iPhone 1337 Team releases jailbreak tool for firmware 1.1 on the original iPod touch

It’s been more than 11 years since Apple first released the iPod touch with firmware 1.1, but a team of jailbreak developers calling themselves the “iPhone 1337 Team” on /r/jailbreak have allegedly produced a working jailbreak for it.

More than a decade later, most people are using at least iOS 10 or later, so the circumstances surrounding this news are about as niche as it gets. Nevertheless, we felt it was worth a mention, considering how much we respect jailbreaking here at iDB.

Check out 70+ emoji coming to iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch with iOS 12.1 this fall

Apple will bring more than 70 new emoji characters to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with an upcoming iOS 12.1 software update, plus watchOS and macOS. Today, the Cupertino giant previewed some of the new emoji sets coming to your Apple devices, including new characters with red hair, gray hair and curly hair, a fresh new emoji for bald people, more emotive smiley faces and additional emoji characters representing animals, sports and food.

How to switch between Light and Dark theme in Spark for Mac

Spark for Mac by Ukrainian developer Readdle is one of the best email apps for iOS and macOS. On Mac, Spark supports Mojave's Dark Mode. But what if you'd like to use Spark's darkened interface even if your Mac is set to use the default Light appearance (aka Aqua)? Spark lets you do that as well, and we show you how in this step-by-step tutorial.

iNoSleep maintains a Wi-Fi connection when your handset is locked for long periods

Right out of the box, Apple’s lineup of mobile devices will do anything they can to conserve battery power when specific hardware functions aren’t necessary. For example, they may disconnect from Wi-Fi when locked for prolonged periods; think of it as a hibernation mode.

It’s a brilliant power savings feature, in theory, but it sometimes hinders workflows by imposing internet connection delays in which you’re forced to wait for connection reestablishment after unlocking. Fortunately, a free jailbreak tweak called iNoSleep by iOS developer Tony Kraft solves this problem.