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Odyssey Team officially makes its Taurine jailbreak tool for iOS 14.0-14.3 open source
Anthony Bouchard
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. Dynastic Repo announces planned shutdown as alternative repositories offer homes for jailbreak tweaks & add-ons
In a rather unfortunate turn of events, it would appear that the popular Dynastic Repo repository, which has been commonly used for hosting jailbreak tweaks and other third-party add-ons, will be shutting down in the near future.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for altering iOS 14’s animations
At iDownloadBlog, one of our core efforts focuses on covering the jailbreak community’s news and releases as they materialize. Given just how much stuff happens day in and day out, we recognize that keeping up with the best jailbreak tweaks for your device can be a struggle. Fortunately, we’re here to help you hustle.
Hacker @pattern_F_ demonstrates remote jailbreak on iOS 14 & warns of dangerous remote code execution
Hacker and security researcher @pattern_F_ issued a stern reminder to avid jailbreakers Tuesday afternoon about the potential dangers of a jaw-dropping security flaw discovered in iOS & iPadOS 14.0-14.3.
Sileo updated to v2.2.4-1 with additional bug fixes and performance improvements
Following the release of a major update to the Sileo package manager just over two weeks ago with support for all jailbreaks and an extensive change log, the Sileo Team has published several smaller updates in the days following.
Today, we’re witnessing the release of yet another update for the Sileo package manager, this time bringing the app up to version 2.2.4-1.
Substitute updated to v2.2.0 with preliminary iOS 15 support & other improvements
Substitute is the preferred tweak injection method for the unc0ver jailbreak, but it can also be used by checkra1n jailbreak users who feel like using something other than Cydia Substrate.
Monday evening, Substitute received a quiet, yet important update to version 2.2.0 with what could only be described as notable changes.
YTOLED gives the YouTube app a true OLED-friendly & pitch-black Dark Mode
It’s truly wonderful that the YouTube app supports Dark Mode on the iOS and iPadOS platforms, assuming the user toggles the feature on first. But unlike most Dark Mode-supported apps for the iPhone and iPad, the YouTube app’s user interface is more of a dark gray than black.
CoolStar updates libhooker Configurator to v1.2 with support for iOS 12 & other improvements
At the start of the year, CoolStar launched a standalone libhooker Configurator app that could be used to fine-tune the native libhooker tweak injection method on the Odyssey and Taurine jailbreaks.
The libhooker Configurator app has received several updates since its initial release, but a new build launched just this weekend in the form of version 1.2 might be especially intriguing – especially for anyone using the Chimera jailbreak.
Saily package manager v2.0 alpha now available for jailbreakers to try
Not only are there several different jailbreak tools that the jailbreak community gets to pick from, but there is also a respectable variety of unique package managers that users can choose to use on their jailbreaks.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: NetworkList, Tako, & more…
This past week has been spicy for the jailbreak community, especially given the latest updates to the Taurine jailbreak tool for iOS 14.0-14.3 devices and the new versions of support packages that go along with it, such as Jailbreak Updater. Given just how much happened this past week, we wanted to circle back and provide it all to our readers in one convenient and easy-to-digest piece.
Project Manticore gets its own GitHub page as developer shares photo of jailbreak interface
Jailbreakers using iOS or iPadOS 14.0-14.3 have long had the option of choosing between Taurine by the Odyssey Team or unc0ver by Pwn20wnd. But earlier in the year, a third option dubbed Manticore was being relentlessly teased.
This new jailbreak tweak hides all VoIP suggestions from iOS’ contact list
In more recent iterations Apple’s mobile operating systems, like iOS 13 and 14, the company attempted to incorporate support for third-party VoIP apps such as WhatsApp in the contact list to make reaching people who use those services even easier.
The concept sounds splendid on paper, but the execution appears to have been anything but. iOS developer 0xkujhappened upon a tweak bounty by Reddit user karm2308 requesting the removal of these botched options from the contact list, and a free jailbreak tweak dubbed Hide VOIP Suggestions was consequently conceived.