Waiting for too long is a pain, which is the case now for the iOS 7 jailbreak community. And the likelihood is, nothing concrete from Team Evad3rs will come out for 2013 Christmas - that is, no official iOS 7 unlocker to unwrap anytime soon.

To kill time, as numerous reports claim that the Evasi0n solution is not touching down until late January or February 2014, jailbreakers look for temporary solutions. Indeed there are options are out there for the taking.

But as what legit iOS hackers have been harping about, jailbreak-seekers, especially the newbies, should proceed with extreme caution. Reckless decisions could lead to catastrophic results - bricked iPhones or iPads, being locked out from future jailbreak patches (as warned by iH8Snow in the past weeks) and lost cash.

One offer worth considering for now is the downgrade from iOS 7 to iOS 6x, which is exclusive for Apple devices in the A4 processing chip series. Of course, the most popular member of the family is the iPhone 4.

This fix, according to SidTech, is mainly for iPhone 4 owners who got excited when the iOS 7 was released. Most of them upgraded only to end up disappointed by the accompanying glitches. The usual case would be: "There's no turning back."

Thankfully, that is not the truth anymore and SidTech prepared the easy to follow procedure here. As always, the reminder would be 'Do this at your own risk'. But there is no denying the whole procedure is worth the try.

Or the iOS 7 sorry bunch can simply wait out for the ultimate solution, which should be coming in a matter of few months or even weeks. A separate report from SidTech stressed its reminder that jailbreakers should keep in mind the trusted names so far in picking the right iPhone and iPad unlocker.

They are the usual suspects: the Team Evad3rs, from which the Evasi0n iOS 7 JB will come from, iH8Snow and RedSnow.

Any JBs not endorsed by these people are likely bogus as proven by the recent floods of untethered iPhone 5S jailbreaks, which TechiNews blogger Ravi Mandalia quickly discredited. To him, there may be many ways for a specific jailbreak to raise suspicion but the most obvious red flag would be when the creators demand payment for their trouble.

That is not the Evasi0n modus operandi. As asserted by SidTech: "The Evad3rs always offer jailbreaks free of charge, so if anyone wants money for the jailbreak, steer clear."

So the safest route for jailbreakers for now is hold out and let Team Evad3rs finish its works, which jailbreak watchers said should be ready for distribution as soon as Apple dispatches the official iOS 7.1 update release.

Should that happen by end of January 2014, than that's only around three to four months of waiting time for the iOS 7 jailbreak, which is faster still considering that Evasi0n had completed its iOS 6x jailbreak work in more than five months.