Jailbreak news of the week: Block OTA updates with tvOS 18 beta profile, new tweak demos, & more...

Everyone who shares our common interest of jailbreaking iPhones and iPads will find a home here at iDownloadBlog. We not only share news relating to hacks and jailbreaks, but also new developments in iPhone and iPad security research that could pave the way for future jailbreaks.

In this week’s roundup piece, we’ll be discussing everything new from Monday, January 20^th to Sunday, January 26^th. We’ll start with the important news tidbits first, and then wrap things up with an outline of all the latest jailbreak tweak releases and updates afterward.

Important stuff from this week

How to block OTA updates with the tvOS 18 beta software profile

You never want to update your iPhone or iPad’s firmware when you’ve comfortably jailbroken your device. Fortunately, there are ways to not only block firmware updates, but to also hide the nagging software update alert.

In our step-by-step tutorial post, we show you how to do this wit the tvOS 18 beta software profile that you can load onto your iPhone or iPad.

Shijima Demo

If you’ve ever wanted to try Shijima (Shimeji for iOS) on your jailbroken iPhone or iPad before buying the full paid release from the Havoc repository, then it’s your lucky day.

The new Shijima Demo jailbreak tweak lets you see if this add-on is right for you with a limited, yet highly functional test release of this popular add-on.

You can learn more about Shijima Demo in our full review post.

CatScript Lite

Sometimes you may find it useful to be able to remotely command scripts on your jailbroken iPhone or iPad from your personal computer, and CatScript is a great way to do that.

But before you drop $9.99 on the CatScript jailbreak tweak, you may consider trying CatScript Lite, which is a free trial version of the tweak with a 5-minute timer for scripts.

You can learn more about CatScript Lite in our full review post.

AltStore PAL updates

AltStore PAL, an alternative App Store for iPhone and iPad owners in the European Union (EU) received updates this past week with several improvements.

You can learn about the latest AltStore PAL updates below:

AltStore PAL v2.1.6 released

Premium UI theme and icon pack

With the new Premium UI theme and icon pack for jailbroken and non-jailbroken devices, you can get colorful Home Screen icons that pop off the display, as well as unique aesthetics for the Lock Screen, Status Bar, and so much more.

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

Everything else from this week

Ango Full Theme, Icons, Settings, UI, Status Bar Icons v5.8 released: Add 48 new icons ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Arise v1.2.2 released: Preference panel background now loads on rootless jailbreaks, segment control now features a title to allow more sensible grouping in the preference panel, large title now shows immediately in the preference panel, Status Bar changes now play nicely with other preference panels, the respring button now has a neat animation ($0.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

CatScript v1.4.0 released: Fix some compatibility issues, add device.battery_level(), add sys.open_url(), add sys.play_sound() ($9.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

CatScript Lite v1.4.0 released: Fix some compatibility issues, add device.battery_level(), add sys.open_url(), add sys.play_sound() (free via Havoc repository – review post)

Colorful Wallpaper X v4.9 released: Allow you to rename and delete custom presets on iOS 15 ($3.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Dynamic120hz v2.3.6 released: Add one-click global injection ($5.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Lottie v4.5.1 released: Add additional dynamic library product to Package.swift, Fix frame conversion in LottieAnimationLayer.pause(at: .marker(…))LottieAnimationView properties, add possibility to remove ValueProvider, Fix warnings for types that inherit unchecked sendable in Xcode 16, trim shape default type value (free via Havoc repository)

Moxy Theme, Icons, Settings v3.7 released: Add 38 new icons ($1.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

MusicTrail v2.0 released: Add native Spotify integration so that it integrates directly into the Spotify UI and replaces the native history button for a seamless user experience, songs and headers are now automatically sorted in descending order by default, headers can now be collapsed or expanded for better organization within the history view, replace the main logging logic for better performance and reliability, enhance the logging system to be more robust and bug-free, add support for the latest Spotify app versions, improve artwork fetching for sharper visuals, add various stability and performance optimizations (free via YouRepo repository – review post)

