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Restriction brings guest and user accounts to jailbroken iPhones

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 30, 2020

The iOS and iPadOS platforms offer one heck of a user experience, so long as the device is intended for just one user. One thing that’s obviously missing, however, is a guest mode or multi-user experience, much like the ones you’d come to expect on any Mac or Windows PC.

The concept of a guest mode-style user experience for iPhones and iPads isn’t new, and has manifested itself in the form of various jailbreak tweak releases over the years, but one of the latest attempts to create this type of user experience stems from a new release dubbed Restriction by iOS developers SouthernGirlWhoCode and MeBlackHatof the TitanD3v team.

Apple loses its copyright lawsuit against device virtualization company Corellium

Evan Selleck ∙ December 29, 2020

It has been over a year since Apple filed a copyright lawsuit against the device virtualization company Corellium. But now a verdict has been handed down, and it's decidedly against Apple.

SmartVolumeControl3 provides alternative volume HUD interfaces & customizable behavior

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated October 18, 2021

As many veteran iPhone and iPad owners may remember, last year’s iOS & iPadOS 13 release introduced an overhauled volume HUD interface that removed the repulsive mid-screen monstrosity that we were plagued with for countless years. The newer volume HUD materializes off to the side of the display, precluding it from getting in the way as you try to read, watch a video, or peek at photos.

But let’s say that even the newer iOS & iPadOS 13 volume HUD doesn’t do it for you… what then? If you’re not jailbroken, then we can’t offer much of a remedy, but if you are, then we think you’ll probably enjoy a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed SmartVolumeControl3 by iOS developer midkin due to the myriad of alternative volume HUD interfaces it brings to the table.

Customize your handset’s folder backgrounds with FolderArtwork

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 29, 2020

If your Home Screen is riddled with more apps than you can count with the fingers on your hands and the toes on your feet, then you might use folders to help organize the superfluous clutter. As useful as they are for this purpose, however, they could definitely do with a bit more customization.

FolderArtwork is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Dcsyhi that offers several means of customizing your Home Screen’s folders, ranging from user-selected background artwork to custom borders and colors.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: AnimeMyBadges Pro, Begone, Juin, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 27, 2020

It’s now Sunday, and with the Christmas weekend nearing its end, it’s that time again for us to share our weekly jailbreak tweak roundup here at iDownloadBlog.

In this piece, we’ll be talking about all the latest jailbreak tweaks and pertinent jailbreak-related news in one easy-to-digest piece. It will focus on the developments that we’ve shown you between Monday, December 21st and Sunday, December 27th. As usual, we’ll kick things off with tributes to our favorite works, and then we’ll wrap things up with an outline of everything else afterward.

Chimera jailbreak for iOS 12 updated to version 1.6.0 with an extensive change log

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 25, 2020

The Chimera Team released an unexpected update for its iOS 12-centric Chimera jailbreak tool this Christmas eve, officially bringing it up to version 1.6.0.

Chimera Team lead developer CoolStar announced the latest Chimera update via the official Sileo / Odyssey / Chimera Discord channel late last night, being sure to include an extensive list of changes present in the updated release.

Animate your Home Screen’s notification badges with AnimeMyBadges Pro

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 25, 2020

Jailbreakers may recall earlier this month when we showed you a new jailbreak tweak dubbed AnimeMyBadges by iOS developer Antony M that provided a rather interesting breathing animation for your Home Screen’s notification badges. It was simple, short, and sweet, but if you were looking for a different notification badge animation, then you would have found yourself out of luck.

That changed this week with the release of AnimeMyBadges Pro, a paid upgrade from the aforementioned free release that offers nearly a dozen different badge animation styles to choose from.

First rooted iPhones are now being delivered to select iOS security researchers

Christian Zibreg ∙ December 23, 2020

iOS security researchers who applied for Apple's Security Research Device Program, announced in June, are reporting that Apple has finally started shipping specially-configured iPhones.

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How to sort and filter Apple Arcade games on iOS, Mac, and TV

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated July 12, 2024

Learn how to filter and sort Apple Arcade games in the App Store by criteria like release date, updates, category, controller support, and more to quickly find the right game you want to play.

Juin brings the Spotify app’s Now Playing interface to the Lock Screen

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 21, 2020

Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services on the iPhone besides Apple Music, and it’s easy to see why. Not only does Spotify offer a compelling music database to choose from, but it even pre-dated Apple Music to become one of the most successful music streaming services on the iOS platform and was one of the first music streaming apps to sport a dark app interface that went along nicely with iOS 13’s Dark Mode feature.

Another thing that stands out to a lot of Spotify app users is the Now Playing interface, which features a large central play and pause button and a beautiful full-screen album artwork display. Spotify’s Now Playing interface is unique to the Spotify Music app itself, but with the help of a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Juin by iOS developer Litten, you can now go ahead and enjoy it on the Lock Screen too.

Give your Camera app a Sci-Fi-inspired makeover with FuturistiCam

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 21, 2020

Jailbreakers who open their favorite package manager and refresh their sources this weekend will likely happen upon a peculiar and newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed FuturistiCam by iOS developer PlatYkor.

At first glance, FuturistiCam makes iOS’ native Camera app user interface look like something right out of a science fiction movie. It appears to bring custom aesthetics and sound effects to the Camera app so that it’s both fun to use for the end user and attention piquing to anyone who might be around you.