Toward the end of last week, iOS developer and security researcher @alfiecg_dev posted a teaser video on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) of what appears to be a new breed of iOS 14 jailbreak running on an iPhone 7.
Apple on Monday released iOS & iPadOS 18.1 beta 5 — the latest iteration of the pre-release of iOS & iPadOS 18.1 firmware with minor tweaks and enhancements for end users. But one other thing that hardly went unnoticed was that it patches the SparseRestore exploit.
Just last week, iOS developer LeminLimez teased Nugget Mobile, an on-device SparseRestore-based device customization utility for iOS 16.0-18.1 beta 4 that does not require a jailbreak to use. But as of this week, it is officially available to the masses.
PureKFD, the once popular package manager app that utilized the Kernel File Descriptor (KFD) and MacDirtyCow (MDC) exploits to enable jailbreak tweak-like hacks on non-jailbroken devices, has received a major update this weekend to version 6.0.
iOS & iPadOS 18 launched this Monday, marking a significant milestone in the Cupertino-based Apple’s software update process. This major update brought with it a significant amount of highly requested features and enhanced the user experiences of iPhones and iPads alike.
Nugget, a SparseRestore exploit-based backup hack utility for iPhones and iPads running iOS & iPadOS 17.0-18.0 RC by iOS developer LeminLimez, has added a couple of updates post-Apple event that bring the utility up to version 2.1.1.
iOS developers @Little_34306 and @straight_tamago have pushed a new update for their SparseRestore-based MisakaX iPhone and iPad customization utility, which harnesses an exploit in device backups to make these changes possible.
MisakaX, the latest project by former Misaka project developer @straight_tamago and a SparseRestore exploit-based device customization tool for iPhones and iPads running iOS & iPadOS 16.0 and later, received even more important updates this past week with new features and improvements.
Jailbreaking has been a beloved hobby of mine since iOS 3, and in that timeframe, there would almost always be a new jailbreak release shortly after Apple came out with a new firmware update in the Fall months. Fast-forward to modern times, and it seems we’re waiting ever so longer for jailbreaks to release, and lots of jailbreakers want to know why.
The iPad 7 is the lone device right now that sees any imminent potential for a jailbreak on iPadOS 18. That’s because this iPadOS 18 device is susceptible to the unpatchable hardware-based bootrom exploit, while no other checkm8 devices can run iOS or iPadOS 18.
You may recall that back in mid-June, we reported on what was being touted as an entirely new TrollStore installation method for all devices running iOS & iPadOS 17.0. This method, which has yet to be released, is specifically intended for iOS & iPadOS 17.0, and is not compatible with any other version of iOS & iPadOS 17.x.
In a bout of potential good news for iOS & iPadOS 17.0 users — specifically 17.0, and not any other version of iOS & iPadOS 17 — it seems that a method to install TrollStore has been uncovered.