Return YouTube Dislike v1.13.2 released: Enable the tweak by default (free via Chariz repository – review post)

Return YouTube Music Dislike v1.13.2 released: Enable the tweak by default (free via Chariz repository – review post)

SafariX v1.9.5 released: Add “close all other tabs” button ($1.50 via YouRepo repository – review post)

Shijima (Shimeji for iOS) v1.2.2 released: Add support for nested archives containing other zip/rar/7z archives, Shimeji without configuration files can now be imported, dismissing a Shimeji while it is playing a sound effect should no longer result in a crash, fix an issue where some Shimeji could disappear or become stuck on the top-left corner of the screen, make adjustments to the look and fall actions to increase compatibility with Shimeji-ee ($4.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Single VPN v1.5 released: Add support for Personal Hotspot icon, fix a bug that the color reverts when the cellular strength updates (free via Havoc repository – review post)

SquidExtender v3.5.5 released: Add option to hide the globe and dictation keys outside the keyboard, add 9-grid number keyboard, add method to open apps, adjust methods to insert text and send, change the button title setting to a line-breakable input box, iPad QQ crash when running certain scripts has been fixed, no effect when enabling the instant translation for the first time after opening the app has been fixed ($6.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Stella v1.1.5 released: Fix “fast” option not being selectable in Settings ($0.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Touch-Viz v3.12 released: Fix the bug that the last position of the trajectory is not updated ($2.49 via Havoc repository – review post)

TrollRecorder JB v2.15.557 released: In-app replication of the high-precision recording trimming feature from “Voice Memos”, This feature requires payment: unpaid users can share recordings to “Voice Memos” for trimming, Long press the menu in the recording list and select the “Edit” option, or from the “More” menu in the upper right corner of the recording details page, The basic usage is consistent with the “Trim” feature in the iOS built-in “Voice Memos”, When finishing trimming, long press the “Save” button in the upper right corner to choose “Save as Duplicate……”, Added “Floating Ball Plus” → “Keyboard Avoidance”, In iPhone portrait mode, the floating ball automatically moves up to avoid the keyboard, Added “TikTok” to the whitelist of call recording presets, “Mixer & Combiner” → “Audio Quality” added “Auto” option, and provided more options:, Call recording: sampling rate 16 kHz, compression bitrate 32 kbps, Voice Memos: sampling rate 32 kHz, compression bitrate 64 kbps, System audio recording: sampling rate 48 kHz, compression bitrate 192 kbps, After upgrading from previous versions to version v2.15, the “Audio Quality” option will be reset to “Auto”, Since version v2.14, the root directory of Troll Recorder data has been migrated from /var/mobile/Media/TrollRecorder to /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/wiki.qaq.trapp, Pop-up user guides when first time: linking your device to Havoc, redirecting to purchase, and completing the upgrade, The interval between “Rewind” and “Forward” on the recording playback control interface is uniformly changed to 15 seconds, The waveform generation process of the recording list supports interruption, reducing unnecessary performance consumption, In non-editing mode of the iPhone recording list, the highlight state of the selected recording will remain from entering the details page until the next return to the list page, In non-editing mode of the iPad recording list, the highlight state of the selected recording will always remain until deselection, Fixed the issue where call black and white lists, system audio recording, and other features might not work in the locked screen state, Fixed the issue where the playback control center could not correctly display the “Rewind” and “Forward” options during recording playback, Fixed the issue where the playback control center sometimes could not correctly respond to drag positioning during recording playback, Fixed the issue where the system language was displayed as “” (empty string) when changing the application language ($6.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Looking for more information about jailbreaking? Try checking out last week’s roundup to ensure you haven’t missed anything special:

For more jailbreak tweak recommendations, check these iOS 15 & 16-compatible add-ons out:

And here are some tutorial posts that could help you on your iPhone or iPad jailbreaking or hacking journey:

What was your favorite jailbreak tweak from this week? Or perhaps a news item that piqued your interest? Let us know by starting a conversation in the comments section down below.