Apple's iOS 18 software is rumored to update the design of the iPhone’s user interface this year—just don’t expect a wholesale visionOS-inspired revamp.
Gurman: iOS 18 will bring design changes, but they won’t mirror visionOS
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How to master portrait photography on iPhone
In this detailed guide, we will show you how to take the best portrait photos on your iPhone or iPad. We will also help you convert non-portrait images into portrait shots by blurring the background behind the main subject.
Flora brings advanced system-wide UI colorization to the latest jailbreaks
One of the more common things that we see jailbreakers doing with their iPhones and iPads is modifying the color scheme of their operating system. Previously released jailbreak tweaks like Kaleidoscope by SparkDev and Spectrum by Skittyblock have made this possible, but now, iOS developer rosiepie is releasing a new jailbreak tweak called Flora that has been built for use on modern jailbreaks.
Jailbreak news of the week: Installing the Serotonin “semi-jailbreak,” Dopamine v2 updates, & more…
You can always count on the team of iDB to bring you the latest iPhone & iPad hacking and jailbreaking news as it happens. But what good will that do you if you’re too busy to read the posts?
Dopamine jailbreak updated to v2.0.8 to address regressions in v2.0.7
The Dopamine v2 jailbreak tool for various device and firmware combinations on iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16 received another update late last night that brought it up to version 2.0.8 with even more bug fixes and improvements.
I previously used the Serotonin “semi-jailbreak,” can I switch to the Dopamine v2 jailbreak?
The Dopamine v2 full-fledged rootless jailbreak has only been available for a week at the time of this writing, and we’ve received tons of questions about whether prospective jailbreakers should use it. Many of those prospective jailbreakers have previously used (or are currently using) the RootHide bootstrap or Serotonin “semi-jailbreak.”
Dopamine jailbreak updated to version 2.0.7 with important bug fixes & improvements
Dopamine jailbreak lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) announced an updated build of the Dopamine v2 jailbreak late Saturday morning with a plethora of bug fixes and improvements that will further enhance the user experience of the community’s newest iPhone and iPad jailbreak tool.
Tinge colorizes notification badges on jailbroken devices to match the app icon
A few years ago, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called ColorBadges that would automatically colorize your apps’ missed notification badges to match the dominant color of the icon itself. Fast-forward to today’s rootless-esque jailbreaks, and this tweak, which was designed to work on rootful jailbreaks, no longer works.
Lunar is a redesigned Lock Screen tweak with widgets for jailbroken iOS 16 devices
Lots of people like it when their Lock Screen interface is as simple as possible. Perhaps even simpler than Apple makes it right out of the box.
Apple says App Store asking permission before it downloads is a bug that will be fixed before iOS 17.4 is released [u]
In Europe, downloading an app from Apple’s own App Store won't require an extra step after authenticating with Face ID because this is actually a bug.
Add seconds to your jailbroken iOS 16 device’s Lock Screen with LSTimeSeconds16
The iPhone can display the current time on the Lock Screen, but one thing that is noticeably missing from the interface is a seconds indicator.
SparkCode lets jailbroken iPhone users write code & compile Swift or C-based apps without a computer or Xcode
Developers who often find themselves away from their computer, and by extension, Xcode, could benefit from a mobile app development platform for jailbroken devices called SparkCode by iOS developer SparkleChan.