The MacDirtyCow bug for iOS 15.x-16.1.2 has proven to be a rather interesting one. Without jailbreaking your device, you can exploit this bug to do things such as customize system fonts and change the Lock Screen’s Face ID glyph animation. But it seems like the realm of possibilities doesn’t stop there.
Meta is pulling support for older handsets in its popular messaging app, meaning WhatsApp won’t work on iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c after December 31.
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Those donning a jailbroken iPhone who might be interested in adding a splash of color to their handset’s Status Bar will likely want to try a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called ColorBar15 by iOS developer DTCalabro.
The iOS 16.1.2 update brought with it a redesigned battery level indicator for notched handsets that displays a more accurate icon fill to match the numeric percentage. Sadly, users of non-notched handsets aren’t quite as fortunate.
The Nintendo Switch has been around for a few years, but despite all the new iterations of Nintendo’s gaming platform that exist today, one horrid thing still seems to plague them all at some point or another: joystick drifting.
A bug affecting iOS & iPadOS versions 15.x-16.1.2 and macOS 13.0.1 called CVE-2022-46689, also codenamed MacDirtyCow, has been making headlines recently. This bug was discovered by security researcher Ian Beer of Google Project Zero, and while it’s not being used in any jailbreaks, it does appear to be at the epicenter of some interesting hacks for modding iPhones and iPads recently, such as TrollLock Reborn.
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Those searching for the next interesting way to customize their iPhone may enjoy the new TrollLock Reborn add-on based on the MacDirtyCow hack by iOS developers @haxi0sm and @dedbeddedbed.
The TrollStore perma-signing utility used by various apps on devices running iOS & iPadOS 14.0-15.4.1 (and some 15.5 betas) has gotten insanely popular over the past several months. Unfortunately, with most projects being hosted via individual GitHub pages instead of a centralized place, users strain in attempting to discover new apps to perma-sign with it.