In an announcement shared via the Cowabunga Discord channel on Saturday, iOS developer LeminLimez revealed an updated version of Nugget, a device customization utility that makes use of the SparseRestore exploit to make jailbreak tweak-like changes to iPhones and iPads without a jailbreak.
The latest version of Nugget, now coined as version 4.1, appears to incorporate the following changes and improvements:
New Features
– Add new risky tweak options
– These must be enabled in Settings first
– Options include:
– OTA disabler
– Custom resolution setter
– Disclaimer: I am not responsible for what you do to your device. If you put in a bad resolution and brick your device, that’s on you.
– From @EfazDev:
– Add Supervision (requires skip setup)
– More iPad models for spoofing
– Change how container domains are handled on patched versions (iOS 18.2 beta 3 and later)
– These versions are still not and will never be fully supported
– Add more proper error messages
– Optimize complied buildBug Fixes
– iOS 18.2 beta 3 (public beta 2) now shows Not Supported and hides unsupported tweaks
– Fix setting the spoofed device to “None” not actually unspoofing the device
– Properly fix rdar on iPhone SEs with X gestures
– It should now be 16:9 (not stretched anymore)
– Remove experimental toggle
– Hide eligibility toggle on unsupported versions
– Fix disable battery alerts and disable dimming toggles
– iPhone model spoofs now hide on iPads (and vice-versa)
– Fix X gestures causing problems on newer iPhones (this was already natural selection)
– Remove minis from the Status Bar fix
– Remove accessory developer option (Seems to be very unsafe on iOS 17.0 and later)
Nugget v4.1 seems to be by and large a bug fix update. While there are some new additions in this update, much of it seems to be experimental and it isn’t recommended that you play with it unless you know what you’re doing.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Windows PC user or a Mac user, there’s a version of Nugget for you. The developer offers two different builds for macOS, including one for Intel Macs and one for Apple Silicon Macs.
As for what devices you can use Nugget with, the GitHub page says that it should support iOS versions 17.0-17.7 and 18.0-18.1 beta 4. Partial support exists for iOS 17.7.1 and 18.1 beta 5-18.2 beta 2. It’s worth noting that the newer betas are unlikely to support every feature, given the bug fixes added by Apple.
Nugget uses modified backups to perform its magic, and so there’s always a risk of boot-looping your device. Please note that while you can recover from a boot loop, you’re likely to lose data if you didn’t back it up beforehand. That said, you should back up your device’s data before using Nugget just to be safe.
If you’re interested in learning more about Nugget, then you can head over to the project’s GitHub page to learn more. The latest version of Nugget can be had from the project’s GitHub releases page.
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