Apple released iOS 12.5.1 - Everything you need to know

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Apple released iOS 12.5.1 for older iPhone and iPads to fix the COVID-19 exposure notification feature

Last month, Apple released iOS 12.5 to older iPhones and iPads to add support for COVID-19 exposure notifications. Main reason is it needs contact tracing to iOS devices due to the current COVID-19 situation . But, there were massive iPhone 6 users. Hence iPhone 6 doesn’t support iOS 14 this feature is not available on those devices. As a solution, Apple released iOS 12.5 bringing COVID-19 exposure notification feature. But there were some issues and iOS 12.5.1 rolled out to fix the problem.

iOS 12.5.1 compatible devices

iPad Air

*iPad mini 2

iPad mini 3

iPhone 5s

iPhone 6

*iPhone 6 Plus

iPod touch 6th gen

Is there jailbreak for iOS 12.5.1?

Yes, already there are two iOS 12.5.1 jailbreak tools.

Checkra1n Jailbreak for iOS 12.5.1

Checkra1n works with iOS 12.5.1 running A5-A11 devices. That is because Checkm8 hardware exploit can not patch through software update and it needs processor modification. Hence iOS 12.5.1 is a range of the A7-A8 devices, checkra1n properly works on iOS 12.5.1. So, iOS 12.5.1 users can jailbreak it for Cydia. Checkra1n was a semi-tethered jailbreak for iOS 12.3 – iOS 14.4 versions. Find Checkra1n guide from here.

Chimera Jailbreak for iOS 12.5.1

Chimera developer confirm’s Chimera works with iOS 12.5.1 jailbreak too. There is no need for a chimera update and existing version compatible with iOS 12.5.1. Chimera was semi-untethered jailbreak for early iOS 12 – iOS 12.5 versions. Also, Chimera‘s default app manager is Sileo. However, you can add Cydia through sileo. Get Chimera installation guide from here.

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Apple released iOS 12.5.1 – Everything you need to know