If you are one of the many people out there who are looking to jailbreak iOS 8.3 untethered on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, we are afraid that the news we have today is not that great. It seems that Apple has fixed a lot of security holes in their latest iOS update including those used by TaiG for jailbreaks. We have all the details in this post so keep reading for more information.

Apple released iOS 8.3 earlier this week to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. One of the most striking things that we have noticed with this update is the size of the changelog. The number of bug fixes and performance enhancements is amazing. While bug fixes do tend to be a good thing, particularly from a security aspect, they often stop the progress of the jailbreaking community. There has been a grand total of almost 40 security patches in iOS 8.3 and one of these is the exploit that was used by the TaiG team. With this exploit and one in iOS 8.2 patched, things really don’t look too hot for the jailbreak community. There was such a strong start that saw every version of iOS jailbroken up to iOS 8.1.2 but it now looks like Apple have taken the lead and hold the upper hand when it comes to control over their software.

MuscleNerd took to Twitter to report that the latest iOS update contains no fewer than 39 security fixes, rivalling the leap from iOS 7.x to iOS 8 in terms of sheer volume. However, while iOS 8.0 was jailbreakable from the go, iOS 8.3 is not and MuscleNerd has advised all his followers and anyone looking to jailbreak to steer clear of the iOS 8.3 update for the time being.

We have seen Pangu, PP, and TaiG picking away at Apple’s firmware but it seems that the Cupertino Company is staying rigid and keeping on top of things from a security point of view. For the moment it really does like a jailbreak is highly unlikely and iOS 8.3 is looking really strong. Apple’s iOS 8.3 also includes a patch on a vulnerability used by the TaiG jailbreak team so the likes of these guys working their magic once again seem highly unlikely and it could be quite a while before we see a jailbreak at all. We will of course keep you updated on any information we receive but for now, if you want a working jailbreak in the future, don’t update to iOS 8.3.