Jailbreak news of the week: iPadOS 18 to drop support for checkm8 iPads, Dopamine updates, & more…

You can always count on your friends at iDownloadBlog to brief you throughout the week about the latest jailbreak news as it happens, but to help people who miss out on the action, we wrap things up every weekend.

This piece will do exactly that, recapping the latest news in the iPhone and iPad hacking and jailbreaking spaces spanning the week of Monday, February 26^th to Sunday, March 3^rd.

Important stuff from this week

iPadOS 18 could drop support for checkm8 iPads

There is a new rumor going around that checkm8 bootrom exploit-vulnerable iPads may not be able to run iPadOS 18.

If true, then this means iPadOS 17 could be the last jailbreakable firmware by way of the checkm8 hardware-based bootrom exploit that has been a thorn in Apple’s side since iOS 12. The exploit, which can’t be patched with software updates, is present in the iPhone X and older.

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

Dopamine updates

The Dopamine jailbreak received important updates this past week to help improve the jailbreak’s performance and stability.

You can learn more about these updates below:

Dopamine v2.0.9 released

palera1n updates

The palera1n checkm8-based semi-tethered jailbreak tool for arm64 devices (A8-A11) received important hot fix updates this week that further improve this powerful tool.

You can learn more about what’s new below:

palera1n v2.0.0 beta 9 released

Lars Fröder to present at Zer0con 2024

Dopamine jailbreak lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) will be presenting at Zer0con 2024 on April 4-5.

According to the announcement, the talk will be about “How to Jailbreak iOS 16,” which undoubtedly lends some connection to the recent Dopamine v2 jailbreak release.

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

Possible TrollStore installation method for iOS 17.0

iOS developer BomberFish announced this past week that they were working on a way to install TrollStore on iOS & iPadOS 17.0 with a bug that got patched in iOS & iPadOS 17.1.

Currently, this is all theoretical, but if it works, then this would be a huge step forward for people who don’t currently have a way to install TrollStore on a supported firmware version.

Update: It was later learned that this method will not work, so developers will need to find a new method.

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

watched & Zomigle

Zomigle pair new Apple Watch with older iOS.

You’ve always been able to purchase and use Legizmo to pair newer Apple Watches with iPhones running older iOS firmware, but for those who aren’t jailbroken, or who don’t want to pay for these add-ons, there hasn’t been much of a free alternative to choose from, until now.

Both watched and Zomigle are two free alternatives to Legizmo that are currently entering public beta testing and support watchOS 10.3.1 on iOS firmware ranging from iOS 14.x to 16.x. The watched add-on is intended for jailbroken devices, while the Zomigle add-on is intended for TrollStore on non-jailbroken devices.

You can learn more about these packages in our full news post about them.

Flora

Flora is an advanced system colorization jailbreak tweak designed for the latest rootless jailbreaks on iOS 14 and later.

You can use Flora in one of two modes: simple or advanced. The simple mode is a two-color system, while the advanced mode gives users full control over the different colors of various interface on their platform.

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

Sleipnizer for Safari (iOS 15-16)

Sleipnizer for Safari, a popular jailbreak tweak for boosting the usability of the mobile Safari web browser, just got re-released with support for the latest iOS 15 and 16 rootless jailbreaks in mind.

With it, you can assign user-defined actions to unique gestures so that you have access to convenient methods while browsing the web. These shortcuts can be assigned as you see fit to improve your access to your favorite features.

You can learn more about Sleipnizer for Safari (iOS 15-16) in our full review post.

SleeperX gets iOS 16 support

SleeperX, one of my favorite jailbreak tweaks for augmenting the alarm functionality of jailbroken iPhones, has been updated to support the latest rootless iOS 16-centric jailbreaks.

SleeperX is great because you can set custom snooze times, block alarms on holidays or special days you set, configure per-alarm volume levels, and much more.

You can learn more about SleeperX and this new update in our full news post.

YouTube Fix

There’s a known issue with images not loading in the official YouTube mobile app for iPhone and iPad, which seems to be caused by how those images are being hosted via a domain that many countries block.

