TaiG

This article is about the untethered jailbreaks for iOS 8.0-8.1.2 Windows and 8.1.3-8.4 for Windows and Mac. For an alternative for Mac OS X, see PPJailbreak.

TaiG

Original author(s)	TaiG
Developer(s)	TaiG
Initial release	29 Nov 2014 (2014-11-29)
Stable release	1.2.1 (8.0 ‑ 8.1.2)/12 February 2015 Windows: 2.4.5 (8.1.3 ‑ 8.4)/25 December 2015 Mac: 1.1.0 (8.1.3 ‑ 8.4)/2 August 2015
Written in	?
Operating system	Windows / OS X
Platform	Windows / OS X
Available in	Chinese / English
Type	Jailbreaking
License	Freeware
Website	taig.com/en (English) taig.com (Chinese)

TaiG (Taiji in Chinese) (/taɪ dʒi/ or /taɪ tʃi/) is an untethered jailbreak for all devices on iOS 8.0-8.4, except the Apple TV and Apple Watch. It was initially released on 29 November 2014 for 8.0 - 8.1.2 but since updated to support 8.1.3 - 8.4.

At some point of time, all TaiG download links have been made not working, rendering this jailbreak method unavailable. Even you can get one from a mirror, the application will still try to access TaiG server which is no longer running.

Supported Devices

All devices capable of running iOS 8.0-8.4 (except the Apple TV family and Apple Watch) are supported.

iOS 8.2 Beta

TaiG's website originally claimed as early as 4 December 2014that "support of iOS 8.2 has been completed by TaiG, [but] as 8.2 is still at beta stage, we have disabled support for 8.2 in [the] current public release." This claim remained through 31 December 2014, but was removed sometime before.

On 23 February 2015, version 1.3 was released to jailbreak iOS 8.2 beta and beta 2.

Download

Windows

Version	Language	Download	SHA-1	Changes
1.0.0	English	TaiG Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine	2538d85d3b42a2a65ec33aec86245c39047449d3	First version of TaiG which supports all devices with iOS 8.0 - 8.1.1 except Apple TV's.
1.0.1		TaiG Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine	7346849bb3ff3dd1e21530ae1bb7ee27f02f453a	Improve JB speed Improve stability
1.0.2		TaiG Archived 2015-09-19 at the Wayback Machine	4edab617f9b951419eca4c32ddc6a5f8a2e94226	Able to remove 3K-Assistant via Cydia
1.1.0	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine	2181179badac74cced2eb9ad5639b0f57be66f95	Avoid sandbox generate redundant info. Officially built TaiG source(apt.taig.com), users who Jailbroke with TaiG before V1.1.0, can fix this problem by install TaiG 8.0-8.1.1 Untether.
	English	TaiG Archived 2016-02-11 at the Wayback Machine	d3b40bbbd6f9cf652ece4476b96dafae858f1bb0
1.2.0	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine	42848662a637234ef14d67448e4cf8e427906b52	Add support for iOS 8.1.2
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-09-18 at the Wayback Machine	5c6e2939359e36622ca2b4ca71d0def628dbbaf3
1.2.1	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine	95df3a271473b5dbed29c950f5441aecd231b47a	TaiG can support iTunes12.1 now(By download new driver from a post in 3K BBS)
1.3.0	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine	ca9364cd01ed89cd7b287d99bc061eca1b5d3870	TaiG can support all device with iOS8.2 Beta1&2 now
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine	54687293aa915da0660cd34dfdd538df832d9236
2.0.0	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine	B38B98C99D789CCB664A4EEAFF49976D9D38B260	Officially released TaiG Jailbreak Tool V2.0.0, which support all device with iOS8.1.3-8.3.
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-10-03 at the Wayback Machine	40FB5687A4452F9A556AFEAF6C28D00C7A62A9D4
2.1.2	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine	16F5B1C1775B3A28244CB8EF6D966B7A102F0EF2	Fixes problems of getting stuck at 20% and 60%, and adaptate for latest iTunes. Compatible with Cydia Substrate(Mobile Substrate). Corrects the blank Settings problem while matching Apple Watch with iDevice. Fix issues of UIcache.
	English	TaiG Archived 2016-06-25 at the Wayback Machine	65F55468216B0D584E4B48E1B910E4C87ECF6B00
2.1.3	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine	B2CDDF98017DA7195E85236C5DCE33EFE9A84B74	Fix the issue of getting stuck at 20% while jailbreaking. Update the latest Cydia 1.1.18 and UIKitTools 1.1.1.0; fix the issue of icon missing after jailbreak. Fix long startup time of iPhone 4s after jailbreak. Fix the issue that TaiG Jailbreak Tool doesn't work on the virtual machine.
	English	TaiG Archived 2016-05-12 at the Wayback Machine	60278237BA0435108A98F001FA7315B3EC365F87
2.2.0	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine	FF95A038071FF6BDF241DA5987B0848A0D558511	TaiG released the original jailbreak tool V2.2.0. It supports all iDevices running iOS 8.1.3-8.4.
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine	6F2FD18267D3F7F68C63E988A91A95066F5E6BB1
2.2.1	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine	53763BE89E12AE03D2B6BC44DE4CDFCAD8DF10A0	Fixes setreuid patch to prevent applications from obtaining to root privileges through setreuid. Increases stability.
	English	TaiG Archived 2016-10-14 at the Wayback Machine	2E12A2ACEF206FFC276A4DAE3112197150C4F66C
2.3.0	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine	F5D6D7BDE790828395FD1D994F35EB63EEBF7FD5	Integrates Cydia 1.1.19, which is perfectly compatible of iOS 8.3-8.4; removes setreuid patch.
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine	0CECE9B60C51AEE1C833703098279121CE23664C
2.3.1	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine	A35F4F73B8194984FB726D155A0AF4FA16FAB5FF	Integrate the latest Cydia 1.1.20.
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-09-22 at the Wayback Machine	A35F4F73B8194984FB726D155A0AF4FA16FAB5FF
2.4.1	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2017-01-08 at the Wayback Machine	BE569D71A0EA413150D7E3064A0F561CD1FBA7E8	Fix the issue of getting stuck at 60% based on users' feedback. Optimize the process of jailbreak; improve the process's stability.
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-07-11 at the Wayback Machine	A8F3E920A082972A4ABB474FBC868969545FA83F
2.4.2 beta	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine	60C9457043DDF0C7EED4E1C041CC52DCA8FA0471	Integrate the latest Cydia 1.1.23. Fix issues of getting stuck at 30% and 40%.
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-08-12 at the Wayback Machine	FEF99FD48CE2CD0B83533E6275217FAB149BDB68
2.4.3	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2015-08-08 at the Wayback Machine	F585EE445328D15113E0A65D6D006C95FA0E8218	Optimize the process of jailbreak. Fix issues of getting stuck at 30% and 40%.
	English	TaiG Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine	4B3D8F1D3BDC0FB9FF489043C7F662D23A314D78
2.4.4	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2017-03-19 at the Wayback Machine	215544cecb5ed1badc31313b261c34896a550cab	TaiG Windows V2.4.4 adds the function of downloading the latest version of 3K Assistant.
	English	TaiG	7fea392b126bb6d80308d39c6ab7041853c53330
2.4.5	Chinese	TaiG Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine	c166a86b00b1d6290627501512617dbd14864b82	Optimize the process of jailbreak, improve the process's stability.
	English	TaiG Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine	e802a2925e30e55feed607d98b7b3717a32ced9e

