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.

How to battle in gyms in Pokémon GO

One of the more misunderstood features of the hit mobile game Pokémon GO are gyms. These are essentially arenas where you can compete with other trainers and claim the gym for your own team.

In this piece, we'll talk all about gyms and discuss the gameplay, Pokémon preparation, and team gym claiming.

Many Pokémon-tracking apps shutting down following Pokémon GO update

Pokémon GO, the popular new GPS-based Pokémon-catching app for mobile devices, received an update over the weekend that made many changes in the game, both big and small.

One of the biggest changes was the removal of the Footsteps feature, which made tracking Pokémon easier. But in addition to the removal of Footsteps, it seems that Niantic is working to end real-time Pokémon tracking tools to prevent cheating.

Pangu confirms no jailbreak coming for 32-bit devices on iOS 9.3.3

Pangu launched the first iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak this past week, and it took everyone by surprise. The jailbreak currently supports all 64-bit iOS 9.3.3 devices, and while that's great, people with 32-bit devices are left in the dark.

Pangu has confirmed this weekend with its new official Reddit account that 32-bit support for the iOS 9.3.3 probably isn't going to see the light of day.

Resero 9 will shrink down the size of notification banners in iOS 9.3.3

One of the things that have been long disliked about banner notifications ever since the launch of iOS 7 and continuing to current iOS releases are just how much space they eat up.

A new free jailbreak tweak called Resero 9 is now available in Cydia that shrinks down the size of your notifications banners so they’re less obtrusive, and we’ll show you how it works in this review.

Pangu creates official Reddit account, tweets public statement on recent hack claims

Pangu was recently subjected to trust issues after a thread made it to Reddit claiming that some users had unauthorized charges from Beijing on their PayPal account after jailbreaking, others had their Facebook account show login attempts from various Asian countries, but mostly from China.

Despite all of the confusion, Pangu has made an official statement, and we have the scoop.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Tap to Translate, Initialized, & more…

It has been an incredibly busy week for the jailbreak community and for iDB this week following the official release of an iOS 9.2-9.3.3 jailbreak from Pangu, and as a result, things are starting to pick up again.

In this piece, we'll talk about all the jailbreak tweaks that were released this week. We'll start with our favorites, and then move on to the rest later in the piece.

Pokémon GO update adds avatar customization, UI tweaks, & performance improvements

Pokémon GO is one of the most popular free apps in the App Store today, and it has received a free app update on Saturday for both the iOS and Android platforms.

The iOS version has been brought up to version 1.1.0 and packs a decent list of changes that will appeal to all players. In this piece, we'll talk about the new changes you'll find in the latest version of the game.

iOS 9.3.3 Jailbreak FAQ: Everything in a nutshell

The iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak has only been out for about a week, but it seems there is still a lot of confusion about it. As we tried to clear things up for the Chinese version of the jailbreak, Pangu released an English version for all platforms, which really shook things up and added more confusion.

In this all-in-one FAQ post, we'll try to discuss the jailbreak from all angles, clearing up all any any remaining confusion that there might be.

How to get the 1-year enterprise certificate on your iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak right now

Apple recently revoked the 1-year enterprise certificate for the iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak, which is why you don't get it anymore when you jailbreak with Pangu. Instead, you get a 7-day certificate that forces you to side-load the jailbreak app from your computer every week.

On the other hand, it is possible to get the 1-year enterprise certificate on your iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak right now, but you have to do a little trickery. We'll show you how in this tutorial.

Now that the English jailbreak tool for iOS 9.3.3 is out, will you jailbreak?

The jailbreak for iOS 9.2-9.3.3 has been out since last weekend, but it wasn't until Friday that Pangu got to launching an English version of the once Chinese-only jailbreak tool.

As we know many of you were holding out for an English jailbreak and for a few updates to the tool for stability, we're curious about whether or not you'll be making the jump now that the English tool is out.

What you need to know about the iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak certificate expiry

The Pangu jailbreak for iOS 9.2-9.3.3 finally gives you a way to modify your device to your liking again on iOS 9.3.3 with your favorite jailbreak tweaks. Unfortunately, it's not without its faults; it relies on a certificate, which means it has an expiration date and will need to be re-signed.

In this tutorial, we'll talk about what you have to do to renew your iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak certificate when the time comes.