The possibility of a Cydia .deb package iOS 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak could be a reality very soon. You can currently jailbreak the iOS 4.3.1 firmware tethered (tutorial here), but an untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak is still in the works. In fact Comex recently tweeted that his last kernal exploit that was going to be used to jailbreak the iOS 4.3.1 firmware untethered was patched by Apple. Which could mean it was somehow leaked to Apple. Regardless of this, hacker xpl0n1c released a quick video demoing iOS 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak on his iPod Touch 4G using his self created untethered jailbreak exploit using SSH.


He used snowbreeze tool to perform a tethered jailbreak, he then used his own untethered exploit to completely untether his iPod Touch 4G. He may create a Cydia package that once installed could untether the iOS 4.3.1 firmware after first being jailbroken through a jailbreaking tool like PwnageTool or snowbreeze.



An untethered jailbreak should not be too far off now. Whether this untethered jailbreak will come in the form of a Cydia package, or whether hackers will simply use this exploit and integrate them into existing jailbreaking tools is another question. We will keep you updated on the status of the untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak but until then please stay tuned.