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As you’ll likely have heard by now, the TaiG iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak tool has offered an untethered jailbreak for those running the very latest iOS 8.1.1, which is somewhat miraculous given that Apple only rolled the software out a fortnight ago. Now that the dust has settled and presumably thousands of iOS device owners have gone ahead and jailbroken their devices, TaiG has released a statement clarifying its new tool, as well as alluding to potential collaborative ventures with the famed Pangu team.

The TaiG iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak tool download has brought a belated Thanksgiving gift to those looking to get Cydia up and running on iOS 8.1.1 or the currently in-beta iOS 8.2, and given that, like Pangu before it, it’s untethered in nature, one can simply follow the steps, apply the jailbreak, and proceed without subsequent interruption. As is the case when any new, untried or unheard tool simply lands right out of the blue, the jailbreak community has taken the past couple of days to digest the news, with trusted jailbreakers having given it the once-over, and with MuscleNerd today declaring TaiG as being safe to use, the games have most definitely begun. Now, TaiG has released a minor update in the form of version 1.0.2, which adds the ability to remove the 3K Assistant that can be optionally installed at the point of jailbreak.

If you are running iOS 8.1.1 on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, it is likely that the newly released jailbreak for Apple's latest mobile software took you by surprise as much it did us. However, for some iOS 8.1.1 users, TaiG may be presenting more trouble than they had imagined. Here's why.

Jailbreaking has always been a giant game of cops and robbers, with Apple constantly closing the loopholes that the creators of jailbreaks rely on in order to gain access to the core of iOS. Just as a new jailbreak is released it's a given that the exploit used will not be available in the next revision of the iPhone and iPad operating system.