The Dopamine jailbreak tool by Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) for iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16 devices just received a massive update this Tuesday afternoon to version 2.1.
Fröder announced the latest update via a post shared on /r/jailbreak, which he subsequently shared via a post to X (formerly Twitter).
According to the change log, this update introduces a fair bit of improvements, with the leashing change being adding support for A8 and A8X chip-equipped devices. The full change log is as follows:
– Add support for A8(X) devices
– Fix Dopamine app instantly crashing when installed using TrollStore on A8 devices
– Add kcall implementation on arm64 iOS 15.x (this was needed for A8 support)
– Use kcall for allocating page tables when available
– Improve performance of some parts of the jailbreaking process by ~1000x (because A8 was getting stuck in them for multiple minutes…..)
– Fix support for some obscure device / version combinations (e.g. A9 15.0.1, early 15.0 betas, etc…)
– AddweightBufsandmulticast_bytecopyas Kernel exploit options
– Protect system files in preboot partition so users cannot delete them and cause the device to recovery loop
– Add “Allow JIT in Apps” toggle, enabled by default, when enabled this will addCS_DEBUGGEDto apps (Note: This has no effect on apps that have tweak injection disabled via Choicy)
– Fix/var/mobile/Library/Application Support/Containers/,/var/mobile/Library/SplashBoard/Snapshots/getting polluted with some jailbreak files
– Fix jailbreak apps disappearing after the system (or TrollStore) reloads the icon cache
– Add back “Change mobile password” option in Dopamine settings
– Revamp jbctl trustcache management, new commands:jbctl trustcache info,jbctl trustcache clear,jbctl trustcache add– Switch to libgrabkernel2 (@alfiecg24, @dhinakg), removes the requirement for Dopamine to be installed by TrollStore on beta versions
– Fix smith not working on iOS 15
– Order exploits by recommendation score, add “(Recommended)” to the best one
If you’re an existing Dopamine user, then you can update to the latest version via the app’s in-app over the air updating mechanism, or you can download and re-perma-sign the app manually via the project’s GitHub page.
If you aren’t already using Dopamine, then you need to be aware of what devices and firmware it supports before you can use it. Supported devices as of the latest release are as follows:
- iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.6.1 on A8-A11devices
- iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.5.1 and 16.6 betas 1-4 on A12-A14 & M1 devices
- iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.5 and 16.6 betas 1-4 on A15-A16 & M2 devices
The Dopamine jailbreak can be perma-signed with TrollStore, which is a lot more convenient than using a sideloading method because the app remains signed indefinitely. The latest build of Dopamine can be had from the GitHub page, and our step-by-step tutorial walks you through the Dopamine jailbreaking process.
Are you going to be making use of the latest version of the Dopamine jailbreak? Let us know why or why not in the comments section down below.