Apple today released second developer betas for what would become mid-cycle iOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4 and tvOS 12.2 updates.
Apple issues seconds betas of iOS 12.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, watchOS 5.2 & tvOS 12.2
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Pwn20wnd revises unc0ver v3.0.0 pre-release with partial support for iOS 12.0-12.1.2
Hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd added partial support for iOS 12.0-12.1.12 to the unc0ver v3.0.0 pre-release Monday morning, a move that follows closely in the footsteps of Jake James’ rootlessJB 3.0 tool, a rootless SSH-oriented iOS 12 jailbreak for developers; likewise, this doesn’t support A7, A8, or A12 devices.
The hacker notes that there are some significant asterisks here to consider before jumping onboard. Much like rootlessJB 3.0, unc0ver’s preliminary iOS 12 support does not comprise of Cydia or Cydia Substrate as certain jailbreak patches aren’t yet functional.
Unc0ver v2.2.5 released with improvements to the tool’s diagnostics
Hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd pushed a small update to the iOS 11-centric unc0ver jailbreak tool over the weekend, bringing its version number up to 2.2.5.
Citing the changelog on Pwn20wnd’s official GitHub repository, v2.2.5 is a minor update that includes improvements to the jailbreak tool’s built-in diagnostics. More specifically, they now include the log file, a useful thing to have when troubleshooting jailbreak errors:
This tweak lets you free up iPhone storage space by clearing app caches
Every app you use on your iPhone or iPad sports a base file size, but you may notice that their storage footprint increases with time as you use them; this is because they build a cache file, an accumulation of data that gets used by the app to help it load more quickly.
If you find it challenging to live within your handset’s soldered storage constraints, then clearing your apps’ caches could help you cope. Fortunately, a free jailbreak tweak called CacheClearer (iOS 11) by iOS developers Julio Verne and Ryan Petrich lets you clear those caches on demand.
HeySiri brings untethered ‘Hey Siri’ support to older devices
The latest iPhones and iPads are now so power efficient that you can effectively say “Hey Siri” whenever you want and have instant hands-free access to your virtual assistant; but that’s not the case with some of Apple’s older devices. Those such as the iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus require that you be tethered to a power source for Hey Siri to work.
Albeit inconvenient, the chips in the aforementioned devices aren’t as power-efficient as those found inside of devices today; consequently, always-on Hey Siri would have an adverse impact on your battery performance. But if battery life is no object to you, then you can forcefully-enable Hey Siri on these handsets with a free jailbreak tweak dubbed HeySiri by iOS developer Julio Verene.
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Electra Team says it won’t be long before Sileo becomes the default package manager for Electra
At the time of this writing, Sileo is an alternative and optional package manager that can be installed alongside Cydia on devices that have been jailbroken with Electra; but that will unquestionably change in the future.
As the Sileo beta preview progresses, the Electra Team will implement the framework to replace Cydia as the default package manager on the Electra platform, a move that could transpire as soon as Sileo comes out of its beta preview stages:
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Colorful Widgets, GoodWiFi, Gravity, & more
Given all the exploit releases and jailbreak tool updates, it's been one heck of a week in the jailbreak community. If you’re looking for new and exciting ways to customize your jailbroken handset, then you’ve come to the right place.
This jailbreak tweak roundup will recap all the releases pushed through Cydia this week, starting with our favorites and ending with an outline of the rest afterward.
Electra 1.3.0 released with ‘next-gen jailbreakd2’ to prevent device freezes and improve performance
The Electra Team has released another update for the iOS 11-centric Electra jailbreak tool on Saturday bringing the version number up to 1.3.0. This update incorporates a respectable list of bug fixes and performance improvements, among other things.
The update was announced via Twitter by the Electra Team Saturday evening, and as it would seem, it replaces jailbreakd with a re-written alternative dubbed jailbreakd2 and resolves a bevy of freezing issues that had been reported by the tool’s user base:
Jake James releases rootlessJB 3.0, a rootless SSH-based iOS 12 jailbreak for developers
Talented hacker and software developer Jake James took the jailbreak community by surprise this weekend after releasing rootlessJB 3.0, a developer-focused rootless jailbreak tool for A9, A10, and A11 devices running iOS 12.0-12.1.2.
James announced the release of rootlessJB 3.0 via Twitter on Saturday, perhaps unsurprisingly stirring up quite of a bit of attention among his following:
Gravity brings realistic gravitational physics to your jailbroken handset’s Home screen
In all the years I’ve been jailbreaking iPhones and testing jailbreak tweaks, one classic has always stood out to me in particular, and that was Conrad Kramer’s famous Graviboard. Just as the name suggests, this tweak brought real gravitational physics to your handset’s Home screen, causing all your app icons to fall in the direction of gravity.
Albeit released almost nine years ago, Graviboard was one of the coolest reasons to jailbreak an iPhone back in the day. Given the magnitude of the original tweak’s popularity, it’s unsurprising that there have been a few reincarnations since then. One of the most recent remakes to pay a viit to Cydia is Gravity by iOS developer Julio Verne.
CyPush2 brings push notification support to Cydia
If you’ve ever jailbroken an iPhone or iPad before, then you should be familiar with Cydia as it’s the flagship package manager on the jailbroken iOS platform. Despite its rock-solid stability, Cydia has always been utilitarian by nature and isn’t known for fostering creeper-comfort features. Luckily, Saurik (Jay Freeman) empowered developers to tweak the Cydia app via Cydia Substrate a few years back.
There have only been a handful of Cydia-centric jailbreak tweaks released since Saurik first opened the gates to tweaking Cydia, some of them have been godsends. One great example is CyPush2, a tweak made by iOS developer Julio Verne to bring push notification support to the Cydia app.