iOS 11

Jake Blair demos ‘spicy’ untethered jailbreak for iOS 11.x, provides no ETA

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 18, 2019

While there’s been a lot of news encompassing progress on the iOS 12 jailbreak as of late, that hasn’t hindered third-party iOS 11-centric projects from making historic progress. One of the latest involves an untethered jailbreak for handsets running iOS 11.x.

Indeed, while it might seem too good to be true at first glance, iOS developer Jake Blair Tweeted a demonstration video from YouTube Monday afternoon showcasing his “spicy” untethered jailbreak on what appears to be an unknown iteration of iPad mini:

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: AirWave, EZBatteries, TabBlocker, & more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 17, 2019

A lot has been going on in the jailbreak community as of late, and it's no surprise that developers continue to build jailbreak tweaks that can help you trick out your iPhone or iPad so it stands out from the crowd.

In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the jailbreak tweaks released from Monday, February 11th to Sunday, February 17th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorites and then wrap things up afterward.

WorkFFS: A tweak made to resolve freezing and crashing issues with certain apps

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 16, 2019

If you've ever been unfortunate enough to encounter unwanted freeze-ups and crashes when launching specific apps, then you aren’t alone. As it would seem, iOS developer Muirey03 was getting tired of experiencing similar problems, thus a new free jailbreak tweak dubbed WorkFFS was conceived.

Citing the developer, WorkFFS fixes an issue where some apps would freeze up on the splash screen at launch and do absolutely nothing for nearly 20 seconds before inevitably crashing. Apps that are purportedly known to exhibit this problematic behavior include:

AppLabelValentineDay decorates your iPhone’s Home screen for Valentine’s Day

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 14, 2019

It’s officially Valentine’s Day, and whether you’re feeling just lovely all by your lonesome or you have a significant other with a jailbroken iPhone or iPad, you can get into the festive spirit by installing new free jailbreak tweak called AppLabelValentineDay by iOS developer CydiaGeek.

Once installed, AppLabelValentineDay replaces your Home screen’s app icon labels with various types of heart-centric Emojis, as shown in the screenshot example above.

Prevent new tab pop-ups in mobile Safari with TabBlocker

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 14, 2019

I browse the web somewhat frequently on my iPhone and iPad, and while I love the mobile web-browsing experience, I don’t much appreciate it when I’m suddenly jolted to a new Safari tab by way of unwanted ads and pop-ups.

As it would seem, I’m not the only one who dislikes this experience, as iOS developer Droom0ne has just launched a new free jailbreak tweak called TabBlocker with the goal of preventing this headache from ever happening.

LaughingQuoll to work on Sileo compatibility with other jailbreaks

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 19, 2019

Sileo is a forward-thinking package manager for jailbroken handsets that strives to compete directly with Jay Freeman’s renowned Cydia app; but at the time of this writing, Sileo is in its beta preview stages and is only officially supported by the Electra Team’s Electra jailbreak.

Third-party means of installing the Sileo package manager on Pwn20wnd’s unc0ver jailbreak surfaced just over a month ago (obviously not officially supported by the Sileo Team), but have since been broken by changes to the electratools GitHub page. Fortunately, official support for the unc0ver jailbreak could come sooner rather than later.

Quickly check the remaining battery of Bluetooth peripherals with EZBatteries

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 13, 2019

You can configure your iPhone to display its numeric battery percentage in the Status Bar, but the same can’t be said about any Bluetooth peripherals that you might have paired with your device, such as AirPods or Apple Watch.

iOS developers Easy-Z and Karimo299 recognized this as an issue for some people and responded to the situation with the release of a new free jailbreak tweak called EZBatteries.

Update for Sileo beta adds 3D Touch support, fixes app crashing issue

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 12, 2019

On Tuesday, the Sileo Team pushed another minor update to the Sileo beta preview on Tuesday with some new features and enhancements, bringing it up to version 0.7b2.

Citing the Sileo Team’s official announcement on Twitter Tuesday evening, this update adds full support for 3D Touch gestures via the Home screen and in the app, enabling you to access shortcuts and take advantage of peek-and-pop in the app itself:

AirWave brings more media control gestures to your iPhone when AirPods are connected

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 11, 2019

Just a few days ago, we showed you a new jailbreak tweak called Siliqua 2 that empowered users to customize the stock gesture system on any pair of AirPods, but why stop there? A new free release called AirWave by iOS developer Michael Lema can provide you with at least two more customizable gestures whenever a pair of AirPods are actively paired with your handset.

While Siliqua 2 focused primarily on changing the outcome of your AirPods’ native tap gestures, AirWave brings two previously non-existent gestures to your device: 1) double-pressing your iPhone or iPad’s power button when AirPods are connected; and 2) triple-pressing your iPhone or iPad’s power button when AirPods are connected.

Sileo beta preview receives minor update with support for depiction tint colors, cache fixes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 10, 2019

The Sileo Team announced a minor incremental update to the Sileo public beta on Sunday with repository-related enhancements and fixes, formally bringing the alternative iOS 11-centric package manager up to version 0.5b1.

The Sileo Team announced the update via Twitter Sunday morning, adding that it would clear the cache correctly to prevent unwanted disk space usage and add support for tint colors on jailbreak package depictions:

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: LockAnim, Siliqua 2, TwitterDarkMode, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 10, 2019

It can be challenging to keep up with the sudden surge of jailbreak news as of late, but that’s what we’re here for.

If you’re ready to trick out that jailbroken iPhone or iPad of yours, then you’ve come to the right place. This jailbreak tweak roundup will recap all the releases pushed through Cydia this week, starting with our favorites and ending with an outline of the rest afterward.

Unc0ver v3.0.0 pre-release revised with v1ntex-related bug fixes and improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 9, 2019

It was only yesterday that hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd added official support for tihmstar’s v1ntex exploit to the unc0ver v3.0.0 pre-release, but another revision issued just this morning delivers some important v1ntex-related bug fixes and refinements.

Citing the changelog from Pwn20wnd’s official GitHub repository, the 21st beta of the unc0ver v3.0.0 pre-release sports the following changes: