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Saurik acknowledges Cydia Substrate freezing bug in latest update, says fix is imminent

Less than two weeks ago, Saurik (Jay Freeman) released an official iOS 11-centric update for Cydia Substrate, but it wasn’t long after the release that users who installed the package began reporting unexpected freezing issues with their jailbroken handsets.

A support thread was opened on GitHub nine days ago brought some much-needed attention to the issue, prompting high-profile members of the community like Pwn20wnd, sbingner, and Saurik to start looking into it.

Electra jailbreak tool updated to resolve an issue on iOS 11.0 – 11.1.2

It was only yesterday that the Electra Team pushed a significant update to the Electra jailbreak with initial support for the Sileo package installer and a bevy of bug fixes and performance improvements, but the team is still fine-tuning the iOS 11-centric jailbreak tool as we speak.

Citing a Tweet shared by the Electra Team Wednesday evening, one out of the two available Electra jailbreak tools was updated once again, this time to version 1.1.0-2, with a fix for a jailbreaking issue on iOS 11.0-11.1.2:

Electra jailbreak updated to version 1.1.0 with bug fixes, stability enhancements, and Sileo support

Just this week, the Electra Team updated its jailbreak for the first time since this Summer, bringing the tool(s) up to version 1.1.0.

Unlike the all-in-one unc0ver jailbreak by Pwn20wnd, the Electra jailbreak is fragmented into two separate tools; one of those supports iOS 11.0-11.1.2 and the other supports iOS 11.2-11.4 beta 3. Regardless, both tools received notable updates.

First public beta of the Sileo package manager released for the Electra jailbreak

On Christmas day, the Electra Team released its public beta of Sileo, a package manager that will attempt to compete with Cydia for market share on the jailbroken iOS 11 platform.

Citing the official Sileo Twitter page, the Sileo beta preview is being hosted on the default Electra repository in Cydia on devices jailbroken with Electra. When Sileo comes out of beta, it will be distributed on an entirely different repository.

How to quickly track a flight from anywhere on your iPhone

Flight Details on iPhone

Whether you’re preparing to jump on a plane or just waiting for a friend to fly in, you may think that you have to download a special app to track those flights. And, while a specific flight tracking app is certainly a great way to go, especially if you’re a frequent traveler, there is another way.

Here’s how to quickly track flights from anywhere with your iPhone and all you need is the flight number.