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Apple stops signing iOS 17.6.1, ending firmware downgrades from iOS 17.7 & 18.0
As you may recall, Apple recently released two different versions of iOS & iPadOS 17.6.1. Both builds of this are now unsigned as of Monday afternoon, which ends Apple’s official support for downgrading to this particular firmware by way of iTunes on Windows or Finder on macOS.
Fifth beta of iOS 18.1 patches SparseRestore exploit, and all hacks made possible by it
Apple on Monday released iOS & iPadOS 18.1 beta 5 — the latest iteration of the pre-release of iOS & iPadOS 18.1 firmware with minor tweaks and enhancements for end users. But one other thing that hardly went unnoticed was that it patches the SparseRestore exploit.
Nugget Mobile now available, enabling on-device customizations via SparseRestore on iOS 16.0-18.1 beta 4
Just last week, iOS developer LeminLimez teased Nugget Mobile, an on-device SparseRestore-based device customization utility for iOS 16.0-18.1 beta 4 that does not require a jailbreak to use. But as of this week, it is officially available to the masses.
Palera1n checkm8-based jailbreak updated to version 2.0.2 with bug fixes & improvements
The palera1n checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool for arm64 (A11 and older) devices running iOS & iPadOS 15 and later, received a minor update early Monday morning, officially bringing it up to version 2.0.2.
PureKFD updated to version 6 with SparseRestore support, completely re-written app with a new user interface
PureKFD, the once popular package manager app that utilized the Kernel File Descriptor (KFD) and MacDirtyCow (MDC) exploits to enable jailbreak tweak-like hacks on non-jailbroken devices, has received a major update this weekend to version 6.0.
Jailbreak news of the week: Communication jailbreak tweaks, Nugget Mobile, MikotoX, & more…
Jailbreaking iPhones and iPads runs deep in our culture here at iDownloadBlog, and for that reason, we dedicate much of our time and attention to this hobby for fellow users like us that want to get the most out of their handset without being under Apple’s thumb.
Tripsy, Brzzy Weather, Letterloop, and other apps to check out this weekend
It's the weekend again people, and you know what that means: time for another edition of our Apps of the Week roundup! This week we have some excellent picks for you, including a great-looking travel planner and guide, a fun weather app with GIFs, and an app for writing family newsletters. And as always, we've selected a fun game for you to check out.
LoopVideos jailbreak tweak backports iOS 18’s looped video playback to pwned devices
For the first time ever, iOS & iPadOS 18 offer a feature in the Photos app that users have wanted for a long time: looped video playback. This means that when previewing a video in your Photo Library, it will restart from the beginning and play again once the playback reaches its end for a continuous playback that never ends until you swipe away from it.
Enable the still capture button while recording video in your iPad’s Camera app with this jailbreak tweak
A feature that I use all the time when recording videos on my iPhone is the still capture button. This button allows you to capture a still frame as a photograph file even as you continue recording a video, and it doesn’t interrupt the video recording process in any way.
RecordPause brings an iOS 18-style video recording pause button to the Camera app on jailbroken devices
Starting with iOS 18, iPhone users can finally tap a pause button to temporarily suspend video recording in the Camera app while in the middle of capturing video. They can then easily resume video recording to build upon the existing video file instead of making an entirely new one.
Emodeji jailbreak tweak replaces the Camera app’s shooting mode names with Emojis
In addition to the recently released CameraModes jailbreak tweak that iOS developer PoomSmart recently released for controlling which shooting modes do and don’t appear in your device’s native Camera app, the developer has also released a new and free jailbreak tweak called EModeji that replaces the names of your Camera app’s shooting modes with Emojis.