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.
Sideloading is something that a lot of iPhone and iPad owners cherish because it allows them to run apps on their iPhone or iPad without being bound to the rules of the iOS & iPadOS App Store. Sideloading has become so popular in recent years that platforms like AltStore and Sideloadly have exploded in popularity. Some projects, such as SideStore, don’t even require a computer to sign apps, but other prerequisites need to be met.
Despite being shut down more than a year ago, the Apollo Reddit client remains somewhat active today by jailbreakers to couple hacks and a Reddit API key to trick Reddit’s servers into allowing the app to work.
I’ve always been amazed by the different kinds of things you can do with just TrollStore, even when you aren’t jailbroken at all, but everything that I once thought impossible seems to be coming true.
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.
Cowabunga Lite, a popular system customization utility that exploits Apple’s backup and restore feature to apply changes to the user experience over wire, received updates to both its macOS and Windows-based applications Wednesday afternoon.
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.
As we first showed you back in 2022, iOS developer PoomSmart has long dabbled with the rear-facing flash on iPhones to see what could be possible by way of jailbreaking. But in more recent times, TrollStore-based add-ons have increased in popularity, especially when many people had access to TrollStore, but were waiting for a jailbreak to launch before Dopamine v2 hit the shelves.
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.
A lot of people are wondering if we’ll ever see a jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 18, and while we don’t have a crystal ball clear enough to give you a definitive answer, we will say that there’s at least a chance the iPad (7th generation) gets a jailbreak thanks to being susceptible to the checkm8 hardware-based bootrom exploit and being compatible with iPadOS 18 – the last checkm8-vulnerable iPhone or iPad meeting both of those criteria.
Apple has no doubt continued to further harden the securities of the iPhone and iPad with iOS & iPadOS 18 – the new firmware update that will launch for iPhones and iPads this Fall, and that can already be installed as a developer beta on eligible devices.
Apple on Monday announced iOS & iPadOS 18 during the company’s WWDC 2024 Keynote, showcasing a plethora of new features for just about every platform the brand sells.