Iconator2 lets you take control over your iPhone’s Home screen layout

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 22, 2019

While Apple occasionally slaps a fresh coat of paint on your Home screen’s app icons, the grid-centric Home screen functionality has remained mostly unchanged since the very first iteration of iOS. That said, it should come as no surprise to anyone that changing the layout of the Home screen is one of the most popular things to do with a jailbroken iPhone or iPad.

If you’re one to tinker with the Home screen’s layout, and you’ve recently jailbroken iOS 12 with Chimera or unc0ver, then you might take a liking to a newly-released jailbreak tweak called Iconator2 (iOS 12) by iOS developer Soh Satoh.

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Jake James’ Sock Port exploit will soon support all iOS 11.0-12.2 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 21, 2019
Matrix code hacked iPhone.

If you’ve been paying attention to the slew of jailbreak tool updates in the last couple of weeks, then Jake James’ Sock Port exploit has undoubtedly caught your attention. Pwn20wnd’s unc0ver jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-12.2 was the first to implement it, but it could only jailbreak A9-A11 devices running iOS 11.0-12.1.4 at the time.

Just this morning, James shared an exciting announcement on Twitter regarding the Sock Port exploit, and as it would appear, oodles of modifications and refinements throughout the past week have made it compatible with all devices running iOS 11.0-12.2, including the A12(X) variety:

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Wallpapers of the week: Earth’s Moon

Jim Gresham ∙ July 21, 2019

July 20, 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the moon landing by the Apollo 11 mission, making Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the moon. So many years later, it is hard to imagine a mission of this type was possible in 1969, on a space craft with less computing power than an Apple Watch. Today's Wallpapers of the Week are inspired by the mission, with several moon wallpapers.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: ExactTimePhone, Honey, Rainbow, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 21, 2019

It’s been a busy week for the jailbreak community as Chimera and unc0ver have each picked up support for @NedWilliamson’s new Sock Puppet exploit, permitting those with up to iOS 12.3 beta installed to jailbreak their handsets. That said, those folks must be itching for ideas as to what to install on their newly-pwned handsets. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered.

This roundup encompasses all the latest jailbreak tweak releases from Monday, July 15th to Sunday, July 21st. As always, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases first and then wrap things up by outlining the rest afterward.

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Customize various locking and unlocking sounds on your iPhone with SoundLock

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 20, 2019

The iPhone’s locking and unlocking sounds have received minor revisions over the years, but perhaps not as many as we’d like. Fortunately, those with jailbroken handsets can get around this quandary by setting custom locking and unlocking sounds without Apple’s approval.

A newly-released jailbreak tweak called SoundLock by iOS developer DevelopApple is now available for free in the BigBoss repository, and it lets you configure custom sounds for a variety of locking and unlocking-centric actions that you might perform daily on your pwned iPhone or iPad.

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Unc0ver v3.3.6 released to address Sock Port exploit issues on 4K devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 19, 2019

Pwn20wnd released unc0ver versions 3.3.4 and 3.3.5 just this morning with support for Jake James’ Sock Port exploit, which can be used to jailbreak A7-A9(X) devices running iOS 11.0-12.1.4. But as it would seem, these releases weren’t bug-free, prompting Pwn20wnd to update unc0ver once again this afternoon to version 3.3.6.

Pwn20wnd announced the release of unc0ver v3.3.6 via Twitter not long ago, noting that it would resolve issues with the Sock Port exploit failing to jailbreak specific 4K devices:

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