Learn about a couple of easy ways to check the manufacture date of an iPhone or iPad so you can know more about the device or better assess its value when reselling or buying it.
How to know when your iPhone or iPad was manufactured
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RootHide bootstrap updated to version 1.2.8 beta with more bug fixes & improvements
The RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap, which is frequently used by TrollStore users who don’t have access to jailbreaks or semi-jailbreaks, was updated to version 1.2.8 beta early Friday morning.
How to create collaborative playlists on Apple Music
In this tutorial, we will show you how to collaborate with friends and family on an Apple Music playlist so everyone can add their favorite songs and manage it.
No Redirect jailbreak tweak lets users stop apps from redirecting to others
There are a lot of instances where I tap on a link in an app or on a website, and rather than opening that link in a new tab in my web browsing app, it launches a specific application on my device to load content instead.
The best novelty jailbreak tweaks for iOS 16
Of all the different ways that you can tinker with a jailbroken iPhone or iPad, perhaps one of the most fun ways is to add a bit of novelty to your device by introducing user interface add-ons that make your device more exciting to look at on the daily.
7 announcements to look forward to from Apple’s October event
Apple should hold an event in October to officially unveil new hardware, including a few M4 Macs, but we expect other announcements, too.
SilentNotifs prevents push notification sounds from interrupting your music playback
I’m When you’re right in the middle of your jam, there’s no worse feeling than when the sound of a push notification interrupts that rad bass drop. You could rewind the music… but it just isn’t the same as a full playthrough.
Nugget updated to v3.0 for ‘parity’ with Nugget Mobile & other improvements
Nugget, the backup-based hacking utility that makes use of the same SparseRestore exploit that the TrollRestore TrollStore installation method does to allow system customization on iOS 17.0-18.1 beta 4 without a jailbreak, received an update over this past weekend to version 3.0 with what iOS developer LeminLimez calls a “parity update with Nugget Mobile.”
RootHide bootstrap updated to version 1.2.7 beta with more bug fixes & improvements
The RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap, which can be used in tandem with the TrollStore perma-signing utility to allow users to inject jailbreak tweaks directly into their apps without a full-fledged jailbreak, has been updated on Sunday to version 1.2.7 beta with bug fixes and improvements.
Unofficial palera1n GUI based on latest version released amid continued wait for official GUI
While the palera1n jailbreak has proven to be resilient for arm64 (A11 and older) devices due to being based on a bootrom hardware-based exploit called checkm8 that can’t be patched by Apple with a mere software update, the fact remains that a lot of people are turned off by it being a command line-based jailbreak tool as opposed to offering an easy click-based graphical user interface (GUI) like checkra1n once did.
New jbredir web utility makes it easy to add repos to several package managers on jailbroken devices
While perusing the /r/jailbreak boards this weekend, I was reminded about a website that once existed for the specific purpose of passing APT repositories through a URL using the ‘?source=’ parameter, which would then present the end user with buttons to add that particular repository to all available package manager apps that the user might have installed on their jailbroken device.
Jailbreak news of the week: SparseRestore exploit patched, AltStore v2 released, PureKFD v6, Nugget Mobile, & more…
Keeping tabs on the latest news in iPhone & iPad jailbreaking is one of our favorite pastimes here at iDownloadBlog. For that reason, it’s a lot of what we do here, and jailbreakers will feel right at home throughout our regular news cycle.