Jailbreak news of the week: RootHide updates, ShootingStar, NotificationHub, MediaColor, & more...

The iDownloadBlog team is always following the latest trends in the iPhone and iPad jailbreak communities to keep our readers apprised of developments as they happen. Some weeks are faster paced than others, while some are slower. In any case, we’re here, reporting on what transpires for our readers.

Since we know how hard it can be to keep up with the latest developments as they happen when you’re already juggling the strains of everyday life, we come at you every weekend with a roundup piece, much like this one, that brings everything together in an easy-to-read outline.

This week’s roundup encompasses the week of Monday, April 7^th through Sunday, April 13^th. We’ll begin by summarizing some of the most important news stories we’ve shared with you during this past week, and then we’ll wrap things up with an outline of the latest jailbreak tweak releases, roundups, and tutorials.

Important stuff from this week

ShootingStar

The ShootingStar jailbreak tweak lets jailbreakers send any iMessage with the same aesthetically-pleasing Shooting Star effect that they would get when sending the “Eid Mubarak” greeting to another iMessage user.

For some reason, this is the only iMessage effect that users can’t manually select when choosing animations for their iMessages, so this jailbreak tweak fixes that.

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

NotificationHub

The new NotificationHub jailbreak tweak is a notification manager app that lets you view, filter, and manage previously-received notifications on your device – even those you’ve already opened and read.

This allows you to go back and find notifications you want to reference later, enabling you to refresh your memory when required for certain conversations, saved items you need reminders about, or other niche situations where access to notifications that you can no longer access in Notification Center might be beneficial (such as winning an argument when someone says they never sent you a certain message).

You can read our full review post about NotificationHub to learn more about it and where you can get it from.

UIScroller

Some of us scroll through social media apps so much that our fingers begin to cramp. But now you can put a stop to that with a jailbreak tweak called UIScroller.

This brilliant jailbreak tweak can auto-scroll at your preferred pace, allowing you see what’s new in your favorite apps without manual scrolling effort.

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

RootHide bootstrap updates

The RootHide bootstrap for iOS & iPadOS 14.0-17.0 on A8-A17 and M1-M2 chip-equipped devices received two beta updates this past week that might be of interest to existing users.

You can learn about the latest RootHide bootstrap updates below:

AltStore updates

The AltStore sideloading utility for iPhones and iPads received a new beta update this week that adds Increased Memory Limit entitlements, a new URL scheme, and other improvements.

You can learn all about the latest AltStore beta update in our full news post.

iOS 18.3.2 unsigned

Apple on Monday stopped signing iOS & iPadOS 18.3.2 in a move that prevents iPhone and iPad owners from downgrading from the newer iOS & iPadOS 18.4 firmware.

This is an anti-jailbreaking move that ensures users get pushed to the latest firmware, containing the best security patches and preventing users from installing vulnerable firmware.

You can learn more in our full news post.

MediaColor

MediaColor is a new and free jailbreak tweak that allows the Now Playing widget on the Lock Screen to adopt the dominant color of whatever your current song’s album artwork is.

You can learn everything you need to know about MediaColor, including where you can find it, in our full review post.

Everything else from this week

Airaw v1.6.7 released: Fix a crash that was occurring on iOS 14, a new “Notch Disable (2)” item has been added to address some devices that do not display correctly when Notch Disable is enabled ($8.99 via Chariz repository – review post)

NotificationHub v1.0.3 released: Fixed an issue with empty notification list, fixed an issue with database can not be accessed in some cases, improved support for various environment type, adjusted some of the app’s UI to reflect internal changes, improved UI layout in some areas to fit different device screen sizes, improved UX when loading a web page in the app (free via BigBoss repository – review post)

Return YouTube Dislike v1.13.7 released: Added a “support layer” for YouTube legacy tweak, fixed the video like/dislike numbers being dark in dark mode if they are constructed with ELMTextNode which is the case for YouTube Legacy tweak (free via Chariz repository – review post)

WANoDeliveryReceipts: Disables read receipts for WhatsApp Messenger (free via YouRepo repository)

WhatsApp Emoji Unicode 16.0 (EFM) v16.0.0 released: Updated to Unicode 16.0 (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

YouTube Legacy v1.4.0 released: Added “Select another account” menu to the account overflow menu, making it possible to switch accounts, fixed video like/dislike numbers being dark in dark mode, fixed the account image not showing in the bottom bar (free via PoomSmart’s repository)

Now that you’ve reached this part of our weekly roundup, we can confidently say you’re caught up with the latest in the realm of iPhone and iPad jailbreaking. Of course, we recommend that you stay tuned throughout the work week whenever possible, that way you can stay on top of things even before these roundups happen.

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Below, you will find jailbreak tweak roundups for add-ons that work with the latest jailbreaks on iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16:

And if you need help getting started with jailbreaking, then you can access the tutorials and guides below to learn all about it:

What was your favorite jailbreak tweak release or jailbreak news tidbit from this past week? Be sure to let us know in the comments section down below.