The palera1n jailbreak, which relies on the venerable checkm8 hardware-based bootrom exploit to perform its magic, picked up a minor update this week in the form of version 2.1 beta 1.
Not only do we like jailbreaking iPhones and iPads here at iDownloadBlog, but when jailbreaking isn’t an option, we like sideloading unauthorized apps, installing hacks, and learning all about the latest security research breakthroughs that make these kinds of things possible.
In an attempt to potentially make software development easier in some fringe scenarios, iOS developer castdrian has released a new and free jailbreak tweak called CovertInstrument that can give the effect of preventing an iPhone or iPad from locking itself after an extended idle period.
Sometimes iPhone users get used to performing certain routines in individual apps on their device, and in some instances, that could mean changing the device’s settings for an ideal usage environment for those apps.
While the palera1n jailbreak has proven to be resilient for arm64 (A11 and older) devices due to being based on a bootrom hardware-based exploit called checkm8 that can’t be patched by Apple with a mere software update, the fact remains that a lot of people are turned off by it being a command line-based jailbreak tool as opposed to offering an easy click-based graphical user interface (GUI) like checkra1n once did.
The palera1n checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool for arm64 (A11 and older) devices running iOS & iPadOS 15 and later, received a minor update early Monday morning, officially bringing it up to version 2.0.2.
A feature that I use all the time when recording videos on my iPhone is the still capture button. This button allows you to capture a still frame as a photograph file even as you continue recording a video, and it doesn’t interrupt the video recording process in any way.
Apple has launched iOS 17.7, iPadOS 17.7, macOS Sonoma 14.7 and macOS Ventura 13.7 with security fixes for older iPhones, iPads and Macs.
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Apple has gotten somewhat infamous over the years for the plethora of bugs that can cause an iPhone to crash by merely receiving certain strings of characters in text messages or iMessages. But a new discovery this week along similar lines doesn’t even require a text message.
The palera1n jailbreak team released an updated version of the palera1n semi-tethered jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 15.0 and later early Saturday morning, officially bringing the checkm8 bootrom exploit-based tool up to version 2.0.1.