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.
All the slick new things you can do with Lock Screen customization on Apple’s new iOS 16 mobile operating system have left jailbreakers stuck on older firmware salivating. Of course, jailbreak developers have already ported some of those features to older firmware and devices.
Apple finally gave us a reinstated battery percentage for notched iPhones running iOS 16 after initially mixing it when the iPhone X launched, but at least one jailbreak tweak developer appears to have a completely different battery level indicator in mind.
The wait for an iOS & iPadOS 15 jailbreak continues, even after Apple officially released iOS 16.0 to the general public this week. Having said that, we’d completely understand your anticipation for a status update, and that’s what we intend to provide in today’s piece.
Lots of jailbreakers are familiar with how it feels to run an older version of iOS while still attempting to buy the latest Apple Watch. In many cases, the Apple Watch’s newer firmware requires a newer installation of iOS, which wouldn’t be jailbreakable, and that’s why a jailbreak tweak called Legizmo exists.
While most people use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock their modern iPhones and iPads, there are still times when you’ll be required to enter your passcode. Examples include after rebooting your device, after pressing and holding certain buttons on your device, failing a biometric authentication attempt, and when you don’t have biometrics set up on your device.
Earlier today following the debut of iOS 16.0, iOS developer Opa334 released an update for the TrollStore perma-signing utility for iOS & iPadOS 14.0-15.1.1 with bug fixes and enhancements. And it now seems that a second update to TrollStore has been released Monday evening.
Those who’ve been following the developmental stages of the Odyssey Team’s upcoming Cheyote jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 have done well to remain patient as the team’s developers sort out the challenges that come along with moving to the new rootless dynamic. Fortunately, the team surfaced with a fresh update on Saturday.
TrollStore by iOS developer opa334 has been all the rage as of late. This handy utility lets iOS & iPadOS 14.0-16.6.1 and 17.0 users perma-sign .ipa files on their iPhone or iPad without having to re-sign those apps every seven days (or yearly, depending on the type of Apple developer account you have) as you would normally need to do when sideloading with a solution such as AltStore or Sideloadly.
UI colorization runs in jailbreakers’ blood. It’s one of the most prominent ways to make a handset your own, differentiating it from the crowd of ordinarily-colored user interfaces, and now iOS developer ETHN is making this even easier with a free jailbreak tweak called AccentColor.
TrollStore, the .ipa file perma-signing utility for iOS & iPadOS 14.0-15.1.1 by iOS developer Opa334, received an update on Friday bringing that brings the tool up to version 1.0.8.