Jailbreak news of the week: turdus merula downgrading utility, Nugget adds video wallpapers, & more...

Tracking down the latest news in the realms of iPhone hacking and jailbreaking comprises of a significant portion of what we do here at iDownloadBlog. For that reason, we cover stories as they happen in real time, but we also try to ensure our readers have a quick and easy weekend digest so that they can get caught up when they miss important news during the busy work week.

In this weekend’s roundup, we’ll discuss everything that happened during the week of Monday, March 31^st to Sunday, April 6^th. We’ll begin with a brief summary of the most important news stories, and then wrap things up with an outline of jailbreak tweak releases and updates, as well as recommended tutorials and jailbreak tweak roundups to help you get into the hobby.

Important stuff from this week

turdus merula firmware downgrade utility for A9-A10(X)

There’s a new firmware downgrading utility called turdus merula for A(9)-A10(X) devices that allows for either tethered or untethered firmware downgrades on supported devices, regardless of SEP compatibility, all thanks to an SEP exploit.

This works with all firmware versions on supported devices, but it’s macOS-only at this point in time. It’s also completely free to use.

You can learn more about turdus merula in our full review post.

Delta gets multiplayer support

Delta v1.7 released with online multiplayer.

Delta, which is the most popular game emulator app for the iPhone and iPad platforms, received an update this past week to version 1.7 with official online multiplayer support for Nintendo DS games like Mario Kart and Pokémon.

The update, which first launched in AltStore PAL, is also available in the App Store, allowing all players worldwide to take advantage of this amazing feat.

You can learn all about the changes in the latest Delta update in our full news post.

Nugget updates

The Nugget SparseRestore-based iPhone customization utility received a series of updates this past week, adding new features such as video wallpapers, improving the software’s usability, and boosting performance.

You can learn all about the latest Nugget updates below:

g1lbertJB gets Windows support

The g1lbertJB untethered jailbreak for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad (1st & 2nd generations), and iPod touch (3rd & 4th generations) has been updated to version 1.0.5, adding Windows support for the first time.

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

AniTime

The new AniTime jailbreak tweak displays your iPhone or iPad’s Lock Screen time with the friendly added aesthetic of animated anime characters.

These anime characters are highly customizable, allowing you to adjust size, spacing, and animation, among other things.

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

Everything else from this week

Airaw v1.6.6 released: Add iOS 16 HTML widgets support, remove CarPlay’s black corner borders, enable 3D Touch settings per app, show time including seconds, customize the icon badge color, enable full-screen app display in CarBridge launch mode, change the font size of the icon label, enable charging the CarPlay home button by selecting an icon from the photo folder, improved widget update methods can be called using the Airaw API, add Control Center module ($8.99 via Chariz repository – review post)

Axolotl for WhatsApp v2.25.8.74 released: Axolotl for WhatsApp is now open source, require at least iOS 11, completely re-written to support rootless jailbreaks, theme the tint colors of buttons and switches by replacing the “theme.plist” inside the Axolotl’s preference bundle with your favorite theming engine, remove Cephei Tweak Support as a dependency (available via MacThemes repository)

CatScript v1.5.3 released: Enhance compatibility with A12 and above processor devices ($9.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

CatScript Lite v1.5.3 released: Enhance compatibility with A12 and above processor devices (free via Havoc repository – review post)

CatVNC v1.6.1 released: Improve port forwarding compatibility ($5.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

Jade v1.0.5 released: Fix an issue that caused Control Center to not open, fix an issue that caused some settings to not be interpreted correctly ($2.49 via Chariz repository – review post)

Lonie v4.9 released: Add new app icons ($2.99 via Havoc repository – review post)

MGInspector: Easily inspect your device’s MobileGestalt information (free via BigBoss repository)

UIScroller v1.0.5 released: Added a new auto-disable scrolling feature (after X minutes), added a new slow speed to the auto-scrolling, added support for RootHide (free via developer’s GitHub page)

YouTube Legacy v1.1.0 released: Add Play option when you tap on the video more button (to work around video not playing when you tap on the video) (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

That’s about all we have for you this week, but if you keep it tuned to iDownloadBlog, we’ll have even more exciting content for you to follow along with starting tomorrow.

Miss last week’s roundup? Banking apps using sandbox escape, Ian Beer’s BLASTPASS writeup, Nugget v5, & more…

We’ve got some useful jailbreak tweak roundup posts that can help you find the best jailbreak tweaks for your pwned iOS 15 or 16 device below:

And if you need to know how to jailbreak or how to use non-jailbreak hacks on your handset, we’ve got dedicated tutorials for you to check out below:

Do you have a favorite jailbreak tweak release or news tidbit from this past week? If so, then we’d love to hear from you in the comments section down below.