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After basking in the limelight for the last few years over iPhone jailbreak, the unofficial iPhone dev team is at it again with what they are best at – Jailbreak - enabling users to run third-party software on the device -- including malicious programs unavailable on iTunes App Store and unauthorized by Apple. And this time they are busy showing their exploits at jailbreaking the iPad.

The last weekend the dev team released a new jailbreak named "Spirit" for both the iPhone 3GS and the iPad. First made public on the social networking site Twitter by Dev Team member Comex, the Spirit jailbreak is said to be applicable to any iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch running firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.2. Comex also commented that the "Spirit" jailbreak provides a root shell with full access to the iPad file system and wasn't based on a browser exploit in April.



“Spirit” Jailbreak program for iPad – What’s new?

The latest jailbreak hack “Spirit” was first demonstrated on the iPad in early April, just 3 days after the release of the Apple iPad. What is specific about Spirit jailbreak program is that it enables users to install an unauthorized digital equivalent to the Apple App Store called Cydia, which again allows users to access unauthorized software such as "Backgrounder".

Backgrounder is a program that offers users the facility to run more than one application at a time. Cydia software which was initially used in iPhone jailbreaks can now be updated to run on the larger iPad.

What’s new with "Spirit" jailbreak unlike previous exploits, it is untethered – i.e. users are not required to plug their devices into their computer every time they reboot. Until now hackers who attempted jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS and latest iPod Touch could only apply a "tethered" jailbreak, which prohibited them from performing a hardware reset without connecting it to their computers via a USB cable.

The Spirit jailbreak program can be considered to be another feather in the iphone dev team’s cap in its continuing cat and mouse race with Apple. Although there are limitations for users choosing to jailbreak their devices considering the Apple product warranty will become invalid; the trend do not show users keeping off jailbreaking and unlocking iPhone or iPad devices .

Jailbreaking will enable you to explore more iPhone and iPad applications apart from the Apple approved apps available at the iTunes App Store. Jailbreaking helps you access and run hundreds more applications, besides offering greater control and choice to install more features and functions into your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

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