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StatusBarX, Tractor, and other jailbreak tweaks to try this weekend

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 10, 2018

The jailbreak community is pumped up with all sorts of new excitement over the news that Ian Beer found and plans to release a tfp0 exploit for iOS 11.3.1. More importantly, CoolStar’s Electra jailbreak is expected to add support for the new exploit in due time.

If you’re as excited as we are about the upcoming ability to jailbreak iOS 11.3.1, then take a moment to familiarize yourself with some of the latest new jailbreak tweaks. This roundup discusses all the jailbreak tweaks released throughout the past week, beginning with our favorites.

Apple stops signing iOS 11.3.1 following the release of Ian Beer’s new exploit

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 7, 2018

Apple stopped signing iOS 11.3.1 on Friday, a move that prevents most iPhone and iPad users from downgrading their firmware to anything older than iOS 11.4.

iOS 11.4 was just released about a week ago, so this news shouldn’t come off as much of a surprise. Nevertheless, it’s sure to drum up some disappointment considering the likelihood that iOS 11.3.1 will gain jailbreak support thanks to a new tfp0 exploit released by security researcher Ian Beer.

iOS 12 brings precise cursor selection and trackpad mode to iPhones without 3D Touch

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated August 22, 2018

Apple customers have been able to leverage 3D Touch to turn their iPhone keyboard into a trackpad since iOS 9. But wouldn't it be cool if you could select text with precision even on phones without dedicated 3D Touch hardware, like older iPhones? With iOS 12, you can!

Houdini ‘semi-jailbreak’ updated to beta 3 with support for iOS 11.3.1

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated October 17, 2018

If you follow Abraham Masri (@cheesecakeufo)’s Houdini semi-jailbreak project, then you might be excited to hear that beta 3 has been released this week with support for iOS 11.3.1, all thanks to Ian Bear’s newly-released tfp0 exploit.

iOS 12 lets your iPhone or iPad automatically update itself when new iOS software is available

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 11, 2018

A new Automatic Updates option in iOS 12 permits your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to download the latest iOS software on its own when new versions become available.

Long-awaited favicons in Safari tabs are finally back, thanks to iOS 12 and macOS Mojave

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 14, 2018

The latest version of Apple's Safari browser that ships with macOS 10.14 Mojave brings back the long-awaited favicons to help visually distinguish between multiple open tabs. What's more, favicons are available for the first time on iPhone and iPad thanks to iOS 12.

Hands-on video walkthrough: 50 new features and changes for iPhone and iPad in iOS 12

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 11, 2018

iOS 12 is designed to make your iPhone and iPad experience even faster, more responsive and more delightful. Most of the work is focused on reliability and stability, but that doesn't mean that iOS 12 has nothing interesting to offer in terms of new features and improvements.

Apple has a new app for developers: App Store Connect

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 5, 2018

Apple's registered developers must manage their App Store apps using the clunky iTunes Connect web app. While iTunes Connect isn't going anywhere yet, developers now have a dedicated iPhone and iPad app to monitor stats and respond to user reviews on App Store.

iOS 12 prevents Lock screen screenshots and Camera shortcut upon reboot

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 5, 2018

In a move that probably has to do with improving user privacy and elevating device security, iOS 12 prevents taking screenshots and accessing the Camera shortcut from the Lock screen when your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch has just been restarted or turned on.

81% of the more than one billion active Apple devices are now running iOS 11

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 5, 2018

iOS 11 is now installed on 81% of Apple's over a billion active iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices in the wild, up from the 76% adoption rate reported on April 25. By contrast, Android Oreo versions powered less than six percent of active Android-driven smartphones and tablets that had been accessing Google's Play Store during a seven-day period ending on May 7, 2018.

Video: hands-on with iOS 12 on iPhone and iPad

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 8, 2024

Apple on Monday unveiled the next major software update for its iPhones and iPads: iOS 12. The update brings about a number of new features and improvements, including faster performance, group FaceTime calling with up to 32 people, tons of new stuff for AR and Animoji, and much more.

Apple brings iPhone X gestures to iPad with iOS 12

Cody Lee ∙ June 4, 2018

Among the new features introduced in iOS 12 are some new gestures for iPad. It wasn't mentioned on stage (at least we don't recall seeing it), but Apple is bringing iPhone X-esque gestures to its tablet with the latest iOS update.