Learn to jailbreak Microsoft Surface and Windows RT tablets

Updated on September 1, 2017

With the help of a XDA developer netham45, this guide will help you to jailbreak Windows Surface and Windows RT tablets. Why one needs to jailbreak the device? Well, for the obvious reason. Windows RT doesn’t allow you to execute third party programs, mainly due to the restrictions imposed by Microsoft. So jail-breaking the device will let you to run many apps that are not provided through windows app store.

Disclaimer: Techglimpse is not responsible if the tool causes any harm to your device. So proceed at your own risk.

Lets do it right now…follow the steps below to jailbreak your Windows RT.

Step 1: Download the Jailbreak zip file and extract it.

Step 2: Open the extracted folder and execute the ‘runExploit‘ file. Once the program is launched, you can find self-explained jailbreak process and confirm the dialog prompts.

Step 3: The process will prompt a “Developer License Window“, here just tap ‘I Agree‘ to continue. Once this step is done, you will have to login to your Microsoft account to obtain the developer license.

Step 4: To sign to your Microsoft account, enter your Microsoft account ID and password. Once successfully logged-in, the dialog box will be prompted confirming the successful transfer of the developer license. Just tap close to exit.

Step 5: Now the jailbreak program will request a permission to continue the installation. Just press Y and hit the enter key to continue.  When the program prompts that the package was successfully installed, simply hit Enter.

Jailbreak Windows RT

Step 6: The program will request you to press the Volume Down button. Just follow the same to complete the jailbreak process.

Windows RT Jailbreak

Step 7: You are done! But it’s safe to confirm the installation by verifying the “Get Kernel Base‘ tile on the Start Screen. The most important thing to be noted here is, the jailbreak will reset if you reboot the device. So you will have to run the BAT file again and press the Volume Down button when prompted.

That’s it. If everything went on well, your device would been jail broken successfully.

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