Here to help is a new jailbreak tweak called YouTube Fix that mirrors to a different domain that seems to work in those countries, thus fixing the issue with images not loading properly.

You can learn more about YouTube Fix in our full review post.

MagSafeEnabler

Enable the MagSafe charging animation on jailbroken devices that don’t natively support the MagSafe charging standard with the new MagSafeEnabler jailbreak tweak for iOS 16 devices.

You can learn mroe about MagSafeEnabler and where you can get it from in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

AppleColorEmoji Low Quality (EFM) v15.1.0 released: Add support for Unicode 15.1 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

AppleColorEmoji Unicode 15.1 (EFM) v15.1.0 released: Add support for Unicode 15.1 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

AppleColorEmoji Unicode 15.1 HD (EFM) v15.1.0 released: Add support for Unicode 15.1 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

AppleColorEmoji Unicode 15.1 HD Flip (EFM) v15.1.0 released: Add support for Unicode 15.1 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

Blobmoji Unicode 15.1 (EFM) v15.1.0 released: Add support for Unicode 15.1 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

Crane v1.3.14-4 released: Fix container protection causing app crashes on iOS 16 ($4.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Crane Lite v1.3.14-4 released: Fix container protection causing app crashes on iOS 16 (free via Havoc repository)

EmojiLibrary v1.6.0 released: Fix silhouette hand-holding Emojis not being silhouettes on iOS 13.2 and later (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

EmojiPort Resources (iOS 10+) v1.6.0 released: Update assets for iOS 17.4 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

Legizmo ‘Kincaid’ (watchOS 6 – 9) v4.2.5-1 released: Fix an issue which could cause inaccurate Compatibility Check results to be provided for older versions of watchOS and add handling for watchOS 10 to Compatibility Check ($4.99 via Chariz repository – review post)

Linear for Status Bar v1.4.2-1 released: Now supports rootless jailbreaks (free via Chariz repository – review post)

Lonie v3.2 released: Add more than 40 new app icons ($3.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

Noto Color Emoji Unicode 15.1 (EFM) v15.1.0 released: Add support for Unicode 15.1 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

Return YouTube Dislike v1.11.7 released: Increase the spacing between the dislike number and the dislike icon to make it match the like button in recent versions of the YouTube app, set the dislike number to the hourglass Emoji while the fetching is in progress (free via Chariz repository – review post)

Souvenir v1.28 released: Add option to hide footer indicators ($1.49 via Havoc repository — review post)

SwitchShades v1.2 released: Add support for iOS 16 and 17 ($1.49 via Charix repository – review post)

Tako (iOS 15-16) v1.0.3 released: Add option to force bypass AutoUnlockX if you have “Disable if Notifications” toggled off (free via b4db1r3’s repository – review post)

Translomatic v2.18.16 released: Removes deprecated functions ($2.99 via Havoc repository — review post — review post)

TwistNTurn v1.3 released: Add ability to whitelist apps that don’t support rotation, fix a bug where feedback is still on when turned off in Settings, add support for iOS 16 ($1.50 via YouRepo repository)

WatchSounds v1.2.1 released: Add support for iOS 16 and rootless jailbreaks ($1.49 via Havoc repository — review post)

YouTube X v1.6.2 released: Block ads by truly setting their size to zero, use alternative way to hide product carousel ads, use alternative way to hide statement_banner ads, improve performance of ad blocking (free via PoomSmart’s repository – review post)

YTUHD v1.5.0 released: Added “VP9 for all” option where you can enable VP9 for all resolutions (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

If you’ve made it this far, then you’re up to date on the latest news in iPhone and iPad jailbreaking, including jailbreak tweak releases.

Did you miss last week’s roundup? How to install Serotonin “semi-jailbreak,” Dopamine v2 updates, & more…

And here are the most relevant tutorials to help you get started with either jailbreaking or with hacking your iPhone or iPad to get the most out of it:

What was your favorite jailbreak tweak release or news article from this past week? Be sure to let us know in the comments section down below.