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Pwn20wnd releases unc0ver v2.0.0 public beta w/ support for Cydia Substrate, bug fixes, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 29, 2018

It’s been a little while since we’ve seen any updates for the unc0ver jailbreak tool; the latest update to be released was version 1.1.4, more than three weeks ago. But despite what appeared to be a sudden halt in rapid update releases, it appears that iOS hacker Pwn20wnd has indeed been hard at work on another update for the iOS 11-centric jailbreak tool.

The public beta of unc0ver v2.0.0 has announced by Pwn20wnd via his Twitter account on Thursday, signaling what some might consider to be a major update for the jailbreak and many of its internal mechanisms:

Unc0ver jailbreak officially ‘out of beta’ following release of V1

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 20, 2018

It’s only been about a week since iOS hacker Pwn20wnd first launched the unc0ver jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.4 beta 3; nevertheless, it has already received a bevy of incremental updates from RC1 to RC9.

As of Saturday afternoon, however, it appears we’re officially out of the beta-esque RC stages. Pwn20wned officially launched what’s being dubbed unc0ver V1, and it apparently ties up many of the tool’s known loose ends.

Pwn20wnd releases unc0ver RC9 with fix for device restart loops and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 19, 2018

iOS hacker Pwn20wnd took to Twitter Friday evening to announce the release of unc0ver RC9, which is yet another update for the brand-new iOS 11 jailbreak tool this week that provides its users with some notable improvements.

Citing the official /r/jailbreak post, the new RC9 release encompasses the following changes:

Unc0ver RC8 released with refined code, fix for snapshot errors, and more

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 18, 2018

It was just yesterday that iOS hacker Pwn20wnd released unc0ver RC7 with essential bug fixes and improvements encompassing the RootFS Restore on iOS 11.2-11.2.6 and the MP exploit clean-up method, but as of Thursday afternoon, he’s at it again.

Pwn20wnd has just released unc0ver RC8 with a slew of other critical bug fixes and improvements, and all users are advised to download and run the latest version when they can.

Give Cydia a modernized facelift with ReCydia

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 17, 2018

The main page in Cydia has looked nearly the same for as long as we can remember, and that might be considered a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your personal taste.

Those looking for something a bit more refreshing might be interested in a new free jailbreak tweak called ReCydia by iOS developer Ryu.

Saurik updates Cydia Impactor to address .ipa unzipping issue on Windows

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 16, 2018

Saurik (Jay Freeman) issued yet another update for the Cydia Impactor side-loading utility on Tuesday, bringing it up to version 0.9.50. It’s the third update for the tool released this week.

Cydia Impactor 0.9.50 fixes a bug that would prevent .ipa unzipping on Windows-based platforms. That said, if you’re using Windows and experiencing problems jailbreaking with unc0ver, then you might want to grab this update.

Saurik updates Cydia Impactor with bug fixes and improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 15, 2018

Cydia Impactor is a utility created by Saurik (Jay Freeman) for side-loading apps onto your iPhone or iPad; it’s commonly used by semi-untethered jailbreak solutions to install the app that hacks your device.

That said, it’s no surprise that we’re seeing updates for the utility following the launch of the unc0ver jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.4 beta 3. Saurik quietly released two updates for Cydia Impactor on two separate occasions over the weekend with bug fixes and performance improvements.

Unc0ver open-source jailbreak tool released with support for iOS 11.0-11.4 beta 3

Anthony Bouchard ∙ October 13, 2018

For the last several months, anyone with an interest in jailbreaking iOS 11 had no other option besides Electra for iOS 11.0-11.3.1. But as of this weekend, things are changing.

On Sunday, former Electra Team member Pwn20wnd announced the release of a new open-source semi-untethered jailbreak tool dubbed unc0ver, and it’s being billed “the most advanced jailbreak tool.” Moreover, enc0ver is cited as being a joint effort between Pwn20wnd and hacker Sam Bingner, with the UI having been designed by Dennis Bednarz and Samg_is_a_Ninja.

Saurik updates Cydia Impactor with bug fixes and improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 12, 2018

On Sunday, Cydia creator Jay Freeman (Saurik) issued a modest update for his Cydia Impactor utility for Mac, Windows, and Linux with bug fixes and improvements.

One of Cydia Impactor’s primary use is to side-load jailbreak apps for modern tools such as Electra, Meridian, and Yalu, but a recent issue involving authentication resulted in users receiving error code 160 when attempting to use the utility.

Electra 1.0.2 released to address the APT 0.7 compatibility issue

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 27, 2018

Following the first public release of the Electra jailbreak tool for iOS 11.0-11.1.2 this week, there were some initial discrepancies with official versions of Saurik’s Cydia dependencies.

Electra users were later advised to avoid installing the APT 0.7 update from Saurik’s Cydia/Telesphoreo repository, but a new update to Electra on Tuesday should address these issues head-on.

Saurik’s latest Reddit comment discusses Electra, Cydia, and Mobile Substrate

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 27, 2018

With everything that’s going on lately in the jailbreak community as of late, it’d be an understatement to say that people want to know what’s happening with Saurik and the iOS 11 update for Cydia and Mobile Substrate that he talked about on Reddit several weeks ago.

Following the Electra 1.0 public release this week, Saurik took to Reddit once again to discuss CoolStar's jailbreak tool and his progress on updating Cydia and Mobile Substrate for iOS 11. As usual, the comment is rather long, so bear with us…

Saurik enables Cydia purchases on jailbroken iOS 10.3.x devices

Anthony Bouchard ∙ February 24, 2018

On Saturday, Saurik flipped the switch for making purchases through Cydia on jailbroken iOS 10.3.x devices.

The change lets anyone jailbroken by way of sticktron’s G0blin tool to purchase paid jailbreak tweaks and themes from the Cydia Store. Before today, this was only possible on jailbroken devices running iOS 10.2 and earlier with Yalu.