iOS 8 Jailbreak Pangu Download: Bugs on iMessage & Safari Worked On

Within days after Apple released the iOS 8.1 update, Pangu was able to issue a jailbreak for the said version. However, despite the speedy release, the said app appears to have a couple of bugs and compatibility problems.

The issues, according to WCCFtech, included "problems with AFC2, upgrading over the air and compatibility issues with iMessage and Safari."

"Jailbreak legend Saurik was quick to release an update for AFC2 yesterday, which has now enabled full file access on jailbroken devices running iOS 8/8.1," the site added.

Meanwhile, iDigitalTimes said that while over 250 iOS 8 jailbreak tweaks have been made compatible with the one Pangu made, the Chinese jailbreaking team's creation has not yet been packaged with Cydia. However, in a recent update, Pangu said that they "were working closely with Saurik to fix bugs causing problems with the jailbreak, including Safari, iMessage and bootloop issues."

"We are working with @saurik to make Cydia stable asap. Also we are fixing bugs include Safari and iMessage problems. Please wait ..." read the team's tweet Saturday.

Despite the said issues, many users still went ahead and downloaded the tool.

"There is no word on the ETA for the Pangu jailbreak with integrated Cydia package, as the iOS 8 jailbreak release comes with Chinese origin given the fact that the majority of Chinese citizens do not use Cydia or Mac OS X while installing jailbreaks on their iOS devices," the International Business Times UK noted.

Indeed, it appears the jailbreaking business has taken a new turn with Pangu joining the fray and even teaming up with Cydia's creator, Saurik, as Redmond Pie observed.

"The jailbreak scene as a whole has changed a lot in recent times," the site began. "Ever since the Pangu team - a group of Chinese hackers that came up with a jailbreak solution for iOS 7.1 using stolen code - decided to join the foray, existing hackers have seem to lost interest."

"And the interesting part is, despite privacy concerns and the shady outlook that any piece of software coming from China usually seems to entail, Pangu jailbreak has been quite successful among the masses, and that too by a huge margin," the site added.

This leads to the question: will the jailbreaking community be leaning on the Chinese hackers more heavily in future iOS releases? So far, they've been able to nail the job, so it's likely they'll be playing significant roles in the community in the future. It's also possible a new group will emerge and become the go-to people for compatibility issues.

Until then, the community is currently playing the waiting game for the latest update on the bug fixes while Pangu and Saurik are at it.