Jailbreak news of the week: Keyboard tweaks, Apex jailbreak, iOS 18.0 unsigned, & more...

The iDownloadBlog team brings you news and updates in the iPhone hacking and jailbreaking communities all week, every week. But the changing of version numbers, the different jailbreak tweak releases, and the changing of the seasons can make it challenging to keep track.

In this roundup piece, we’ll be discussing the latest releases and news tidbits in a lightweight format intended to help ensure you haven’t missed anything important. First, we’ll outline the most important pieces, followed by a list of updates and other releases.

Without further ado, let’s get started.

Important stuff from this week

Best keyboard jailbreak tweaks

The iDB team has curated a list of the best jailbreak tweaks for augmenting the keyboard on your jailbroken iPhone running iOS 15 or 16.

You can check out our hand-picked list of jailbreak tweaks to learn more and see if any tickle your fancy.

Apex iOS 14 jailbreak teased

Security researcher and iOS developer @alfiecg_dev teased an iOS 14 jailbreak for arm64 devices with persistence after a reboot called Apex that appears to be based on the Vertex kernel exploit.

While the developer doesn’t have any arm64e devices at this moment to test the jailbreak on, they hope that could soon change so they can try adding support for them.

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

SparseRestore bypasses SideStore 3-app limit & ports iPadOS features to iPhone

The SideStore sideloading application allows users to sideload up to three apps at a time, but one developer has found a way to bypass the three app limit by utilizing the SparseRestore exploit – the same exploit that made it possible to install TrollStore on iOS & iPadOS 17.0.

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

Likewise, the same developer has used the same methods to port several iPadOS features to the iPhone by modifying MobileGestalt.

You can learn more about the latter thing in our full news post.

iOS 18.0 unsigned

Apple on Thursday stopped signing iOS & iPadOS 18.0 one week after releasing the newer iOS & iPadOS 18.0.1 to the public.

This change prevents users from downgrading to the older firmware, which we think is ludicrous. But then again, Apple wants to control what firmware its users are running, so we don’t expect anything different.

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

Sileo updates

The Sileo package manager app for jailbroken devices received important updates this past week, and most users would benefit from upgrading.

You can learn more about the latest Sileo updates below:

Sileo v2.5.1 released

Single VPN

Have you ever wished that there was a way to know you were connected to a VPN on your iPhone without a huge honking VPN icon appearing in your Status Bar? If so, then Single VPN is for you.

This jailbreak tweak combines the Status Bar’s Wi-Fi and VPN indicators into a single icon, changing its color based on your VPN connectivity status.

You can learn more about Single VPN in our full review post.

Single Mute

The new Single Mute jailbreak tweak ports the coveted Status Bar-based silent mode icon from the iPhone 15 series and later to older handsets that don’t have an Action Button.

With it, you can easily discern your ringer/silent mode status without checking your ringer/silent switch.

You can learn more about Single Mute in our full review post.

FlashlightSettings

We like using our iPhones as flashlights, as no doubt, many of you do.

But what if you could do more with your flashlight or have more control over your iPhone while the flashlight was active than the ordinary iPhone user? That’s the idea behind the FlashlightSettings jailbreak tweak.

You can learn more about FlashlightSettings and what you can do with it in our full review post.

OledKeyboard

The OledKeyboard jailbreak tweak enables a true pitch black keyboard color on the iPhone’s keyboard when you have Dark Mode enabled, making it look better on OLED display-equipped devices.

You can learn more about OledKeyboard and where you can get it from in our full review post.

SquidExtender

Have you ever wanted to augment the native keyboard on your iPhone with power features that Apple just doesn’t seem to care enough about you to add?

With SquidExtender, you can add power user functionality to your keyboard, including not only shortcuts, but text editing capabilities, and a plethora of other features that make using your device easier.

