For some iPhone owners, a bug in Apple's latest iOS 18.4 software update seems to be redownloading long forgotten, previously deleted apps.
iOS 18.4 is redownloading long deleted iPhone apps for some
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Apple Intelligence hits EU iPhones and Vision Pro
Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone owners in the European Union (EU), with the initial set of features in US English also hitting the Vision Pro headset.
New emoji characters just hit your iPhone and other Apple devices
iOS 18.4 and other recent software updates brought new emoji, including a face with bags under the eyes, to the iPhone, iPad and other Apple devices.
iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 may not be compatible with these iPhones and iPads
A leaked device compatibility list suggests that Apple’s iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates could lose support for some older iPhones and iPads.
New turdus merula SEP exploit-based firmware downgrading tool now available for A9-A10(X) devices
If you have a legacy iPhone or iPad with an A9-A10(X) chip inside, then you might be excited to hear about a new and free firmware downgrading tool called terdus merula for macOS that allows you to downgrade your device’s firmware back to any version you want, in either a tethered or an untethered fashion.
g1lbertJB untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0-6.1.2 updated with support for Windows machines
While not talked about a whole lot due to the legacy firmware and devices that it supports, g1lbertJB is an untethered jailbreak that came out in 2023 that supports iPhones 3GS, 4, and 4S, as well as iPad (1st generation) and (2nd generation), and iPod touch (3rd generation) and (4th generation) running iOS 5.0-6.1.2.
Delta emulator app updated to v1.7 with online multiplayer support for Nintendo DS games, & other changes
It’s no secret that Delta is perhaps the most popular emulator app on the iOS & iPadOS platforms as of right now – after becoming one of the most well-known emulator apps via sideloading even before Apple started allowing it in the App Store, it only skyrocketed in popularity once it officially became available in the App Store. But despite how popular Delta is, one thing has always been missing… online multiplayer.
Nugget updated to v5.0.3 with Windows-oriented fixes following v5.0.2 over the weekend
Nugget, an iPhone customization utility by iOS developer LeminLimez that utilizes the SparseRestore exploit to enable various forms of jailbreak-like customization without a jailbreak, received two important updates in the past couple of days that all users should be taking advantage of.
Apple releases iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4 and other updates
Download iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4 to get new Apple Intelligence features and other improvements on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Jailbreak news of the week: Banking apps using sandbox escape, Ian Beer’s BLASTPASS writeup, Nugget v5, & more…
The iDownloadBlog team covers iPhone and iPad jailbreak news as it breaks, but we also review jailbreak tweaks, write about important updates to software, and discuss our opinion on the state of events on a regular basis. But for those who can’t keep up, we have these convenient weekend roundup pieces that pull everything together into a newspaper-like compilation so you can see everything at a glance.
EU iPhone: Replace Google Maps with Apple Maps as the default navigation app
With the latest version of the Google Maps app available in the App Store, EU iPhone owners can set it as their default navigation app instead of Apple Maps.
Technical analysis by Verichains confirms sandbox escape use by certain banking apps to detect TrollStore, jailbreak apps
Just yesterday, we reported on one of TrollStore perma-signing utility developer Lars Fröder’s posts on Bluesky sharing that some banking apps available in Apple’s App Store as of this writing utilize a 0-day sandbox escape technique to find out if certain unfavorable apps or services are installed on the end user’s device.