The iDownloadBlog team tracks the latest trends in the iPhone and iPad hacking & jailbreaking spaces every single day, and while we bring you the hottest news as it happens, we also know that keeping track of new developments can be a challenging endeavor as you balance the struggles of everyday life.
iOS 15
Developers use Ian Beer’s CVE-2025-24203 write-up to bring MacDirtyCow-like tweaks to newer firmware
In case you didn’t already know, there’s a new kernel exploit out in the wild that renowned Google Project Zero security researcher Ian Beer recently published a writeup about. CVE-2025-24203, which is being referred to by the iPhone & iPad hacking community as dirtyZero or mdc0, is a kernel exploit that allows for certain system customizations akin to what the MacDirtyCow exploit was once capable of on supported firmware.
Jailbreak news of the week: NeoFreeBird, Nugget updates, AltStore PAL updates, & more…
If there’s one thing you can always count on from the iDownloadBlog team, it’s to be covering the latest iPhone and iPad jailbreaking news as it happens, regardless of how frequent or scarce that information might be. We utilize direct contacts and sources to publish the most accurate information possible on any subject matter.
Jailbreak news of the week: Nugget updates, NCPercentHeader, PasscodePercent, & more…
The iDownloadBlog team is committed to sharing the latest iPhone and iPad jailbreak news as it happens. Even if there isn’t a shiny new jailbreak tool to talk about right now, there are still plenty of jailbreak developers working on jailbreak tweaks and awesome projects that can take advantage of exploits to install hacks without a full-fledged jailbreak.
PasscodePercent puts your battery level percentage at the top of your jailbroken device’s passcode interface
iOS developer CydiaGeek just this week released a free jailbreak tweak called NCHeaderPercent that put the battery level percentage in your Notification Center interface’s individual headers. But for those looking for a different way to see their device’s battery level percentage, the same developer just released a free add-on called PasscodePercent that does exactly that.
NCHeaderPercent displays your battery percentage in your device’s Notification Center headers
If you’re interested in adding some new flair to the headers in your jailbroken iPhone or iPad’s Notification Center interface, then you might take a liking to a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called NCHeaderPercent by iOS developer CydiaGeek.
Jailbreak news of the week: iOS 18.4 unsigned, AutoVPN, Oh My Insets, HideCallBar, & more…
The iDownloadBlog team spends a lot of its time following projects in the iPhone hacking and jailbreaking communities, making it our pleasure to share new and exciting information in these spaces with our readers.
Enable up to five columns in Control Center with the Oh My Insets jailbreak tweak
Control Center is a place where iPhone and iPad users alike can quickly access shortcuts and toggles without having to sift through a maze of preference panes in the Settings app. Unfortunately, when you use more shortcuts and toggles than the ordinary person, things can feel cramped.
HideCallBar hides the Status Bar on jailbroken iPhones during active phone calls
The Status Bar is something that normally appears in just about every interface on your iPhone, including active phone calls. It alerts you to things like the current time, your cellular and Wi-Fi signal strengths, and your battery level, just to name a few things.
Jailbreak news of the week: AltStore & Dopamine updates, XXTouch Elite, HarlemShake Reborn, & more…
Jailbreaking iPhones and iPads comprises of a significant portion of what we do here at iDownloadBlog, and as such, we cover news in this space as quickly as it comes about. On the other hand, we also know that it can be hard to keep track of new developments when you’re busy during the work week with a job, school, and family obligations. But don’t worry; we got you.
Dopamine v2.4.5 released to introduce additional bug fixes and improvements for jailbreakers
Security searcher and jailbreak developer Lars Fröder (@opa334dev) released an updated version of the Dopamine jailbreak tool on Saturday, officially bringing it up to version 2.4.4.
XXTouch Elite is a powerful full-fledged automation framework for jailbroken iPhones
If you’ve refreshed your sources on your jailbroken device recently, then you may have stumbled upon the likes of a newly released jailbreak tweak called XXTouch Elite by iOS developers 82flex and havonz, which carries itself as a powerful full-fledged automation framework for jailbroken installations of iOS.