Electra

Electra 1.3.0 released with ‘next-gen jailbreakd2’ to prevent device freezes and improve performance

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 2, 2019

The Electra Team has released another update for the iOS 11-centric Electra jailbreak tool on Saturday bringing the version number up to 1.3.0. This update incorporates a respectable list of bug fixes and performance improvements, among other things.

The update was announced via Twitter by the Electra Team Saturday evening, and as it would seem, it replaces jailbreakd with a re-written alternative dubbed jailbreakd2 and resolves a bevy of freezing issues that had been reported by the tool’s user base:

Electra version 1.2.7 released to fix a kernel panic issue on some devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 31, 2019

It was only a couple of hours ago that the Electra Team pushed two back-to-back updates for the Electra jailbreak tool, but those versions are already obsolete. The team just pushed another update to their iOS 11-centric jailbreak tool, bringing the version number up to 1.2.7.

The Electra Team announced the update earlier this evening via Twitter, elucidating how it was released to resolve a bug with tihmstar’s v1ntex exploit that would sometimes cause a kernel panic on certain devices:

Electra updated to version 1.2.6 to resolve various problems on A7 & A8 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 31, 2019

The Electra Team pushed two subsequent updates to the Electra jailbreak tool Thursday evening with bug fixes and improvements, bringing the version number of iOS 11-centric tool to 1.2.6. The updates came just hours after Electra picked up support for tihmstar’s new v1ntex exploit.

The Electra Team announced the new updates via Twitter, adding that they would resolve problems users were experiencing on A7 and A8 devices concerning post-exploitation failures on iOS 11.2-11.4.1 and app crashing issues on iOS 11.4.x:

Sileo beta preview receives a small update with support for the latest dpkg

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 31, 2019

Soon after the Electra Team updated its jailbreak with support for tihmstar’s new v1ntex exploit, the Sileo Team came forward with an update for the beta preview of the Sileo package manager – an alternative to Cydia.

A Tweet shared Thursday by the Sileo Team denotes how the newest update adds support for the latest dpkg (version 1.19.4) for package installation (themes, tweaks, etc.):

Electra update adds tihmstar’s new v1ntex exploit, brings support for A7, A8 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 31, 2019

It didn’t take long after tihmstar released his voucher_swap-like v1ntex exploit with support for 4K devices, for the Electra Team to roll out an update to Electra with official support for A7[X] and A8[X] devices. Version 1.2.3 is now the latest iteration of Electra available to the public.

The Electra Team made the announcement on Twitter Thursday morning, explaining that they had replaced tihmstar’s threadm1ll exploit with the v1ntex variety for A7[X] and A8[X] devices, a move that makes Electra universally-supported among all devices running iOS 11.0-11.4.1:

Tihmstar releases v1ntex, a voucher_swap-like exploit for 4K devices (16K support coming soon)

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 31, 2019

Just a couple of days ago, security researcher Brandon Azad released his voucher_swap exploit for 16K devices (A9[X], A10[X], A11[X]), but the exploit didn’t support 4K devices (A7[X], A8[X]), resulting in some devices being unsupported by the recent updates to the Electra and unc0ver jailbreaks.

On a more positive note, hacking guru tihmstar seems to have a solution. Thursday morning, he Tweeted his version of the voucher_swap exploit, subtly named v1ntex. Astonishingly, the exploit supports 4K devices, whereas Brandon Azad’s exploit did not:

Electra updated to version 1.2.2 with build number fix & other improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 30, 2019

It was only a few hours ago that the Electra Team released Electra 1.2.0 with preliminary support for iOS 11.4-11.4.1, and we’re already seeing some of the first updates to the iOS 11-centric jailbreak tool post-release.

The Electra Team announced the updates via Twitter Wednesday afternoon, highlighting some of the changes that come along with them:

How to jailbreak iOS 11.4-11.4.1 with Electra1141

Joaquim Barbosa ∙ Updated May 23, 2019

Today, the Electra Team released the first publicly available jailbreak for iOS 11.4.x (excluding iOS beta versions), beating the unc0ver release by a matter of hours.

Whilst we recommend using the unc0ver tool for iOS 11.4.x due to its use of the original Cydia Substrate over Substitute and its greater support, we still dived in on a test device to give you a peek at the first past the post. If you really can't wait a moment longer and have a device sitting on iOS 11.4-11.4.x, then read on to jailbreak it.

Electra Team releases Electra version 1.2.0 with support for iOS 11.4-11.4.1

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 17, 2019

On Wednesday, the Electra Team released an updated version of the iOS 11-centric Electra jailbreak tool. Version 1.2.0 adds official support for iOS 11.4 and 11.4.1, making it the first public jailbreak tool to officially support these firmware versions.

The Electra Team made the announcement via Twitter, noting that Electra 1.2.0 uses a newer exploit dubbed voucher_swap. This exploit is allegedly more reliable than the traditional multi_path or VFS exploits that users have been relying on for months:

Security researcher Brandon Azad publishes voucher_swap exploit for pre-iOS 12.1.2 devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated March 19, 2019

Not long after tihmstar published his iOS 11.4-11.4.1-centric tfp0 exploit for headphone jack-enabled handsets, security researcher Brandon Azad followed up by releasing an exploit of his own intended for devices running iOS 12.1.2 and earlier.

Azad shared the news via Twitter Tuesday afternoon, including a link to documentation encompassing the exploit:

Ventana brings a Windows 10-inspired Lock screen to jailbroken iPhones and iPads

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated February 28, 2022

If you like how the Windows 10 Lock screen looks and feels, then you’ll probably enjoy using a jailbreak tweak called Ventana by iOS developers CoolStar and Jeremy Goulet. This tweak redesigns your iPhone or iPad’s Lock screen to make interface elements appear more as they would on a Windows 10 device.

Right out of the box, Ventana themes the Now Playing interface, any incoming notification banners you might have waiting for your attention, and the date and time display. Ventana also provides you with a Siri shortcut akin to the Cortana shortcut that you might find on Windows 10.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: AutoWall, Dimage, Hive, & more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 27, 2019

If you have a jailbroken handset and you’re looking for new and exciting ways to customize it, then you’ve come to the right place.

This roundup will encompass all the latest jailbreak tweaks released in Cydia from Monday, January 21st to Sunday, January 27th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases first and then outline the rest for you afterward.