When using the YouTube app to watch videos from an iPhone, one control that’s obviously missing from the interface is a button to instantly mute or unmute the video’s audio.
YouMute adds a mute button to the YouTube app’s playback interface
Jailbreak Apps & Tweaks
These are the latest jailbreak apps and tweaks available for your iPhone or iPad. We save you time by highlighting only the best tweaks.
Jailbreak news of the week: tweak injection demoed on iOS 16.1.1, palera1n getting iOS 16 support, & more…
iDB closely monitors developments in the jailbreak community including jailbreak tweak releases and other related topics throughout the week to report news in real time, but we also find time every weekend to round everything up for our readers into one convenient post.
Christmassy can add a Christmas-themed icon to the Status Bar of jailbroken iPhones
iOS developer ElioFegh is out this weekend with a new jailbreak tweak called Christmassy that will help put you in the Christmas spirit this year.
Prank your friends by spamming them with AirDrop alerts with AirTroller
SourceLocation, the developer behind the popular TrollTools system customization app for TrollStore users released a new app on Thanksgiving Thursday called AirTroller.
Ampere ports the iOS 16 battery level indicator to jailbroken iOS 14 and 15 devices
iOS 16 introduced the native Status Bar-based numeric battery level percentage for notched handsets for the first time since the iPhone X debuted in 2017. All this despite how non-notched handsets have had it this entire time… *slow clap.*
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for typing on iOS 14
A lot of our time using an iPhone consists of typing, and with that sentiment in mind, iDB curated a list of some of what we believe to be the best iOS 14-compatible jailbreak tweaks for typing.
GesturesXV brings iPhone X-style gestures to Home Button-equipped handsets pwned with palera1n
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.
Unsigncuts lets jailbroken iOS 15 users import any .shortcut file, signed or not
Several months ago, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called Importcuts by iOS developer 0xilis that could be used to defeat Apple’s signed Shortcuts requirement for importing certain .shortcut files on iOS & iPadOS 13 and later. But that wouldn’t be the last time we’d see something Shortcuts-related from this developer.
Developer behind palera1n jailbreak shows off tweak injection & kernel read/write on iPhone 8 running iOS 16.1.1
The palera1n jailbreak, albeit intended for developers more-so than the general public, remains one of the only publicly available jailbreaks supporting iOS & iPadOS 15.x. But as more users turn to the newer iOS & iPadOS 16 for the newer features, it only seems appropriate to mention that palera1n co-developer @itsnebulalol has teased successful tweak injection and kernel memory read and write capabilities on a physical iOS 16 device.
Jailbreak news of the week: how to use palera1n, Cheyote not coming in 2022, & more…
If you follow us for the ride throughout the week, then you know we like to cover the latest jailbreak tweak stories and any news that impacts jailbreakers. But we also understand that some people are far too busy to keep it tuned 24/7.
SnowBoard theming engine adds support for iOS 15 and the palera1n jailbreak
Great news on Wednesday for anyone who is taking advantage of the palera1n team’s checkm8-based jailbreak for A9-A11 handsets running iOS or iPadOS 15.0-15.7.1 — iOS developer SparkDev updated the popular SnowBoard theming engine this morning with official support for it.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for emergencies on iOS 14
Life’s problems happen fast, but the good news is that there’s no shortage of jailbreak tweaks that can help you cope with those problems in a pinch.