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Editor’s Desk: Apple Face Shield, remote work tips, shot-on-FaceTime shows and more

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 12, 2020

Apple has increased its efforts to help fight the coronavirus pandemic by sourcing N95 masks from its supply chain, they're calling these things Face Shields. Meanwhile, late night shows have found a way to broadcast from hosts' homes — FaceTime. Looking beyond the current pandemic, we have a bunch of productivity tutorials for those of you working from home, as well as tons of new great apps, games and jailbreak tweaks you should check out. Keep your spirits up — we're in this together as a species and we'll get through this together.

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Ryan Petrich launches new Activator beta with preliminary iOS 13 support

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 12, 2020

Activator, perhaps one of the most-used extensions ever created for the jailbreak community, received a beta update this weekend to add the first official support for iOS/iPadOS 13 since the checkra1n and unc0ver jailbreak tools made pwning these versions possible. At the time of this writing,  the latest Activator beta is now version 1.9.13~beta6.

Project lead developer Ryan Petrich announced the new beta version with preliminary iOS 13 support via Twitter late last night, along with Activator’s sister extension, Flipswitch:

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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Arc, dotto+, DNDMyRecording, and more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 12, 2020

The COVID-19 situation hasn't gotten any better yet, resulting in yet more lock-downs around the world. Fortunately, jailbreakers can depend on the excitement of their pwned handsets as a means of coping with stir-craziness.

In this roundup, we'll discuss all the latest jailbreak tweaks releases from Monday, April 6th to Sunday, April 12th. As usual, we'll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases of the week first, and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.

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Love fortune cookies? This tweak offers fortunes without the cookie

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated December 27, 2021

Opening fortune cookies and reading the words of wisdom inside are one of my favorite parts about ordering takeout from local Chinese restaurants. On the other hand, it seems like one fortune is never enough and I’m always reaching deeper into the bag for a second.

If you’re anything like me and easily entertained by these so-called ‘fortunes,’ then you just might take a liking to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called FortuneCookie by iOS developer alex_png. This tweak lets you receive free fortunes right on your iPhone without having to eat any unnecessary calories to get them.

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This tweak lets you delete all iPhone alarms in one fell swoop

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 11, 2020

Whether you use alarm clocks to wake up every morning for work or you casually use them to wake up for special events that occur every so often, you might find yourself in a situation where alarm times change or you no longer need an alarm you’ve used previously.

If you use your iPhone as an alarm clock and find yourself in either of the two scenarios described above, then you might enjoy a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Delete All Alarms by iOS developer 0xkuj. Just as the name implies, this tweak lets you delete all your Clock app’s alarms in one fell swoop as opposed to deleting them one-by-one as Apple currently compels you to.

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Cydia v1.1.33 resolves slow loading after this morning’s update

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 10, 2020

Cydia, the package manager that comes pre-installed on the checkra1n and unc0ver jailbreaks, received an update late last night to version 1.1.32 to resolve a sporadic crash that could occur if your metadata file became corrupted.

It didn’t take long after the update surfaced that users began reporting slow application loading, especially when refreshing sources. Fortunately, Sam Bingner has released a second update to Cydia Friday evening dubbed v1.1.33, which is meant to address that same slowness.

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AltStore v1.3 lets users sideload any app on their iOS device(s) for free

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 10, 2020

AltStore first made headlines here at iDB back in February when it became one of the only officially supported means of installing the unc0ver jailbreak throughout a short-lived time when Cydia Impactor was completely broken for the bulk of users. Since then, AltStore has undergone a plethora of changes, with one of the most significant of those changes surfacing just this afternoon.

Shared first by the official AltStore Twitter account, AltStore v1.3 is now available for all users with the ability to side-load any app whether you’re a patron of the service or not. Yup, you read that right, but there is a small catch...

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