Despite the iPhone being a phone, it’s amazing how little of my time on it I actually spend making and taking phone calls. Still, when I do, I find that the Phone app lacking certain features that I think should be there.
Once upon a time, a developer wanted more from their iPhone’s Messages app. That resulted in the creation of a jailbreak tweak called MessagesXI several years back.
It’s been a hot minute since the last time Lars Fröder's TrollStore perma-signing utility for iPhones and iPads received any updates, but such is normal when software starts to reach maturity. Nevertheless, TrollStore picked up another update Wednesday evening, officially bringing it up to version 2.0.14.
If you previously installed the RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap on your iPhone or iPad, and you’ve decided that you want to uninstall it either because you’d rather use a full-fledged jailbreak or because it’s just not for you, then you’ve come to the right place.
If you own an iPhone, then you already know you have multiple volume settings on your device that are completely separate from one another. Don’t believe me? Try setting your music volume to a certain setting and then see if your iPhone’s ringtone plays at that same volume. I’ll bet it didn’t.
The palera1n checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak, unlike the checkra1n jailbreak before it, has long been a command line interface (CLI)-based jailbreak tool. This means you must use Terminal to use it, which can be off-putting for those uncomfortable with running Terminal commands.
Remember back in 2019 when iOS developers Justin Proulx and Ayden Panhuyzen came out with the Jellyfish jailbreak tweak to give the iPhone a redesigned Lock Screen inspired by the Motion Apple Watch face?
It was only a couple of weeks ago that we showed you an upcoming and ambitious project being undertaken by iOS developer @alfiecg_dev to make a new TrollStore installer that installs TrollStore directly and doesn’t sacrifice a system app, such as Tips.
You can count on the dedicated team at iDownloadBlog to keep you on the know about the latest changes in the iPhone jailbreaking and hacking communities.
I staunchly appreciate any jailbreak tweak that improves the user experience on my iPhone, and that’s exactly what a new release called Pinnacle by iOS developer rugmj does.
The Now Playing interface on iOS 16 received a bevy of cosmetic changes compared to previous versions of iOS, and anyone who might be interested in porting those cosmetic differences on a device running iOS 14 or 15 can now do so with a new jailbreak tweak called 16Player by iOS developers tesla_man and Bibi Fire.
The YouTube Music app, much like the regular YouTube app, has a Cast button in the user interface that can be used to project your playback on another nearby device capable of receiving AirPlay or Cast signals.