Nearly 1,000,000 Newly Jailbroken Devices in Just 3 Days

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Posted January 23, 2012 at 9:47pm by Shalom Levytam

Saurik has revealed that the release of the Corona jailbreak for A5 devices has led to nearly one million newly jailbroken iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices, in just 3 days.

So, @MuscleNerd's 205k number was just the number of on-Cydia iPhone 4S's; I believe that is now 494k. iPad 2 5.0.1 adds an additional 463k.

When Cydia is launched for the first time, it contacts the Cydia server, in part to see which SHSH blobs are available for it. This 957k number should be an accurate report of the total number of A5 devices jailbroken as of Monday afternoon. (Note: the number doesn't include A4 devices or lower).

Update:
The iPhone Dev-Team has posted the exact numbers:
● 491,325 new iPhone4,1 devices
● 308,967 new iPad2 devices
● 152,940 previously jailbroken (at 4.x) iPad2 devices

Total: 953,232 new A5 jailbreaks in a little over 3 days

The release of Corona for A5 devices marks the first time a jailbreak has been available for the iPhone 4S. To find instructions on how to jailbreak your device using the new Absinthe utility you can follow our handy Jailbreak Wizard.

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Loki - January 25, 2012 at 6:21am

Not sure where the best place to put this comment, maybe someone can direct. Anyway Battery life after jailbreak sucks big time. 12 hours max, and that's not doing anything. I can watch the percentage go down its that bad. Anyone else got this problem?

-Smack - January 26, 2012 at 3:59am

Yes. My battery drain has increased a large amount since the JB. I also cannot sync with iCloud. As soon as I Jailbroke it, iCloud started saying I don't have enough space (yet I have 1.7 GB available.) Other than those two items, it is working great.

Largo - January 24, 2012 at 8:51am

unlock please any news??

Excuse me Sir - January 24, 2012 at 12:40am

Now wheres that unlock? been waiting for it the past almost 2 years >.>

Sidewinder - January 24, 2012 at 4:46am

Look forward to more waiting. If you're a complainer you have much good fortune to look forward to.

DevTeamGotBought - January 24, 2012 at 4:21pm

Again, the Dev Team entered into an agreement with Apple that they would only Jailbreak (and probably only do so on firmware that was about to be updated). They agreed to only support the current unlock, and to cease work on future unlocks. My proof? Look at the last two years. Look at how easy it was, once they formed the "Dream Team", to jailbreak the A5. They CAN do it, they've just agreed not to in return for Apple leaving them legally alone (and probably some $$$ too). They probably share info with Apple too about what vulnerabilities they find. It is what it is, and I thank them for the JB, but there will be NO new unlocks. At least from this source. Sorry.

iDood - January 23, 2012 at 10:13pm

These guys rocks!!! Thank you again and will definitely donate in the near future.

Boywonda - January 23, 2012 at 10:09pm

Awesome news! Mine worked like a charm, no hiccups or any other problems others have mentioned.

angel_92701 - January 23, 2012 at 10:03pm

The only thing about it . is messed up my youtube. videos take to long to load, on either native youtube or safari m.youtube (wi-fi/ 3g). also ibooks despaired. from shelf

Necio - January 24, 2012 at 12:08am

Anybody knows why I can't add a source or download anything from cydia. It alway gives me an error.

Nekkdjss - January 24, 2012 at 12:55am

Restore your iPhone or device and jailbreak again. Make sure you do a DFU restore. If you want to know how to do DFU mode, go to YouTube and type in DFU mode.