Nugget, the no-jailbreak device customization utility based on the SparseRestore exploit for iPhones running iOS 17.0-17.7 and 18.0-18.1 beta 4, as well as partial support for iOS 17.7.1 and 18.1 beta 5 and later, received another update, officially bringing the utility up to version 4.0.1.
Monday was a big day for Apple, not only because the company released major software updates for each of its platforms, but also because they were able to refresh the iMac desktop all-in-one computer with a technical bump and new configuration options, among other things.
Nugget Mobile, a mobile on-device iPhone customization platform that utilizes the SparseRestore exploit to allow for jailbreak tweak-like hacks without any jailbreak required, received an update on Thursday to version 2.0.
Security researcher and iOS developer @alfiecg_dev, perhaps best known for being a co-developer of the TrollStore perma-signing utility for iPhones and iPads, as well as the TrollInstallerX TrollStore installation method, surprised all of us on Monday when they took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a teaser regarding a 0-day PAC bypass on an iPad Air (3rd generation) running iPadOS 15.5.
It was only yesterday that we shared how iOS developer Duy Tran (@TranKha50277352) used the SparseRestore exploit to bypass the three-app limitation in the SideStore sideloading application for iPhones and iPads, but more recently, it seems the developer has managed something perhaps even more interesting.
SparseRestore is the exploit everybody is talking about right now. It’s what made installing TrollStore on iOS 17.0 possible for the general public for the first time since the firmware stopped being signed, and it was also used in various hacks such as MisakaX and Nugget, just to name a few.
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.
The RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap, which can be used in tandem with the TrollStore perma-signing utility to allow users to inject jailbreak tweaks directly into their apps without a full-fledged jailbreak, has been updated on Sunday to version 1.2.7 beta with bug fixes and improvements.
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.
After a long and annoying battle with GitHub’s customer support team, iOS developer LeminLimez’ GitHub account has finally been un-banned and un-suspended as of Friday morning. This means that everyday users who want to download and use LeminLimez’ projects from GitHub can finally do so again as of now.