Jailbreak news of the week: RootHide updates, NathanLR goes open source, Feather, TrollStore Lite, & more…

Because hacking and jailbreaking iPhones and iPads is a major part of what we cover here at iDB, the news pipeline moves fast day by day, and it can be easy to miss something important if you’re interested in this space.

Fortunately, iDB provides its readers with a comprehensive weekly roundup, just like this one, ensuring that all related posts are outlined with the most recent news from the past week.

In this piece, we’ll discuss the latest jailbreak-related news and and jailbreak tweak releases spanning the week of Monday, August 19th through August 25th.

Important stuff from this week

Best accessibility jailbreak tweaks

Best jailbreak tweaks for accessibility in iOS 15 and 16 banner image.

There are lots of jailbreak tweaks that can improve the accessibility of certain features on iOS 16 that we want you to know about.

You can learn about all the best accessibility-enhancing jailbreak tweaks for iOS 15 & 16 devices in our full roundup post.

RootHide bootstrap updates

RootHide bootstrap v1.2.4 beta released.

The RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap for TrollStore received some important beta updates this past week that will soon roll out to all users.

With it, users can inject jailbreak tweaks into their apps using only TrollStore on iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.6.1 and 17.0 without a jailbreak.

You can learn more about the latest updates below:

RootHide v1.2.4 beta released

TrollStore Lite teased

TrollStore Lite app icon on Home Screen.

TrollStore is known as a perma-signing app utility that makes use of a CoreTrust bug, but developer Lars Fröder wanted to make an AppSync-based version for jailbroken devices called TrollStore Lite, and development appears to be underway.

The benefits of an AppSync-based TrollStore Lite appear rooted in the fact that there are issues with giving several apps system registration when user registration would work just fine. TrollStore Lite would be for jailbroken devices only.

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

Feather

Feather is a new sideloading app for iPhones and iPads that lets those enrolled in the $98.99/year Apple Developer Program sign their apps on-device with a developer certificate for 365 days/1 year.

The app is intended to be an open-source alternative to ESign that doesn’t send analytics to sketchy servers and locations that end users wouldn’t want their data going to.

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

Shijima

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Shijima is a new jailbreak tweak that unlocks the ability to use Shimeji desktop pets on jailbroken iPhones and iPads.

These fully-interactive pets respond to your touches and randomly multiply. You can download as many pet templates as you want from the Internet.

You can learn all about Shijima in our full review post.

CarCast

CarCast is an upcoming app for TrollStore that will allow users to cast most forms of DRM-free, web-based video content to their vehicle’s CarPlay receiver.

Since many of us can relate to the boredom that comes from sitting in a parking lot waiting for things, this add-on promises big-screen entertainment while sitting in the car and not physically driving.

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

New character bug crashing iPhones

iPhone character bug if 2024 crashes devices when "":: gets entered into certain search bars.

There’s a new character bug that appears to be wreaking havoc on iPhones and iPads, and it specifically involves typing a certain string of characters into the search bars found throughout iOS and iPadOS.

As it appears, typing “”:: in the App Library search bar crashes SpringBoard and entering the same characters into the Settings app search bar crashes the Settings app. Apple is expected to fix this in a future software update.

You can learn more about the latest character bug in our full news post.

Aemulo moves to Havoc

Aemulo, the popular iPhone NFC tag emulation jailbreak tweak, moved from the Chariz repository to the Havoc repository over the weekend in a move that the developer says is primarily motivated by the need for more payment processing options.

According to the developer, existing owners of the tweak should receive a promo code for redeeming the tweak via the Havoc repository, and Aemulo 2 will be a free upgrade to existing users when it’s complete.

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

NathanLR goes partially open source

NathanLR semi-jailbreak fork of Serotonin.

The NathanLR fork of the Serotonin semi-jailbreak was made partially open-source this week.

NathanLR supports rootless jailbreak tweaks, uses a more reliable exploit than Serotonin, and supports iOS & iPadOS 16.5.1-16.6.1.

You can learn more about the project and it becoming partially open source in our full news post.

CamElapsed+

The CamElapsed+ jailbreak tweak adds sub-seconds to the Camera app’s video recording timer.

With this capability, you have a more precise time readout of your video recording.

You can learn more about CamElapsed+ in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

16Player v1.1 released: Update contact info for rootfs, optimize existing features, various code improvements, update credits page, fix underlying issue that caused some media apps to break by moving time labels to the side of the track, fix moving time labels to the side of the track not being vertically centered when tracks using Artfull, fix route label hiding and showing issues, fix issue where the player background would be taller than intended, fix issue where the wallpaper artwork would still show after the player was dismissed, fix keyboard dismiss button causing the back button to flicker, fix preference defaults, use libroot, add indication that an option needs a respring to apply, add multi-language support, add an audio visualizer to the player, add fix for checkm8 devices where adjusting the volume breaks the visualizer, add import and export preference buttons to the utils menu on the root page, remove the Exiwall support button, remove unnecessary logging ($2.49 via Chariz repository — review post)

Bloom v1.1.7 released: Add support for NathanLR semi-jailbreak ($1.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

Bubble Apps v3.1.2 released: Bug fixes (free via YouRepo repository — review post)

Colorful Wallpaper X v2.7 released: Fix blur style of app background, fix a bug where the frame limit doesn’t apply to transition ($3.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

Dynamic120hz v1.2.8 released: Add more optimization ($4.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

Exiwall v2.1.6 released: Add compatibility with Jellyfish Reborn ($2.49 via Havoc repository — review post)

Misaki v2.1.5 released: Add option to Exact Time on iPhone, add option to hide third part my phone calls on iPhone, add option to colorize recents list on iPhone, improve code base for tweak performance and stability ($1.99 via Chariz repository — review post)

MojoX Dark v2.1 released: Add new icons (free via Havoc repository — review post)

Return YouTube Dislike v1.12.7 released: Fixed app crash when opening Shorts in old YouTube versions (free via Chariz repository — review post)

Solstice v2.4 released: Update several icons, add new icons, add static Clock app icon, add tweaked iOS 18 Find My, Stocks, and Health app icons ($2.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

Velar v1.4 released: Add new icons ($2.99 via Havoc repository — review post)

YTUHD v1.5.5 released: Added a future-proof hook for when iosPlayerClientSharedConfigPostponeCabrPreferredformatFiltering will be removed, updated spoof versions to 15.8.3 for iOS 14 and later (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

That brings us to end of this week’s jailbreak-related roundup, but you can rest assured that we’ll be right back next weekend with a roundup just like this one, and we’ll also be covering news related to iPhone hacking and jailbreaking throughout the coming week.

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What has been your favorite jailbreak tweak release and/or jailbreak news tidbit from this past week? Be sure to let us know in the comments section down below.