Anyone who appreciates convenience will have no problem taking a liking to a new and free jailbreak tweak release called CCPowerMenu by iOS developer MTAC.
Add handy device power cycle options to Control Center with CCPowerMenu
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Jailbreak news of the week: StandBy Mode ported to iPadOS 17, Dopamine & RootHide updated & more…
The iDB team has worked hard this week to bring you the latest iPhone hacking and jailbreaking news as it happened, but if you missed any of that because of your busy life, then you can refer to today’s roundup post to see what’s happening.
KillYourApps takes a pragmatic approach to force-closing sensitive or tracking apps from your App Switcher
The App Switcher on an ordinary iPhone or iPad contains all the user’s recently-used apps. They’re in a state of suspension until re-opened, allowing the system to more efficiently load and prepare the app for the end user. But have you ever picked up your phone a day later and still saw a mess of apps in your App Switcher that you wish wasn’t there?
This jailbreak tweak adds a cancel button to iOS prompts that lack the option
Good user interface rules suggest that a pop-up message alerting a user to a problem should have both an actionable button for the user to respond and a cancel button for the user to back out. Unfortunately, some pop-ups ignore these rules, giving users only the option to take the app developer’s desired action.
Jailbreak news of the week: kfd-based iPadOS 16 jailbreak demoed, another MacDirtyCow-like exploit, how to decrypt apps, & more..
Although there haven’t been any new jailbreak releases recently, and it’s unknown if or when another jailbreak will be released, much has still happened in the community as of late, making it our top priority to keep our interested readers apprised.
How to decrypt iPhone & iPad apps
When you download an app from the App Store on your iPhone or iPad, it comes in an encrypted format. This encryption is designed to prevent apps from being shared from one person to another, effectively stopping unauthorized installs. In addition to this, however, encrypted apps also present problems for software tinkerers.
Apple launches the iOS 16.7.1 bug-fix update for older devices
iOS 16.7.1 and iPadOS 16.7.1 bring security fixes addressing the same kernel vulnerability that iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 already patched on newer devices.
PureKFD v4.1 update adds iOS 14 support, lots of inter-exploit & platform conversion tools, & more improvements
PureKFD, one of the most popular package manager apps that hosts hacks and add-ons for non-jailbroken devices, was updated to version 4.1 on Monday with an extensive list of changes and improvements.
Remove the time limit from viewing Instagram Stories with this jailbreak tweak
The Instagram app provides a feature for users called Stories, which allows users to share moments in their lives with other Instagram users.
Another MacDirtyCow & kfd-like kernel exploit allegedly patched in iOS 17.0.3
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you would have caught wind about two powerful kernel-level exploits that have been used by iOS developers to release hacks and add-ons for non-jailbroken devices.
Jailbreak news of the week: iOS 16 downgrades dead, Fugu15 Rootful Edition, Linus Henze archives GitHub repo, & more…
Whether it’s jailbreaking, exploiting iPhones and iPads with the latest hacks and customizations, or some other facet of iPhone ownership that lets us take more control over our devices from Apple, your friends at iDB are here to cover it.
Apple closes signing window for iOS 16.6.1, ending downgrades from iOS 17
Apple released iOS & iPadOS 17.0 as 2023’s major new software upgrade for iPhones and iPads, which as you can probably guess, means that Apple really doesn’t want people downgrading back to the older iOS & iPadOS 16 firmware.