Most people pay no mind to device maintenance, but when you jailbreak an iPhone or iPad, there may be an enhanced need for these kinds of practices. That’s because jailbreak tweaks installed by the end user hook into system processes in ways that Apple never designed them to, increasing the chance for crashes, hangs, and other inconsistencies.
Unhappy with how the Zebra package manager app for jailbroken devices uses the BackBoard respring method when installing jailbreak tweaks and add-ons, iOS developer uz.ra came out this week with a brand new and free jailbreak tweak called ZebraNoRespring.
As a jailbreak tweak tester, it’s not uncommon for me to experience what many jailbreakers would describe as a respring loop after installing a buggy or conflicting add-on. While it can be a major inconvenience, the good news is that respring loops are generally easy to recover from.
Anyone who appreciates convenience will have no problem taking a liking to a new and free jailbreak tweak release called CCPowerMenu by iOS developer MTAC.
Having to authenticate yourself with a passcode or even Face ID or Touch ID just to use your device after a respring is an inconvenience that only jailbreakers typically ever have to experience. But with the MacDirtyCow and kfd exploits bringing add-ons to non-jailbroken firmware, even non-jailbreakers are putting up with the added inconvenience these days.
If you’ve ever wanted an effortless way to respring your jailbroken iPhone or iPad, then you’d be hard-pressed to find one more convenient than the method that comes baked into the new and free ShakeSpring jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Luki120.
Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad means that you’ll spend a lot of time modding your handset’s appearance or behavior, and many of the add-ons that make this possible will necessitate some type of a refresh to take effect, be it a reboot or a respring.
Jailbreaking your iPhone is a fun way to extend the device’s feature set or customize the operating system’s aesthetics in complex ways that simply aren’t possible out of the box.
When you’re jailbroken and in quick need of a respring, reboot, IdRestart, or Userspace Reboot, there’s no shortage of jailbreak tweaks that make accessing these capabilities easier.
One of the flagship features of iOS 14 was the ability to add widgets directly to the Home Screen alongside your app icons.
This is something that iPhone users have wanted to do for a very long time, and while Apple certainly did wonders to make it a reality, they also kept the number of native widgets to a minimum.
If there’s one thing jailbreakers see a lot of, it’s the little animated loading circle that appears following a respring.
It’s important to have a passcode on your iPhone or iPad because it helps keep your information safe by ensuring that only an authenticated user is able to access your apps and personal data. But have you ever found yourself annoyed about the fact that you’re asked to authenticate yourself after respringing your jailbroken handset?
Typically when you’re respringing a device, you’re doing it because you just installed a new jailbreak tweak or because you just applied new settings to an already-installed tweak. In both cases, having to enter your passcode to get back to what you were doing is an extra step that most users would probably prefer to do without.