iOS 16.3 has added a two-factor authentication requirement for iCloud Backup and iCloud Drive to make your device backups and files in the cloud more secure.
Apple now requires two-factor authentication for iCloud Backup and Drive
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SixteenMusic brings a configurable iOS 16-style Now Playing Lock Screen UI to jailbroken iOS 14 & 15 handsets
If you look at the Lock Screen’s Now Playing media interface on an iOS 16 device beside an iOS 15 device, then you should notice some aesthetic differences.
See how much iPhone storage system files are taking up
Find out how much of your iPhone’s storage space is lost to system files and how much of it is taken up by the iOS operating system itself, and then follow a quick trick to reclaim some space!
Apple launches 16.3.1 updates for HomePod and Apple TV with bug fixes and stability improvements
These minor updates for the Apple TV and HomePod models include unspecified general performance and stability improvements in the tvOS operating system.
Jailbreak news of the week: TrollStore v1.5.0, AltStore v1.6, Genesis 3, & more…
You’ve made it to iDB’s weekly roundup of the latest iPhone and iPad hacking news, where we show you what’s new in the jailbreak community, bug and exploitation developments, and anything else that may interest you if you enjoy these kinds of stories from this past week.
StatusMagic permits Status Bar customizations without a jailbreak via TrollStore or MacDirtyCow
Jailbreaks are hard to come by these days, which is why so many people currently use TrollStore on iOS 14.0-15.4.1 (and some 15.5 and 15.6 betas) or the MacDirtyCow bug (on iOS 15.0-16.1.2) to enjoy a subset of must-have system mods.
RGProud turns the Face ID padlock green or red depending on authentication status
At the top of any Face ID-equipped iPhone’s Lock Screen is that iconic padlock glyph that indicates whether your iPhone has authenticated your face or not.
Genesis 3 is the latest do-it-all jailbreak tweak for pwned iOS 15 devices
If there’s one thing that the jailbreak community always responds well to, it’s a single jailbreak tweak that does it all such that it becomes unnecessary to install several smaller tweaks to do essentially the same thing.
Apple stops signing iOS 16.2 in bid to prevent downgrades from iOS 16.3
After releasing iOS & iPadOS 16.3 to the general public last week, almost anyone could have predicted that Apple would soon stop signing the older iOS & iPadOS 16.2, and it now seems that time has come.
VanishBar lets iPhone users on iOS 15.0-16.1.2 hide the Status Bar with MacDirtyCow
Have you ever wanted to hide your iPhone’s Status Bar, but couldn’t because you weren’t jailbroken? If you answered yes to that question, then you’d be in luck.
7 iPhone features buried in the menus that everyone should know
In this hands-on video and tutorial, we highlight 7 hard-to-find iPhone features that are virtually impossible to encounter unless you know where to look.
HTMLWidget lets you natively apply HTML-based widgets to your jailbroken device’s Home Screen
If you like widgets, namely those that make use of HTML and JavaScript, then you know just how powerful they can be. But the popular jailbreak tweaks that make them possible, such as Xen HTML and FrontBoard are said to have limitations that HTMLWidget doesn’t have.