While sometimes compared to rooting an Android device, jailbreaking is the bypass of several types of Apple prohibitions for the end user. Apple views jailbreaking as a violation of the end-user license agreement, and strongly cautions device owners from attempting to achieve root access through exploitation of vulnerabilities. Different devices and versions are exploited with a variety of tools.
A jailbroken device permits root access within the operating system and provides the opportunity to install software not available through the iOS App Store. Typically it is done through a series of kernel patches. On Apple devices running iOS-based operating systems, jailbreaking is a privilege escalation executed to remove software restrictions imposed by the manufacturer.
Removal of limitations from Apple's iOS devices
