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Apple stops signing iOS 17.6, preventing downgrades from the newer iOS 17.6.1 firmware
Apple released iOS & iPadOS 17.6.1 just last week with important bug fixes and security improvements for iPhones and iPads alike. Unfortunately, Apple has also once again blockaded firmware downgrades by choosing to stop signing the previous firmware – iOS & iPadOS 17.6.
LiveContainer lets you virtualize more apps than you can sideload on your iPhone or iPad
Sideloading apps has become a popular pastime for iPhone & iPad owners because it allows them to install apps that are otherwise restricted from being distributed on the App Store. Unfortunately, installing apps in this manner can be a double-edged sword because you’re limited to sideloading a certain number of apps with a free Apple developer account.
NathanLR is a fork of the Serotonin semi-jailbreak that supports rootless jailbreak tweaks on iOS 16.5.1-16.6.1
Before the Dopamine v2 jailbreak came out, the Serotonin semi-jailbreak was all the rage because it allowed users to install and use various forms of jailbreak tweaks without the full jailbreak environment. Serotonin remains relevant on iOS & iPadOS 16.5.1-16.6.1 even today because these firmware versions aren’t yet jailbreakable on arm64e devices. Serotonin, on the other hand, does support them.
Colorful Wallpaper X brings animated gradient wallpapers to jailbroken iPhones & iPads
What do you get when you combine beautiful gradient-based wallpapers with animations? Eye candy; but that answer should be obvious, of course.
New kernel symbolication feature in ipsw strives to make reverse engineering the iOS kernel more accessible
Having the skillset to reverse engineer things with respect to the iPhone and iPad can be particularly valuable, especially if you’re a security researcher, developer, or advanced-level power user. But what if reverse engineering could be made easier and more approachable?
AltStore PAL officially goes free for EU users following MegaGrant from Epic Games
In what can only be described as big news for the AltStore PAL community, the AltStore Team announced in a post shared to X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday that Epic Games has provided the platform with a MegaGrant grant that will be used to cover Apple’s Core Technology Fee from now on.
Why iPhone jailbreaks aren’t released as frequently as they once were
Jailbreaking has been a beloved hobby of mine since iOS 3, and in that timeframe, there would almost always be a new jailbreak release shortly after Apple came out with a new firmware update in the Fall months. Fast-forward to modern times, and it seems we’re waiting ever so longer for jailbreaks to release, and lots of jailbreakers want to know why.
SF Symbols Preview app for TrollStore makes it easy to access and use system icons
I’ve long been a user of the SF Symbols app that Apple offers for macOS because it lends an extensive library of more than 6,000 unique symbols that Apple’s many operating systems use and that blend seamlessly with the San Francisco system font of those systems.
QuickSign will be a local development certificate signer for iOS devices, & an alternative to ESign
Sideloading is something that a lot of iPhone and iPad owners cherish because it allows them to run apps on their iPhone or iPad without being bound to the rules of the iOS & iPadOS App Store. Sideloading has become so popular in recent years that platforms like AltStore and Sideloadly have exploded in popularity. Some projects, such as SideStore, don’t even require a computer to sign apps, but other prerequisites need to be met.
iOS developer Andreas Henriksson decides to stop making jailbreak tweaks, makes existing projects free, some open source
It’s always rough when we’re stuck saying our goodbyes to talent in the jailbreak tweak development community, but unfortunately that’s the news we have for you today.
Jailbreak news of the week: palera1n updates, RootHide bootstrap updates, iOS 17.5.1 unsigned, & more…
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