We’ve long understood Misaka to be a package manager that you could sideload or perma-sign on an iPhone or iPad to view a catalog of packages supporting the MacDirtyCow (MDC) and Kernel File Descriptor (KFD) exploits, but what if we told you that you didn’t even need to sideload or perma-sign the app?
While A9-A11 chip-equipped iPhones and iPads running iOS or iPadOS 16.x have been jailbreakable by way of palera1n for quite some time, it’s difficult for some to get past the fact that it’s a macOS-only, command line-based, semi-tethered jailbreak tool.
The iDB team has already showed you at least three ways to install TrollStore 2 on kernel file descriptor (kfd) exploit-vulnerable devices by way of Misaka, Picasso, and PureKFD. But each of these are package manager apps or system customization apps where TrollStore isn’t their primary focus, and they each have different system requirements (both hardware and software).
It was only last week that we shared the news about iOS developer Huy Nguyen (@Little_34306) creating a standalone TrollStoreinstaller tool for arm64e devices (A12+) running iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.6.1 called TrollStar. But as of this week, TrollStar is undergoing some rather significant changes.
The tvOS edition of the Misaka package manager app by iOS developer @straight_tamago received an update on Sunday to version 4.0 with some notable improvements.
Misaka, the premier package manager app for installing hacks and add-ons via the MacDirtyCow (mdc) and Kernel File Descriptor (kfd) exploits, has received an important update on Friday that brings the project up to version 8.2.3.
We previously showed you two ways to install TrollStore 2 on arm64e devices (A12 and newer) running iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.5 & 16.6 beta 1 via the kernel file descriptor (kfd) exploit. Those methods encompassed using the Misaka and PureKFD package manager apps, but it’s worth mentioning that you can also use the Picasso kfd-based toolbox app to accomplish the same task, if you so prefer.
Users of the meowbrek2 re-jailbreaking utility for the palera1n semi-tethered jailbreak tool for checkm8 devices may be excited to learn that an updated version of the tool, coined version 1.1.6 beta, was released this Sunday evening.
There’s a new update available for the tvOS version of the Misaka package manager app as of this Sunday evening.
The Serotonin “semi-jailbreak” system tweak injection method for the RootHide development team’s Procursus-based bootstrap received an important update on Saturday, bringing the project up to version 1.2.0.
If you’ve been searching for the best way to install TrollStore on your iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 16.0-16.6.1 thus far, then you’ve likely been met by a lot of options. Those include using Misaka, Picasso, and PureKFD, among others.
It was only earlier in the day that we reported on the Misaka v8.2.0 update that added official support for arm64 devices in addition to every unsupported firmware combination for arm64e devices. But it seems that project lead developer @straight_tamago wasn’t finished yet.