Augment your iPhone’s AirPods animation with AnimPods

Apple’s iPhones and iPads display an exclusive animation when pairing a set of AirPods with the device, but after the pairing process is complete, day-to-day usage gets somewhat less exciting due to the lack of captivating animations.

Here to change that is a new jailbreak tweak release called AnimPods by iOS developer Lefteris Karkaletsis, which as the name implies, brings a sleeker and more mesmerizing animation to AirPods users during day-to-day usage.

Succession: An upcoming Cydia Eraser alternative for iOS 10.0+

Veteran jailbreakers are likely familiar with a handy utility called Cydia Eraser, which Saurik released several years ago to help jailbreakers ‘un-jailbreak’ their pwned handsets without restoring and updating their firmware via iTunes. Saurik’s busy life has prevented him from updating Cydia Eraser for modern versions of iOS, but it now looks like there could be a light at the end of the tunnel.

iOS developer Sam Gardner, perhaps better known to the community as Samg_is_a_ninja, took to /r/jailbreak this weekend to tease a spectacular project that he has been working on for nearly a year and a half, and he calls it Succession.

PSA: Tw3lve jailbreak for iOS 12 now open source, but we still don’t recommend using it

Given just how easy it is to lose your jailbreak eligibility these days amid Apple’s rapid software updates, it goes without saying that jailbreakers should be cautious regarding the software they run on their handset(s).

A shady jailbreak tool for iOS 12.0-12.1.2 called Tw3lve ominously materialized from thin air on /r/jailbreak over the weekend, and the post was quickly removed by board moderation after it was discovered to be a blatant copy of Pwn20wnd’s open-source unc0ver jailbreak tool with a custom GUI behaving as smoke and mirrors to the general public.

Wallpapers of the week: galaxy nebula

The Wallpapers of the Week collection provides photo quality imagery for your devices every Sunday. With submissions from readers and images we curate from around the web, the gallery is full of perfect wallpapers! Today's installment brings back a popular category, space and galaxy images.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: iCaughtU 12, NomadPods, Sleeper, Textyle, and more

It was just April Fool's week, but you won’t find any pranks here. With the unc0ver iOS 12 jailbreak running strong on so many handsets, developers are getting back into tweak development and making tons of interesting new releases.

In this roundup, we’ll summarize each of this week’s new jailbreak tweak releases. As usual, we’ll start by discussing our favorites and then outline the rest in an easy-to-read fashion afterward.