Famed Hacker iH8sn0w Releases 32-bit iBoot Patcher
Many people have mistaken this release as an exploit that will allow 32-bit devices to be jailbroken, but unfortunately this is not the case. What has been released by iH8sn0w is a patcher for iBoot rather than an exploit. It allows patches to be applied to iBoot and works only if the CLI tool kloader is used.
Ever since the iPhone 5s was released, Apple moved towards 64-bit chip architecture, shifting away from the 32-bit architecture which is present in iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and earlier models. Since the architecture of 32-bit devices differ, it requires additional work by jailbreak developers to bring support for them. This coupled with the fact that 32-bit Apple devices form a small percentage of the market nowadays is the reason why jailbreak teams are unwilling to bring support for 32-bit.
Therefore, the take from today’s release by iH8sn0w is that it is by no means an exploit for 32-bit jailbreak. Instead, it is just a patcher for iBoot, so users shouldn’t get there hopes too high of a possible jailbreak.
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