Software

NathanLR is a fork of the Serotonin semi-jailbreak that supports rootless jailbreak tweaks on iOS 16.5.1-16.6.1

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 15, 2024

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.

New kernel symbolication feature in ipsw strives to make reverse engineering the iOS kernel more accessible

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 14, 2024

Having the skillset to reverse engineer things with respect to the iPhone and iPad can be particularly valuable, especially if you’re a security researcher, developer, or advanced-level power user. But what if reverse engineering could be made easier and more approachable?

QuickSign will be a local development certificate signer for iOS devices, & an alternative to ESign

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 12, 2024

Sideloading is something that a lot of iPhone and iPad owners cherish because it allows them to run apps on their iPhone or iPad without being bound to the rules of the iOS & iPadOS App Store. Sideloading has become so popular in recent years that platforms like AltStore and Sideloadly have exploded in popularity. Some projects, such as SideStore, don’t even require a computer to sign apps, but other prerequisites need to be met.

iOS developer Andreas Henriksson decides to stop making jailbreak tweaks, makes existing projects free, some open source

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 12, 2024

It’s always rough when we’re stuck saying our goodbyes to talent in the jailbreak tweak development community, but unfortunately that’s the news we have for you today.

Dopamine jailbreak updated to version 2.2.2 to fix certain Wi-Fi connectivity issues

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 10, 2024

It looks like it isn’t just the palera1n jailbreak tool getting updates this weekend. A few hours after our announcement post about palera1n v2.0.1 being released, Dopamine jailbreak project lead developer Lars Fröder shared that Dopamine version 2.2.2 had been officially released.

Palera1n jailbreak updated to version 2.0.1 with important bug fixes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 10, 2024

The palera1n jailbreak team released an updated version of the palera1n semi-tethered jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS 15.0 and later early Saturday morning, officially bringing the checkm8 bootrom exploit-based tool up to version 2.0.1.

AltStore PAL v2.1.1 fixes issues installing apps from third-party sources

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 8, 2024

In a post shared to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, the AltStore team announced that it had released an update to the AltStore PAL alternate App Store in the form of version 2.1.1.

RootHide bootstrap for TrollStore users updated to v1.2.3 beta with more improvements

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 8, 2024

The RootHide Procursus-based bootstrap for TrollStore-enabled devices picked up a couple of beta updates on Thursday, including v1.2.2 beta and v1.2.3 beta.

Apple stops signing iOS 17.5.1 following release of iOS 17.6

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 6, 2024

Just last Monday, Apple released iOS & iPadOS 17.6 to the general public with the express reasoning of introducing important bug fixes and security updates without the introduction of any new features for iPhone and iPad users.

Delta emulator app for iPhone & iPad updated to v1.6.2 to fix skin issues and various app crashes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 31, 2024

Delta, perhaps the most well-known and easily recognized retro console emulator app for the iOS & iPadOS platforms that first made its debut into the App Store back in April following an App Store policy change, has received another update on Wednesday, this time bringing the app up to version 1.6.2.

Dopamine updated to v2.2.1 to adjust default jetsam multiplier due to people not reading the change log

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 30, 2024

Lars Fröder (@opa443dev), the talented developer behind the Dopamine rootless jailbreak tool for iOS & iPadOS 15 and 16 devices, on Tuesday released a minor update for the tool dubbed version 2.2.1 as a follow-up to the version 2.2 update that dropped on Sunday.

Dopamine jailbreak updated to version 2.2 with memory improvements, configurable jetsam multiplier, & more…

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 28, 2024

Anyone who uses the Dopamine jailbreak for iOS & iPadOS versions 15 or 16 may be interested in knowing that there’s a new update to the jailbreak as of early Sunday morning.