In this short guide, we explain why app icons on your iPhone or iPad Home Screen, App Library, Share Sheet, and other places turn black, and how to prevent this.
How to stop your iPhone and iPad app icons from turning black
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AutoVPN adds powerful VPN features to your jailbroken iPhone or iPad
Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) while browsing the web can help you surf anonymously. Other people use them to spoof their location to unlock features that may be out of reach in their region. Whatever the case, VPNs are useful tools, and iOS developer Snail wants to make your jailbroken iPhone’s VPN handling more intelligent.
Apple ends firmware downgrades from iOS 18.4.1 by unsigning iOS 18.4
Apple on Wednesday pulled the plug on the iOS & iPadOS 18.4 signing window nearly one full week after launching iOS & iPadOS 18.4.1, a minor bug fix update for iPhones and iPads.
Google Fi celebrates 10-year anniversary with updates to unlimited plans, tighter Apple device support
Popular cellular service option Google Fi is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, and according to a blog post shared by Google, this means big things for not only Android users, but also iPhone users who choose to connect with the world using Google Fi’s service.
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.
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.
AltStore team celebrates AltStore PAL’s anniversary with notarized build of AltStore Classic that doesn’t expire or count against app limit
In a major announcement shared to social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the AltStore team said that it was celebrating the one-year anniversary of the launch of AltStore PAL in the European Union with a new version of AltStore Classic that users can acquire directly from AltStore PAL.
iOS 18.4.1 fixes connection issue with wireless CarPlay
Wireless CarPlay in iOS 18.4 was causing an unknown percentage of drivers connection issues, but Apple's iOS 18.4.1 update fixes the problem.
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.
AltStore v2.2 officially out of beta, enabling increased memory limit & other improvements for all users
One full week ago, the AltStore team published a new beta build of AltStore Classic, the popular sideloading utility for the iPhones and iPads that allows users to install third-party apps on their devices outside of the App Store with their Apple ID via the free Apple Developer program.
HarlemShake Reborn breathes new life into a popular animation jailbreak tweak from 2013
Depending on how long you’ve been jailbreaking iPhones, you might recall a jailbreak tweak called Harlem Shake by former tweak developer Filippo Bigarella that brought fun and quirky animations to your iPhone’s Home Screen, Lock Screen, and the likes. We covered that release back in 2013, and it was a popular addition back then.