future. The interest of developers in developing a jailbreak for Apple watch has increased immensely. This has greatly increased with the unveiling of jelbrekTime, a jailbreak for Apple Watch Series 3 jailbreak for watchOS 4.1. Also, read the following topic – How to Get WatchOS 5 Beta on Apple Watch Without Developer Account.
Eminent German security researcher, Tihmstar is the developer of jelbrekTime jailbreak and is available through Github. The jelbrekTime jailbreak is compatible with watchOS 4.1 on Apple Watch Series 3 as it works on v0rtex exploit. Since, the exploit has been fixed in watchOS 4.2, it can’t work on it. But with some changes in the code, it can also run on older versions of watchOS and Apple Watch.
Features of jelbrekTime : Apple WatchOS 4.1 Jailbreak
jelbrekTime has the properties of almost complete jailbreak like giving read/write root access and other features like –
- Exploits kernel using v0rtex.
- h3lix kernel patch.
- Root access (tfp0 patch).
- Extracts bootstrap.tar package.
- Remounts root filesystem as read/write.
Though, at the time the jailbreak isn’t capable of running substrate-based tweaks. The developer has clarified that the update to the jailbreak is going to coe soon that will support the following –
- BYOO (Bring Your Own Offsets for non-watchOS 4.1 users).
- BYOB (Bring Your Own Bootstrap).
- BYOS (Bring Your Own Shell).
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Installing JelbrekTime to Jailbreak watchOS 4.1
jelbrekTime is almost a complete jailbreak, but it is in the regions of almost and not complete. Installing this jailbreak on your Apple Watch won’t allow you to use Cydia or other tweaks on it yet. But if you are a developer, you can read the Github entry README file to install and run this jailbreak. Detailed instructions on installation can be found there too if anyone intends to install.
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Conclusion: WatchOS 4.1/4.0 Jailbreak With JelBrekTime Update
With the release of jelbrekTime, the scope of jailbreaking has advanced to a new horizon. At the moment, the jailbreak is meant for empowering the developers with a deeper view of the watchOS working, but in the future, it would allow us to do a lot more. This includes allowing custom watch faces, adjusting user-interface, changing the size and style of app icons, and much more. With the release of jelbrekTime, you can expect great things pertaining to watchOS in the future.
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