Apple on Monday released iOS & iPadOS 17.5, with a substantial part of that update incorporating a handful of security patches. At the very top of Apple’s “About the security content of iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5” web page is CVE-2024-27804, a peculiar kernel vulnerability in AppleAVD which had the potential impact of an app being able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5 and watchOS 10.5 arrived on May 13, 2024. Download the updates on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch to get the latest features.
The official release notes for iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 mention four new iPhone and iPad features, but we’ve managed to discover a few other changes.
Depending on how long you’ve been jailbreaking for, you might recall what was once a popular jailbreak tweak called ShortLook. This OLED-friendly notification system kept most of your screen black, while displaying the content of your notification and who it was from as a prompt at the center of the screen.
If you’re using palera1n, the checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak tool for arm64 devices (iPhone X and earlier) running iOS & iPadOS 15.0 and later, then you may want to know about some important changes that are coming in a future update.
iPadOS 17.5 could finally bring a Battery Health section, letting you check the Pad battery’s maximum remaining capacity and cycle count without workarounds
The third-generation Apple Pencil may incorporate force sensors to detect when you squeeze the stylus in your hand, triggering preset actions like adding a signature.
Just a couple of years ago, iOS developer chr1s released a paid jailbreak tweak called Atlas that made iOS’ native video player more minimalist-friendly by shrinking it down and introducing several gestures for interacting with video playback.
The palera1n checkm8 bootrom exploit-based jailbreak, unlike the checkra1n jailbreak before it, has long been a command line interface (CLI)-based jailbreak tool. This means you must use Terminal to use it, which can be off-putting for those uncomfortable with running Terminal commands.
Although iOS 17.4.1 doesn't introduce any new features, you're recommended to install it to get Apple's latest security patches protecting against threats.
With iOS 17.4, Apple’s Shortcuts app has gained two new scripting actions that can describe how you’re moving and holding your iPhone.
The palera1n checkm8 bootrom exploit-based rootless jailbreak for arm64 (A8-A11) chip-equipped handsets on iOS & iPadOS 15.x-16.x and iPadOS 17.x received an important update last weekend to version 2.0.0 beta 9. But since that update dropped, at least one issue has been identified.