Mac

Version	Language	Download	SHA-1	Changes
1.0.0	English	TaiG Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine	45194B96957EC60F6D62812AC8449C1C52F53BA1	Officially released TaiG Jailbreak Tool for Mac V1.0.0, which support all device with iOS8.1.3-8.4.
1.1.0		TaiG Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine	4E4573C71C641BAEBD0AC5AC16038E7F3BBF7DB1	TaiG for Mac V1.1.0 fixes the blank screen on OS X 10.9.

Installed Packages

• APR (/usr/lib) (1.3.3-2; apr-lib)
• APT 0.7 (apt-key) (0.7.25.3-3; apt7-key)
• APT 0.7 Strict (lib) (0.7.25.3-13; apt7-lib)
• Base Structure (1-4; base)
• Big Boss Icon Set (1.0; org.thebigboss.repo.icons)
• Bourne-Again SHell (4.0.44-15; bash)
• bzip2 (1.0.5-7; bzip2)
• Core Utilities (/bin) (8.12-7p; coreutils-bin)
• Cydia Installer (1.1.19; cydia)
• Cydia Translations (1.1.12; cydia-lproj)
• Darwin Tools (1-4; darwintools)
• Debian Packager (1.14.25-9; dpkg)
• Debian Utilities (3.3.3ubuntu1-1p; debianutils)
• Diff Utilities (2.8.1-6; diffutils)
• Find Utilities (4.2.33-6; findutils)
• GNU Privacy Guard (1.4.8-4; gnupg)
• grep (2.5.4-3; grep)
• gzip (1.6-7; gzip)
• LZMA Utils (4.32.7-4; lzma)
• New Curses (5.7-13; ncurses)
• PAM (Apple) (32.1-3; pam)
• PAM Modules (36.1-4; pam-modules)
• pcre (8.30-5p; pcre)
• Profile Directory (0-2; profile.d)
• readline (6.0-7; readline)
• sed (4.1.5-7; sed)
• shell-cmds (118-6; shell-cmds)
• system-cmds (433.4-12; system-cmds)
• TaiG 8.1.3-8.X Untether (2.3.0;taiguntether83x)
• Tape Archive (1.19-8; tar)
• UIKit Tools (1.1.10; uikittools)

Exploits and analysis

"The Annotated (informal) guide to TaiG - Part I", and "Part II" by Jonathan Levin (iOS 8.0 - 8.1.2)

"Jailbreak Payloads From Star to TaiG" in Persian, by Mahyar Rezghi (iOS 8.0 - 8.1.2)

"28 Days Later - The Annotated (informal) guide to TaiG returns - Part I", by Jonathan Levin (iOS 8.3 - iOS 8.4)

"HIDden Treasures" (TaiG 2 - Part II), by Jonathan Levin (iOS 8.3 - iOS 8.4)

Often used to refer to a jailbreak that reapplies when the device is powered off or rebooted