Nugget is a popular SparseRestore exploit-based device customization utility for iPhones and iPads that you can operate on a macOS or Windows-based PC and doesn’t require a jailbreak to use. Still yet, you can use it to enable hacks that behave a lot like jailbreak tweaks, and it works on certain versions of iOS 17 and 18.
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.
The iDownloadBlog team is always following the latest trends in the iPhone and iPad jailbreak communities to keep our readers apprised of developments as they happen. Some weeks are faster paced than others, while some are slower. In any case, we’re here, reporting on what transpires for our readers.
Nugget, a customization utility by iOS developer LeminLimez that takes advantage of the SparseRestore exploit to apply jailbreak tweak-like customizations to iPhones without an actual jailbreak, was graced with a duo of updates on Wednesday as the developer finds more ways to improve and refine it.
It was only a couple of days ago that the RootHide team seeded two public betas of the RootHide bootstrap for iOS & iPadOS 14.0-17.0 devices with A8-A17 and M1-M2 chips. Fortunately, things went well since the beta testing didn’t last that long.
Monday was a day of updates for the RootHide bootstrap, a special bootstrap that lets users install and use jailbreak tweaks from a package manager app like Sileo just as they can on a jailbroken device, but without a full-fledged jailbreak and all the privileges that come with it.
As you may recall, the Nugget SparseRestore exploit-based device customization utility for non-jailbroken handsets running iOS 17.0-18.4 beta recently picked up an update adding the ability to set animated wallpapers, and it was later reported that video wallpapers were coming soon. Well folks… that update is finally here.
Nugget, an iPhone customization utility by iOS developer LeminLimez that utilizes the SparseRestore exploit to enable various forms of jailbreak-like customization without a jailbreak, received two important updates in the past couple of days that all users should be taking advantage of.
The iDownloadBlog team covers iPhone and iPad jailbreak news as it breaks, but we also review jailbreak tweaks, write about important updates to software, and discuss our opinion on the state of events on a regular basis. But for those who can’t keep up, we have these convenient weekend roundup pieces that pull everything together into a newspaper-like compilation so you can see everything at a glance.
Apple devices utilize a security technique called sandboxing, which isolates apps’ processes into their own protected environments so they can’t access certain parts of the file system that the manufacturer deems sensitive. But it’s possible for apps to circumvent this security mechanism via what’s known as a sandbox escape.
Just yesterday, iOS developer LeminLimez released version 5.0 of their popular Nugget SparseRestore exploit-based iPhones and iPad customization utility for macOS and Windows, introducing highly anticipated animated wallpapers without a jailbreak and a variety of improvements for existing users.
We’ve been reporting for the past couple of weeks that iOS developer LeminLimez was working on a massive update for the macOS and Windows-oriented Nugget SparseRestore-based system customization utility for iPhones and iPads that would introduce animated wallpapers without the need to jailbreak said devices.