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When you wake up every morning with a stack of unwanted notifications cluttering up your Lock screen and Notification Center interfaces, you might be compelled to clear them all in one fell swoop.
A new free jailbreak tweak dubbed Crystal by iOS developer Antique lets you do this with by dragging downward on the Lock screen or Notification Center interface where your notifications appear, as shown in the screenshot examples above.
Pwn20wnd’s unc0ver jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.4 beta 3 received a notable update on Sunday with improved success rates for both the Empty_List (VFS) and Multi_Path (MPTCP) exploits that it utilizes to pwn Apple handsets.
Pwn20wnd announced the updated version of unc0ver via his Twitter account, which came just hours after unc0ver V1.1.1:
If you’re rocking a jailbroken iOS 11 device, then you’re undoubtedly looking for ways to modify it to your personal liking.
This roundup will encompass all the new jailbreak tweaks released from Monday, October 29th to Sunday, November 4th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by talking about our favorite releases and then outline the rest of them afterward.
Over the weekend, iOS hacker Pwn20wnd released an update to the unc0ver jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.4 beta 3; the latest release brings it up to version 1.1.1.
Pwn20wnd announced the update via his personal Twitter account, denoting how unc0ver V1.1.1 encompasses more bug fixes and improvements for streamlining the tool:
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Apple's major iOS 12 update is now powering 63 percent of active iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices just a month and a half following its release on September 17, 2018 (44 days ago).
The iOS 12.1 update, which released yesterday, has fixed an underreported yet dangerous Lock screen vulnerability which permitted anyone in possession of your iPhone or iPad to view your photos and—worse—use the Share function to send them to anyone.
Apple on Wednesday pushed first betas of what would become the minor iOS 12.1.1, tvOS 12.1.1 and macOS Mojave 10.14.2 updates. The betas are available to Apple's registered developers and members of the Apple Developer Program. Public betas should follow shortly after the developer builds, but you'll need to register with the Apple Beta Software Program.
Late last year, Apple was caught throttling iPhones that had degrading batteries. This lead to class action lawsuits, a discounted battery replacement program, and various meetings with regulators around the world. It also forced Apple to add a battery monitoring tool in iOS 11.3. With the 2018 iPhones now in stores comes word that last year's handsets might eventually be throttled too.
As first discovered by The Verge, the recently released iOS 12.1 update brings Apple’s controversial “performance management feature” to the iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus for the first time. With this tool, Apple can dynamically throttle the devices (i.e. slow them down) as the battery degrades in order to stop random shutdowns.
An Apple support page explains:
With a low battery state of charge, a higher chemical age, or colder temperatures, users are more likely to experience unexpected shutdowns. In extreme cases, shutdowns can occur more frequently, thereby rendering the device unreliable or unusable. For iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, and iPhone 7 Plus, iOS dynamically manages performance peaks to prevent the device from unexpectedly shutting down so that the iPhone can still be used. This performance management feature is specific to iPhone and does not apply to any other Apple products. Starting with iOS 12.1, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X include this feature, but performance management may be less noticeable due to their more advanced hardware and software design.
No doubt this news will lead to some more criticism against Apple. However, it's probably no longer justified. If you own one of last year's phones, you can turn off the performance management feature.
What do you think? Let us know below.
Image of iPhone X battery courtesy of iFixit