Jailbreak news of the week: DelayOTA to iOS 17.0 ends, iOS 16 PPL bypass shown off, & more...

You can count on your friends at iDB to keep all the latest iPhone hacking and jailbreaking news front-and-center because we care as much about this exhilarating hobby as you do.

But if you’re concerned you may have missed something along the way, then these weekly roundups can be a helpful resource. This roundup will encompass everything from Monday, December 18^th to Sunday, December 24^th.

Let’s jump right into the content without another moment to spare!

Important stuff from this week

iOS 16 PPL bypass shown off

While a release seems highly unlikely, talented hacker and security researcher @pattern_f_ showed off what appears to be a working PPL bypass for iOS 16 devices.

A PPL bypass is the final remaining piece required to make an iOS & iPadOS 16 jailbreak possible since we already have the kfd kernel exploit for iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.5 and 16.6 beta 1.

You can learn more about the PPL bypass in our full news post.

DelayOTA to iOS 17.0 no longer possible

The last chance to DelayOTA update to iOS & iPadOS 17.0 was Tuesday of this past week, which obviously came and went.

With the upgrade method no longer working, it is no longer possible to upgrade from an older firmware to a newer firmware supported by TrollStore 2.

You can learn more about this in our full news post.

meowbrek2 Updates

meowbrek2 semi-untethered re-jailbreaking utility for palera1n devices on iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.7.2.

The meowbrek2 semi-untethering and re-jailbreaking utility for transforming your semi-tethered palera1n jailbreak into a semi-untethered jailbreak received a handful of smaller updates this past week.

To learn more about the content of these updates, be sure to check out our full news post.

iOS 17.2.1 released

The iPhone's Settings icon with red badge, set against a gray background

Apple released iOS 17.2.1 on Tuesday with bug fixes and improvements for iPhones.

Jailbreakers should avoid this update since it patches even more security holes. There is no public jailbreak for iOS 17 as of yet.

You can learn more about iOS 17.2.1 in our full news post.

iOS 17.1.1 & 17.1.2 unsigned

Apple stopped signing iOS & iPadOS 17.1.1 and 17.1.2 this past week in a move that prevents iPhone and iPad owners from voluntarily downgrading their handset’s firmware via Finder or iTunes.

You can learn more about the implications of this change and why it’s important in our full news post.

TwitchDvnloader

TwitchDvnloader is a new jailbreak tweak for the Twitch app that unlocks the ability to download videos from the app — these include broadcasts, clips, and videos.

You can use this tweak to control the output file size and the length of the clip. You can even download as audio only, among other things.

You can learn all about the new TwitchDvnloader jailbreak tweak in our full review post.

Vizage

Viazage is a new jailbreak tweak that brings camera-based face recognition to older Home Button-equipped iPhones and iPads.

The functionality looks and feels a lot like Face ID in its implementation, except that it uses the front-facing camera to scan an image of your face and compare to a baseline instead of using advanced Face ID hardware.

You can learn more about Vizage and how it works in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

Antoine v1.3.1 released: Add option to show actual value of <private> vars for most logs ($1.49 via Chariz repository — review post)

BackgrounderAction15AutoState: A tweak to enable BackgrounderAction15 CC toggle automatically in selected apps (free via YouRepo repository)

CopyRecentsMaps: Copy Maps app recent search labels (free via BigBoss repository)

Data Manager v1.0.7 released: Adds minor bug fixes & UX improvements (free via BigBoss repository — review post)

Filza Deb Installer Script: A script that will be added to your Filza installation in order to fix installations of dpkgs (free via YouRepo repository)

Nyx for Instagram v1.1.6 released: Adds detailed timestamp for stories, compatibility checker, fix bar button layout issue, and more (free via BigBoss repository — review post)

PayoneerJBBypass: Bypass jailbreak detection in the Payoneer bank app (free via AnubisTweaks repository)

PrimeDeck v1.2 released: Lock device after pressing on the clear all button ($1.99 via YouRepo repository — review post)

Translomatic v2.18.14 released: Fixed partial text translation in the Twitter/X app ($2.49 via Havoc repository — review post)

TwitchDvnloader v0.0.2 released: Adds tweak section to Twitch main menu, added option to automatically claim channel points, added other minor improvements ($2.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

WazePlus: Blocks add and adds a sound control button to the Waze app (free via YouRepo repository)

YTHoldForSpeed v1.0.9 released: Added Spanish translations (free via Havoc repository — review post)

That brings us to the end of this week’s iPhone hacking and jailbreaking news roundup, but we’ll be right back again next weekend with a piece just like this one. In the meantime, you can follow along with us in real time as we report news throughout the work week.

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