CoolStar

CoolStar makes many jailbreak tweaks open source after being officially hired by Apple

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 6, 2024

Depending on how long you’ve been jailbreaking iPhones and iPads, CoolStar is a name you might remember. The talented developer was behind some of the most popular jailbreak tools for firmware spanning iOS & iPadOS 11 through 14, including Electra, Chimera, Odyssey, and Taurine. CoolStar even attempted to make an iOS & iPadOS 15 jailbreak called Cheyote, but later gave up on the project and left the community.

Taurine iOS 14.0-14.8.1 jailbreak updated to v1.1.7-3 to fix kfd regression

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 23, 2023

If you’ve been following along so far, then you wouldn’t heard about how the Odyssey Team’s iOS 14-centric Taurine jailbreak recently picked up support for iOS & iPadOS 14.4-14.8.1 thanks to the kfd exploit, but a few things have happened since then.

CoolStar says fix for CarPlay issues in latest version of Taurine iOS 14-based jailbreak unlikely to be fixed

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 23, 2023

In case you haven’t been following along, the Odyssey Team’s iOS & iPadOS 14-centric Taurine jailbreak tool received an update this past week that added iOS & iPadOS 14.4-14.8.1 support.

Taurine updated to version 1.1.7-2 to fix jailbreaking A11 devices running iOS 14.0-14.4

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 21, 2023

At the start of the week, the Odyssey Team released an updated version of the Taurine jailbreak to add support for iOS & iPadOS 14.4-14.8.1.

Taurine jailbreak v1.1.7 out of beta with official iOS & iPadOS 14.4-14.8.1 support

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated September 23, 2023

The Odyssey Team’s aging Taurine jailbreak tool, originally designed for iOS & iPadOS 14.0-14.3 devices only, has recently started picking up support for later iterations of iOS & iPadOS 14.

New Taurine jailbreak beta release adds support for iOS 14.4-14.8.1 via kfd exploit

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 22, 2023

In an interesting turn of events for anyone still using an iOS or iPadOS 14 device, it seems that former jailbreak developer CoolStar has started implementing support for the new kfd exploit into the Taurine jailbreak tool for various devices.

CoolStar open-sources libhooker tweak injection method for iOS devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 17, 2023

Libhooker, the tweak injection method frequently used by CoolStar-associated jailbreaks including Odyssey for iOS & iPadOS 13 and Taurine for iOS & iPadOS 14, has been officially open-sourced.

Odyssey jailbreak for iOS 13.0-13.7 updated to v1.4.3 to include latest Sileo build

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 4, 2023

In addition to updating the iOS 12-centric Chimera jailbreak tool to its final end of life (EOL) update with support for iOS 12.5.7, the Odyssey Team pushed a similar EOL update for the iOS & iPadOS 13-centric Odyssey jailbreak tool with other changes late Monday night, bringing it up to version 1.4.3.

Chimera jailbreak updated to v1.6.5 with support for iOS 12.5.7

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated June 14, 2023

The Chimera jailbreak tool for iOS 12 devices received its final end of life (EOL) update late Monday night adding support for iOS 12.5.7.

Cheyote jailbreak for iOS 15.0-15.1.1 officially cancelled as CoolStar exits jailbreak community

Anthony Bouchard ∙ April 4, 2023

The jailbreak community received a bit of closure late Monday night after former Odyssey Team member and lead developer CoolStar formally announced that the Cheyote jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 had been cancelled and that CoolStar was leaving the community for good.

CoolStar says not to expect a Cheyote iOS 15.0-15.1.1 jailbreak release in 2022

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 15, 2022

It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything new about the Odyssey Team’s rootless Cheyote jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1, and inline with statements by lead developer CoolStar in the Sileo & Odyssey Team Discord channel late last night, we may continue to not hear anything new for a while to come.

CoolStar floats the idea of releasing a ‘limited’ version of Cheyote without jailbreak tweaks before a full release

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 21, 2022

A new comment posted Wednesday morning in the Sileo & Odyssey Team Discord channel by Odyssey Team lead developer CoolStar entertained the idea of initially releasing a limited version of the Cheyote jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-15.1.1 ahead of the final version.