We have some pretty great news for anyone that stayed on iOS or iPadOS 16.5.1 or below on their A12 or newer device. As it would appear, staying on the lowest possible firmware and avoiding software updates despite the many temptations really does have its perks!
Thursday morning bore witness to interesting news for anybody who finds themselves intrigued by iPhone and iPad security research.
Many of our readers are familiar with the DelayOTA method of installing firmware updates on iPhones and iPads. This method allows users to upgrade to unsigned firmware from an older firmware for up to 90 days beyond the target firmware’s date of unsigning.
Among the many things that aren’t allowed on CarPlay-capable head units is watching videos, and for valid reasons. After all, car manufacturers don’t want to offer this feature as it may entice some individuals to pay more attention to a screen in front of their face while driving than the actual road they’re driving on.
If you have ever jailbroke an iOS or iPadOS device with palera1n before, then you would know that the tool’s semi-tethered status requires you to connect to a computer every time you want to re-jailbreak your device.
I still remember more than a decade ago when I first began jailbreaking iPhones that I would always install a particular theme on my device called Glasklart. I always appreciated the transparent icons on my Home Screen, along with the simplistic glyphs at the center of them.
If you’re interested in harnessing the power of the MacDirtyCow exploit for iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.1.2 or the kfd exploit for iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.6 beta 1 to add a touch of extra information to your handset’s Status Bar, then we have a feeling that you’ll appreciate a new add-on called Real Weather by iOS developers YangJiii and Robin.
PureKFD, the kfd exploit-based toolbox app and package manager all-in-one by iOS developer @lrdsnow received an important update to version 4.2 this week.
The Misaka package manager app, renowned for giving iPhone and iPad users the ability to install hacks and add-ons without a jailbreak by way of the MacDirtyCow (iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.1.2) and kfd (iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.6 beta 1) exploits, has received another important update.
It has always been possible to inject third-party code into decrypted .ipa files so that they could be sideloaded onto your iPhone or iPad with more functionality than the app would have directly from the App Store, but this has always been a somewhat inconvenient method of going about it.
The Misaka package manager app received another update on Wednesday, this time up to version 3.3.1 with new features and bug fixes that might be of interest to a substantial amount of prospective users.
Almost a year ago, iOS developer matteozappia discovered a way to enable the Dynamic Island on notched iPhones running iOS 16.0-16.1.2 via the MacDirtyCow exploit.