One of the things that many prospective jailbreakers hope for when buying an iPhone or iPad from the store, especially third-party stores that may not rotate inventory as frequently, is that they may happen upon a device with older firmware on it that can still be jailbroken.
Apple on Thursday released iOS & iPadOS 17.0.1 for most iPhones and iPads along with iOS 17.0.2 for the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro lineups, marking the first official updates to Apple’s significant software upgrade for the year of 2023 since it first launched this past Monday.
The long release notes for iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 list dozens of cool new features and quality-of-life improvements available for the iPhone and iPad.
A legitimate concern among those who use outdated iOS & iPadOS versions in an attempt to keep jailbreakable or exploit-susceptible firmware on their device is the risk that Apple’s over-the-air updating mechanism might automatically try to force a software update.
If you’re looking to use the DelayOTA update method on one of your jailbroken devices to move to a newer firmware, then you can make things easy on yourself by taking advantage of an add-on called Dahlia by iOS developer Dhinakg.
If you’ve just used the Dopamine tool to jailbreak your A12-A15 device running iOS or iPadOS 15.0-15.4.1 or the palera1n-c tool for A9-A11 iOS & iPadOS 15.0-16.x devices, then it’s going to be very important that you don’t update your device’s software so that you maintain your jailbreak.
iOS 16.4 brings new toggles in Software Update that let you install developer or public betas of iOS without downloading configuration profiles.
These minor updates for the Apple TV and HomePod models include unspecified general performance and stability improvements in the tvOS operating system.
iOS developer @opa334 released version 1.5.0 of the popular TrollStore app perma-signing software early Sunday morning with a lengthy list of bug fixes and software quality improvements that will benefit every end user.
If you’re one to stay on the lowest possible firmware and avoid software updates because you’re hopeful that a jailbreak could eventually come for your iPhone or iPad, then you’ve proven your wisdom. But that won’t stop a badge from appearing on your Settings app at some point after your device learns that it has a pending software update.
Just yesterday, Apple released iOS & iPadOS 16.3, and it provided some insight into some of the user experience changes users would expect to see if they had a HomePod or HomePod mini in their home.
Alongside the HomePod software version 16.3 update that Apple launched on Tuesday, it seems that even the Apple TV has received the 16.3 badge of honor.