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iMazing lets you perform truly secure encrypted local backups of iOS devices

Christian Zibreg ∙ January 22, 2020

Following the revealing report by Joseph Menn for Reuters alleging that the FBI “about two years ago” pressured Apple not to encrypt iOS device backups in iCloud, many iPhone users seem unhappy with this news. As an alternative, backing up your iOS device locally using iTunes on a Mac or Windows PC (or the Finder in macOS 10.15 Catalina) lets you retain ownership over your data versus having the contents of your device uploaded to iCloud.

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Checkra1n for Linux is purportedly almost complete

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 21, 2020

The checkra1n jailbreak has earned quite the impressive reputation over the past several months as it became both the first iOS 13-supported jailbreak and the first un-patchable bootrom exploit-based jailbreak to be released since the infamous limera1n days almost one full decade ago. But there’s also a certain stigma surrounding the checkra1n jailbreak as it only runs on macOS at the time of this writing.

Fortunately, that’s set to change sooner rather than later. While a Windows version of the jailbreak tool is still probably rather far off due to the complexities of its development, the good news is that the Linux version of checkra1n is nearing completion and could be released very soon. Checkra1n co-developer Nikias Bassen (@pimskeks) shared the exciting announcement via Twitter this Tuesday afternoon:

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Ezskip makes skipping music tracks even easier on the iPhone

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 21, 2020

If you use your iPhone as a media player just as often as you use it as an internet communications device, then we have no doubt that a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed ezskip by iOS developer Kushy will be able to improve your music listening experience.

Just as the name implies, ezskip was created to make skipping between Now Playing music tracks even easier – even when your iPhone is locked in your pocket. With it, you can program one of two different volume button-based gestures to quickly skip to the next track in any Music app.

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CustomPlayer lets you colorize iOS’ Now Playing widget

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 21, 2020

Whenever you listen to a song, iOS puts a widget on your handset’s Lock screen so that you can see what’s playing and interact with the playback as you see fit. As useful as this is, it’s particularly unfortunate that Apple doesn’t let you customize the widget’s aesthetics in any way.

Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be that way if you’re jailbroken. A newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed CustomPlayer by iOS developer iCraze enables users to colorize the Now Playing widget however they like.

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Get a detailed Weather display on your iPhone’s Lock screen with Mot

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 21, 2020

Like it or not, Weather is an important part of our lives. With that in mind, it makes sense for Weather information to be front-and-center on our smartphones’ Lock screens as we use our devices throughout the day. With that in mind, why isn’t this the case on Apple’s iPhone?

While you can definitely swipe over to see the Weather widget from the Lock screen, I’d prefer a much more integrated approach from Apple. Unfortunately, that seems about as likely as a USB-C port at this point, and if you’re tired of waiting, then you can always resort to using a new jailbreak tweak called Mot by iOS developer Don.

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Proudify adds special effects to the Lock screen’s Face ID padlock glyph

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 20, 2020

If you have a pwned Face ID-equipped iOS device in your possession and you’re looking for a new way to customize its aesthetics, then your search may land you at a new and free jailbreak tweak called Proudify by iOS developer CydiaGeek.

As depicted in the screenshot examples above, Proudify can both colorize and add special effects to the Lock screen’s Face ID padlock glyph, and it can make using Face ID that much more exciting day in and day out.

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Spectrum lets jailbreakers colorize iOS’ user interface for free

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 20, 2020

Those looking to change up the traditional aesthetics of their pwned iOS device will be excited to hear about the new release of a free jailbreak tweak called Spectrum by iOS developers Skitty and EvenDev.

Spectrum brings a multitude of ways to colorize your iPhone or iPad’s user interface, be it with predefined color profiles or with totally custom color schemes.

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Zebra updated to v1.0.6 with more bug fixes & improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 19, 2020

Jailbreakers on iOS 9 through 13 who are donning the new Zebra package manager may be excited to learn that there’s a brand-new update available as of Sunday afternoon that squashes another substantial handful of bugs. The latest release of Zebra is now version 1.0.6

Citing the change log published on the official Zebra GitHub project page, Zebra v1.0.6 incorporates the following improvements:

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Amandus, Lynx, Magma Evo, Tritium, and more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 19, 2020

With unpatchable jailbreaks like checkra1n in the wild, and powerful new tools like AltDeploy and Zebra at our disposal, it seems like the present is a great time to be a jailbreaker. If you’re donning a pwned handset of any kind, then you might be looking for ways to trick it out. Fortunately, this roundup will encompass all the latest jailbreak tweaks released from Monday, January 13th to Sunday, January 19th.

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