Jailbreak tweaks of the week: BetterCC, DarkPapers, & more…

2021 went off with a bang after Pwn20wnd updated the unc0ver jailbreak tool to support even more firmware versions on a greater subset of iPhones and iPads (specifically the A12 & A13 varieties, running iOS or iPadOS 14.6-14.8). Consequently, those new jailbreakers are playing catch-up and looking for ways to trick out their newly-pwned handset with jailbreak tweaks.

Fortunately, that’s what we’re here for, and this roundup will encompass all the latest jailbreak tweak releases and jailbreak-based news tidbits spanning Monday, December 27^th to Sunday, January 2^nd.

As always, we’ll begin our piece by showcasing our favorite releases first and then wrap things up with an outline of everything else afterward. Without wasting another moment of your time, we’ll dive right into it!

Our favorite releases this week

BetterCC – $1.50

Control Center isn’t as customizable as we think it should be out of the box, especially since it’s designed to be a time-saving power feature, so users should be able to tailor it to their unique workflows.

BetterCC is a jailbreak tweak that lets users customize the Control Center layout, adjust module sizes, and integrate weather information into the interface, among other things.

You can learn more about BetterCC and what it’s capable of in our full review post.

DarkPapers – FREE

Apple only provides a small selection of still wallpapers that offer both dark and light mode-supported variants, so why not extend the selection with a jailbreak add-on?

DarkPapers provides up to 10 additional wallpaper packs for the still category of wallpapers that each support dark and light mode variants.

You can find out more about DarkPapers and what it can offer you in our full review post.

Other releases this week

FreeFall: Makes your jailbroken iPhone scream when it’s falling and make other sounds after it drops (free via alex_png’s repository – review)

GitHubDown: Enables downloading of files from the official GitHub app (free via BigBoss repository – review)

Pipe Down Siri!: Makes the Siri user experience silent by muting all of Siri’s responses to your queries (free via MidnightChips’ repository – review)

PUBG JB Bypass: Lets jailbreakers play PUBG mobile (free via BigBoss repository)

SpotlightPls: Access Spotlight search from anywhere on your iPhone without the need to be on your Home Screen (free via alex_png’s repository – review)

Everything else from this week

Best Haptic Feedback Jailbreak Tweaks: We showcase what we believe are some of the best jailbreak tweaks for enabling haptic feedback throughout the iOS 14 mobile operating system for pwned iPhones.

CoolStar: CoolStar reached out to @pattern_f_ on Friday to request details about the exploit used to add support for A12 & A13 devices running iOS or iPadOS 14.4-14.6 to Taurine.

Forensic Toolkit: A newly unveiled forensic toolkit by ElcomSoft has the capability of extracting full file system and keychain data from A11-A13 devices running iOS or iPadOS 14.4-14.8.

unc0ver: Hacker and unc0ver Team lead developer Pwn20wnd updated the unc0ver jailbreak on Wednesday to version 8.0.0 with support for A12 & A13 devices running iOS & iPadOS 14.6-14.8. He then released unc0ver v8.0.1 with a fix for a false “unsupported” message on A12-equipped handsets running iOS 14.6. Version 8.0.2 was then released to improve exploit reliability.

That brings us to the end of this week’s roundup, but don’t fret about that, as we’ll be right back again at this same time next weekend, albeit with new jailbreak-related content that pertains to the week ahead.

You can find more iOS 14-compatible jailbreak tweaks below:

Miss last week’s roundup? Grosou, LanPlayiOS, Snoverlay 2, and more…

Be sure to drop a comment below letting us know what your favorite jailbreak tweak release and/or news tidbit was from this past week!