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Hacker demos jailbreak on iPhone 11 with iOS 14.0, exploit may support up to iOS 14.3

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated February 12, 2021

It was only a couple of days ago that security researcher Ian Beer shared a rather interesting kernel vulnerability for A11 and older devices (iPhone X and older) running iOS 14.1 and lower. But such a feat begs the question: what about A12 and newer devices?

Fortunately for those who’ve been asking this question, there could be a light at the end of the tunnel. Security researcher @pattern_F_ of Ant Security Lab demonstrated what appears to be a successful jailbreak attempt on an iPhone 11 running iOS 14.0

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Déjà Vu, DNDToast, Perseus, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 7, 2021

Every Sunday, we come at you with a roundup of all the latest jailbreak tweak releases and jailbreak news from the previous work week. This Sunday will be no different.

In this piece, we'll showcase all the latest jailbreak tweaks and news from the period starting Monday, January 25th and ending Sunday, January 31st. As always, we'll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases before finally wrapping things up with an outline of everything else at the end.

Chimera v1.6.2 upgrades userspace reboot & adds miscellaneous improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 7, 2021

Many had thought that the iOS 12-centric Chimera jailbreak tool would stop receiving updates as development efforts shifted toward newer iOS & iPadOS 13 and 14 jailbreaks, but it seems that isn’t the case.

Chimera received another update this weekend, officially bringing it up to version 1.6.2.

StonksBar displays the price of your favorite stock in the Status Bar

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated July 13, 2021

Whether you invest in stocks or you simply have a fascination with monitoring stock value trends over time, a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed StonksBar by iOS developer CokePokes might be of interest to you.

StonksBar ensures that your favorite stock’s value is always in view by implementing a Status Bar-centric display that appears just beneath the time on notched handsets including the iPhone X and later.

The “Room”-like puzzler “lumen.” from Lykke Studios launches on Apple Arcade

Christian Zibreg ∙ February 5, 2021

From the creators of “tint.” comes “lumen.”, a unique puzzler that just launched on Apple Arcade in which the player is challenged to solve levels using lights, lenses and mirrors.

iOS 14’s built-in web filter is stymying searches that include the word “Asian”

Christian Zibreg ∙ February 5, 2021

iOS 14's built-in web content blocker has been found to prevent searches that include the word “Asian,” including such phrases as “Asian food” and “Asian countries”. As a matter of fact, Safari has been found to block all websites that contain the word “asian” in the URL.

Ian Beer publishes details of kernel vulnerability for iOS 14.1 and lower

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 4, 2021

Ian Beer is a name much of the jailbreak community will recognize, and that’s because he’s a talented security researcher who discovered and published a plethora of different tfp0 exploits over the years — many of which went on to further jailbreak tool development.

Although Beer has been somewhat quiet these past several months, it seems it was for a good reason, as the hacker took to Twitter Thursday afternoon after publishing details for what appears to be a kernel vulnerability impacting iOS & iPadOS 14.1 and below.

How to add fun effects to Live Photos on iPhone and Mac

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated March 3, 2026

Learn how to quickly add the loop, bounce, or long exposure effect to your Live Photos on iPhone, iPad, or Mac to make these moving images even more fun!

Kritanta teases an upcoming new jailbreak for iOS 13.7 and below

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 3, 2021

Most iOS & iPadOS 13 jailbreakers are using either checkra1n, Odyssey, or unc0ver to enjoy an unrestricted handset without Apple virtue signaling how their user experience should be, but there could well be a new jailbreak in town very soon.

iOS developer Kritanta, known and respected for releasing a slew of high-quality jailbreak tweaks over the past few years, took to Twitter this afternoon to tease what could only be described as the very early stages of an upcoming jailbreak tool.

The popular Procreate art app brings the iPad experience to your iPhone

Christian Zibreg ∙ February 3, 2021

The versatile, award-winning drawing and illustration software Procreate Pocket for iPhone has been updated on the App Store with a bunch of new features, some of which used to be exclusive to the iPad edition of the app. The refreshed app also includes a totally new interface and the Valkyrie graphics engine that “moves as fast as you can sketch, paint or draw.”

Shazam now has a Home screen widget

Christian Zibreg ∙ February 3, 2021

Shazam, the Apple-owned music identification service, has picked up a handy Home screen widget on the iPhone and iPad in the latest refresh to the software on the App Store.

NappyTime14 adds countdown timers to your iPhone’s alarm interface

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 3, 2021

Many iPhone users rely on their handset to wake them up each and every morning with its built-in alarm feature, myself included.

While I certainly appreciate just how easy it is to set up alarms in the iPhone’s native Clock app, I also recognize that there are a few different ways Apple could make it better. One of those would be to add a countdown timer to the native alarm interface.