The iPad 4 holds a unique, bittersweet place in Apple’s history. It was the last iPad to use the iconic 30-pin dock connector and the last to feature the dual-core A6X chip. For years, it was abandoned on iOS 10.3.3, but in 2019, Apple released a surprise update—iOS 10.3.4—specifically to fix the GPS rollover bug. For jailbreakers, this presented a challenge: How do you liberate a 2012 tablet running a 2019 patch on an obsolete OS?
The good news is that the iPad 4 on 10.3.4 is fully jailbreakable. The bad news? It’s not as simple as clicking a button. Because 10.3.4 uses an unsigned root filesystem and lacks a modern exploit chain, you are limited to semi-tethered or semi-untethered methods.
This article covers the only viable jailbreak for this configuration: Phoenix (for 32-bit devices) using the panguax fork. ipad 4 jailbreak 10.3.4
If you have an iPad 4 Cellular (A1460), iOS 10.3.4 contained a critical GPS rollover fix. Some users have reported that after jailbreaking with Kok3shi, the GPS date resets to 1970 or 2018, breaking HTTPS connections.
Fix: Search Cydia for GPSFix 10.3.4 or simply turn off "Set Automatically" in Date & Time and manually set the correct year. The iPad 4 holds a unique, bittersweet place
Kok3shi is currently the most stable semi-untethered jailbreak for 32-bit devices running iOS 10.x. It was updated specifically to handle the APFS quirks of 10.3.3 and 10.3.4.
Tweaks like Minimal Hosts Blocker block ads in Safari, YouTube, and free games without draining battery like VPN-based blockers. Patience: This jailbreak succeeds only ~40% of the
Before you start, understand this: This jailbreak is semi-tethered. If your iPad runs out of battery or reboots, your tweaks will stop working until you re-open the Kok3shi app and tap "Activate."
