A new beta release of the Misaka jailed package manager was just launched Thursday afternoon to add preliminary support for the new kernel file descriptor (kfd) exploit that affects iPhones and iPads running firmware up to and including iOS & iPadOS 16.6 beta 1. But even so, Misaka continues to receive additional quality of life updates.
As you will recall, kfd support was added in version 1.9.3 beta, but since then, at least four more updates were pushed to include versions 1.9.4 beta, 1.9.5 beta, 1.9.6 beta, and 1.9.6.1 beta. Announced in the project’s Discord server, these updates have the same change logs (probably because the first update didn’t fully address the issues), which were as follows:
– Fix kernel panic affecting a subset of devices such as iPhone 14 Pro & iPhone 14 Pro Max
– Fix offsets for a subset of non-iPhone 14 devices
We expect that we’ll be seeing more of these minor updates with similar change logs in the coming days, as the developer has openly welcomed beta testers to send their device’s offsets if it continues to panic so they can be added to the package. Doing this can not only help those users, but also anyone else with similar device and firmware combinations.
As a jailed package manager, Misaka works on iPhones and iPads without a jailbreak, but it can still be used on jailbroken devices. The app now supports both MacDirtyCow on all iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.1.2 devices and kfd on A12-A16 chip-equipped devices running iOS & iPadOS 16.2-16.5 & 16.6 beta 1.
The developers warn that not all add-ons available in Misaka will work with kfd at this point, which is to be expected as many of them haven’t been updated yet. Still, some of those add-ons port perfectly to kfd devices, allowing those users to enjoy system customizations that aren’t possible on stock and unmodified iOS or iPadOS installations as they come from Apple.
If you’re already a Misaka user, then you can follow the prompts in the app to update. If you’re not, then you can follow our step-by-step walkthrough to get started for the first time and explore a new world of system customization even if you’re unjailbroken on Apple’s latest devices (so long as you have compatible firmware).
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