Check out the latest news and tutorials about checkm8, a hardware-based bootrom exploit for A7-A11 iPhones and iPads that can’t be patched by Apple, making it a popular choice for jailbreak tools.
We’re accustomed to seeing interesting things in the jailbreak community. That’s why it may not come as much of a surprise that someone has used their ASUS ROG Ally handheld gaming system to jailbreak their checkm8-susceptible device.
Just a couple of days ago after WWDC 2023 kicked off, the palera1n team confirmed that it would support iPadOS 17 on the small subset of iPads that were both susceptible to the checkm8 bootrom exploit and capable of running iPadOS 17.
While Apple will indeed be killing off the iPhone X and older starting with iOS 17 despite initial rumors suggesting the contrary, the good news is that certain checkm8 bootrom exploit-vulnerable devices including older iPads and Apple TVs can run iPadOS 17 and tvOS 17.
In April, there were conflicting reports concerning whether the upcoming iOS 17 software update would drop support for the aging iPhone X, 8, and 8 Plus or not. Following the WWDC 2023 keynote, Apple confirmed the company’s decision to ditch those devices in a press release.
Any palera1n jailbreak users out there are going to wake up to a pleasant surprise Tuesday morning, as the palera1n team published a new build of its checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool late last night.
The palera1n team updated the checkm8 bootrom exploit-based palera1n-c jailbreak tool to version 2.0.0 beta 6 early Thursday morning in a move that officially adds support for iOS & iPadOS 16.4 and 16.4.1.
In a previous tutorial, we showed our readers how they can install TrollStore on various devices using the now deprecated TrollInstaller method, but if you have a checkm8-compatible arm64 device (iPhone X or older), then you may use the SSH Ramdisk method to install TrollStore on your device.
If you’ve been paying any attention to the Apple rumor mill lately, then you’ve likely heard how iOS & iPadOS 17 could ditch support for the iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 8, and some older iPads. Another rumor alleged the exact opposite the very next day, which makes for some remarkable contradiction in “insider” knowledge.
There were a couple of important announcements made by the palera1n team on Wednesday, and unless you’ve been playing close attention, they would’ve been easy to miss.
With the official public release of iOS & iPadOS 16.4 Monday afternoon for all iPhone and iPad users, it seemed like an important time to remind everyone that the palera1n-c jailbreak tool does not yet support this firmware.
The palera1n team released an updated version of the palera1n-c jailbreak tool Wednesday afternoon, officially bringing the tool up to version 2.0.0 beta 5, code named Tumbleweed.
If you’re a Windows user who intends to jailbreak with palera1n-c, and you have no intention of dual-booting Linux on your computer, then the palen1x project is pretty much your only option.