iOS 14

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Backtrix, croutons13, WebMessage, and more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated February 5, 2021

It’s that time of the week again, and as we prepare to bid adieu to an otherwise ordinary weekend, we’re reminded that it wouldn’t be a Sunday here at iDownloadBlog without a weekly recap of all the latest jailbreak tweak releases and news directly impacting the jailbreak community.

It’s that reason exactly that we come at you today with the latest iteration of our jailbreak tweak roundup, this time encompassing all the releases between Monday, January 25th and Sunday, January 31st. As usual, we’ll kick things off by showcasing our favorite releases from this past week first, and then we’ll outline everything else afterward.

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Backtrix back-ports iOS 14’s Back Tap feature to jailbroken iOS 13 handsets

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 30, 2021
iPhone 11 Pro

iOS 14 introduced an incredibly handy accessibility feature dubbed Back Tap, which grants iPhone users the ability to tap twice and/or three times on the back of their handset to invoke an action of their choosing.

Notably, this feature isn’t present on iOS 13, despite the fact that iOS 13-compatible handsets come equipped with the same accelerometer-based hardware that makes this possible.

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Screenshots of checkra1n on Windows 10 surface, but release schedule still unclear

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 28, 2021

The checkra1n jailbreak tool is renowned for its use of a powerful bootrom exploit called checkm8, which can’t be patched by Apple via a software update because the exploit exists in the hardware of devices equipped with A7-A11 processors.

The checkra1n team initially released the checkra1n jailbreak as a macOS-only application in 2019, and it wasn’t until a good bit into 2020 that the tool picked up support for Linux. As for Windows, the checkra1n team planned to support it, but to this day hasn’t implemented official support in a public release. So what’s the hold up, exactly?

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Google is trying to work around Apple’s new privacy permission prompt

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 27, 2021

Google and its ad industry partners are not liking Apple's upcoming tracking prompt in iOS 14. The company's been dragging its feet with adding data privacy disclosures to its iPhone and iPad apps on the App Store. And now, Google says it will stop using a device’s unique IDFA (Identifier For Advertisers) to avoid showing the new privacy permission prompt in iOS 14.

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CoolStar updates libhooker to v1.4.0 with new configurator app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 26, 2021

Jailbreakers taking advantage of the iOS 13-centric Odyssey tool or the checkra1n-based Odysseyra1n bootstrap on iOS 13 or 14 will almost certainly want to launch Sileo and refresh their sources.

In a message bulletin shared to the official Sileo / Odyssey / Chimera Discord channel early Tuesday morning, CoolStar announced the release of libhooker version 1.4.0 with a host of notable improvements for users using either of the aforementioned jailbreaks.

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Croutons13 makes iOS’ breadcrumb links look more aesthetically pleasing

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated September 21, 2021

It used to be that when iOS jolted you from one app to another, you’d then need to open the App Switcher to return to what you were doing in the first app. That all changed after Apple introduced Status Bar-based breadcrumb links starting with iOS 9 and later.

To put it briefly, a breadcrumb link appears in the Status Bar as a string of text with a left-pointing arrow beside it. You’ve probably seen one after tapping on a link in an app, as this usually kicks you into either the App Store or Safari, but other apps may also apply in certain circumstances.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: FreePIP, Emerald, KBAppDock, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 24, 2021

There have been a lot of head-turning jailbreak tweak releases lately, and if you have a pwned iOS or iPadOS 13 or 14 device at your disposal, then you’ve likely taken notice.

Today, we’ll be sharing a comprehensive roundup of all the latest jailbreak tweak releases and jailbreak-oriented news in an effort to help keep the community apprised of all the newest developments. As usual, we’ll kick things off by talking about our favorite tidbits, and then we’ll wrap things up with an outline of everything else at the end.

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