g0blin jailbreak (iOS 10.3.x/ A7-A9) released! – Freedom at last for iOS 10.3.x users!
After quite a long while of waiting and a large amount of hype, a jailbreak for iOS 10.3.x has finally been made available! This time, the saviour for those on iOS 10.3.x is Sticktron with the help of some other developers (tihmstar, Saurik and more).
What is g0blin and what devices are supported?
g0blin is a jailbreak for Apple A7-A9 devices running iOS 10.3.x. The jailbreak uses the v0rtex exploit (found by S1guza, who also brought us Phoenix for iOS 9.3.5) and the yalu102 KPP bypass. This means that the jailbreak is not KPPLess (like Meridian/async_wake hacks for iOS 11) so lets Cydia and Cydia Substrate work without any extra work in their current form.
In other words, this is a full jailbreak (like that for iOS 10.2.1 and below) since you can use your precious Cydia and Cydia Substrate to install and use all your favourite tweaks, hacks and applications!
After a substantial enough of hype (ZiVa and Pangu) that nothing resulted from, iOS 10.3.x is finally jailbroken on most supported devices!
The devices supported are the following:
- Firstly, they must be running iOS 10.3.x
- iPad Air/Air 2/Pro 9.7/Pro 12.9 (1st gen)
- iPad Mini 2-4
- iPhone 5S/SE/6(+)/6S(+)
- iPod Touch 6th generation
- For those who have an iPhone 7 or an iPad Pro 2nd gen (both 10.5″ and 12.9″ models), you’re out of luck. You’ll have to wait for Cydia and Cydia Substrate to be released so that Meridian (iOS 10.3.x) could become a full jailbreak!
How do I install it? Which tweaks are compatible?
To install it, you have to do the following:
- Grab the IPA from the link below (get it from a trusted source as iOS malware does exist!)
- Sideload it on your device through Cydia Impactor (link below)
- Run the program and it should install Cydia
- You’re done!
Sticktron showing out his jailbreak about 2 weeks ago when it was almost finished!
It is important to keep in mind that this is an RC1 release so bugs are bound to be present. If you want a totally bug/issue free experience, wait a little bit for further updates!
To check out which tweaks function, just open the link below. Most iOS 10.2 tweaks work just fine so you shouldn’t have many problems.
If you have any issues, report them on Reddit as that’s probably the most active place for the iOS jailbreaking scene!
g0blin jailbreak release page: https://g0blin.sticktron.net/
Sticktron’s Twitter (for further updates): https://twitter.com/sticktron
Cydia Impactor: http://www.cydiaimpactor.com/
g0blin tweak compatibility list (compatibility should be close to that of the H3lix JB): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r9jSb2-WuwnEC6nIxdJRdgaxhj6SrNJgER9JnVQwWn0/edit
r/jailbreak (further updates and bug reports): https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/
Thanks Aurora, I’m relating this thread and your previous one, maybe I can downgrade my 11.2 and jailbreak it. XD MAYBE.
used Impactor to install the IPA, but it hangs at GeneratingApplicationMap. Checking my iPad (Pro gen 1) the G0blin icon is there but starting it doesn’t give me Cydia after restart?
just keep trying, mine was like that too, after the third time cydia got installed
it installs Cydia after running G0blin or does it install with the IPA?
No working me rc1, dont open cydia.
Im working previus version of g0blin great.
just dont resprin inside goblin app(dont touch” respring” in goblin) after succes jailbreak.just press home button to go out from goblin after succes jailbreak and enter cydia normally.You will have to rejeilbreak avery time you restart device.
it installs cydia after running
jailbroken !! Followed notYOU’s advice and after several tries I got the respring button in Goblin and after restart Cydia 🙂
Meanwhile, Android phones are actually useful.
Also they actually garbage
Also actually Derek is garbage
Android is leagues ahead of locked iPhones. You can’t even download a MP3 without Cydia. Tell me exactly how Android is garbage? Samsung’s may blow up, but at least the company hasn’t blatantly been caught slowing down last years flagship device too screw over the consumer. Plus if you don’t like Samsung there are hundreds of better alternatives, whereas Apple holds the Monopoly on their garbage proprietary software.
The iPhone is better at taking your money.
It’s really a matter of preference. I had bad luck with my last Android device (Nexus 7 2012) as it had a stupidly slow eMMC that made it extremely unstable to the point of freezing every 2-10 minutes on every ROM I tried (trust me, I tried a lot).
While iOS is a pain, you can get around *most* limitations with app store applications and most versions of iOS and Android eventually get jailbroken.
As for tablets, iOS is the best bet since Android on tablets is just an upscaled mess that feels like a smartphone only on a bigger screen and the result isn’t pretty.
That being said, Android on smartphones is pretty decent from what I’ve witnessed
I have a Blu Vivo Air LTE, the phone is Chinese but it’s great.
I was a huge apple fan back when I had my iPhone 3gs, when Cydia and installous where in it’s prime. Now the content on Cydia is a shadow of what it was previously.
I couldn’t believe when I jailbroke my iPhone 5 and I still couldn’t do much with it. I ended up selling the phone. I hope you enjoy the newer iPhone’s though, and I hope content is more plentiful for you now than it was for me back then.
I also use a Nexus 7 integrated inside my Audi’s dashboard, and I agree most Android tablets are junk, this one is still super decent (probably because it’s only 7 inches). I don’t think any IOS tablet could do what I have setup with MacroDroid, and my backup camera for reversing.
It comes down to preference, I went from Apple to Android and really appreciated how easy it was to do basic tasks and just use the device how I like. No hate to Apple users, you guys are forced to get your hands a bit dirtier than most. That is still respectable IMO.
I use Timur’s Kernel on the Nexus 7 tablet. It’s the only way I can view my backup camera and charge at the same time. I haven’t noticed many slowdowns, but I just use it for the cracked Pandora app with downloader/unlimited skips. I also have various music videos, OBDII software with a Bluetooth dongle for vehicle diagnostics etc.
I use it like an advanced stereo deck replacement. No games are ever played on it.
I have a 9.0.2 jailbroken iPhone 6. Is there any way to update to any of the 10.3.x firmwares and jailbreak that or can I only update to the latest version?