iOS 16

What is palen1x, and should you use it?

palen1x icon.

One of the latest jailbreaks available as of right now is palera1n, a semi-tethered checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak that was just recently re-written in the C programming language for improved speed and reliability. But did you perhaps catch wind of something called palen1x?

Jailbreak news of the week: XinaA15 jailbreak gets new UI, iOS 16 downgrades are toast on A12+, & more…

Weekly jailbreak news roundup.

Keeping track of all the latest things to surface in the jailbreak community these days is tough work, and it’s even harder when you’ve got a busy life to contend with. That’s why iDB comes at you every Sunday morning with roundups just like this one to help you find out what’s happening in the iPhone hacking community lately.

FutureRestore developer discusses state of iOS 16 firmware downgrades, and it doesn’t look good

iOS 16 firmware downgrade

Firmware downgrades are something that jailbreakers have used over the years to thwart Apple’s attempts to stop jailbreaking. Even when Apple stopped signing firmware, jailbreakers found a way around that by saying .shsh blobs and using them to restore to unsigned firmware. But more recently, changes made on Apple’s end appear to have made even this process less than usable.