Jailbreak news of the week: Installing TrollStore with TrollInstallerX, palera1n rootful to drop Substitute support, & more…

A lot has been happening in the iPhone and iPad jailbreak communities recently — so much, in fact, that we wouldn’t blame you if you felt a little overwhelmed by keeping up with it all.

Fortunately, that’s part of what we do here at iDownloadBlog, so you can sit back and read about all of it as it happens right here. And if you’re too busy to keep up, you can come around every Sunday for a curated roundup post like this one to see what’s new.

This roundup will go over all the latest developments in iPhone hacking spanning the week of Monday, April 8th to Sunday, April 14th.

Important stuff from this week

Installing TrollStore with TrollInstallerX

We’ve written a step-by-step tutorial that showcases how you can install the TrollStore perma-signing app with the new TrollInstallerX utility.

This method can install TrollStore directly without sacrificing a system app, such as Tips, on certain devices.

To learn more, check out our tutorial post.

Bloom

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Bloom is a new animated notification system for jailbroken iPhones that brings life to your standard mundane notifications.

You can choose from various animations, select where those animations occur, and even customize the animations’ colors and behavior.

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

TrollRecorder JB

TrollRecorder JB is the non-TrollStore version of TrollRecorder that allows jailbreakers to take advantage of powerful phone call recording features and more on their device without a computer.

You can learn more about TrollRecorder JB and what you can do with it in our full review post.

TrollInstallerX

TrollInstallerX, the newest way to install TrollStore on iPhones and iPads, received important updates this past week.

You can learn more about the latest TrollInstallerX updates below:

TrollInstaller v1.0.2 released

PurePKG updates

The PurePKG package manager app for jailbroken and bootstrapped devices received important updates this past week to improve the overall user experience.

You can learn about the latest PurePKG updates below:

PurePKG v1.3 released

Rootful palera1n dropping support for Substitute

Palera1n overlayed with Substitute icon.

Existing users of the Rootful edition of the palera1n jailbreak will soon find that support for the Substitute tweak injection method is being dropped.

These users are now advised to either switch to the rootless edition of the palera1n jailbreak or to install the ElleKit tweak injection method instead.

You can learn more about these upcoming changes in our full news post.

Apple unsigns iOS 17.3.1 (again)

After initially re-signing iOS & iPadOS 17.3.1 again for several weeks for unknown reasons, Apple has once again closed the signing window for this particular firmware, in addition to iOS & iPadOS 17.4.

What this means is that it’s no longer possible to downgrade iPhones or iPads from the newer iOS & iPadOS 17.4.1 firmware update.

You can learn about the implications of this change in our full news post.

TrollSpeed JB

Add your device’s download and upload speeds to the area of your screen on or about your Status Bar with TrollSpeed JB.

This add-on used to be for TrollStore only, but the developers have released a version of this add-on that works on jailbroken devices with or without TrollStore.

You can learn more about TrollSpeed JB in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

Always120 v1.1.6 released: Add support for App Store, FaceTime, Health, Wallet, Voice Memos, and Filza ($1.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

Force Remove AppLibrary Pod Category Labels: Forces the App Library labels to be hidden to prevent a bug with the ShowDockLabels tweak (free via b4db1r3’s repository)

Genesis 4 v1.0.2 released: Fixed a bug with custom carrier text ($4.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

libDCWeather: A new weather-fetching library for jailbroken iOS devices (free via Havoc repository)

Lonie v3.9 released: 20+ new icons added ($3.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

Lynx 2 v2.5.1 released: Add ability to reset each section in settings individually, add option to hide serial number from Settings, add option to disable floating Dock gesture while in Today View or Spotlight search, add option to set custom corner radius of cards in App Switcher, add option to move Control Center to bottom of screen ($1.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

MessagesXI v2.3.2 released: Fix rare case where some users may not have been pushed back to the conversation list if enabled, fix bug where voice memos would be sent twice if hiding typing indicators, implement read on message react, improve processing of reading all messages on iOS 16, change handling of reading messages, fix push back to conversation list crash on iOS 16 and earlier devices, ensure certain conditions only fire if manual read is enabled ($1.49 via Havoc repository — review post)

Moxy Theme, Icons, Settings v2.6 released: More than 500 new icons, added Status Bar icons, added a Music app UI theme, Added a Tweet about UI theme, add many other fixes ($0.99 via Havoc repository)

NoWALinkPreviews: Disable link previews in the WhatsApp app (free via BigBoss repository)

Nyx for Instagram v1.2.4 released: Lock Screen in general to lock app with biometrics, expand media option in post, improved expand media feature to show context of the expanding progress, fix issue causing the SZAccount to log out under come circumstances, add compatibility for newer versions of the app, minor performance improvements (free via BigBoss repository — review post)

Phoenix v1.3.1 released: Add new cell class for tweak preferences (free via Havoc repository)

PurePKG v1.3 released: Optimize the app, change default settings, fix icons, redo repository handling (free via PurePKG repository — news post)

Return YouTube Dislike v1.11.10 released: Fix a crash when playing videos in YouTube version 19.14.2 and later (free via Chariz repository — review post)

Ripple v1.6 released: Add system icon for CallAssist ($1.99 via Chariz repository)

Souvenir v1.3.0 released: Edit code related to external fonts, make changes to the preference bundle ($1.49 via Havoc repository — review post)

YouPiP v1.8.7 released: Fix legacy PiP not working in YouTube app version 19.14.2 and later (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

That unfortunately brings us to a close for this week’s roundup, but if you’re interested in learning about the latest changes as they happen for the upcoming week, then just keep it tuned to iDownloadBlog.

We will, of course, see you again next Sunday with a roundup just like this one, albeit refreshed with new content to suit the times.

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