Jailbreak news of the week: New exploit, Semaphorin updates, Witcher App Switcher, & more…

We work around the clock to bring you the latest jailbreak tweak releases and news pertaining to iPhone and iPad hacking as it happens so that you can always be informed in real time.

But since we like to offer an all-encompassing user experience here at iDB, we also produce a content roundup piece every Sunday, just like this one.

In today’s piece, we’ll go over everything that happened during the past work week, spanning Monday, May 20^th to Sunday, May 26^th, ensuring that you haven’t missed anything important that may pertain to you.

Important stuff from this week

New exploit for iOS 12 & 13

Staturz shows off speedy new iOS 12 and 13 exploit.

A new exploit that had yet to be named has been teased for iOS 12 and 13 that seriously improves the reliability and speed of jailbreaks such as Chimera and Odyssey.

The exploit, compiled by @staturnzdev, has a near-100% reliability. It has already been incorporated into a private build of the Odyssey jailbreak, and there’s no ETA for release at this time.

You can learn more about this news in our full news post.

Semaphorin v1.0 released

The Semaphorin tethered downgrade and jailbreak utility for checkm8 bootrom exploit-vulnerable devices was officially released in the form of version 1.0 this past week.

From what we can gather, Semaphorin has been fixed in more ways than one to be more reliable. And perhaps more importantly, it now supports A10X and A11 devices.

You can learn more about the latest version of Semaphorin in our full news post.

Witcher

Witcher is an App Switcher replacement for jailbroken iOS 15 devices that utilizes a carousel-like interface at the bottom of the screen for faster and more convenient app-switching.

The project is in its alpha stages right now, but it will soon be available to the masses. It currently supports iOS 15, but iOS 16 should be supported in the future.

You can learn more about Witcher, including how you can test it right now, in our full review post.

NoDialerKeypadTones

You can completely disable all sounds from the native Phone app’s dial pad with the free NoDialerKeypadTones jailbreak tweak.

Using this tweak is unique because it doesn’t require you to use your mute switch, which means all other sound effects will remain intact.

You can learn more about NoDialerKeypadTones in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

AirpodsCompanion v1.3 released: Fix a crash occurring if custom dismissal time not registered in preferences, fix issue where the companion would jump off screen when switching between modes, add some fresh things to the preferences page, and more… ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

FlixRatings for Netflix v3.2.4 released: Add compatibility with Netflix version 16.31.0 and later ($1.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

LSBHide: Hides the Camera and Flashlight buttons from the Lock Screen (free via BigBoss repository)

Lynx 2 v2.5.2 released: Re-add option to kill all apps in the App Switcher, add option to toggle auto-saving icon layout, fix issue where Use Updates Button option in the App Store section didn’t work on non-English devices, fix Reset Section option in each Settings page not working properly, fix Bluetooth logo being misplaced in Control Center when using slider percentage option, fix SpringBoard crashing when opening apps with a Bluetooth device connected, fix Delete App 3D Touch menu option disappearing from the Home Screen, fix Status Bar spacing when using fluid gestures and iPhone X Status Bar disabled, fix dictation key height when Replace Dictation Key option is disabled ($1.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

OCD v5.1 released: Fix for view shifting if notification count if high to make the dot view more consistent ($1.00 via YouRepo repository — review post)

SiriPlus v1.2 released: Add web browsing function, add experimental shortcuts integration, add button to copy responses, add dynamic model picker for GPT and Gemini, allow changing OpenAI base URL, fix API key being shared between GPT and Gemini, fix managed chat rotation with repeated function calls, improve system prompts for Gemini and Managed, improve speech quality by pre-synthesizing text to speech, improve Gemini’s function calling scheme, reduce tokens used by function declarations by 10-20%, remove Comet as a dependency, restructure preferences ($4.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

SquidGesture v1.3.7 released: Add action: trigger CopyVault, Fix some conflicts between double-click the Lock Screen button and Apple Pay on iOS 16, and more… (free via Havoc repository – review post)

Tako ( iOS 15-16 ) v3.5.2.1 released: Fix the annoying transition animation when switching from the grouped view to the main view; it now maintains the same Y position when fading out instead of sliding from the top, fix the background issue in grouped view where the material view background was visible even when there were no notifications, the tweak is now compiled with the correct SDK version ensuring it will not cause a respring loop (free via YouRepo repository – review post)

TrollRecorder JV v1.9.3-166 released: Optimize go home when unlocked, optimize populate location when app starts, now you can see the progress of location updates in the recording detail page, new feature to show option description, now you can choose whether to display the name or description of each option, new feature pop up banner at begin, display a notification banner when it is ready to record or when recording starts, send feedback via email with a new feedback template with service and crash logs included automatically, fix issue that causes setup failure after respring ($6.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

That just about brings us to the conclusion of this week’s roundup piece, but if you haven’t found what you were looking for just yet, then consider checking out last week’s roundup instead:

Miss last week’s roundup? PoC for iOS 17.4.1 and older, iOS 17.5 released, & more…

And here are some tutorials related to this piece that could help you in hacking or jailbreaking your device:

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