Jailbreak news of the week: tvOS 17 beta profile expiring, changing Dopamine mobile user password, Lyncis, & more...

If there’s anything we love more than a good Apple story, is the opportunity to report on a new jailbreak tweak or being able to share when there’s a jailbreak launch. Unfortunately, these sorts of things just don’t happen as often as they used to.

Still, you can count on us to bring that information to you as soon as it happens, or at a pace fast enough that you’ll be able to keep up with things even while going about your regular course of life. And when things do get complicated, we’re here for you in the form of step-by-step tutorials to guide you in the right direction.

Every week, we curate a roundup piece with the latest content for that week, and this Sunday morning, we’ve got a roundup that encompasses all the latest jailbreak tweak releases and Apple hacking news spanning Monday, January 14^th to Sunday, January 19^th.

Important stuff from this week

tvOS 17 beta software profile expires soon

The tvOS 17 beta software profile that jailbreakers have long used to block software updates on their jailbroken or yet-to-be-jailbroken devices is scheduled to expire on January 31st, 2025.

You can learn more about the implications, as well as what you can do about it to ensure your device continues blocking software updates in our full news post.

Changing mobile user password on Dopamine

Change mobile password on Dopamine jailbreak.

When you jailbreak with Dopamine, you may want to change your mobile password for device security purposes.

In our step-by-step tutorial, we show you how to do this the easy way.

Lyncis JailbreakMe-style jailbreak for 32-bit iOS 7.1.x

Lyncis @staturnzdev WebKit untethered jailbreak for iOS 7.1.x.

32-bit devices running iOS 7.1.x now have a JailbreakMe-style WebKit-based untethered jailbreak called Lyncis that they can access directly from the Safari web browser on their device.

Using this jailbreak, intended only for legacy devices, installs the Cydia package manager and offers an easy way to jailbreak one’s supported device.

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

Havoc repo here to stay

The Havoc repository announced on Monday that it had a profitable year of 2024 and that its profitability is very much self-sustainable.

Because of this successful business model, the Havoc repository is here to stay for the long term, even as jailbreak releases become fewer and further between.

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

Cauxo

The new Cauxo jailbreak tweak for rootless jailbreaks on iOS 16 allows users to access an aesthetically pleasing App Switcher from the CarPlay user interface.

You can not only switch between recently used apps with Cauxo, but you can also forcefully close any app that appears in the App Switcher like you can on the iPhone.

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

Nugget updates

The Nugget SparseRestore-based device customization utility for iOS 17.0-18.2 was updated this week with bug fixes and improvements for Windows and macOS users.

You can learn more about the latest releases below:

Nugget v4.2.3 released

iOS 18.2 unsigned

Apple on Monday stopped signing iOS 18.2 in a move that prevents iPhone and iPad owners from downgrading from the newer iOS & iPadOS 18.2.1 firmware.

You can learn more about the implications of this move in our full news post.

Everything else from this week

AIM Pro v1.0.9 released: Add custom color options to the Rainbow on the Lock Screen, add border, add support for iOS 16 ($1.49 via Havoc repository – review post)

CAHighFPS v1.3.2 released: Remove debug logging (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

CatScript v1.2.1 released: Support for the VS Code extension, add the sys.log() function, support viewing logs in the VS Code extension, fix compatibility issues ($9.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

CatScript Lite: A free and limited version of the CatScript remove script jailbreak tweak (free via Havoc repository)

EmojiAttributes v1.8.2 released: Fix crash on iOS 6 due to using modern-only libroot (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

EmojiFontManager v1.3.8 released: Fix crash on iOS 6 due to using modern-only libroot (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

EmojiLibrary v1.6.2 released: Fix crash in iOS 6 due to using modern-only libroot, fix incorrect glyphs for 0-9 and # Emojis on iOS 6 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

EmojiPort (iOS 12.0-17.3) v1.5.2 released: Remove unnecessary hooks for rootless jailbreaks, use more of a correct encoding for the added methods (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

GitHubWebLegacyCompat v1.0.1 released: Remove unnecessary code (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

Powercut AOD Actions: A Powercuts action to turn Always On Display on or off on demand (free via level3tjg’s repository)

Translomatic v2.18.28 released: Fix translation of Instagram v362.1.0 messages, fix incorrect comment translation for Reddit v2024.50.1 ($3.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

TwitterNoAds v1.2.5 released: Hide trending posts (free via P2KDev’s repository)

YouChooseQuality v1.0.4 released: Add th localization (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YouMute v1.3.1 released: Add th localization (free via PoomSmart’s repository – review post)

YouPiP v1.12.1 released: Simplify PiP enabling logic, fix setting icon not appearing when the tweak is disabled and grouped settings experiment is turned on, the video tab bar PiP button is now resized accordingly when iOS text size isn’t set to the default, fix the tweak setting icon being black in Dark Mode in YouTube app version 20.02.3 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YouQuality v1.3.4 released: Add th localization (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YouSpeed v1.1.2 released: Add th localization (free via PoomSmart’s repository – review post)

YTABConfig v1.7.7 released: Translate the remaining languages using AI, add th localization (free via PoomSmart’s repository – review post)

YTABGoodies v1.0.6 released: Disable the new floating mini-player style (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YTUHD v1.5.8 released: Add 2K/4K formats to AVPlayer video playback (YouPiP with Legacy PiP option enabled) (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

If you missed last week’s roundup, and you’re interested in getting caught up, then you can read all about it here: Apple’s ACE3 USB-C Controller pwned, CVE-2024-54498 Proof of Concept, RootHide Updates, & more…

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