Just last week, we told you about a fork of the Serotonin semi-jailbreak called NathanLR by iOS developer Nathan (@dedbeddedbed) that improves compatibility with rootless-oriented jailbreak tweaks and uses a more reliable exploit — the same one used by TrollInstallerX.
Before the Dopamine v2 jailbreak came out, the Serotonin semi-jailbreak was all the rage because it allowed users to install and use various forms of jailbreak tweaks without the full jailbreak environment. Serotonin remains relevant on iOS & iPadOS 16.5.1-16.6.1 even today because these firmware versions aren’t yet jailbreakable on arm64e devices. Serotonin, on the other hand, does support them.
If you previously installed the Serotonin “semi-jailbreak” on your iOS or iPadOS 16.0-16.6.1 device because you wanted to use jailbreak tweaks without a full-fledged jailbreak, but you’re now either anticipating using the Dopamine v2 full-fledged jailbreak or you’ve decided that Serotonin isn’t right for you, then you may be wondering how you can remove it.
The Dopamine v2 full-fledged rootless jailbreak has only been available for a week at the time of this writing, and we’ve received tons of questions about whether prospective jailbreakers should use it. Many of those prospective jailbreakers have previously used (or are currently using) the RootHide bootstrap or Serotonin “semi-jailbreak.”
Now that the Dopamine v2 jailbreak has been released, many now wonder about the role that the Serotonin “semi-jailbreak” currently plays in the modern jailbreak community.
So you’ve previously installed the RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap on your iOS or iPadOS 16.0-16.6.1 device and now you’re wanting to expand jailbreak tweak support to cover your entire system (SpringBoard) instead of just apps. Whatever should you do?
Some of you may recall back in 2021 when seasoned iOS developer Elias Limneos released Glow, a jailbreak tweak that attempted to lend a more configurable always-on display experience on pwned iPhones than Apple ever could.
BioProtect by veteran iOS developer Limneos is perhaps one of the most popular jailbreak tweaks ever created for using biometrics to secure your individual iPhone and iPad apps.
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 used the Serotonin systemwide tweak injection utility (also sometimes referred to as a “semi-jailbreak” by some) for the RootHide bootstrap since its launch, then you’ve likely happened upon the “Confidential & Proprietary, Call +X XXX-XXX-XXXX” message that appears at the bottom of your Lock Screen.
Serotonin, one of the tweak injection methods for the RootHide development team’s Procursus-based bootstrap for kfd & CoreTrust bug-vulnerable devices, also known as a “semi-jailbreak,” picked up an update to version 1.1.0 on Monday with some substantial changes.
Earlier in the day, we talked about iOS developer Mineek’s kfd exploit-based tweak injection project for RootHide’s Procursus bootstrap on non-jailbroken arm64e devices running iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.6.1 called kfdfunv4. But what if we told you there was another?