CoolStar released beta 11-2 of the Electra jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 on Friday. This update doesn’t add any new features per se, but it does include several bug fixes and stability enhancements.
Citing the official Electra web page, beta 11-2 makes jailbreakd significantly more reliable. The full changelog is available below:
An eleventh beta of the Electra jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 has been released by CoolStar Thursday evening with a bevy of housekeeping improvements.
Citing the changelog published on the official Electra website, beta 11 of the tool contains the following changes:
Bits and pieces of iBoot and Bootrom (SecureROM) source code from an iOS 9 build have been leaked to the public for specific devices via GitHub, and this has the potential to spell out good news for the jailbreak community.
For those who don’t already know, these software components help ensure that the iOS devices we use each and every day boot up securely. Exploiting these components of iOS can yield permanent jailbreaks for supported devices, which underscores the significance of this leak.
Electra quickly became one of the most popular ways to jailbreak iOS 11.0-.11.1.2, and while it hasn’t included Cydia since its initial release, that could all change very soon.
The primary reason we haven’t had Cydia on iOS 11 as of yet is that both it and its dependencies haven’t been updated to work on Apple’s latest operating system. On the other hand, CoolStar made significant strides in the right direction this week after upgrading APT, DPKG, and GNU with iOS 11 support.
The Unicode Consortium has finalized 157 new emoji, of which 77 are brand new characters, that Apple and other companies will be incorporating into their platforms later this year.
Apple has made the second betas of upcoming iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3 updates available to public testers. Those in the Beta Software Program can download them from Apple's website, or via their respective over-the-air update mechanisms.
iOS 11.3 has reached the second beta, bringing several minor tweaks as well as Apple's new Battery Health feature. Take a look at our hands-on video to see all the changes in action.
Apple took the wraps off its promised new Battery Health capability in beta 2 of iOS 11.3. This new feature lets select iPhone users see the health of their battery, as well as disable Apple's performance management features (read: CPU throttling) if they so choose.
Apple's lack of transparency around iPhone throttling has backfired spectacularly as the firm finds itself in an uncomfortable position of having to explain why the original iOS 10.2.1 changelog didn't immediately disclose the controversial performance management feature.
Apple seeded iOS 11.3 beta 2 this morning, and the update brings about a new feature labeled Battery Health. As the name suggests, the feature is designed to provide iOS users with more information about their batteries.
Apple on Tuesday seeded the second betas of iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3 to developers. Registered developers can install the new betas from Apple's Developer Center, or by using each platform's respective over-the-air updating mechanism.
Raise to Wake is easily one of my favorite features that comes stock on some of Apple’s latest handsets, so it’s a shame that the iPhone 6 and earlier don’t support it.
Fortunately, if you have a jailbreak, you can change that by installing a new free jailbreak tweak called Wake It Up by iOS developer XCXiao.