What is jailbreaking?
One of the reasons for jailbreaking is to expand the feature set limited
by Apple and its App Store. Apple checks apps for compliance with its
iOS Developer Program License Agreement before accepting them for
distribution in the App Store. However, their reasons for banning apps
are not limited to safety and security and may be regarded as arbitrary
and capricious. To access banned apps, users rely on jailbreaking to
circumvent Apple's censorship of content and features. Jailbreaking
permits the downloading of programs not approved by Apple, such as user
interface customization and tweaks.
What is Electra?
Electra is a recently exploited jailbreak that works on iOS versions 11 - 11.4 Beta 3. This works on all 64-bit devices that are running these firmwares. Electra is a semi-untethered
jailbreak. What this means is that every time you reboot your device,
you will have to re-jailbreak again. However, the semi means you do not
need to connect to your computer, but rather open the Electra app and
let it re-spring. How can I jailbreak?
Requirements:
Phone
Lighting cable
Computer
These are the steps that you need to take in order to jailbreak your phone:
BACK UP YOUR PHONE BEFORE YOU START! Just in case something goes wrong you will have a backup that you can restore to!
Download Electra and Cydia Impactor and extract the files somewhere where you will remember.
Open Cydia Impactor (Impactor.exe) on your computer. It will look like this:
Plug your phone into your computer and it should show up on Impactor.
(Ignore "install Cydia Extender")
Drag the Electra File (Electra1131-1.0.3-vfs.ipa) on top of Cydia Impactor
Enter your iTunes email and password. If you do not feel safe doing so, make a new apple ID to proceed with this step.
If you get an error on this step that looks like this, you need to disable Two Factor Authentication or get an app-specific password by going to apple's website found here: https://appleid.apple.com/#!&page=signin
At this point, it will install Electra on your device. You may now
unplug your device and the rest of this guide will be on your iDevice.
On your device, find Electra and open it. You will get an error
along the lines of "Unverified Developer". To fix this you will go to
Settings > General > Profile and Device Management, find your
email, tap it, and tap "Trust".
Go back to Electra, and tap "Jailbreak". If it says "Installing
Cydia" then the exploit has succeeded (your phone is not jailbroken
yet). However, if it reboots before that message appears, your jailbreak
is unsuccessful and you will have to re-do this step.
Go back to Electra and tap "Enable Jailbreak"/
Once you get past "Please wait (2/3)" your device will respring and
you will see Cydia on your device and your device is now Jailbroken!
However, it is VERY common that you will not get this on your first try.
Troubleshooting Processes
1. Turn off Siri. (Settings > Siri & Search)
2. Turn on Airplane Mode
3. Turn off and keep Wifi off
4. Delete iOS 11.4 update file on your iPhone's Storage. (Settings
> General > iPhone Storage > Find iOS 11.4 > Delete)
5. Disable Find my iPhone (Settings > Click your Profile > iCloud > Find My iPhone > turn it off)
6. Remove passcode & if applies, faceid, from your device. (Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Turn off Passcode)
Move to the next step if this is your first time attempting to click
Jailbreak or click Enable Jailbreak. Only come back here if you've tried
more than 35+ times.
1. Sign-out of iCloud - This one was suggested by a reddit
user. When I restarted my device and had to re-enable the JB, this
helped immediately.
2. Low Power Mode - This one was suggested by a reddit user
on iPhone6S iOS 11.3.1. This one helped them after supposedly 600
attempts.
3. Turn off Bluetooth - This one was suggested by a reddit user.
4. Turn off Do Not Disturb - This one was suggested by a reddit user.
5. Connect your iDevice to a charger.
Electra Troubleshooting Processes
This next section is
for when you are using Electra and you keep getting errors. This will be
the most frustrating part of your Jailbreak journey, and everyone is
experiencing the same problems, these steps are what many users have
found to work, or it is completely random. Either new firmware will be
released that reduces these problems or this is just what you will have
to go through for jailbreaks since apple is trying to patch as many
exploits as they can.
Go to Electra and click Jailbreak. Possibilities and what you should do after clicking jailbreak
Please Wait (1/3) & then reboots
- This is extremely common right now. Simply, wait for your device to
come back up, ensure Airplane mode is on & WiFi is still off and
then go back into Electra and click Jailbreak again. I've done this more
than 150 times just today, so I wish you the best. PRO TIP: After 3-5
tries of it rebooting every time, it's best that you force restart your
device. Google how to do that as it's different for different devices.
