I remember a time several years ago when I would replace my standard passcode on my jailbroken device with an interface where I would draw a picture to unlock my locked device. This meant setting a unique drawing as my ‘passcode’ and having to draw the same drawing (or as close to it as possible) for my device to register that I was me.
The iDownloadBlog team makes it a substantial priority to cover jailbreak-related and iPhone hacking content throughout the week, but we also want to make content discovery easier for those who can’t pay attention to the site every day of the week.
Normally when you copy or cut items on your iPhone or iPad, you can readily paste those items elsewhere with a couple of taps. Unfortunately, once you copy or cut a new item, previous items are lost until copied or cut again.
It’s been a ridiculous week following WWDC 2024, chock-full of announcements about iOS & iPadOS 18. Even the jailbreak community has suddenly come alive, pushing updates to jailbreak tools and attempting to see whether palera1n can be used to jailbreak certain checkm8-vulnerable devices post-update to iPadOS 18 and tvOS 18.
Around a year ago, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called SquidGesture that allowed you to perform various handy actions with gestures performed on the Status Bar or at the bottom of the display. The tweak, compatible with jailbroken devices running iOS 14, 15, and 16, was free to download and became somewhat popular.
It was only earlier today that Dopamine jailbreak lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) released version 2.1.6 of the rootless iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16 jailbreak tool. But as it would seem, Fröder saw it necessary to further improve Dopamine before hanging his hat for the day.
Despite all the news and announcements surrounding Apple’s upcoming iOS & iPadOS 18 firmware updates, Dopamine jailbreak lead developer Lars Fröder has remained steadfast in his pursuit of improving the jailbreak experience for those on iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16.
Jailbreakers who depend on the ElleKit tweak injection method to use jailbreak tweaks on their device might be interested in knowing that there’s an update to the package as of Tuesday afternoon. The latest update brings ElleKit up to version 1.1.3.
Early Sunday morning, we reported on a rumor about iOS & iPadOS 18 potentially adding a new feature that would force Home Screen app icons to dynamically change their appearance with the user-selected Light Mode or Dark Mode setting.
The iDB team passionately covers iPhone hacking and jailbreaking news as it happens throughout the week. But for those who can’t follow along in real time, we offer a weekly weekend roundup that compiles everything into a largely summarized post.
Dopamine jailbreak lead developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) took to X (formerly Twitter) early Friday morning to share an important public service announcement regarding ElleKit — the tweak injection method used by his jailbreak.
Jailbreakable iPhones that come equipped with ProMotion displays, including the iPhone 13 Pro & Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max now have more options when it comes to enabling 120Hz display refresh rates.