Jailbreaking your iPhone or iOS brings a whole new world of customizability to your apple device. You can now install app that were not previously allowed to be installed on your phone. You can take full control of your apple device and run the phone at its full capacity.
Please be aware of the fact that jailbreaking your iOS device may lead it to be venerable to other security threats. Please be extra careful while downloading apps from unknown sources and I would recommend not download apps at all from unknown sources. Download your desired apps from reputed app stores only so the apps you download do not steal all your personal information.
How to Jailbreak an iPhone or iPad running iOS 10.2
The following method of jailbreaking your iPhone works on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Pro, iPhone SE at the time of writing. Unfortunately iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus users are out of luck, they will not be able to jailbreak their devices through method.
- Download the essentials, you can download Yalu Jailbreak IPA for iOS 10.2 from here and appropriate version of Cydia Impactor here.
- Unzip Impactor file on your PC and run it.
- Now connect the iOS device you want to jailbreak to your PC, it should be automatically recognized by the app.
- Now drag and drop the yalu102_alpha.ipa file into Cydia app. Click “Start” button and “Ok” when warning appears.
- Now you will need to sign in with your apple ID in the app.
- The Yalu app should now be installed on your iOS device.
- Open device settings in your iOS device and tap on “Trust” on the app.
- You will see Yalu app (labelled yalu102) on your iOS device, open it and initiate jailbreak.
- Now wait while the jailbreak payload is injected in your device. Do not touch your device, the screen will go white and the device will reboot.
Now you will see Cydia on the home screen when the jailbreak is complete, you can now install your desired apps.