Anthony Bouchard joined the iDownloadBlog.com team in 2016 after originally covering Apple and iPhone jailbreak news at ModMyi.com. As an experienced editor, he brings more than 15 years’ worth of jailbreaking knowledge to our in-depth guides, opinion pieces, and news articles. His passion for device customization and user choice sparks his strong push to empower readers with the tools they need to explore and enjoy the freedom that comes with jailbreaking. Anthony blogs about not only jailbreaking, but also Apple software & accessories, drones & photography, and Nintendo gaming systems. Anthony honed his advanced technical knowledge over the years with hands-on projects ranging from gaming PC builds to engine repair mechanics. His never-ending hunger for knowledge is why you’ll always find him tinkering – tearing things apart and putting them back together to understand what makes them tick.
Prospective jailbreakers have been salivating for some good news for months, and while there might not be a public jailbreak for iOS 15.x just yet (with the exception of palera1n for developers with checkm8-compatible devices), we do at least have TrollStore to hold us over as we wait.
The wonderful thing about TrollStore is that you can use it to perma-sign apps even on non-jailbroken iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1 (and some 15.5 beta) devices, and with its elevated privileges, you can install apps to customize the operating system in ways you would otherwise need a jailbreak for.
Glo is a new icon pack for iPhones and Android smartphones by ConceptCentral that can make your Home Screen’s app icons look reminiscent of what you’d find on a Mac running macOS Big Sur or later.
Sakura Development team member @dora2ios, previously known for their effort in creating the kok3shi jailbreak for 64-bit iOS 9.3.2-9.3.5 devices, Tweeted attention-grabbing screenshots this week of a jailbroken iPhone running iOS 16.1.
If you’ve followed along with us in our ongoing iPhone jailbreak news coverage, then you likely caught it wind of Luca Todesco showing off an iOS 16 jailbreak at the Hexacon security conference last Friday.
Staying motivated takes a lot of time and effort, but fortunately, there are all kinds of jailbreak tweaks that may be able to help you boost your motivation levels.
In addition to an updated iPad Pro lineup, Apple on Tuesday unveiled a refreshed 10.9-inch iPad, which appeals more to the ordinary user than the monster intended for the high-demand workflow professional.
iOS developer opa334 is out with another update for the TrollStore app perma-signing tool on Tuesday, this time bringing the utility up to version 1.2.2.
With all the exciting news circulating in the jailbreak community recently, it would have been easy to miss a silent update to the developer-centric palera1n checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool for iOS 15.x, which appears to have received a recent and unannounced upgrade to version 1.2.0.
Security researcher and former evad3rs team jailbreak developer @pod2g made rare comments on Twitter this week following Luca Todesco’s talk at the most recent Hexacon security conference.
One of the hallmark new features of the iPhone 14 Pro & 14 Pro Max, apart from the controversial Dynamic Island, is the always-on display. This is a feature that other smartphone brands have had for years, in addition to iPhone jailbreakers who used tweaks to unlock similar capabilities. But now, it’s available to everyone.