The jailbreak community is in a particularly exciting situation right now. With the Fugu14 untether now available and jailbreak developers diligently working to incorporate it into existing tools, many jailbreakers are avidly waiting to experience an untethered jailbreak for the first time since iOS 9. In the meantime, it can already be used to keep the unc0ver jailbreak app signed indefinitely via the latest version of AltStore.
iOS 13
Get an Android 12-inspired Lock Screen on your jailbroken iPhone with Android LS
Want an Android 12-inspired Lock Screen on the face of your jailbroken iPhone? If so, then we’ve got a treat for you.
NotchBanners lends notched handsets a more aesthetically-appropriate notification banner
The infamous notch became a critical element of Apple’s design language when introducing it with the iPhone X. Fast-forward to now, and the notch has infiltrated more devices including the iPad lineup and, more recently, the MacBook Pro lineup.
Cyrch adds a search bar to Cydia’s Sources tab
Jailbreak tweak and theme developers typically use repositories such as BigBoss, Chariz, or Packix to host their work. But with more developers opting to host packages on their own private repositories, your package manager app’s repository list has likely grown much longer today than it would have been 10 years ago.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Aemulo, AVPhotos, & more…
Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad breaks your handset free of the software limitations imposed by Apple right out of the box, and that’s one of the chief reasons why we focus so much on jailbreaking here at iDownloadBlog.
NotiSound lets jailbreakers customize notification sounds for all apps individually
Whether you have an iPhone or an iPad, you’ll notice that you can customize notification sounds for pre-installed apps in the Settings app’s Notifications preference pane. This includes, but isn’t limited to: Calendar events, FaceTime calls, phone calls, iMessage/SMS messages, and Reminders, among other things.
AVPhotos makes videos saved to the Photos app play via iOS’ native video player with Picture-in-Picture support
You’ll notice that when you watch videos in various apps on your iPhone or iPad, be it Netflix, YouTube, or something else, you can toggle Picture-in-Picture mode such that you continue watching the video at hand even when you close the app that you originally tapped the play button in. This handy feature allows for fast and convenient multitasking.
Augment your jailbroken iPhone’s NFC tag interaction capabilities with Aemulo
Like so many other smartphones on the market today, iPhones support NFC (near field communication) capabilities. NFC is frequently used by Apple Pay and by compatible NFC tags.
This jailbreak tweak prevents websites from displaying app-promoting banners
When browsing certain websites in Safari on your iOS device, you’ll sometimes be presented with a banner at the top of the page that urges you to download that website’s dedicated App Store app.
Pwn20wnd drops unc0ver v7.0.0 with preliminary support for Linus Henze’s untether (must be installed manually)
Not long after security researcher Linus Henze released a much-anticipated untether for the jailbreak community to take advantage of on certain versions of iOS & iPadOS 14, hacker and unc0ver lead developer Pwn20wnd acted quickly to launch a new version of his jailbreak tool, and it wasn’t just a coincidence.
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Dr4w, SmartDND, YellowPages, & more…
For the jailbreak community, a lot happened this past week. From Linus Henze's untether taking the spotlight, to various jailbreak tweaks being released and featured right here on iDownloadBlog, there’s a lot to digest.
Pocket Translator makes mobile language translation more convenient on jailbroken iPhones
Having the ability to translate between two different languages can be an invaluable asset, especially if you’ve been shirking on foreign language studies.