One of my favorite anti-theft jailbreak tweaks of all time, No2Theft by iOS developer Elias Sfeir, has been updated this week to take advantage of the rootless dynamic of some of the latest jailbreaks on iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16, such as Dopamine and palera1n.
As we showed you in our earlier review of No2Theft last year, the tweak can be used to stop iPhone thieves in their tracks. It’s jam-packed with features that support an iPhone’s true owner during and after a theft, including the following:
- Sounding an alarm when your iPhone gets removed from its charger
- Sounding an alarm when your iPhone’s passcode gets entered wrong
- Sounding an alarm when your iPhone’s biometric authentication (Touch ID or Face ID) fails
- Take a front-facing photograph when No2Theft fires an alarm at any time
- Send GPS information to your phone number/email when No2Theft fires an alarm at any time
- Prevent the iPhone from being turned off when No2Theft fires an alarm
- And more…
Not only does the tweak work overtime to make a bunch of noise under circumstances when your iPhone is very likely being tampered with or stolen, but it also goes the extra mile to show you who’s using your device with the front-facing camera and the location where the incident occurs.
These features are valuable not only in preventing the commission of an iPhone theft, but in the event that it’s successful, it can also get you the face of the perpetrator and their last known location when they attempted to access your iPhone. These are powerful assets that you can bring to the police in the event that you want to report the theft, especially since the Find My app doesn’t take front-facing photos via the iPhone.
It’s worth noting that you can set what are considered ‘safe’ places where you don’t expect your iPhone to be stolen from, such as your house, by setting the tweak to remember Wi-Fi networks in those ‘safe’ places. When connected to those Wi-Fi networks, No2Theft won’t sound the alarm due to accidental wrong passwords or failed biometric authentications, which helps to prevent false positives and potentially embarrassing moments for you.
No2Theft provides a ton of options to suit the end user, and if you’re ever worried that someone might be trying to jack your jailbroken iPhone, then it’s a great way to potentially stop or catch an iPhone thief.
Anyone who has purchased No2Theft previously can download the latest update with rootless jailbreak support for free from Havoc repository upon refreshing their sources. Otherwise, anyone who hasn’t purchased No2Theft yet can purchase it there for $1.99 via their favorite package manager app.
Do you think you’ll be taking advantage of the anti-theft features of No2Theft? Let us know in the comments section down below.