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.
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iOS 18.4: Five new features for the Photos app and quality-of-life improvements
Here's your overview of the new features Apple brought to the built-in Photos app on the iPhone, iPad and Mac with iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4.
How to prevent random app installs on your iPhone or iPad
Learn how to stop your iPhone or iPad from automatically installing random apps and games that you long uninstalled or never downloaded from the App Store.
Delta emulator app updated to v1.7.1 to address OpenGL ES 3.0 issues & other bug fixes
After launching a major update to the Delta emulator app for iPhones and iPads just over a week ago with support for Nintendo DS game online multiplayer and other improvements, the AltStore Team took to 𝕏 to announce another update to the app this Tuesday afternoon.
How to turn off all passcodes from iPad or iPhone for easy access
Learn how to remove all passwords and security checkpoints from your iPad or iPhone, making it easy to unlock and use as a simple tablet or phone.
iOS 18.4: New Shortcuts actions to change settings in apps ahead of Siri’s AI update
Apple has added a bunch of new actions for its Shortcuts app, including ones for changing various settings in the built-in apps.
UIScroller is an auto-scroller for iPhone apps that helps reduce finger fatigue
When you’re using certain apps, it can be a real pain to scroll through what feels like an infinite feed of information, especially when it comes to social media-centric apps like Facebook, 𝕏, and YouTube. But what if we told you there was an easier way to scroll without all the finger fatigue?
RootHide bootstrap updated to v1.4 betas 1 & 2 with more bug fixes & improvements
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.
Apple stops signing iOS 18.3.2, thwarting downgrades from newer iOS 18.4 firmware
Apple officially released iOS & iPadOS 18.4 last week, bringing Priority Notifications to Apple Intelligence, a dedicated Vision Pro app, new Emojis, and other under-the-hood improvements to modern iPhone and iPad owners.
NotificationHub is a new app to save, track, & manage your jailbroken device’s notifications
While the stock Notification Center on your iPhone or iPad might be enough for viewing missed notification and interacting with them, iOS developer iamdega wanted something a bit more, and as a result, their gift to the community is a new jailbreak tweak called NotificationHub that we think is worth taking a closer look at.
Jailbreak news of the week: turdus merula downgrading utility, Nugget adds video wallpapers, & more…
Tracking down the latest news in the realms of iPhone hacking and jailbreaking comprises of a significant portion of what we do here at iDownloadBlog. For that reason, we cover stories as they happen in real time, but we also try to ensure our readers have a quick and easy weekend digest so that they can get caught up when they miss important news during the busy work week.