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Apple continues to update its iOS and this has caused more problems for hacking groups like Pangu to come up with an iOS jailbreak. The least most expect is an iOS 10.2 jailbreak though even that has been hard to come by. Lucas Todesco did come out with one with the Yalu iOS 10.1.1 jailbreak but as most know, the crack is a bit complicated to use.

There were suggestions that a crack of iOS 10.2 would be coming out, one brought up by Stefan Esser. To date, nothing has come close to that with Apple moving forward with the latest iOS 10.2.1, Forbes reported. That said, hackers who are presumably working on an iOS 10.2 jailbreak may find their efforts for naught. The Cupertino company is expected to announce a cut again on which operating systems will be signed.

Todesco has tried to convince most to avoid updating to iOS 10.2 since it makes his iOS 10.1.1 jailbreak useless, as covered in a previous post. Some may heed his request while others will go ahead, fearing bug and security issues that iOS 10 has been rendering the past months. The fact that the Yalu iOS 10.1.1 jailbreak is semi-tethered, the Italian hacker’s crack is expected to be useless as well soon.

Given those scenarios, would the Apple Jailbreaking Community still be seriously awaiting an iOS 10 jailbreak? the answer to that may be divided considering the waiting game leaves a lot to be desired. Add the aggressive updates being made by Apple and the effort to come up with a hack becomes totally senseless.

There is no definite number to show how many iPhone or iPad owners are still relying on iOS jailbreaks. Pangu made its mark with iOS 8 but things got chippy when iOS 9 started to take the spotlight. iOS 10 has been hard OS to crack so it will be interesting if an iOS 10.2 jailbreak would still make sense moving forward.