In iOS and iPadOS 14, you'll see a handy new orange light indicator in the status bar of your iPhone and iPad whenever an app happens to be using your microphone.
iOS 14’s new orange light warns you when an app is using your microphone
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Here’s how iOS and iPadOS 14 let you limit Photos access to specific images and videos
One of the new features in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 brings stronger privacy to the Photos app via the ability to give apps access to specific images and videos rather than the entire library.
Mavalry brings all-in-one iOS customization to jailbroken devices without the price tag
It’s not uncommon for jailbreakers to flock to all-in-one jailbreak tweaks such as Springtomize when they want to customize more than one aspect of iOS without installing a full library of add-ons and extensions to do so. On the other hand, not everyone wants to shell out money for such jailbreak tweaks either.
If you’re one of the aforementioned jailbreakers that adores the idea of all-in-one customization without spending any money, then you’re probably going to want to turn your attention to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Mavalry by iOS developer ajaidan0.
Checkra1n team gets jailbreak working on iOS 14 beta
It was only a couple of days ago that Apple unveiled iOS and iPadOS 14 during the company’s WWDC 2020 keynote. Shortly after that, Apple launched its first developer beta of the updated mobile operating systems, allowing developers to go hands-on with the new features and prepare their apps for the update before it launches sometime this Fall.
While iOS and iPadOS 14 snagged a ton of features from the jailbreak community as Apple does every year with each substantial release, it doesn’t seem like jailbreaking will be going anywhere any time soon. In a Tweet shared late last night, checkra1n team co-developer Dany Lisiansky shared a teaser screenshot of the checkra1n jailbreak on the first iOS 14 beta:
Colorize the page dots on your jailbroken handset with Dots color
Jailbreakers can customize virtually anything they want about their iPhone or iPad’s user experience and behavior, but if you consider yourself a bit of a minimalist and prefer subtler changes over the more extravagant ones, then we think you might want to try a new and free jailbreak tweak release called Dots color by iOS developer 8a1wkar.
Just as the tweak’s name implies, Dots color lets users apply a custom color to the paging dots that typically appear on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. As you’ll see in the screenshot examples above, the selected page dot remains white, whereas the deselected page dots appear red instead of grayed out.
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 system requirements: Are these updates compatible with your devices?
Want to know whether your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch meets the hardware requirements necessary to run the iOS 14 or the iPadOS 14 software update? If so, then be sure to consult this Apple-sanctioned device compatibility list for the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 software updates.
iOS 14 brings Picture in Picture video to iPhone
On Monday, Apple announced iOS 14 and, of course, a variety of new features to the mix. That includes one of the more oft-requested features: picture-in-picture.
Apple may rename iOS to iPhoneOS at WWDC 2020, no hardware announcements expected
Apple should announce during today's WWDC keynote a new old name for its iOS mobile operating system powering the iPhone and iPod touch devices, calling it iPhoneOS.
CoolStar says Odyssey jailbreak for iOS 13.0-13.5 on A9-A13 could drop this week
Electra Team lead developer CoolStar took to Discord late last night to share that the team was working diligently on a new jailbreak tool dubbed Odyssey for A9-A13 devices running iOS 13.0-13.5. If you remember those teasers about Chimera13 in the distant past, then this appears to be that very jailbreak, albeit with a different name.
Citing the brief, the Odyssey jailbreak will ship with proprietary software including libhooker and the Sileo package manager. Furthermore, it will ship with Procursus and it’s expected to be inter-compatible with checkra1n devices that have used the Odysseyra1n script to enjoy the Odyssey bootstrap on those devices.
Get a supercharged iPadOS-like Picture-in-Picture mode for iOS with Titan
The iPad's incredible Picture-in-Picture mode is one of the core features of iPadOS that lots of iPhone owners wish Apple would bring to the iOS ecosystem. In a classic Apple move, however, it seems like that request could go unanswered indefinitely. Fortunately for the jailbreak community, however, we have ways to circumvent these restrictions.
Titan is a newly released jailbreak tweak by iOS developer tcbrooks that brings true iPadOS-style Picture-in-Picture mode support to pwned iPhones and iPod touches, and in addition to that, it comes out of the box with support for a colorful variety of video-centric apps, including the following:
Treat your iPhone to the alarm and timer interface it deserves with BetterAlarm
Many iPhone users rely on their handset's native alarm feature to wake them up each and every morning. Some iPhone users may even rely on the handset’s native timer feature to ensure that they don’t overcook their dinner. Whatever you use your iPhone’s alarm or timer features for, chances are that you may be able to benefit from the likes of a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed BetterAlarm by iOS developer NoisyFlake.
Right off the bat, you’ll notice that BetterAlarm supplants iOS’ traditional alarm interface with a beautiful new full-screen experience that makes it easier to interface with a firing alarm or timer. Even so, to say that BetterAlarm stops with a full-screen alarm and timer interface replacement would be a grotesque understatement.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Chusma, Glow, HSWidgets, Sentinel, and more…
Another week, another jailbreak tweak-centric roundup intended to help you trick out your pwned handset to its furthest extent.
This roundup will encompass all the latest jailbreak tweaks we’ve shown you from Monday, June 15th to Sunday, June 21st. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases first and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.