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

Everything else from this week

AirpodsCompanion v1.5 released: Fix an issue where the HUD would still show when being dismissed, add a new option for Utility which allows you to quickly switch dark mode, respring, or enter safe mode ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Ango Full Theme v5.1 released: Add 22 new icons, fix some bugs with the icons UI, fix some icons not applying automatically ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

ChargeLimiter v1.7 released: Support SBC, separate daemon from app to make it more compatible with some other jailbreak tweaks (free via Havoc repository)

Colorful Wallpaper X v4.7 released: Add app intents “Create New Preset” and “Fetch Dominant Colors” for Shortcuts app on iOS 16 and later, now you can slide to rename user-defined presets on iOS 16 and later, fix a bug when recognizing dominant colors from images with different color spaces on iOS 17 and later ($3.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

CopyVault v1.5.8 released: Add option to clear all picture records in history, optimization improvements when the number of entries or pictures reaches a certain number the pop-up window delay no longer happens, optimization improvements when the total number of entries or pictures reaches a certain number the delay issue when copying new records no longer happens, fix the ignore copies from other devices switch not working on iOS 14 ($6.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Crane v1.3.16 released: Add support for iOS 18, fix notification support nor working on iOS 17 and later, fix always ask on app launch option not working on iOS 17 and later, automatically recreate preferences .plist if it cannot be loaded due to corruption ($4.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Crane Lite v1.3.16 released: Add support for iOS 18, fix notification support nor working on iOS 17 and later, fix always ask on app launch option not working on iOS 17 and later, automatically recreate preferences .plist if it cannot be loaded due to corruption ($4.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

FilzaDirProbe v1.6.0 released: Fix cache file not being saved when using the RootHide bootstrap ($1.99 via YouRepo repository – review post)

FlashlightSettings v1.1.0 released: Add many more flashlight shortcut options (free via wrp1002’s repository – review post)

FridaCodeManager v1.5.3 released: Add support for iOS 13 uicache to ensure RootHide bootstrap compatibility, fixed that apps are made with the same Module Cache on a pre-SDK basis, fixed launch screen as not to be transparent anymore, fixed no background threading on Status problem so it doesn’t freeze anymore when opening stats and applies to bigger projects, add compiler ignore content from API to Framework finder (free via Chariz repository)

Linebit v1.2 released: Add new Linebit Dark theme, add Settings icons ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Lynx 2 v2.5.3 released: Add option to set a custom width of the Dynamic Island outline, add option to always show Dynamic Island background instead of fading on lighter background, add option to set custom color of Dynamic Island outline, add option to set color of Dynamic Island to average color of Now Playing album artwork, add option to set Home Screen search pill background style (iOS 16 and later), add option to add close button in App Switcher with 3 position choices, add option to hide Split View vertical divider in Settings for iPadOS, add option to set background image in Control Center for dark and light interface styles, add option to automatically expand notification groups in Notification Center, fix hiding search bar in Today View no working correctly, fix press to kill all apps gesture being enables when app is in foreground ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

MojoX Dark v2.8 released: Add new icons (free via Havoc repository – review post)

MyAutoLock: Gives users automatic locking options (free via BigBoss repository)

No Redirect v1.9 released: New icon design, view redirect statistics “by application,” decline redirect request from breadcrumbs, fix a bug where the history database would be created even if the redirect history was toggled off ($0.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Panda Beauty Assistant: Adds video beauty effects to the app (free via BigBoss repository)

Remove Widget Background v1.7 released: “Force Dark Mode” option now supports iOS 15 (free via Havoc repository – review post)

SafariX v1.8.1 released: More coloring options, fix wrong tabs position regression for some devices – review post)

Shijima (Shimeji for iOS) v1.1.1 released: Add experimental RootHide support ($4.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

SquidExtender v1.0.3 released: Add support for iOS 14, make tweak compatible with QQ, Optimize the “empty” action ($5.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

That’s the end of this week’s roundup, but we implore you to keep it tuned as we cover more throughout the coming week.

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