iOS

Problems jailbreaking iOS 9.3.3? Check these common mistakes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated January 20, 2023

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard the great news about Pangu releasing an official jailbreak for iOS 9.2-9.3.3 over the weekend. Despite the fact that it's what we call a semi-untethered jailbreak around here, it's still a fully-functional jailbreak.

On the other hand, lots of people seem to be having some issues jailbreaking their devices, so we'll be talking about some of the common errors you might be making so you can try again and get your device jailbroken; finally!

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Properly rebooting your device after jailbreaking with Pangu or Yalu

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 29, 2019

Those of you who have jailbroken your iOS 9.2-10.2 devices with the Pangu jailbreak tool or the Yalu jailbreak tool should know by now that it's a semi-untethered jailbreak. This means you have to re-run the jailbreak app from your Home screen every time you reboot your device.

In this piece, we'll talk about how to reboot your semi-untethered jailbroken iOS 9.2-10.2 device properly so that Cydia works as expected after your device turns back on.

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: ConditionalWiFi, Protonix, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 24, 2016

The jailbreak community has been very quiet for several months but this is about to change with today's release of a jailbreak for iOS 9.2 - 9.3.3. Despite what has been another slow week, there are still some developers rocking jailbroken devices, and as a result, tweak development continues.

In this roundup, we'll show you the jailbreak tweaks that were released this week, starting with our favorites and then moving on to the rest.

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Protonix lets you create dynamic keyword shortcuts on jailbroken devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 23, 2016

Keyboard shortcuts are something we all have on our personal computers, whether it's a Mac or a PC, but it's not something that we get to enjoy on our iPhones or iPads.

A new jailbreak tweak dubbed Protonix is now available in Cydia that lets you set up dynamic keywords on your device so that when you type them, special things will happen.

We'll show you more in this review.

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ConditionalWiFi lets you block certain apps from having Wi-Fi access

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 23, 2016

Many of you are probably familiar with the stock function of iOS that lets you restrict apps from having access to your cellular network, but iOS doesn't have a similar feature for restricting apps from utilizing Wi-Fi.

With a new jailbreak tweak dubbed ConditionalWiFi, you can now restrict any of your iOS apps from having access to the internet when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network, rather than a cellular one.

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Latest Apple updates have fixed major Stagefright-like security hole in TIFF image handling

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 22, 2016

Apple's OSes suffer from a previously unknown exploit which could allow an attacker to compromise the security of a device by having the user open an unsuspecting TIFF image file. Thankfully, the vulnerability has been patched in the most recent releases of iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS.

Resembling the dangerous Stagefright exploit that plagued Google's Android platform for the better part of last year, the security hole could allow a nefarious user to gather sensitive data from your device as soon as you access a simple text message containing a malicious TIFF image file, Fortune said yesterday.

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The importance of PokéStops in Pokémon GO

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated May 2, 2019

Pokémon GO took the mobile device nation by storm. The game has already been downloaded so many times that it's hit the top free app charts on both the iOS and Android platform, and it seems you can't go anywhere anymore without seeing amateur Pokémon trainers wandering about.

In this piece, we'll discuss the importance of PokéStops in the game, and what you can do to utilize them to their fullest potential.

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iOS 10 Public Beta 2 now available to testers

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 20, 2016

Two days following the developer-only release of iOS 10 beta 3, Apple today released iOS 10 Public Beta 2 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The software is now available to public beta testers who are signed on the Apple Beta Software Program.

For those wondering, iOS 10 Public Beta 2 and developer beta 3 offer the same features.

Folks on the first public beta with an appropriate configuration profile installed on their device should see an over-the-air download in Settings → General → Software Update.

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iOS 10 tidbit: auto-playing full-screen effects in Messages for texts like “Happy Birthday”

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 19, 2016

iOS 10's Messages app offers a number of new features and meaningful improvements, such as bubble effects, smarter emoji, full-screen animations and so forth. Moreover, iOS 10 turns Messages into a software platform of its own with support for third-party iMessage Apps, stickers and other downloadable items via the App Store.

We previously covered various Messages capabilities on iOS 10, like Spotlight Suggestions in chats, using Digital Touch to send animated kisses and broken hearts, managing read-receipts on a per-chat basis, to mention just a few. Today, we take a look at another cool Messages feature: the ability to automatically play appropriate full-screen effects based on certain messages.

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