Jailbreak news of the week: Home Screen tweaks for iOS 16, iPadOS 18 on iPad 6, palera1n updates, & more…

While some weeks are slower than others when it comes to news spouting from the iPhone hacking and jailbreaking communities, the fact remains that the iDownloadBlog team keeps close tabs on the latest developments that could have an impact on our readers.

In this week’s roundup piece, we’ll be taking a closer look at what’s new with respect to iPhone hacks and jailbreak tweaks spanning the week of Monday, December 23^rd to Sunday, December 29^th. We’ll start by talking about some of the most important news first and then wrap things up with an outline of everything else afterward.

So buckle up buckaroo, and let’s dive head-first into the latest excitement from this past week.

Important stuff from this week

Best Home Screen jailbreak tweaks

The Best iOS 16 Home Screen jailbreak tweaks.

The iDownloadBlog team has done extensive research to try and find some of the best jailbreak tweaks for modding the Home Screen on iOS 15 and 16.

Check out our full roundup piece to learn about some of the best jailbreak tweaks for this purpose, and augment your jailbroken device today.

palera1n updates

The palera1n jailbreak, which harnesses the power of the checkm8 hardware-based bootrom exploit, received an important update this past week with support for new iPadOS firmware and tvOS improvements.

You can learn about the latest palera1n jailbreak updates in our posts below:

palera1n v2.1 beta 1 released

iPadOS 19 may end support for checkm8 hardware

The last remaining checkm8-vulnerable device that can still run the latest firmware is the iPad (7th generation). But when iPadOS 19 comes out in 2025, it’s unlikely that it will continue to receive the latest software updates.

This is bad news for anyone who uses the palera1n jailbreak, but the good news is all existing jailbreakable devices by way of the checkm8 exploit will remain jailbreakable for life.

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

iPad (6th generation) hacked to run iPadOS 18

The only checkm8-vulnerable iPad that can officially run iPadOS 18 is the iPad (7th generation). But it seems that hackers have managed to port support over to the iPad (6th generation).

This is particularly interesting because the iPad (6th generation) and iPad (7th generation) have the same A10 Fusion chip inside of them.

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

Rode

Sometimes people just like to glance over your shoulder to find out what your passcode is when you begin to enter it, and this can be a very annoying type of attack that can make you anxious.

Fortunately, the Rode jailbreak tweak can prevent this by randomizing the positions of your passcode buttons each time you go to unlock your device, preventing someone from using the button positions to guess what your passcode is.

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

CanvasSync

If you’re looking for a new and fun way to interact with Now Playing music on your device, then try the new CanvasSync jailbreak tweak.

This add-on sets the Spotify Canvas, or the Now Playing media album artwork as your device’s Lock Screen and/or Home Screen wallpaper, and is highly configurable at that.

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

Everything else from this week

Ango Full Theme, Icons, Settings, UI, Status Bar icons v5.5 released: Add 81 new icons, make some icons larger ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

BlockIarraysLogs: Keeps iarrays tweaks from saving debug logs on your device and removes existing ones (free via YouRepo repository)

CatVNC v1.2.0 released: Add support for pasting clipboard contents into iOS devices, map the keyboard’s Esc key to iOS device’s Home Button, re-write VNC server code from scratch to improve performance, support controlling iOS device through a browser with the URL http://deviceIP:5800 ($5.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

CCAdsBeGone (rootless) v1.5 released: Add updated HEAVY hosts file with almost 200,000 blocked domains ($2.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

CopyVault v1.7.8 released: Fix issue when searching where interface would not refresh immediately, fix some interface flickering, scroll to bottom in the upper right corner of the window is now changed to pin window temporarily, the two buttons on the left and right corners of the window have been adjusted, add fix the order of history items feature to the Advanced Settings menu ($6.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Gladient v1.4 released: Add 45 new icons, fix icon sizes, fix icon bugs ($0.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Legizmo ‘Moonstone’ v6.1 released: Improve the reliability of system features in watchOS 10 and later, introduce the communication support fix that is designed to help communications from watchOS apps such as Messages and Walkie-Talkie when using watchOS 10 or later ($4.99 via Chariz repository – review post)

LPMNoChargingSound: Disable the sound when connecting a charger to your iPhone while in Low Power Mode (free via BigBoss repository)

Moxy Theme, Icons, Settings v3.4 released: Add 54 new icons ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Shijima (Shimeji for iOS) v1.2.0 released: Add an option to increase the animation frame rate and make animations smoother, add support for hotspots so that they can react to tap sin special ways, fix import errors and crashes for some Shimeji, fix crash caused by having behaviors in NextLists, big fixes and enhancements to simulate the behavior of Shimeji-ee more accurately and improve stability (free via Havoc repository – review post)

Stella v1.1 released: Completely re-write tweak in Swift, improve memory management and efficiency, clean up preferences by adding new option to disable and enable snow on notifications & Music Player, add new option to choose whether snow should call in front of or behind app icons on the Home Screen, add a separate custom image for the Home Screen or Lock Screen respectively, update tweak icon, add native LastLook compatibility ($1.49 via Havoc repository – review post)

Touch-Viz v3.1.1 released: Ignore indirect touch events like the trackpad ($2.49 via Havoc repository – review post)

YouMute v1.3.0 released: Update for YTVideoOverlay 2.0.0, the mute icon will update correctly when the video is opened again if it is muted when the user closes the video (free via PoomSmart’s repository – review post)

YouPiP v1.10.0 released: Add YTVideoOverlay as a dependency so that the PiP button can be made to appear, enable the tweak by default, add th localization, update for YTVideoOverlay 2.0.0 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YouQuality v1.3.0 released: Update for YTVideoOverlay 2.0.0 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YouSpeed v1.1.0 released: Update for YTVideoOverlay 2.0.0 (free via PoomSmart’s repository – review post)

YTVideoOverlay v2.0.0 released: Add +[YTSettingsSectionItemManagersetTweak:hasOwnToggle:] method for tweaks that have their own toggle, add tweak name above each button settings, add th localization, update pl localization, simplify the code needed to add buttons to the video overlay from the tweak side, improve memory management (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

And with that, we’ve pretty much reached the end of this week’s jailbreak news roundup. But fret not, as we’re all fired up and prepared to take on the upcoming work week and everything that it entails.

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Do you have a favorite jailbreak tweak release or jailbreak-centric news tidbit from this past week? Let us know about your thoughts in the comments section down below.