The palera1n team released an updated beta build of the checkm8 bootrom exploit-based palera1n jailbreak tool this Sunday evening, this time bringing it up to version 2.1 beta 2.
Another week, another bug fix update for the popular Nugget SparseRestore exploit-based device customization utility by iOS developer LeminLimez.
Anyone who uses the RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap for their iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 15.0-17.0 might be interested to learn that there’s are a couple of updates available that brings further refinements to the general user experience.
Nugget, the SparseRestore-based iPhone customization utility for macOS and Windows, picked up an additional update this week ahead of the New Year holiday, officially bringing it up to version 4.2.2.
In a rarely seen walk back on Tuesday, iOS security researcher and Dopamine jailbreak lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) released and then pulled an updated version of the Dopamine jailbreak tool in the form of version 2.3.
The palera1n jailbreak, which relies on the venerable checkm8 hardware-based bootrom exploit to perform its magic, picked up a minor update this week in the form of version 2.1 beta 1.
Another day, another bit of exciting news for legacy iOS devices and firmware versions. There appears to be a new jailbreak tool on the block for 32-bit devices running iOS 8.0-9.0.2, and it’s being called EverPwnage by the developer, LukeZGD.
It’s been a hot minute since the year 2012, which is when Apple announced the seventh-generation iPod Nano. In fact, despite the fact that the iPod was one of Apple’s most successful products, the company doesn’t even sell iPods anymore.
We’ve seen a lot of different kinds of software that harness the SparseRestore exploit to perform unique hacks on non-jailbroken devices running iOS 17 and even certain versions of iOS 18. Among one of the most popular is Nugget, an app for macOS and Windows by iOS developer LeminLimez.
iOS developer LeminLimez released an updated version of the Nugget Mobile on-device SparseRestore exploit-based iPhone customization utility this week, this time bringing it up to version 2.0.1.
I find it insulting enough that Apple doesn’t trust its own users to choose which version of firmware that they can install on the iPhones and iPads they own. In fact, they actively prohibit firmware downgrades via a signing scheme that either approves or disapproves of firmware installation requests through iTunes or Finder.
In an announcement shared via the Cowabunga Discord channel on Saturday, iOS developer LeminLimez revealed an updated version of Nugget, a device customization utility that makes use of the SparseRestore exploit to make jailbreak tweak-like changes to iPhones and iPads without a jailbreak.