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.
Almost all Windows users, and even some macOS users have heard of CCleaner, a popular utility to monitor and remove the junk files that pile up and bog down your system to prevent it from running as zippily as possible. But did you know similar software exists for jailbroken iPhones and iPads too?
The iPhone’s native video player interface is in need of modernized enhancements, and a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called AVTools by iOS developer CrazyMind90 is an excellent start.
It’s not very often that we bear witness of jailbreak add-ons made especially for Apple Pay, but that’s exactly what you can expect from an upcoming released dubbed Sydney by iOS developer bank5ia.
If you watched Apple’s “Peek Performance” special event this week, then there’s no question you witnessed the unveiling of the company’s brand new M1 Ultra chip.
The Odyssey Team has been investigating the feasibility of the new iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 kernel exploit for an upcoming semi-untethered jailbreak tool, and many prospective jailbreakers are undoubtedly anxious to see what happens next.
There are a lot of things you should be able to do with your iPhone’s native Photos app that, for whatever reason, Apple decided granting access to wouldn’t be in your best interest, and consequently excluded it.
Many of my favorite add-ons for jailbroken iPhones and iPads come in the form of CCSupport add-ons. These are usually additional toggles for Control Center that Apple doesn’t include out of the box, but can be added by the end user after jailbreaking their handset.
If you’ve been following the developments surrounding iOS & iPadOS security research lately, then there’s no way you could have missed Brightiup’s CVE-2021-30955 kernel bug for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1. Soon after the write-up, hackers and security researchers alike began making proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and later came the full-blown exploit from @b1n4r1b01.
The AltStore team released an updated version of the AltStore side-loading application for iPhones and iPads this Monday afternoon, officially bringing the software up to version 1.4.9.
It was only last month that Instagram made it possible to like other users’ Stories from the app. Much like the like button found elsewhere on the platform and on competing social media sites, this feature offers a sign of approval from users to the original poster, but some users are finding it all too easy to accidentally tap on the aforementioned like button.
Lots of prospective jailbreakers continue to wait for the release of an iOS or iPadOS 15 jailbreak, and with lots of things happening behind the scenes, it’s anybody’s guess as to when that might happen.
Almost everyone knows that their iPhone’s rear-facing LED flash can double as a handy flashlight, and the Control Center toggle makes it supremely easy to access from anywhere in iOS.