In April, there were conflicting reports concerning whether the upcoming iOS 17 software update would drop support for the aging iPhone X, 8, and 8 Plus or not. Following the WWDC 2023 keynote, Apple confirmed the company’s decision to ditch those devices in a press release.
If you’re a palera1n-c jailbreak user on an iPhone X, and you’re using iOS 16.4.1, then you might want to turn your attention to the latest version of the Checkl0ck jailbreak tweak by iOS developer FoxfortMobile.
If you’ve been paying any attention to the Apple rumor mill lately, then you’ve likely heard how iOS & iPadOS 17 could ditch support for the iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 8, and some older iPads. Another rumor alleged the exact opposite the very next day, which makes for some remarkable contradiction in “insider” knowledge.
Apple has reportedly trimmed the iOS 17 system requirements, meaning some devices like the iPhone X won't be compatible with the update. Here's why.
Apart from the iPhone X, most of the iOS & iPadOS 15.x devices that you can jailbreak with the palera1n tool have a Home Button and therefore lack the modern gestures first introduced with the iPhone X.
Your iPhone is on the iOS 16 device compatibility list, but some features won't work nonetheless? The following nine new features in iOS 16 require at least iPhone XS.
Sakura Development team member @dora2ios, previously known for their effort in creating the kok3shi jailbreak for 64-bit iOS 9.3.2-9.3.5 devices, Tweeted attention-grabbing screenshots this week of a jailbroken iPhone running iOS 16.1.
Just yesterday, iDB showed you palera1n, a checkm8 bootrom exploit-based ‘developer only’ jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.7 with tweak injection on select devices running iOS 15.0-15.3.1. Today, the incorporated support for tweak injection has been expanded to more devices.
It was only yesterday that we reported on a public announcement from Odyssey Team lead developer CoolStar about current progress on the upcoming rootless iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 jailbreak tool, and as you may recall, the team was getting a little hung up on A11 chip-equipped devices.
Same-unit Face ID repairs for the iPhone X are now official. With this change, Apple will now repair Face ID on any iPhone model without replacing the entire device.
Just a couple of days ago, we told you all about a then upcoming jailbreak tweak dubbed Checkl0ck by iOS developer FoxfortMobile intended to enable biometric authentication on A11 chip-equipped handsets that had been jailbroken with checkra1n.
If you’re using checkra1n to jailbreak an A11-equipped handset with iOS or iPadOS 14, then you can’t have a native passcode or use biometric authentication methods like Face ID or Touch ID.