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iBlockX offers jailbreakers deeper control over incoming notifications than Do Not Disturb

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 13, 2020

With iOS’ Do Not Disturb feature, you can effortlessly silence all incoming notifications that bombard your iPhone with the flip of a switch. Unfortunately, Do Not Disturb is a bit of an all-or-nothing solution. While you can individually silence contacts in the Messages app as an alternative, this doesn’t quite offer enough control if you use lots of third-party apps to keep in touch with friends and family.

iBlockX is a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developers Greg0109 and MeBlackHat that strives to solve the aforementioned dilemma. It does so by handing users a smorgasbord of options for silencing calls and other notifications on a per-contact basis and for several different apps spanning user-configured time-frames whether those apps come preinstalled by Apple or not.

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FreeTheSandbox discusses its plan for iOS 13.x jailbreak release, no ETA

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 12, 2020

Those eagerly waiting for a jailbreak with support for the concluding versions of the iOS & iPadOS 13 family before Apple officially released iOS & iPadOS 14 this Fall have two options, with the first being to wait for FreeTheSandbox to release the jailbreak they’ve been teasing for more than a month, or the second being to continue waiting for someone to pick up an exploit like the one just recently released by @_simo36.

If the FreeTheSandbox offering sounds like a better choice to you, then we’ve got some news for you. The official FreeTheSandbox Twitter account shared the following Tweet early Thursday morning to comment on the state of the jailbreak they’ve been working on:

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PerfectSpotify lets jailbreakers augment the Spotify app’s user interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 12, 2020

Those who swear by Spotify can come up with an endless list of reasons as to why it’s a better music streaming platform than Apple Music, but despite what Spotify fans tell you, there are still a myriad of different ways that the Spotify app itself could be improved.

PerfectSpotify is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak created by iOS developer Luki120 that permits any Spotify user wielding a jailbroken handset to augment their Spotify app with various customizations of their choosing, whether that means enabling a better song library interface, hiding unwanted elements of the user interface, or something else.

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Tenmetsu makes the iPhone’s rear-facing flash more like a pro flashlight

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 12, 2020

In addition to being a phone and an internet communications device, the iPhone could be described as a digital multitool. A great example is the handset’s rear-facing LED flash, which doubles as a flashlight when we find ourselves stranded in the dark.

Out of the box, a stock iPhone supports use of the aforementioned LED flash as a flashlight via the Lock Screen Quick Action button or the dedicated Control Center module. Users may also adjust the LED brightness in steps if they wish. Unlike a lot of flashlights on the market today, however, the iPhone’s LED flash seems lackluster in the feature department. That’s where a new jailbreak tweak dubbed Tenmetsu by iOS developer Plat-Ykor comes into play.

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Exploit PoC targeting up to iOS 13.7 released

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 11, 2020
Matrix code hacked iPhone.

If you’ve been paying any attention to the iOS & iPadOS security research side of things recently, then you might’ve caught wind about a kernel bug discovered by Mohamed Ghannam (@_simo36) that held the capacity to pwn iOS & iPadOS 14.1 and below. Unfortunately, Ghannam later revealed that the bug didn’t work on iOS or iPadOS 14, and instead that it would only support variants of iOS & iPadOS 13.

While the aforementioned circumstances were indeed a bummer for those who’d been looking forward to a potential exploit release for iOS & iPadOS 14, the good news is that Ghannam officially released a kernel exploit proof of concept (PoC) dubbed 'OOB Events' on Wednesday with instructions for achieving kernel task port (tfp0) on iOS & iPadOS 13.7:

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The best free reference apps for your iPhone and iPad

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ November 11, 2020
Dictionary.com Word of the Day on iPhone

If there’s a handy spot to have references at your fingertips, it’s your iPhone or iPad. Physical books still hold a place in many people’s hearts but no one walks around with dictionaries, encyclopedias, and phone books nowadays.

So if you’re in the market for good references for school or work, you’ll like this list of the best free reference apps for iPhone and iPad.

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Checkra1n v0.12.0 released, supports A10(X), iOS 14.1 & 14.2, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 8, 2020

The checkra1n team updated its venerable jailbreak tool to version 0.12.0 this Sunday afternoon, adding a plethora of improvements that are certain to garner attention from the community.

The team took to Twitter this afternoon to reveal that checkra1n v0.12.0 is an update that many iOS 14 users probably won’t want to miss, and given the exciting content of this update, it’s easy to see why:

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Diamond, Sphere, VolumeMixer, and more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 8, 2020

As the final day of the weekend rears its ugly head, the good news is that we're back with another jailbreak tweak roundup showcasing all the latest releases from this past work week.

This roundup will encompass releases from Monday, November 2nd to Sunday, November 8th. As usual, we'll start things off by talking about our favorite releases first and then wrap things up with an outline of everything else afterward.

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