Video: How to Jailbreak iOS 8.4
As soon as the latest update for iOS, iOS 8.4, came out, it was jailbroken. While developer team PP were the first to jailbreak iOS 8.4 this time around, the tried and true developer team called TaiG that we’ve grown oh so familiar with just updated their own tool to work with iOS 8.4 as well.
If you are new to jailbreaking, the idea is simple. First, we use a tool (like TaiG) to jailbreak the phone, or gain administrative rights in the operating system, then you can use the included jailbreak tweak only store Cydia (that is always automatically installed thanks to the jailbreaking tool) to install tons of third-party tweaks that can take advantage of the new found permissions.
These tweaks can range from simple customizing of the icons to more complex ones that change the entire UI design and tons of things in between.
You can easily undo the jailbreak as well, so there’s really no reason to give it a try (just make sure to do a backup first).
Here’s how to jailbreak any iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running iOS 8.4.
UPDATE: If you’re looking to jailbreak iOS 9 head here.
I. Before You Begin
1. Currently, at the time of writing this, there is only a tool for Windows so you will have to use a Windows computer, wait for a Mac version at a later date, or run a virtual machine on your Mac to have Windows on it as well.
II. Backup Your iPhone Data
1. Open iTunes.
2. Plug your iPhone in via USB cable.
3. Click on your iPhone in the sidebar on the left under devices.
4. Click on Back Up Now under Backups in the Summary Tab.
III. Update Your Phone to iOS 8.4
You need to be on iOS 8.4 for this to work. If you aren’t already, you can update by doing one of the following methods.
Update over Wifi
If iOS 8.4 is the latest version of iOS when you are doing this tutorial you can update over Wifi by going to Settings > General > Software Update and updating through there.
Update Through iTunes
If a new version of iOSÂ came out after this article was published, but you are still BELOW iOS 8.4 (you can upgrade, but not downgrade), you can use iTunes to manually install iOS 8.4 by doing the following.
1. Head here and select your device’s firmware in the drop down box under iPhone and select Download (remember to select the firmware for your specific iPhone model, select CDMA if there is an option for it if you have Sprint or Verizon and select GSM for all other carriers).
2. With the device plugged in to the computer via USB, turn it off.
3. Hold down Power and the Home button at the same time until you see the screen go from the Apple logo to black (approx. 10 seconds) then let go of the Power button but continue to hold the Home button until iTunes pops up a dialog box saying it has discovered an iPhone in recovery mode.
4. In iTunes, select your iPhone from the sidebar on the left.
5. Now, hold Option on your keyboard (or Shift for Windows) and click on Restore.
6. When the selector appears, choose the firmware file you downloaded earlier and click OK.
7. When the device restarts and is done, select the backup we just made of the device when prompted to restore your apps, contacts, etc.
IV. Prepare your iPhone for Jailbreak
1. Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.
2. Enter in your current PIN.
3. Tap Turn Passcode Off to disable the passcode so it doesn’t interfere with the process.
4. Go to Settings > iCloud.
5. Turn off Find My iPhone (you can turn it and your passcode back on when the jailbreak is done).
V. Jailbreak the iPhone Using TaiG
1. Head to TaiG’s site, download the latest jailbreaking tool listed there and save it to your desktop.
2. Right-click the .zip file once downloaded and click extract here.
3. Right-click the exe file once extracted and click Run As Administrator.
4. Plug in the iPhone/iPod/iPad via USB cable to the computer and wait for TaiG to recognize it.
5. When it does, make sure Install Cydia is checked, but uncheck 3K Assistant (or anything else that is checked for that matter).
6. Click Start and wait for it to finish.
7. Once done, tap on Cydia on the phone and let it do it’s thing.
8. Done! Jailbroken! Now, head to our Jailbreak Tweaks section for videos on some of our favorite tweaks from the Cydia store you should give a try now that you have this new found freedom. Enjoy!
Let me know if it worked for you or if you’re having issues in the comments below.
Will this work with iPads as well?
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I followed your the steps, but TaiG Jailbreak Tool stops at 30% ( The step: Waiting for processing result ) and display “Jailbreak failed”
Now my iPhone is jailbroken, but i needed to check the 3k box. ;(
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Thanks! Glad you enjoy my humble little site 🙂
Is the device jailbroken? Do you see Cydia?
I followed the steps, however the Taig jailbreaking tool says i am missing apple driver. I have Itunes installed and my iphone connected. what is the procedure for fixing this problem if one exists?
Follow the video. I walk you through that.
perfect. my phone is now jailbroken. thanks for the help and love the site
You’re welcome!
how do you fix the missing apple driver error?? Thnaks
Cancel that, sorry didn’t finish video
Help David! When I clicked on the TaiG link, Google Chrome said “This webpage is not available” and below it, “ERR_CONNECTION_RESET”. What can I do?
Try again. Just worked for me fine.
disable your antivirus
whenever I opened the taig thingy, it kept saying network anomalies. how do I fix it ?
Not sure. Try redownloading it, or making sure that your firewalls or whatever are not blocking it.
what can i do it says jailbreak failed please help asap i need to jailbreak it by tomorrow do you help on twitter?
Hello,
You just have to try again. Also try restoring the phone before starting and redownloading the jailbreak program. Also you MUST be on iOS 8.4 or it won’t work.
everytime i download the link it opens as zip can you plz help asap? thanks
Hello,
Which download are you referring to? If it’s the ipsw file just literally change the .zip to .ipsw and it’ll work.
If you are referring to the jailbreak software itself then just unzip it by right clicking and extracting it.
it says i need apple driver and itunes yet i have itunes wht does it meen by driver
What the video. I explain how to fix it.
Hi,
Im trying to jailbreak my phone but when i open TaiGJBreak it tells me to restore before jailbreak. Please help. it hasn’t done this before on my other devices.
do I have to download TAIG?
hey i jailbreaK my iphone 4s ios 8.4 after this when i open cydia only black screen open ‘and after press home button all apps disappear like settings,photo,whatsapp,messaging,camera etc and also disapper in control window
now i have ios 8.4 ipsw but i can’t restore it shows not capable and also apple stop signing this ios 8.4 so how i restore by this and also i dont want to download new ipsw file plz tell me how to install unsigned ios
it is showing error 1102
everytime i use the thing to help with the apple driver issue it gets to the end of doing whatever its doing then says seeking then doesnt respond and crashes? help?
nevermind done it cydia is just preparing filesystem thankyou 🙂
Ha, ok, glad it worked!
when i had it jail broken with ios 8.4 it loaded cydia but anytime i went in a tweak on cydia it said i had to update to the latest version of apple so i did now its telling me i need to use 8.2.. so which version of ios should i use?
I constantly get this problem. Please help! There is nowhere this kind of problem explained. I have I phone 4s, I OS 8.4.1
Hello,
This only works on ios 8.4 not 8.4.1. There is no jailbreak for iOS 8.4.1 and there won’t be. You’ll have to wait until iOS 9 comes out and they jailbreak that.
Is there a way to get back at 8.4?
Unfortunately no. Once Apple stops signing the 8.4 package (which has happened) you cannot revert back to it. Again, only solution is to wait for IOS 9 and the jall break for that when it’s released.
IOS 9 is out………. How long till a jail break for that’s?
There’s never an exact time frame for these things but I’d imagine it’d be soon. Either way soon as there is one I’ll have a video on it up asap.
heloow i have a question when im done installing cydia and im following youre instruction all my apps or everthing in my phone was gone how do i fix it?? plzzzz
It happens sometimes. Simply restore the phone and try again.