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How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

Posted October 31, 2014 at 3:50pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s on iOS 8.0 - 8.1 using Pangu8 for Windows...

If you aren't already at iOS 8.1 we suggest upgrading to the latest firmware using iTunes. You can find download links for iOS 8.1 here. We've also posted instructions on how to update the firmware of your iPhone. Please note that you must update using iTunes rather than Software Update. If you used Software Update you should do a backup then restore to iOS 8.1 using iTunes.

Step One
Create an iClarified folder on your desktop and download the latest version of Pangu into the folder. If your download is a zip file then extract the archive into the same folder.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]


Step Two
Tap Settings from your Springboard then select Touch ID & Passcode. Turn Passcode Off if it is enabled.
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Step Three
Press the Settings button at the top left to return to the Settings menu. Choose iCloud from the Settings menu then select Find My iPhone from the iCloud menu. Ensure the Find My iPhone switch is the Off position.
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Step Four
Return to the Settings menu by tapping the iCloud then Settings buttons at the top left of the screen. Then enable Airplane Mode by tapping the Airplane Mode switch.
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Step Five
Connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable, launch iTunes, and perform a manual backup. It is very important that you remember to backup your device before continuing as you could lose your data if the jailbreak process does not complete successfully.

Step Six
Double click the Pangu executable from the iClarified folder on your desktop to launch the application.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

Step Seven
You will notice the device is detected by the software. Click the large Start Jailbreak button to begin your jailbreak.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

Step Eight
You will be prompted to confirm that you've backed up your device and that it's in Airplane Mode, click the Already Did button to continue.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

Step Nine
The Pangu app will now begin the jailbreak process.
How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4s Using Pangu8 (Windows) [iOS 8.1]

Step Ten
Once the jailbreak has completed successfully, your iPhone will reboot and a Pangu app and Cydia app will appear on your Springboard. Congratulations, you're now jailbroken!
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*A big thanks to the Pangu team and all the others who contributed to this jailbreak.

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makenzie5876
makenzie5876 - July 31, 2015 at 6:58am
mine keeps saying download iTunes even though I already have downloaded the latest version of iTunes??
duban arboleda
duban arboleda - July 17, 2015 at 1:29am
when i launch the pangue application it does not open because it says that the i tunes aplication is to old , i made and up grade to the latest version but it keeps saying the same thing
joash
joash - February 20, 2015 at 1:29am
I want to jailbreak
Pyro
Pyro - November 26, 2014 at 8:40pm
Pangu keeps failing to jailbreak my device... How do I fix this? I followed all the steps. I have restarted my computer and my device, tried on different days, deleted and reinstalled Pangu... don't understand
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Ia
Ia - November 22, 2014 at 4:30pm
My phone won't turn on after I tried to jailbreak..
shaggyasir
shaggyasir - November 22, 2014 at 8:49pm
same problem here.apple logo comes for 5 seconds and then phone goes off
Anshu Singare
Anshu Singare - November 20, 2014 at 11:55am
My iPhone is 5s, on iOS 8.1.0 . I clean restored via iTunes, Turned off passcode & Auto-lock, enabled Airplane mode, set date to 2nd June, 2014 . When I use Pangu 1.2.1 for iOS 8 to jailbreak, I'm always ending up with "error occurred ..." screen after step 5/6 of transferring data (screen discussed here without solution : http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1816778). What can I do to Jailbreak properly ?
Anshu Singare
Anshu Singare - November 20, 2014 at 5:30pm
I guess a very simple piece to remember is missing from most tutorials & that is DO NOT RESTORE FROM A PREVIOUS BACKUP BEFORE THE JAILBREAK, otherwise you'll keep getting stuck with the aforementioned weird error, which nobody has an answer to. JAILBREAK first over a cleanly restored & Activated iPhone. Then restore backup. So here's the exact procedure I followed for my iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.0 ; Backup your iPhone via latest iTunes Restore iPhone to 8.x via iTunes to keep it clean Activate using a valid SIM card (Even if you have an activated phone, but you ever restored from a previous backup, you'd not be able to Jailbreak. So, Restore software, Activate, Jailbreak, then Restore Backup) Pangu prep : Passcode off Auto Lock off Find my iPhone OFF Date & Time - 2 Jun 2014, 8:30 Airplane Mode ON Start Pangu, connect iPhone & Run Jailbreak You should see Cydia / Pangu icons on the Springboard After Jailbreak completion, you may restore the backup of your iPhone via iTunes
Pyro
Pyro - November 26, 2014 at 9:10pm
Is there a workaround if you have already made this mistake??
SuperDuper
SuperDuper - November 13, 2014 at 11:09pm
OMG that was easy... 64GB 4S v1.2.1 for Windows, success in less than a minute. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
SiscoLink
SiscoLink - November 9, 2014 at 2:10am
its stuck in initializing please wait... what does that mean???? please help
Jen
Jen - November 9, 2014 at 1:49am
any one has the tutorial on a mac?
Bystander
Bystander - November 8, 2014 at 5:18pm
Will this jailbreak work on an iPhone 4?
koprivaqi
koprivaqi - November 11, 2014 at 6:13am
It did not work on a 4S?
cha
cha - November 7, 2014 at 3:25pm
is this a tethered or untethered JB???
o0o
o0o - November 7, 2014 at 1:24pm
Hi and thanks in advance I have an Iphone 5 ios 7.0.4 jailbreak already How can I do it to have it exactly the same ( apps and data ) but with 8.1 can this work? 1-Back up on iTunes 2-Update to 8.1 3-Pangu 3-On Cydia install appcake source for the apps 4-Restore backup from itunes Can this work?
jdawg
jdawg - November 7, 2014 at 1:14pm
Hi All, IPhone 6 IOS 8.1 I followed the instructions but when I connect my device Pangu says "New device detected, connecting..." and goes no further. Please help. Many thanks jdawg
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jdawg
jdawg - November 7, 2014 at 4:42pm
finally fixed the issue... by using a different machine on which to run the j/b. For some reason my laptop was stopping Pangu from working. All now good
koprivaqi
koprivaqi - November 6, 2014 at 3:29pm
My phone 4S doesn´t start after I jailbreaked with Pangu8... the apple logo apears in about 10-15 seconds and it shuts down again, anybody who succeeded with an 4S?
Turbostang
Turbostang - November 7, 2014 at 12:11am
My Iphone5 is the same after jailbreaking apple logo on for 15 seconds.
koprivaqi
koprivaqi - November 11, 2014 at 6:10am
I jailbreaked my iPhone 5 and it startet without no trubble. It´s only on 4S!
Besniku
Besniku - November 6, 2014 at 1:49pm
Thank you very very much..!
Dan tick
Dan tick - November 6, 2014 at 9:24am
i succeed to download Cydia and pangu , now do i need to add source or what to do to get the app stores !! many thanks
zé
- November 5, 2014 at 10:47pm
Pangu app doesnt show cydia to update... what should i do?
tonitojoe
tonitojoe - November 5, 2014 at 5:41am
can i turn on and off my iphone 5 with jailbreak normaly ?
rodolfo buenaflor
rodolfo buenaflor - November 4, 2014 at 8:58am
How to install appsync on jailbroken iOS8.1
evo
evo - November 3, 2014 at 1:39pm
it worked on my iphone 5s 8.1. Just try to follow all instructions carefully.
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