With Control Center being one of the most-used interfaces throughout the iOS user experience, it should come as no surprise that we see jailbreak tweak developers trying to make it more convenient for end users. Fortunately, that’s exactly what iOS developer Hitori has done with the release of a new jailbreak tweak called Centra.
Read the official iPadOS 18.2 release notes to learn about the latest Apple Intelligence capabilities and other iPad improvements in this update.
One of the things you might discover when trying to find a jailbreakable iPhone or iPad for your personal enjoyment is that if you haven’t preserved a device on the lowest possible firmware yourself, then coming across one can be somewhat of a challenge, especially in this day and age when the jailbreak community seems to be several firmware iterations behind Apple.
Apple on Tuesday officially stopped signing iOS & iPadOS 18.1, more than two weeks after releasing the newer iOS & iPadOS 18.1.1 firmware that was launched to guard users against “actively exploited vulnerabilities.”
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 interesting bit of news this long holiday weekend, hobbyist hacker @tomitokics took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Friday to share what appears to be a proof of concept (PoC) for a use-after-free bug known as CVE-2024-44285 that Apple first introduced in iOS & iPadOS 18.0 and later patched in iOS & iPadOS 18.1.
If you still use a jailbreak that utilizes the Elucubratus bootstrap, such as checkra1n or unc0ver, then you may have recently noticed an update for Cydia Installer awaiting your attention.
One of the biggest pet peeves that jailbreakers contend with is when the apps they depend on regularly detect that their iPhone is jailbroken and then block usage of the app as a result. One way around this is with a jailbreak bypass, but not all jailbreak bypasses are created equally, and your mileage may vary.
The Lock Screen is the first interface you see any time you pick up your iPhone or iPad for the first time, which makes it a particularly important part of the user experience of your device. That said, don’t you think you should have a little more say than Apple gives you over how it behaves or looks?
We follow jailbreak tweak releases and iPhone jailbreaking very closely at iDownloadBog, which is why you can count on us to deliver the latest news and information on these topics as they happen in real time.
Facebook’s Messenger app remains one of the most popular alternative communication apps when compared to Apple’s built-in iMessage platform, especially given the fact that it’s universally compatible between various platforms while iMessage remains only an iPhone-to-iPhone system.
When you attach your iPhone to a power source, be it a wireless charger or a cable connection, it plays a certain sound as positive feedback just to let you know it’s being charged. Some people like this, and some people hate this, but the good news is that jailbreaking gives you options.