How to jailbreak iOS 8 and install Cydia using Pangu 1.1.0 on Windows

Note: Backup your device and perform a fresh install of iOS 8 via iTunes before proceeding. This will ensure that the jailbreak runs quicker and ups the chance of success. You can always restore your data post jailbreak. This tutorial is for Windows. If you don’t have a Windows machine

Step 1: Connect your device to your PC, and make sure that you tap the Trust This Computer button on your device if it prompts you to do so

Step 2: Enable Airplane mode on your device

Step 3: Download Pangu 1.1 from our downloads page and save it to your desktop

Step 4: Right click on the Pangu tool and select Run as Administrator

Step 5: Once your device is detected by Pangu, click the Start Jailbreak button

Step 6: After reading the notice presented by Pangu, click Already Did to begin the jailbreak process

Step 7: Be patient and wait for the progress bar to reach the very end, and your iPhone will reboot

Step 8: Once your iPhone reboots you should see Cydia on your Home screen. Launch Cydia to initialize it and you’re good to go

That’s it folks. That’s how you jailbreak and install Cydia in one fell swoop. How did you fare? Are you jailbreaking, or are you still holding off for some reason?