Please Wait (2/3) & then reboots - This is quite common right now. You need to do the same as the one above. Continue to let the device boot up, and try again.
Please Wait (2/3) & then Electra app turns black but you can still go to the homescreen - This is also quite common. You just need to keep trying again and again.
*Please Wait (2/3) & stuck* - Make
sure you've waited at least 5 minutes to ensure it's stuck. Then, check
your home screen and see if Cydia is there. If Cydia is there, you can
reboot and move to the next step. If Cydia is not, reboot and retry.
Error: amfid patch - Same as above. Continue to reboot and retry.
Error: rootfs remount - Ensure
that you have deleted the iOS 11.4 updates and any other updates on
your iPhone storage (step 6 of JB Process Requirements), ensure that you
have the tvOS profile (Step 2 of the Installation Tutorial), then
reboot and retry. If this happens more than 10 times, you should erase
all content and settings and try again.
Installing Cydia & reboots - Success! Move onto the next step.
If you aren't having luck after 35+ tries - At this point, try steps
7-10 on the Jailbreak Process Requirements, reboot, ensure everything is
correctly on/off since rebooting can sometimes mess with settings and
then try to jailbreak.
Upon the reboot, you will notice Cydia on your home screen but it will crash as soon as you open it. That's a good sign.
Now, reopen Electra and you will see that it says Enable Jailbreak. Click that.. Possibilities and what you should do after clicking enable jailbreak
Please Wait (1/3) & then reboots - This
is extremely common right now. Simply, wait for your device to come
back up, ensure Airplane mode is on & WiFi is still off and then go
back into Electra and click Jailbreak again. I've done this more than 80
times just today, so I wish you the best. PRO TIP: After 3-5 tries of
it rebooting every time, it's best that you force restart your device.
Google how to do that as it's different for different devices.
Please Wait (1/3) & then Electra app turns black but you can still go to the homescreen - This is also quite common. You just need to keep force reboot and retry.
Please Wait (2/3) & then reboots - This is quite common right now. You need to do the same as the one above. Continue to let the device boot up, and try again.
Please Wait (2/3) & then Electra app turns black but you can still go to the homescreen - This is also quite common. You just need to force reboot and retry.
Process goes through and you see a loading icon - Success! Upon respring, your device will now be jailbroken and you will have access to Cydia.
If you aren't having
luck after 35+ tries (SEPARATE TRIES FROM THE LAST JAILBREAK BUTTON) -
At this point, try steps 7-10 on the Jailbreak Process Requirements,
reboot, ensure everything is correctly on/off since rebooting can
sometimes mess with settings and then try to jailbreak.
Once you open Cydia, you will get an error since you are not connected
to a network. Simply turn on WiFi or turn off Airplane mode. Then, click
reload on the top right hand side of your Cydia app.
Below is a list of tweaks that work on this jailbreak. I suggest that you download Tweakcompatibility,
a tweak that uses reports to tell you under the tweak in cydia if it is
supported for your firmware version. The more people that use this
tweak the more accurate it will be!
0vigilate: 0.0.1
3Edgy5Me
7-zip (POSIX) v16.02
Activator: 1.9.13~beta2 - Allows you to use custom gestures and TouchID actions to do specific actions (i.e: Use pinky TouchID to respring your device)
AdBlock for YouTube: 1.0.7
Album Art As Background v0.0.2-1+debug
Alkaline
Anemone v2.1.7-7 - Allows you to download themes for your device.
Appcon: 1.4.2
AppList: 1.5.14
Appstore Unrestrict: 0.0~beta4a
AppSync Unified: 24.0
APT 1.4 (apt-key) v1.4.8
APT 1.4 Strict (lib) v1.4.8-1
APT 1.4 Strict v1.4.8
Artsy - Cool visual effects for music in LockScreen,CC, Spotify and Apple Music. Alternative to Color flow
AutoPause v1.0 - Resprings device on YouTube
AVLock v1.0.1 - Orientation lock in video players
Barmoji - Replaces bar at the bottom of Xs with emojis
Base Structure v1-4 -
BatteryLife
BatteryNotch v1.1.0 - Adds notches to the battery icon
BatteryPercentX [Public] v1.1.1-2
Berkeley DB v6.2.23
betterFiveColumnHomescreen v1.0.1 - Five columns on Home screen instead of four.
BigBoss Icon Set v1.0
BioProtect: 2.3-8 - Allows fingerprint or passcode protection on specific apps
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